Extract caching logic into a separate gradle-actions-caching component (#885)

With this change, the caching functionality of `setup-gradle` and
`dependency-submission` is now provided by `gradle-actions-caching`, a
closed-source library distributed under our [Terms of
Use](https://gradle.com/legal/terms-of-use/). The rest of the action
implementation remains open source.

Using `setup-gradle` or `dependency-submission` with caching enabled
involves loading and using the `gradle-actions-caching` component,
requiring acceptance of the [Terms of
Use](https://gradle.com/legal/terms-of-use/). There are no functional
changes to caching provided by these actions: all workflows will
continue to function as before.

The non-caching aspects of action implementation remain open source. By
running these actions with caching disabled they can be used without
ever loading `gradle-actions-caching` or accepting the license terms.

Supporting the caching infrastructure in this project requires a
substantial engineering investment by Gradle Technologies, which we can
sustain thanks to Develocity, our commercial offering. Caching
technologies are a core part of the Develocity offering, and the caching
in `setup-gradle` fits squarely in that space.

This licensing change lets us continue to build advanced capabilities
that go beyond what we would offer as open source. Proper
production-ready Configuration Cache support will be the first
capability. Improving build performance for self-hosted runners will
follow.

We may introduce functionality restrictions in future updates. However,
caching functionality will remain free for public repositories.
We have a long-standing commitment to open source, as maintainers of
Gradle Build Tool, and by [sponsoring the open source
community](https://gradle.com/oss-sponsored-by-develocity/) with free
Develocity licenses. Public repositories are primarily used by open
source projects, and we remain committed to supporting them.

- Implementation of caching logic to save and restore Gradle User Home
content has been removed, replaced by the `gradle-actions-caching`
component.
- The `@actions/caching` library is still used to cache Gradle
distributions that are downloaded and provisioned by `setup-gradle`.
This PR updates to the latest version of `@actions/caching`, and removes
the patch that is no longer required.
- License notices are now displayed in documentation, logs and the
generated Job Summary.
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Daz DeBoer
2026-03-18 14:57:27 -06:00
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parent c999154b1f
commit a0ee12f71e
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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
with:
cache-read-only: false # For testing, allow writing cache entries on non-default branches
- name: Build with 3.1
working-directory: sources/test/jest/resources/cache-cleanup
working-directory: .github/workflow-samples/cache-cleanup
run: ./gradlew --no-daemon --build-cache -Dcommons_math3_version="3.1" build
# Second build will use the cache from the first build, but cleanup should remove unused artifacts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
cache-read-only: false
cache-cleanup: 'on-success'
- name: Build with 3.1.1
working-directory: sources/test/jest/resources/cache-cleanup
working-directory: .github/workflow-samples/cache-cleanup
run: ./gradlew --no-daemon --build-cache -Dcommons_math3_version="3.1.1" build
# Third build will restore cache entry from second, and verify stale content removed