Bazel fails the build with error code 1 on remote cache timeout
#22,356 opened on May 13, 2024
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Description
Description of the bug:
We have a rarely reproduced issue when Bazel fails to build the target because of remote cache timeout error. This is probably caused by network issues or high load of remote cache server. The error message in log is like following:
ERROR: /Users/buildadmin/a/c/g_DCJ9SF26/r/*****/BUILD.bazel:73:24: Compiling *****/event.cpp failed: unable to finalize action: Download of '/cas/0535e6bae6fd101e71c26d71b14b7f1af7bd0abbb98189318dd1c8b9ddfcb4f9' timed out. Received 0 bytes.
After that Bazel exits with error code 1, which means "BUILD_FAILURE". This is unexpected. We would expect that Bazel either falls back to local execution on remote cache errors or fails with error code like 32 ("REMOTE_ENVIRONMENTAL_ERROR"), 34 ("REMOTE_ERROR") or 39 ("REMOTE_CACHE_EVICTED"). In that case we would be able to handle the cache errors outside the Bazel and restart the build if needed. With existing behavior, we are not able to identify the reason of failure and process it properly.
Which category does this issue belong to?
Local Execution
What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.
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Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
Linux, macOS
What is the output of bazel info release?
release 7.0.2
If bazel info release returns development version or (@non-git), tell us how you built Bazel.
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What's the output of git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD ?
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Is this a regression? If yes, please try to identify the Bazel commit where the bug was introduced.
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Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
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Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
Log files: linux.log macos.log
I guess that BulkTransferException should be handled separately from IOException in
https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/bf2f762f815cc5fd0a4310c66f1633e415177521/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/SkyframeActionExecutor.java#L1263