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From: Broque Thomas <26755000+Nezreka@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 21:13:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Bust Docker layer cache to rebuild dev nightly image
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User reported (eN1gma) the dev nightly Docker image fails to start
with ``ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'requests'`` despite
``requests>=2.31.0`` being correctly listed in requirements.txt.
Local Docker builds + python imports both work — the issue is a
poisoned GHA Docker layer cache: the ``pip install -r requirements.txt``
step is cached based on the file's content hash, so once a bad
layer (e.g. an aborted/incomplete pip install from a previous run)
makes it into the cache, every subsequent build reuses it.

Touching this comment changes the requirements.txt hash, which
forces ``cache-from: type=gha`` in dev-nightly.yml to skip the
poisoned layer and run a fresh ``pip install``. The next dev nightly
build (or push-to-dev triggered build) will produce a clean image.

No functional change.
---
 requirements.txt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 16d2b801..a52eda81 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # SoulSync requirements
 # Web application dependencies only
+# (cache-bust 2026-05-02: dev nightly image was serving a poisoned layer
+#  with missing dependencies; touching this comment forces the GHA Docker
+#  layer cache to invalidate the pip-install step on the next build.)
 
 # Core web framework
 Flask>=3.0.0