From 9d0bb0d51a0cbfb89a3d350561d9bfbae28a1b13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Alexandre Rosa <1791393+brunoalr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:21:59 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: manage ccache caches manually on macos (#6449)

* fix: manage ccache caches manually on macos

* install ccache

* fix issues shown by bugbot

* readd cache size limit
---
 .github/workflows/desktop-build.yml | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml
index b89190c8d..a26e82ee5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml
@@ -342,6 +342,11 @@ jobs:
     name: ${{matrix.os}} ${{matrix.target}}${{ matrix.soc == 'Intel' && ' Intel' || '' }}${{ matrix.type == 'Debug' && ' Debug' || '' }}
     needs: configure
     runs-on: ${{matrix.runner}}
+    env:
+      CCACHE_DIR: ${{github.workspace}}/.cache/
+      # Cache size over the entire repo is 10Gi:
+      # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#usage-limits-and-eviction-policy
+      CCACHE_SIZE: 500M
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -356,16 +361,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           msbuild-architecture: x64
 
-      # Using jianmingyong/ccache-action to setup ccache without using brew
-      # It tries to download a binary of ccache from GitHub Release and falls back to building from source if it fails
       - name: Setup ccache
+        if: matrix.use_ccache == 1 && matrix.os == 'macOS'
+        run: brew install ccache
+
+      - name: Restore compiler cache (ccache)
         if: matrix.use_ccache == 1
-        uses: jianmingyong/ccache-action@v1
+        id: ccache_restore
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v5
+        env:
+          BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
         with:
-          install-type: "binary"
-          ccache-key-prefix: ccache-${{matrix.runner}}-${{matrix.soc}}-${{matrix.type}}
-          max-size: 500M
-          gh-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          path: ${{env.CCACHE_DIR}}
+          key: ccache-${{matrix.runner}}-${{matrix.soc}}-${{matrix.type}}-${{env.BRANCH_NAME}}
+          restore-keys: ccache-${{matrix.runner}}-${{matrix.soc}}-${{matrix.type}}-
 
       - name: Install Qt ${{matrix.qt_version}}
         uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v4
@@ -403,6 +412,15 @@ jobs:
           TARGET_MACOS_VERSION: ${{ matrix.override_target }}
         run: .ci/compile.sh --server --test --vcpkg
 
+      - name: Save compiler cache (ccache)
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && matrix.use_ccache == 1
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v5
+        env:
+          BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+        with:
+          path: ${{env.CCACHE_DIR}}
+          key: ccache-${{matrix.runner}}-${{matrix.soc}}-${{matrix.type}}-${{env.BRANCH_NAME}}
+
       - name: Sign app bundle
         if: matrix.os == 'macOS' && matrix.make_package && (github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || needs.configure.outputs.tag != null)
         env: