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See exactly why your Gradle Build Cache missed: new Task Inputs visibility feature

Blog post from Bitrise

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Date Published
Author
Zsolt Márta
Word Count
795
Language
English
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Summary

Android developers often face the challenge of inconsistent Gradle build times, which can be difficult to diagnose without proper visibility into what causes these variations. Bitrise has introduced a new Task Inputs tab in its Build Cache for Gradle, providing developers with a detailed view of task execution details, including the top slowest non-cached tasks and their inputs and outputs. This feature helps identify cache key changes and potential bugs in task configurations, such as incorrect module source directories. Additionally, a Compare page allows users to see task-level differences between invocations to spot configuration bugs and understand cache misses, offering AI-generated summaries to highlight key differences. This enhanced visibility enables developers to efficiently debug performance regressions and optimize build configurations, making it easier to understand and improve caching and overall build performance. The Task Inputs feature is available to all Bitrise Build Cache users, offering clear and actionable insights into Gradle builds.