Debug-action-cache Jun 2026

Here’s an interesting, practical guide to understanding and debugging — specifically focusing on the actions/cache step and common "cache not restored" or "cache save failed" issues.

Create a secret named ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG and set its value to true . debug-action-cache

Set ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG to true to increase the verbosity of the step-by-step runner logs. Here’s an interesting

: With less time spent on waiting for computations or tests to complete, developers can focus more on writing code and less on waiting for results. debug-action-cache