One poisoned cache entry can flow into every downstream binary. How do you keep your build cache trustworthy?

Most candidates discuss caches as a speed feature. The staff-level answer treats write access to a shared cache like deploy credentials and proves hermeticity with sampled cold rebuilds.

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Most candidates discuss caches as a speed feature. The staff-level answer treats write access to a shared cache like deploy credentials and proves hermeticity with sampled cold rebuilds.

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