tespkg · jackieli-tes · Mar 11, 2026 · Mar 11, 2026 · Mar 11, 2026 · Mar 11, 2026
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lookup-only.yaml b/.github/workflows/lookup-only.yaml
@@ -67,10 +67,17 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CACHE_HIT: ${{ steps.lookup.outputs.cache-hit }}
           CACHE_SIZE: ${{ steps.lookup.outputs.cache-size }}
+          CACHE_MATCHED_KEY: ${{ steps.lookup.outputs.cache-matched-key }}
+          EXPECTED_KEY: test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.run_id }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "CACHE_HIT $CACHE_HIT"
           echo "CACHE_SIZE $CACHE_SIZE"
+          echo "CACHE_MATCHED_KEY $CACHE_MATCHED_KEY"
+          if [ "$CACHE_HIT" = "true" ] && [ "$CACHE_MATCHED_KEY" != "$EXPECTED_KEY" ]; then
+            echo "cache-matched-key mismatch: got '$CACHE_MATCHED_KEY', expected '$EXPECTED_KEY'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
           ls -R ~/test-cache || true
           ls -R test-cache || true
           src/create-cache-files.sh ${{ runner.os }} test-cache check_not_exist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-env.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-env.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Restore cache
+        id: restore
         uses: ./
         env:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_KEY }}
@@ -62,6 +63,17 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             test-cache
             ~/test-cache
+      - name: Verify cache-matched-key output
+        if: steps.restore.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          CACHE_MATCHED_KEY: ${{ steps.restore.outputs.cache-matched-key }}
+          EXPECTED_KEY: test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.run_id }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "$CACHE_MATCHED_KEY" != "$EXPECTED_KEY" ]; then
+            echo "cache-matched-key mismatch: got '$CACHE_MATCHED_KEY', expected '$EXPECTED_KEY'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
       - name: Verify cache files in working directory
         shell: bash
         run: src/verify-cache-files.sh ${{ runner.os }} test-cache

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Restore cache
+        id: restore
         uses: ./
         with:
           endpoint: ${{ secrets.ENDPOINT }}
@@ -57,6 +58,17 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             test-cache
             ~/test-cache
+      - name: Verify cache-matched-key output
+        if: steps.restore.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          CACHE_MATCHED_KEY: ${{ steps.restore.outputs.cache-matched-key }}
+          EXPECTED_KEY: test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.run_id }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "$CACHE_MATCHED_KEY" != "$EXPECTED_KEY" ]; then
+            echo "cache-matched-key mismatch: got '$CACHE_MATCHED_KEY', expected '$EXPECTED_KEY'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
       - name: Verify cache files in working directory
         shell: bash
         run: src/verify-cache-files.sh ${{ runner.os }} test-cache
@@ -75,6 +87,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Restore cache
+        id: restore-keys
         uses: ./
         with:
           endpoint: ${{ secrets.ENDPOINT }}
@@ -87,6 +100,13 @@ jobs:
             test-cache
             ~/test-cache
           restore-keys: test-${{ runner.os }}-
+      - name: Verify cache-matched-key output
+        if: steps.restore-keys.outputs.cache-matched-key != ''
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          CACHE_MATCHED_KEY: ${{ steps.restore-keys.outputs.cache-matched-key }}
+        run: |
+          echo "cache-matched-key is set to: $CACHE_MATCHED_KEY"
       - name: Verify cache files in working directory
         shell: bash
         run: src/verify-cache-files.sh ${{ runner.os }} test-cache
@@ -194,6 +214,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Restore cache
+        id: restore-only
         uses: ./restore/
         with:
           endpoint: ${{ secrets.ENDPOINT }}
@@ -205,6 +226,17 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             test-cache
             ~/test-cache
+      - name: Verify cache-matched-key output
+        if: steps.restore-only.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          CACHE_MATCHED_KEY: ${{ steps.restore-only.outputs.cache-matched-key }}
+          EXPECTED_KEY: test-save-only-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.run_id }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "$CACHE_MATCHED_KEY" != "$EXPECTED_KEY" ]; then
+            echo "cache-matched-key mismatch: got '$CACHE_MATCHED_KEY', expected '$EXPECTED_KEY'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
       - name: Verify cache files in working directory
         shell: bash
         run: src/verify-cache-files.sh ${{ runner.os }} test-cache

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -117,6 +117,27 @@ To check if cache hits and size is not zero without downloading:
 `restore-keys` works similar to how github's `@actions/cache@v2` works: It search each item in `restore-keys`
 as prefix in object names and use the latest one
 
+To restore from the cache using a `restore-key` prefix if the `key` restore fails:
+
+```yaml
+      - uses: tespkg/actions-cache/restore@v1
+        with:
+          accessKey: "Q3AM3UQ867SPQQA43P2F" # required
+          secretKey: "zuf+tfteSlswRu7BJ86wekitnifILbZam1KYY3TG" # required
+          bucket: actions-cache # required
+          # actions/cache compatible properties: https://github.com/actions/cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-
+          path: |
+            node_modules
+```
+
+If a match is found using one of the `restore-keys` options, then `cache-hit` will be FALSE but the
+`cache-matched-key` output will be set to the key that matched. See the
+[actions/cache](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/restore/README.md#outputs) notes.
+
 ## Amazon S3 permissions
 
 When using this with Amazon S3, the following permissions are necessary:

diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ outputs:
     description: "A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the primary key"
   cache-size:
     description: "A integer value denoting the size of the cache object found (measured in bytes)"
+  cache-matched-key:
+    description: "The key of the cache object found, if any"
 runs:
   using: node20
   main: "dist/restore/index.js"

diff --git a/dist/restore/index.js b/dist/restore/index.js
@@ -86081,6 +86081,7 @@ function restoreCache() {
                 const cacheHit = matchingKey === key;
                 (0, utils_1.setCacheHitOutput)(cacheHit);
                 (0, utils_1.setCacheSizeOutput)(obj.size);
+                (0, utils_1.setCacheMatchedKeyOutput)(matchingKey);
                 if (lookupOnly) {
                     if (cacheHit && obj.size > 0) {
                         core.info(`Cache Hit. NOT Downloading cache from s3 because lookup-only is set. bucket: ${bucket}, object: ${obj.name}`);
@@ -86103,6 +86104,7 @@ function restoreCache() {
             catch (e) {
                 core.info("Restore s3 cache failed: " + e.message);
                 (0, utils_1.setCacheHitOutput)(false);
+                (0, utils_1.setCacheMatchedKeyOutput)("");
                 if (useFallback) {
                     if ((0, utils_1.isGhes)()) {
                         core.warning("Cache fallback is not supported on Github Enterpise.");
@@ -86112,6 +86114,7 @@ function restoreCache() {
                         const fallbackMatchingKey = yield cache.restoreCache(paths, key, restoreKeys);
                         if (fallbackMatchingKey) {
                             (0, utils_1.setCacheHitOutput)(fallbackMatchingKey === key);
+                            (0, utils_1.setCacheMatchedKeyOutput)(fallbackMatchingKey);
                             core.info("Fallback cache restored successfully");
                         }
                         else {
@@ -86212,6 +86215,7 @@ exports.getInputAsInt = getInputAsInt;
 exports.formatSize = formatSize;
 exports.setCacheHitOutput = setCacheHitOutput;
 exports.setCacheSizeOutput = setCacheSizeOutput;
+exports.setCacheMatchedKeyOutput = setCacheMatchedKeyOutput;
 exports.findObject = findObject;
 exports.listObjects = listObjects;
 exports.saveMatchedKey = saveMatchedKey;
@@ -86296,6 +86300,9 @@ function setCacheHitOutput(isCacheHit) {
 function setCacheSizeOutput(cacheSize) {
     core.setOutput("cache-size", cacheSize.toString());
 }
+function setCacheMatchedKeyOutput(cacheMatchedKey) {
+    core.setOutput("cache-matched-key", cacheMatchedKey);
+}
 function findObject(mc, bucket, key, restoreKeys, compressionMethod) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         core.debug("Key: " + JSON.stringify(key));

