fix: stop uploading empty placeholder cache tars to S3

The build workflow created empty tar files (via `tar --files-from /dev/null`)
as placeholders before remote-cli-post-build runs. When the container is
OOM-killed, only these ~10KB empty tars survive and get uploaded to S3.
On the next build, the pull-cache hook downloads them and extracts an empty
Library, providing zero caching benefit.

Changes:
- Remove empty placeholder tar creation in build-automation-workflow.ts
- Keep mkdir -p for cache directories (hooks need them)
- Add size check in aws-s3-upload-cache hook to delete tar files < 1KB
  before uploading, as a safety net against stale stubs

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/build-tests-mac.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ jobs:
   buildForAllPlatformsMacOS:
     name: ${{ matrix.targetPlatform }} on ${{ matrix.unityVersion }}
     runs-on: macos-latest
-    continue-on-error: true
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:

.github/workflows/orchestrator-async-checks.yml

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           # AWS_STACK_NAME: game-ci-github-pipelines
           CHECKS_UPDATE: ${{ github.event.inputs.checksObject }}
         run: |
-          git clone -b main https://github.com/game-ci/unity-builder
+          git clone -b orchestrator-develop https://github.com/game-ci/unity-builder
           cd unity-builder
           yarn
           ls

.github/workflows/orchestrator-integrity.yml

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
             -e SERVICES=s3,cloudformation,ecs,kinesis,cloudwatch,logs,efs,ec2,iam,elasticfilesystem,secretsmanager,lambda,events,sts \
             -e DEBUG=0 \
             -e HOSTNAME_EXTERNAL=localstack-main \
-            localstack/localstack:latest || true
+            localstack/localstack:4.4.0 || true
           # Wait for LocalStack to be ready - check both health endpoint and S3 service
           echo "Waiting for LocalStack to be ready..."
           MAX_ATTEMPTS=60

