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Create a way to adjust BUILDKIT_STEP_LOG_MAX_SIZE

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
docker, github-actions

Research direction

Start with .github/workflows/build.yml at lines 529-532 and inspect how the reusable workflow exposes and passes configuration into the BuildKit build. Trace the existing environment setup, then determine how users can provide BUILDKIT_STEP_LOG_MAX_SIZE and BUILDKIT_STEP_LOG_MAX_SPEED. Done means both limits can be configured without a separate job and the workflow remains valid.

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Description

https://github.com/docker/github-builder/blob/c26077c31d693970dd9fc4ba681e6aef90193e7d/.github/workflows/build.yml#L529-L532

It would be great to be able to specify the log size and rate limits.

env.BUILDKIT_STEP_LOG_MAX_SIZE
env.BUILDKIT_STEP_LOG_MAX_SPEED

About the worst thing you can do when a build is taking longer than expected is to drop the logs that would tell me why. The longer it takes and the more logs, the greater the lost time trying to repeat it to identify the problem.

As it stands, I need a separate job to adjust these unless I am missing something.

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