LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef

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A cargo-subcommand to speed up Rust Docker builds using Docker layer caching.

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Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 35

Dominant language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Aug 12, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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Beginner labels: good first issue help wanted
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35 open issues indexed

Glibc version in `--target` with `--zigbuild` confuses `cargo chef cook`'s cleanup phase Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 70/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#367 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
RUSTSEC-2026-0204: Invalid pointer dereference in `fmt::Pointer` impl for `Atomic` and `Shared` when the underlying pointer is invalid Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 25/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#366 · Opened Jul 7, 2026
RUSTSEC-2026-0190: Unsoundness in `Error::downcast_mut()` Open

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#365 · Opened Jun 30, 2026
Harden CI workflows against script injection and credential exposure Open

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#363 · Opened Jun 10, 2026
Pin all GitHub Actions to full-length commit SHAs Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#361 · Opened Jun 10, 2026
Add `--external-only` flag to `cargo chef prepare` to split third-party and workspace-internal cache layers Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#359 · Opened Jun 5, 2026
`cargo install cargo-chef --locked` will not install on rust < 1.88 for versions > 0.1.74 Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 70/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#356 · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Consider offering a binary only docker image Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#355 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 26, 2026
Add riscv64 architecture to Docker workflow logic (tracking issue) Open

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#353 · Opened Apr 15, 2026
cargo-chef prepare injects per-target `edition` causing deprecation warnings with edition 2024 Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#350 · 21 reactions · Opened Apr 1, 2026
Add support for `--example` to `cargo chef cook` Open

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#322 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 7, 2025
Local crate transitively used doesn't get patched Open

waiting-on-author

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#315 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 29, 2025
Workspace with Multiple interdependent crates Open

enhancement

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#314 · 4 reactions · Opened Aug 22, 2025
Nextest compiles all the deps Open

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#305 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 16, 2025
How to cache cargo-vcpkg dependencies? Open

waiting-on-author

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#298 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 30, 2025
Build failures on `stable-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#297 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 30, 2025
cargo-chef 0.1.69 produces duplicate target in `xplr` crate Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#295 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 21, 2025
Enable Link-Time Optimization (LTO) Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 38/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#287 · Opened Dec 14, 2024
Unable to build `rustls` with `cargo-chef` Open

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#285 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 26, 2024
Support multiple `--bin` values in `cargo chef prepare` Open

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#284 · 1 comment · 10 reactions · Opened Nov 15, 2024
Unable to import local library dependency Open

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#283 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 23, 2024
How to use cargo chef with -Zgit=shallow-deps Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#280 · Opened Oct 2, 2024
Using cargo-chef increased my build time from 5 minutes to 25 mintues Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#273 · 13 comments · Opened Jul 13, 2024
toolchain in recipe.json is ignored in `cargo chef cook` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#271 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 1, 2024
`cargo chef` appears to ignore `Cargo.lock` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#252 · 10 comments · Opened Jan 24, 2024
Feature request: very verbose log output Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#251 · Opened Dec 5, 2023
`cargo chef cook` fails with aarch64-unknown-linux-musl target Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#227 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 13, 2023
Dummy `main.rs` files can result in confusing binaries which do nothing Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#212 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 24, 2023
Builds faililng due to incorrect dummy files generated for benches Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#203 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 14, 2023
Add support for `cargo chef cook --workspace --exclude` Open

enhancement

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#181 · 1 comment · 16 reactions · Opened Jan 9, 2023
FR: Provide override flag for terminal check Open

enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#132 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 1, 2022
cargo chef prepare always looks at dev dependencies, but those may not be relevant if building in release mode Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#114 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 16, 2022
`cargo-chef` doesn't cache local dependencies Open

enhancement

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LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#75 · Opened Aug 5, 2021
Feature request: `cargo-chef` support for patches Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#64 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 1, 2021
Does not correctly handle cross-workspace dependencies. Open

good first issue help wanted

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef#4 · 8 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Oct 26, 2020

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