.github/workflows/validate-community-plugins.yml

@@ -1,203 +0,0 @@
-name: Validate Community Plugins
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    # Run weekly on Sunday at 02:00 UTC
-    - cron: '0 2 * * 0'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      plugin_filter:
-        description: 'Filter plugins by name (regex pattern, empty = all)'
-        required: false
-        default: ''
-      unity_version:
-        description: 'Override Unity version (empty = use plugin default)'
-        required: false
-        default: ''
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  issues: write
-
-jobs:
-  load-plugins:
-    name: Load Plugin Registry
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      matrix: ${{ steps.parse.outputs.matrix }}
-      plugin_count: ${{ steps.parse.outputs.count }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Parse plugin registry
-        id: parse
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const fs = require('fs');
-            const yaml = require('js-yaml');
-
-            const registry = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync('community-plugins.yml', 'utf8'));
-            let plugins = registry.plugins || [];
-
-            // Apply name filter if provided
-            const filter = '${{ github.event.inputs.plugin_filter }}';
-            if (filter) {
-              const regex = new RegExp(filter, 'i');
-              plugins = plugins.filter(p => regex.test(p.name));
-            }
-
-            // Expand platform matrix
-            const matrix = [];
-            for (const plugin of plugins) {
-              const platforms = plugin.platforms || ['StandaloneLinux64'];
-              for (const platform of platforms) {
-                matrix.push({
-                  name: plugin.name,
-                  package: plugin.package,
-                  source: plugin.source || 'git',
-                  unity: '${{ github.event.inputs.unity_version }}' || plugin.unity || '2021.3',
-                  platform: platform,
-                  timeout: plugin.timeout || 30
-                });
-              }
-            }
-
-            core.setOutput('matrix', JSON.stringify({ include: matrix }));
-            core.setOutput('count', matrix.length);
-            console.log(`Found ${matrix.length} plugin-platform combinations to validate`);
-
-  validate:
-    name: '${{ matrix.name }} (${{ matrix.platform }})'
-    needs: load-plugins
-    if: needs.load-plugins.outputs.plugin_count > 0
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJson(matrix.timeout) }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.load-plugins.outputs.matrix) }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Create test project
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p test-project/Assets
-          mkdir -p test-project/Packages
-          mkdir -p test-project/ProjectSettings
-
-          # Create minimal manifest.json
-          if [ "${{ matrix.source }}" = "git" ]; then
-            cat > test-project/Packages/manifest.json << 'MANIFEST'
-          {
-            "dependencies": {
-              "com.unity.modules.imgui": "1.0.0",
-              "com.unity.modules.jsonserialize": "1.0.0"
-            }
-          }
-          MANIFEST
-
-            # Add git package via manifest
-            cd test-project
-            cat Packages/manifest.json | python3 -c "
-          import sys, json
-          manifest = json.load(sys.stdin)
-          manifest['dependencies']['${{ matrix.name }}'] = '${{ matrix.package }}'
-          json.dump(manifest, sys.stdout, indent=2)
-          " > Packages/manifest.tmp && mv Packages/manifest.tmp Packages/manifest.json
-            cd ..
-          fi
-
-          # Create minimal ProjectSettings
-          cat > test-project/ProjectSettings/ProjectVersion.txt << EOF
-          m_EditorVersion: ${{ matrix.unity }}
-          EOF
-
-      - name: Build with unity-builder
-        uses: ./
-        id: build
-        with:
-          projectPath: test-project
-          targetPlatform: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-          unityVersion: ${{ matrix.unity }}
-        continue-on-error: true
-
-      - name: Record result
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          STATUS="${{ steps.build.outcome }}"
-          echo "## ${{ matrix.name }} — ${{ matrix.platform }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          if [ "$STATUS" = "success" ]; then
-            echo "✅ **PASSED** — Compiled and built successfully" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          else
-            echo "❌ **FAILED** — Build or compilation failed" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          fi
-          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "- Unity: ${{ matrix.unity }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "- Platform: ${{ matrix.platform }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "- Source: ${{ matrix.source }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "- Package: \`${{ matrix.package }}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
-  report:
-    name: Validation Report
-    needs: [load-plugins, validate]
-    if: always()
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Generate summary
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const { data: run } = await github.rest.actions.listJobsForWorkflowRun({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              run_id: context.runId
-            });
-
-            const validateJobs = run.jobs.filter(j => j.name.startsWith('validate'));
-            const passed = validateJobs.filter(j => j.conclusion === 'success').length;
-            const failed = validateJobs.filter(j => j.conclusion === 'failure').length;
-            const total = validateJobs.length;
-
-            let summary = `# Community Plugin Validation Report\n\n`;
-            summary += `**${passed}/${total} passed** | ${failed} failed\n\n`;
-            summary += `| Plugin | Platform | Status |\n|--------|----------|--------|\n`;
-
-            for (const job of validateJobs) {
-              const icon = job.conclusion === 'success' ? '✅' : '❌';
-              summary += `| ${job.name} | | ${icon} ${job.conclusion} |\n`;
-            }
-
-            await core.summary.addRaw(summary).write();
-
-            // Create or update issue if there are failures
-            if (failed > 0) {
-              const title = `Community Plugin Validation: ${failed} failure(s) — ${new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0]}`;
-              const body = summary + `\n\n[Workflow Run](${context.serverUrl}/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${context.runId})`;
-
-              const { data: issues } = await github.rest.issues.listForRepo({
-                owner: context.repo.owner,
-                repo: context.repo.repo,
-                state: 'open',
-                labels: 'community-plugin-validation'
-              });
-
-              if (issues.length > 0) {
-                await github.rest.issues.createComment({
-                  owner: context.repo.owner,
-                  repo: context.repo.repo,
-                  issue_number: issues[0].number,
-                  body: body
-                });
-              } else {
-                await github.rest.issues.create({
-                  owner: context.repo.owner,
-                  repo: context.repo.repo,
-                  title: title,
-                  body: body,
-                  labels: ['community-plugin-validation']
-                });
-              }
-            }

community-plugins.yml

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Community Plugin Validation Registry
-# Packages listed here are automatically tested on a schedule
-# to ensure compatibility with unity-builder.
-#
-# Format:
-#   - name: Human-readable name
-#     package: UPM package name or git URL
-#     source: upm | git | asset-store
-#     unity: Minimum Unity version (optional, defaults to 2021.3)
-#     platforms: List of platforms to test (optional, defaults to [StandaloneLinux64])
-#     timeout: Build timeout in minutes (optional, defaults to 30)
-
-plugins:
-  # Example entries — community members can submit PRs to add their packages
-  - name: UniTask
-    package: https://github.com/Cysharp/UniTask.git?path=src/UniTask/Assets/Plugins/UniTask
-    source: git
-    platforms: [StandaloneLinux64, StandaloneWindows64]
-
-  - name: NaughtyAttributes
-    package: https://github.com/dbrizov/NaughtyAttributes.git?path=Assets/NaughtyAttributes
-    source: git
-
-  - name: Unity Atoms
-    package: https://github.com/unity-atoms/unity-atoms.git
-    source: git
-    platforms: [StandaloneLinux64]

