From de066edec9d8c4e62a278f0c10bc3ba5e2d01ca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: samfreund <samf.236@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:34:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] cache gradle stuff

---
 .github/workflows/build.yml           | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/lint-format.yml     |  3 +++
 .github/workflows/photon-api-docs.yml |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b0b40a8233..bd4dc9de0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 25
           distribution: temurin
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
+        with:
+          cache-provider: basic
       - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v5
         with:
           version: 11
@@ -162,6 +165,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 25
           distribution: temurin
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
+        with:
+          cache-provider: basic
       - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v5
         with:
           version: 11
@@ -214,6 +220,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 25
           distribution: temurin
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
+        with:
+          cache-provider: basic
 
       # grab all tags
       - run: git fetch --tags --force
@@ -255,6 +264,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 25
           distribution: temurin
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
+        with:
+          cache-provider: basic
       - run: git fetch --tags --force
       - run: ./gradlew photon-targeting:build photon-lib:build
         name: Build with Gradle
@@ -296,6 +308,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Config Git
         run: |
           git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/photonvision/photonvision
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
+        with:
+          cache-provider: basic
       - name: Build PhotonLib
         # We don't need to run tests, since we specify only non-native platforms
         run: ./gradlew photon-targeting:build photon-lib:build ${{ matrix.build-options }} -x test
@@ -361,6 +376,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 25
           distribution: temurin
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
+        with:
+          cache-provider: basic
       - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v5
         with:
           version: 11
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-format.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-format.yml
index 6936fadc96..c4a1216b30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-format.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 25
           distribution: temurin
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
+        with:
+          cache-provider: basic
       - run: |
           set +e
           ./gradlew spotlessCheck
diff --git a/.github/workflows/photon-api-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/photon-api-docs.yml
index e4c72e64a7..91a28dcf94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/photon-api-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/photon-api-docs.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 25
         distribution: temurin
+    - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
+      with:
+        cache-provider: basic
     - name: Build javadocs/doxygen
       run: |
         chmod +x gradlew

From d67627de4709e11b994a60ec372cff0f45cbb066 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: samfreund <samf.236@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:37:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] gradle-setup step makes validation step superfluous

---
 .github/workflows/build.yml | 12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index bd4dc9de0d..4eea23b271 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
 
-  validation:
-    name: "Validation"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v5
-
   # build-examples:
 
   #     strategy:
@@ -115,7 +108,6 @@ jobs:
   playwright-tests:
     name: "Playwright E2E tests"
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs: [validation]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -153,7 +145,6 @@ jobs:
   build-gradle:
     name: "Gradle Build"
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs: [validation]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -210,7 +201,6 @@ jobs:
   build-photonlib-vendorjson:
     name: "Build Vendor JSON"
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs: [validation]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
@@ -255,7 +245,6 @@ jobs:
 
     name: "Photonlib - Build Host - ${{ matrix.artifact-name }}"
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    needs: [validation]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
@@ -300,7 +289,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container: ${{ matrix.container }}
     name: "Photonlib - Build Docker - ${{ matrix.artifact-name }}"
-    needs: [validation]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:

From 5f8208d496eeb6aeb2212f898662e5124db66be2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: samfreund <samf.236@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:13:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] bah CI