[Configuration Cache] Disable Configuration Cache on CI (V2)

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Related (Gradle 8.8 & AGP 8.5.1): #13459

Description

This change is primarily about disabling configuration cache (CC) on CI. But, before doing so, we should verify that disabling CC on CI is actually going improve build times, and if not.

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Testing information

Testing on Gradle 8.12.1 and AGP 8.8.0 environment:

Job	BT (With)	BT (Without)	BT (Diff)	DR - Conf (With)	DR - Exec (Without)	DR (Diff)	TE - Time [Factor] (With)	TE - Time [Factor] (Without)	TE (Diff)
Mobile App	5m 13s	5m 29s	+16s (❌)	2s	2s	0s (☑️)	2m 18s [5.07s]	2m 50s [2.74x]	+32s (❌)
Wear App	3m 24s	4m 17s	+53s (❌)	1s	1s	0s (☑️)	52s [5.89x]	1m 18s [4.08x]	+26s (❌)
Lint App	4m 59s	5m 24s	+25s (❌)	3s	2s	-1s (✅)	2m 13s [4.78x]	2m 52s [2.43x]	+39s (❌)
Unit Tests	7m 37s	5m 54s	-1m 43s (✅)	6s	2s	-4s (✅)	2m 25s [6.21x]	2m 42s [2.54s]	+17s (❌)
UI Tests	10m 53s	12m 33s	+2m 40s (❌)	3s	2s	-1s (✅)	2m 52s [6.92x]	3m 12s [3.24x]	+20s (❌)

Note

• Without: Without Configuration Cache
• With: With Configuration Cache
• BT: Build Time
• DR: Dependency Resolution -
  • Conf: During configuration
  • Exec: During execution
• TE: Task Execution
  • Time [Factor]: Time spent executing tasks [Serial execution factor]

Assemble	BT (With CC )	BT (Without CC)	BT (Diff)
Without BC (Without DC)	19m 30s	22m 17s	+47s (❌)
Without BC (With DC)	18m 28s	26m 2s	+7m 34s (❌)
With BC (Without DC)	6m 37s	7m 16s	+39s (❌)
With BC (With DC)1	5m 8s	6m 4s	+56s (❌)

Note

• CC: Configuration Cache
• BC: Build Cache
• DC: Dependency Cache

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• I have considered if this change warrants release notes and have added them to RELEASE-NOTES.txt if necessary. Use the "[Internal]" label for non-user-facing changes.

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Please make sure these conditions are met before approving the PR, or request changes if the PR needs improvement:

• The PR is small and has a clear, single focus, or a valid explanation is provided in the description. If needed, please request to split it into smaller PRs.
• Ensure Adequate Unit Test Coverage: The changes are reasonably covered by unit tests or an explanation is provided in the PR description.
• Manual Testing: The author listed all the tests they ran, including smoke tests when needed (e.g., for refactorings). The reviewer confirmed that the PR works as expected on big (tablet) and small (phone) in case of UI changes, and no regressions are added.

Footnotes

1. You could also check this x10 build for some aggregate numbers: | BT (With CC ): 4m 55s | BT (Without CC ): 6m 6s | ↩

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