dist/index.js

@@ -3398,7 +3398,7 @@ class AWSTaskRunner {
             return { name: x.name, value };
         });
     }
-    static async runTask(taskDef, environment, commands) {
+    static async runTask(taskDef, environment, secrets, commands) {
         const cluster = taskDef.baseResources?.find((x) => x.LogicalResourceId === 'ECSCluster')?.PhysicalResourceId || '';
         const taskDefinition = taskDef.taskDefResources?.find((x) => x.LogicalResourceId === 'TaskDefinition')?.PhysicalResourceId || '';
         const SubnetOne = taskDef.baseResources?.find((x) => x.LogicalResourceId === 'PublicSubnetOne')?.PhysicalResourceId || '';
@@ -3407,6 +3407,11 @@ class AWSTaskRunner {
         const streamName = taskDef.taskDefResources?.find((x) => x.LogicalResourceId === 'KinesisStream')?.PhysicalResourceId || '';
         // Transform localhost endpoints for container environment
         const transformedEnvironment = AWSTaskRunner.transformEndpointsForContainer(environment);
+        // Merge secrets into environment as plain env vars, matching docker and k8s provider behavior.
+        // This ensures UNITY_EMAIL, UNITY_PASSWORD, UNITY_SERIAL reach the container reliably
+        // without depending on CloudFormation Secrets Manager resolution.
+        const secretsAsEnvironment = secrets.map((s) => ({ name: s.EnvironmentVariable, value: s.ParameterValue }));
+        const mergedEnvironment = [...transformedEnvironment, ...secretsAsEnvironment];
         const runParameters = {
             cluster,
             taskDefinition,
@@ -3415,7 +3420,7 @@ class AWSTaskRunner {
                 containerOverrides: [
                     {
                         name: taskDef.taskDefStackName,
-                        environment: transformedEnvironment,
+                        environment: mergedEnvironment,
                         command: ['-c', command_hook_service_1.CommandHookService.ApplyHooksToCommands(commands, orchestrator_1.default.buildParameters)],
                     },
                 ],
@@ -4449,7 +4454,7 @@ class AWSBuildEnvironment {
         try {
             const postSetupStacksTimeMs = Date.now();
             orchestrator_logger_1.default.log(`Setup job time: ${Math.floor((postSetupStacksTimeMs - startTimeMs) / 1000)}s`);
-            const { output, shouldCleanup } = await aws_task_runner_1.default.runTask(taskDef, environment, commands);
+            const { output, shouldCleanup } = await aws_task_runner_1.default.runTask(taskDef, environment, secrets, commands);
             postRunTaskTimeMs = Date.now();
             orchestrator_logger_1.default.log(`Run job time: ${Math.floor((postRunTaskTimeMs - postSetupStacksTimeMs) / 1000)}s`);
             if (shouldCleanup) {
@@ -9414,6 +9419,10 @@ class ContainerHookService {
       fi
       ENDPOINT_ARGS=""
       if [ -n "$AWS_S3_ENDPOINT" ]; then ENDPOINT_ARGS="--endpoint-url $AWS_S3_ENDPOINT"; fi
+      # Skip uploading empty or near-empty tar files (< 1KB) — these are leftover
+      # stubs with no real cache data and would poison the cache for the next build.
+      find /data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/lfs -name "*.tar*" -size -1k -delete 2>/dev/null || true
+      find /data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library -name "*.tar*" -size -1k -delete 2>/dev/null || true
       aws $ENDPOINT_ARGS s3 cp --recursive /data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/lfs s3://${orchestrator_1.default.buildParameters.awsStackName}/orchestrator-cache/$CACHE_KEY/lfs || true
       rm -r /data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/lfs || true
       aws $ENDPOINT_ARGS s3 cp --recursive /data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library s3://${orchestrator_1.default.buildParameters.awsStackName}/orchestrator-cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library || true
@@ -9731,7 +9740,8 @@ if [ -n "$(git ls-remote --heads "$REPO" "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
   git clone -q -b "$BRANCH" "$REPO" /builder
 else
   echo "Remote branch $BRANCH not found in $REPO; falling back to a known branch"
-  git clone -q -b main "$REPO" /builder \
