[DX-3383] Optimize Docker Caching

.dockerignore

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ tmp/
 contracts/node_modules
 examples/
 
+.changeset/
+.github/
+docs/
+fuzz/
+
 devenv/
 deployment/
 integration/

.github/actions/golangci-lint/action.yml

@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
     - name: Checkout repo (full)
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
       # Only do a full checkout on merge_groups
       if: github.event_name == 'merge_group'
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
         fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Checkout repo
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
       if: github.event_name != 'merge_group'
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Store Golangci-lint report artifact
       if: always()
       id: upload-artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
       with:
         # Use a unique suffix for each lint report artifact to avoid duplication errors
         name: golangci-lint-report-${{ steps.suffix.outputs.suffix }}

.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ runs:
         echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
     - name: Set up Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
         go-version: ${{ steps.go-version.outputs.version }}
         cache: false

.github/actions/setup-solana/build-contracts/action.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
     - name: Checkout chainlink-ccip
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         repository: smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip
         path: chainlink-ccip
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ runs:
           echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
 
-
     - name: Download artifact if it exists
       if: env.exists == 'true'
       shell: bash
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Upload artifact (if newly built)
       if: env.exists == 'false'
       continue-on-error: true # don't fail if the upload fails, it might conflict with another job
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
       with:
         name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
         path: chainlink-ccip/chains/solana/contracts/target/deploy/*.so

.github/workflows/bash-scripts.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       bash-scripts-src: ${{ steps.bash-scripts.outputs.src }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@de90cc6fb38fc0963ad72b210f1f284cd68cea36 # v3.0.2
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [changes]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Run ShellCheck

.github/workflows/build-publish.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       prerelease-phase: ${{ steps.detect-prerelease-phase.outputs.prerelease-phase }}
       is-hotfix: ${{ steps.detect-hotfix.outputs.is-hotfix }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 

.github/workflows/chain-selectors-check.yml

@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ on:
     branches:
       - release/*
 
-
 jobs:
   verify-version:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 

.github/workflows/changeset.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "top_level_dir=$(pwd)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Checkout .Github repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           repository: smartcontractkit/.github

.github/workflows/changesets-preview-pr.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 

.github/workflows/ci-core.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           repository: smartcontractkit/chainlink
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
 
   golangci:
     name: GolangCI Lint
-    needs: [filter, run-frequency ]
+    needs: [filter, run-frequency]
     # We don't directly merge dependabot PRs to not waste the resources.
     if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.affected-modules != '[]' && github.event_name != 'merge_group' && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     permissions:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
           metrics: cpu,network,memory,disk
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Core Tests (${{ matrix.type.cmd }}) # Be careful modifying the job name, as it is used to fetch the job URL
     # We don't directly merge dependabot PRs, so let's not waste the resources
     if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
-    needs: [filter, run-frequency ]
+    needs: [filter, run-frequency]
     timeout-minutes: 60
     # Use ubuntu-latest for jobs that will be skipped
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.type.should-run == 'true' && matrix.type.os || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout the repo
         if: ${{ matrix.type.should-run == 'true' }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Store logs artifacts
         if: ${{ always() && matrix.type.should-run == 'true' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.type.cmd }}_logs
           path: |
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{  needs.filter.outputs.should-run-core-tests == 'true' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Store test report artifacts
         if: ${{ always() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: go_core_scripts_tests_logs
           path: |
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0 # fetches all history for all tags and branches to provide more metadata for sonar reports
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ jobs:
       run:
         shell: bash
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Go
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Misc
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup go

.github/workflows/ci-protobuf.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 

.github/workflows/client-compatibility-tests.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       dependency_changed: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.dependency_changed }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [should-run, select-versions]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           ref: ${{ needs.select-versions.outputs.chainlink_version }}
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           repository: smartcontractkit/chainlink
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ jobs:
           - vrfv2plus
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           ref: ${{ needs.select-versions.outputs.chainlink_version }}

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze (${{ matrix.language }})
-    needs: [ runner-config ]
+    needs: [runner-config]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     permissions:
       # required for all workflows
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           metrics: cpu,network,memory,disk
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Go
         if: matrix.language == 'go'
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build go code manually
         if: matrix.language == 'go'
         run: |
-          echo "::group::Builing all go code (go build ./...)"
+          echo "::group::Building all go code (go build ./...)"
           go build ./...
           echo "::endgroup::"
 

.github/workflows/cre-local-env-tests.yaml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.sha || inputs.chainlink_version }}
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
     if: needs.changes.outputs.should-run-tests == 'true'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.sha || inputs.chainlink_version }}
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up Go
         id: setup-go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           go-version-file: core/scripts/go.mod
           cache: true
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload all artifacts as single package
         if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: local-cre-docker-logs
           path: ./core/scripts/cre/environment/logs/

.github/workflows/cre-regression-system-tests.yaml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.chainlink_version }}
           persist-credentials: false
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up Go
         id: setup-go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           go-version-file: system-tests/tests/go.mod
           cache: true
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ jobs:
           metrics: cpu,network,memory,disk
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.chainlink_version }}
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Set up Go
         id: setup-go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           go-version-file: system-tests/tests/go.mod
           cache: true
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload all artifacts as single package
         if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: test-logs-${{ matrix.tests.test_name }}-${{ matrix.tests.topology }}
           path: |