repeating downloads of scala library

Hi,
I have a problem where for some cases when I build some projects bazel downloads the scala library all over again.
The above description is vague since I'm not entirely sure on the circumstances and it very well might be an edge case of me working on many WORKSPACES with different bazel versions (release from brew and local dev).
Has anyone encountered this? Anything that can be done in this repo?
Sounds related to https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/1752 but not sure

The issue names no files or tests. Start by reproducing the repeated Scala library downloads across the reported WORKSPACES and Bazel versions, then compare the behavior with Bazel issue 1752. Done means identifying a reproducible cause and documenting or fixing the behavior in this repository.

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