A `tracked` env query is validated against the unfiltered parent environment (broad queries are CI-hostile)

Run the linked reproduction with pnpm install and ./repro.sh, then trace getEnvs({ prefix: "" }, { tracked }) through @voidzero-dev/vite-task-client and the vp build entry point. Compare tracked and untracked behavior when an unrelated ambient variable changes; done means the intended tracked-query behavior is established and the reproduction no longer reports the described CI-hostile miss.

Summary

A tracked env query is validated against the full unfiltered parent process environment. A broad query (empty prefix, matching every variable) therefore cache-misses whenever any ambient variable changes, even one the build never reads. In CI, per-run variables (e.g. ACTIONS_ORCHESTRATION_ID) change every run, so such a build never cache-hits.

Reproduction

https://github.com/why-reproductions-are-required/vite-task-tracked-env-query-unfiltered-parent-env

pnpm install
./repro.sh

Two tasks call getEnvs({ prefix: "" }, { tracked }) via @voidzero-dev/vite-task-client and read no variable in particular. Run 3 sets one unrelated ambient variable before running.

Where this bites a real build

vp build loads env via Vite's loader, which issues getEnvs({ prefix }, { tracked: true }) for each configured envPrefix (@voidzero-dev/vite-plus-core, chunks/node.js). In a Vite + void app one of those queries is empty-prefix (Prefix "", all variables), so on GitHub Actions vp run build misses every run:

$ vp build ○ cache miss: env 'ACTIONS_ORCHESTRATION_ID' changed, executing

Note env: [] on the task does not help (that controls value-fingerprinting, not the bulk query). The only workaround found is to run the build under a sanitized environment, e.g. env -i PATH="$PATH" HOME="$HOME" vp run build.

Question for maintainers

Is validating a tracked query against the unfiltered parent env intended? A broad tracked query is unavoidably CI-hostile this way. Options might include validating against the filtered env the task received, an ignore-list for ambient/volatile variables, or scoping/untracking broad reads on the consumer side (Vite env loader / void). Filing here to confirm where the fix belongs.

Environment

• vite-plus 0.2.2, @voidzero-dev/vite-task-client 0.2.0
• Reproduced on macOS (darwin 25.x) and GitHub Actions ubuntu-latest

Found alongside #504 while enabling the GitHub Actions cache for a real Vite + void app.