docker / docker/setup-buildx-action

Cache BuildKit state volume

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Since May 19, 2025.

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Description

follow-up https://github.com/docker/build-push-action/issues/482

Since docker/buildx#672 BuildKit state is saved in a named volume. We should be able to cache it and mount it back. This would require the possiblity to name the builder instead of a generated one.

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