ci: cache Elm packages in test_frontend by SoloJacobs · Pull Request #5733 · prometheus/alertmanager

SoloJacobs · 2026-11-08T11:14:07Z

test_frontend runs make clean and make all in ui/app on every run.
Both npm run build and the elm-review/elm-test targets make Elm
fetch every package from a GitHub zipball, since Elm stores packages in
~/.elm and the npm cache does not cover them. A single 504 from GitHub
fails the job, on PRs and on main alike.

The ui-dist artifact does not help here. Artifacts are scoped to one
workflow run, so it only hands the build to the downstream jobs of the
same run.

The key includes review/elm.json, because elm-review resolves its own
dependencies from it.

This is a stopgap. Long term, the whole Elm UI build and its tests
should be keyed on their inputs and skipped on a hit, so that
test_frontend only restores and publishes ui-dist.

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The frontend CI workflow now caches Elm data. The release-branch and publish build jobs now check out the repository, download the UI artifact, and disable checkout in the Prometheus build action.

Changes: Elm CI cache

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Cache Elm data for frontend tests `.github/workflows/ci.yml`	The workflow restores `~/.elm` with a key based on `ui/app/elm.json` and `ui/app/review/elm.json`. It saves the primary cache key only when restoration misses. The existing clean and build steps remain between restoration and saving.

Release and publish builds

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Prepare checkout and UI artifact for builds `.github/workflows/build-release-branch.yml`, `.github/workflows/publish.yml`	Both build jobs check out the repository with credential persistence disabled and download `ui-dist` to `ui/app/dist`. Both set the Prometheus build action’s `checkout` input to `"false"`.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Possibly related PRs

prometheus/alertmanager#5715: It moves the build jobs in the same workflows to a reusable workflow that also checks out the repository and downloads ui-dist, which may overlap with these changes.

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to e61ba

The workflows reuse cached Elm dependencies and prebuilt UI assets. The cache is saved before later checks can fail; no blocking issue remains.

Pre-merge checks: 5

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Title check		The title "ci: cache Elm packages in test_frontend" matches the main change. The ci.yml change adds an Elm package cache (~/.elm) to the frontend CI job, and the description states the goal is to cach…
Description check		The description covers the problem, the reason for the cache key (review/elm.json), and the long-term plan. It states the user-facing impact as NONE, and the release-notes block is filled in. The sign…
Docstring Coverage		No eligible functions found in the changed files. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The title "ci: cache Elm packages in test_frontend" matches the main change. The ci.yml change adds an Elm package cache (~/.elm) to the frontend CI job, and the description states the goal is to cache Elm packages in test_frontend. It follows the "area: short description" form from the template and is short and specific.

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The description covers the problem, the reason for the cache key (review/elm.json), and the long-term plan. It states the user-facing impact as NONE, and the release-notes block is filled in. The sign-off and best-practices boxes are checked. It does not include the Fixes #<issue> line, the template's comment block, or the note on the build-release-branch and publish workflow changes. The description does not explain why the ui-dist download and checkout changes in build-release-branch.yml and publish.yml are needed, although the objectives mention them. The description is mostly complete, so it passes, but the author should explain the workflow changes in the other two files.

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- Line 28: Add an `elm-` restore key to the Elm cache configuration next to its
hash-based key, allowing `test_frontend` to restore an available cache when the
exact key changes.
- Around line 25-28: Elm cache saving is currently tied to the job’s post-step
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+      - uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ~/.elm
+          key: elm-${{ hashFiles('ui/app/elm.json', 'ui/app/review/elm.json') }}


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Save the Elm cache before the later checks.

On a cache miss, if make all succeeds but git diff --exit-code fails, the post-job save is skipped. A corrected run may download the packages again and fail during a GitHub outage. Use separate restore and save steps, and save after make all.

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test_frontend runs `make clean` and `make all` in ui/app on every run. Both `npm run build` and the `elm-review`/`elm-test` targets make Elm fetch every package from a GitHub zipball, since Elm stores packages in ~/.elm and the npm cache does not cover them. A single 504 from GitHub fails the job, on PRs and on main alike. The ui-dist artifact does not help here. Artifacts are scoped to one workflow run, so it only hands the build to the downstream jobs of the same run. The key includes review/elm.json, because elm-review resolves its own dependencies from it. This is a stopgap. Long term, the whole Elm UI build and its tests should be keyed on their inputs and skipped on a hit, so that test_frontend only restores and publishes ui-dist. Signed-off-by: Solomon Jacobs <solomonjacobs@protonmail.com>

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- Around line 34-38: Update the Elm cache save step that uses
`steps.elm-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key` so it can run after `make all`
fails, while still saving only when package downloads completed successfully.
Use an available completion signal to distinguish completed downloads from
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publish.yml and build-release-branch.yml rebuilt the Elm UI. Mirror release.yml to avoid this extra step. Signed-off-by: Solomon Jacobs <solomonjacobs@protonmail.com>

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ci: stop rebuilding the UI in main and release-* builds

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publish.yml and build-release-branch.yml rebuilt the Elm UI. Mirror release.yml to avoid this extra step. Signed-off-by: Solomon Jacobs <solomonjacobs@protonmail.com>

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