`test.outputs` are downloaded on test failure, even when using `--remote_download_minimal`
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Description
### Description of the bug:
When using `--remote_download_minimal` and a test passes, its `test.outputs` are not downloaded. But when the test fails, they are. They should instead only be downloaded if a `--remote_download_regex` matches them.
### Which category does this issue belong to?
Remote Execution
### What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.
_No response_
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
macOS 15.4.1
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
release 7.6.1
### If `bazel info release` returns `development version` or `(@non-git)`, tell us how you built Bazel.
_No response_
### What's the output of `git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD` ?
```text
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### If this is a regression, please try to identify the Bazel commit where the bug was introduced with bazelisk --bisect.
_No response_
### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
_No response_
### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
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Contributor guide
Research direction
No implementation file or test is named. Start by reproducing the behavior with --remote_download_minimal and a failing test, then trace Bazel's remote-execution handling for test.outputs and --remote_download_regex; done means failed tests no longer download outputs unless the regex matches them.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- build-system, distributed-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100