Merge pull request #378 from stacklok/avoid-caching-fe-code

Avoid caching FE code at docker build

Author: lukehinds

.github/workflows/image-build.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fetch latest FE commit SHA
         id: fetch_commit_fe_sha
         run: |
-          echo "LATEST_COMMIT_SHA=$(curl -LSsk 'https://api.github.com/repos/stacklok/codegate-ui/commits?per_page=1' -H 'Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GH_CI_TOKEN }}' | jq -r '.[0].sha')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "LATEST_RELEASE=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/stacklok/codegate-ui/releases/latest" -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GH_CI_TOKEN }}" | grep '"zipball_url":' | cut -d '"' -f 4)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Test build on x86
         id: docker_build
         uses: docker/build-push-action@48aba3b46d1b1fec4febb7c5d0c644b249a11355 # v5
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
           secrets: |
             gh_token=${{ secrets.GH_CI_TOKEN }}
           build-args: |
-            LATEST_COMMIT_SHA=${{ env.LATEST_COMMIT_SHA }}
+            LATEST_RELEASE=${{ env.LATEST_RELEASE }}

.github/workflows/image-publish.yml

@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fetch latest FE commit SHA
         id: fetch_commit_fe_sha
         run: |
-          echo "LATEST_COMMIT_SHA=$(curl -LSsk 'https://api.github.com/repos/stacklok/codegate-ui/commits?per_page=1' -H 'Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GH_CI_TOKEN }}' | jq -r '.[0].sha')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "Fetched LATEST_COMMIT_SHA: $LATEST_COMMIT_SHA"
+          echo "LATEST_RELEASE=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/stacklok/codegate-ui/releases/latest" -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GH_CI_TOKEN }}" | grep '"zipball_url":' | cut -d '"' -f 4)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Rename to accommodate to image
         run: mv ./backup_weaviate ./weaviate_backup
       - name: Download git lfs dependencies
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
           secrets: |
             gh_token=${{ secrets.GH_CI_TOKEN }}
           build-args: |
-            LATEST_COMMIT_SHA=${{ env.LATEST_COMMIT_SHA }}
+            LATEST_RELEASE=${{ env.LATEST_RELEASE }}
       - name: Capture Image Digest
         id: image-digest
         run: |

Dockerfile

@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/
 
+# To ensure we always download the latest release of the webapp, we use a build argument.
+# This prevents the curl command from being cached by Docker.
+ARG LATEST_RELEASE=LATEST
+RUN echo "Latest FE release: $LATEST_RELEASE"
 RUN --mount=type=secret,id=gh_token \
-    curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $(cat /run/secrets/gh_token)" https://api.github.com/repos/stacklok/codegate-ui/releases/latest \
-    | grep '"zipball_url":' \
-    | cut -d '"' -f 4 \
-    | xargs -n 1 -I {} curl -L -H "Authorization: Bearer $(cat /run/secrets/gh_token)" -o main.zip {}
+    LATEST_RELEASE=${LATEST_RELEASE} \
+    curl -L -H "Authorization: Bearer $(cat /run/secrets/gh_token)" -o main.zip ${LATEST_RELEASE}
 
 # Extract the downloaded zip file
 RUN unzip main.zip