diff --git a/dist/save/index.js b/dist/save/index.js
@@ -86127,6 +86127,7 @@ exports.getInputAsInt = getInputAsInt;
 exports.formatSize = formatSize;
 exports.setCacheHitOutput = setCacheHitOutput;
 exports.setCacheSizeOutput = setCacheSizeOutput;
+exports.setCacheMatchedKeyOutput = setCacheMatchedKeyOutput;
 exports.findObject = findObject;
 exports.listObjects = listObjects;
 exports.saveMatchedKey = saveMatchedKey;
@@ -86211,6 +86212,9 @@ function setCacheHitOutput(isCacheHit) {
 function setCacheSizeOutput(cacheSize) {
     core.setOutput("cache-size", cacheSize.toString());
 }
+function setCacheMatchedKeyOutput(cacheMatchedKey) {
+    core.setOutput("cache-matched-key", cacheMatchedKey);
+}
 function findObject(mc, bucket, key, restoreKeys, compressionMethod) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         core.debug("Key: " + JSON.stringify(key));

diff --git a/dist/saveOnly/index.js b/dist/saveOnly/index.js
@@ -86127,6 +86127,7 @@ exports.getInputAsInt = getInputAsInt;
 exports.formatSize = formatSize;
 exports.setCacheHitOutput = setCacheHitOutput;
 exports.setCacheSizeOutput = setCacheSizeOutput;
+exports.setCacheMatchedKeyOutput = setCacheMatchedKeyOutput;
 exports.findObject = findObject;
 exports.listObjects = listObjects;
 exports.saveMatchedKey = saveMatchedKey;
@@ -86211,6 +86212,9 @@ function setCacheHitOutput(isCacheHit) {
 function setCacheSizeOutput(cacheSize) {
     core.setOutput("cache-size", cacheSize.toString());
 }
+function setCacheMatchedKeyOutput(cacheMatchedKey) {
+    core.setOutput("cache-matched-key", cacheMatchedKey);
+}
 function findObject(mc, bucket, key, restoreKeys, compressionMethod) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         core.debug("Key: " + JSON.stringify(key));

diff --git a/restore/action.yml b/restore/action.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ outputs:
     description: "A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the primary key"
   cache-size:
     description: "A integer value denoting the size of the cache object found (measured in bytes)"
+  cache-matched-key:
+    description: "The key of the cache object found, if any"
 runs:
   using: node20
   main: "../dist/restore/index.js"

diff --git a/src/restore.ts b/src/restore.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   isGhes,
   newMinio,
   setCacheHitOutput,
+  setCacheMatchedKeyOutput,
   setCacheSizeOutput,
   saveMatchedKey,
   getInput,
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ async function restoreCache() {
       const cacheHit = matchingKey === key;
       setCacheHitOutput(cacheHit);
       setCacheSizeOutput(obj.size);
+      setCacheMatchedKeyOutput(matchingKey);
       if (lookupOnly) {
         if (cacheHit && obj.size > 0) {
           core.info(
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ async function restoreCache() {
     } catch (e) {
       core.info("Restore s3 cache failed: " + e.message);
       setCacheHitOutput(false);
+      setCacheMatchedKeyOutput("");
       if (useFallback) {
         if (isGhes()) {
           core.warning("Cache fallback is not supported on Github Enterpise.");
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ async function restoreCache() {
           );
           if (fallbackMatchingKey) {
             setCacheHitOutput(fallbackMatchingKey === key);
+            setCacheMatchedKeyOutput(fallbackMatchingKey);
             core.info("Fallback cache restored successfully");
           } else {
             core.info("Fallback cache restore failed");

diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ export function setCacheSizeOutput(cacheSize: number): void {
   core.setOutput("cache-size", cacheSize.toString())
 }
 
+export function setCacheMatchedKeyOutput(cacheMatchedKey: string): void {
+  core.setOutput("cache-matched-key", cacheMatchedKey)
+}
+
 type FindObjectResult = {
   item: minio.BucketItem;
   matchingKey: string;