+  git clone -q -b orchestrator-develop "$REPO" /builder \
+    || git clone -q -b main "$REPO" /builder \
     || git clone -q "$REPO" /builder
 fi
 git clone -q -b ${orchestrator_1.default.buildParameters.branch} ${orchestrator_folders_1.OrchestratorFolders.targetBuildRepoUrl} /repo
@@ -9848,7 +9858,8 @@ if [ -n "$(git ls-remote --heads "$REPO" "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
   git clone -q -b "$BRANCH" "$REPO" "$DEST"
 else
   echo "Remote branch $BRANCH not found in $REPO; falling back to a known branch"
-  git clone -q -b main "$REPO" "$DEST" \
+  git clone -q -b orchestrator-develop "$REPO" "$DEST" \
+    || git clone -q -b main "$REPO" "$DEST" \
     || git clone -q "$REPO" "$DEST"
 fi
 chmod +x ${builderPath}`;
@@ -9905,13 +9916,14 @@ echo "CACHE_KEY=$CACHE_KEY"`;
     if ! command -v yarn > /dev/null 2>&1; then printf '#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n' > /usr/local/bin/yarn && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yarn; fi
     # Pipe entrypoint.sh output through log stream to capture Unity build output (including "Build succeeded")
     { echo "game ci start"; echo "game ci start" >> /home/job-log.txt; echo "CACHE_KEY=$CACHE_KEY"; echo "$CACHE_KEY"; if [ -n "$LOCKED_WORKSPACE" ]; then echo "Retained Workspace: true"; fi; if [ -n "$LOCKED_WORKSPACE" ] && [ -d "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.git" ]; then echo "Retained Workspace Already Exists!"; fi; /entrypoint.sh; } | node ${builderPath} -m remote-cli-log-stream --logFile /home/job-log.txt
+    # Ensure cache directories exist for post-build and S3 upload hooks.
+    # Do NOT create empty placeholder tars — they waste S3 storage and on next
+    # build the pull-cache hook downloads them, giving Unity an empty Library
+    # (no caching benefit). The real tars are created by remote-cli-post-build
+    # via Caching.PushToCache(), and the S3 upload hooks use || true so missing
+    # files are handled gracefully.
     mkdir -p "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library"
-    if [ ! -f "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library/lib-$BUILD_GUID.tar" ] && [ ! -f "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library/lib-$BUILD_GUID.tar.lz4" ]; then
-      tar -cf "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library/lib-$BUILD_GUID.tar" --files-from /dev/null || touch "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library/lib-$BUILD_GUID.tar"
-    fi
-    if [ ! -f "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/build/build-$BUILD_GUID.tar" ] && [ ! -f "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/build/build-$BUILD_GUID.tar.lz4" ]; then
-      tar -cf "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/build/build-$BUILD_GUID.tar" --files-from /dev/null || touch "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/build/build-$BUILD_GUID.tar"
-    fi
+    mkdir -p "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/build"
     # Run post-build tasks and capture output
     # Note: Post-build may clean up the builder directory, so we write output directly to log file
     # Use set +e to allow the command to fail without exiting the script

src/model/orchestrator/providers/aws/aws-task-runner.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { DescribeTasksCommand, RunTaskCommand, waitUntilTasksRunning } from '@aws-sdk/client-ecs';
 import { DescribeStreamCommand, GetRecordsCommand, GetShardIteratorCommand } from '@aws-sdk/client-kinesis';
 import OrchestratorEnvironmentVariable from '../../options/orchestrator-environment-variable';
+import OrchestratorSecret from '../../options/orchestrator-secret';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
 import OrchestratorAWSTaskDef from './orchestrator-aws-task-def';
 import * as zlib from 'node:zlib';
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ class AWSTaskRunner {
   static async runTask(
     taskDef: OrchestratorAWSTaskDef,
     environment: OrchestratorEnvironmentVariable[],
+    secrets: OrchestratorSecret[],
     commands: string,
   ): Promise<{ output: string; shouldCleanup: boolean }> {
     const cluster = taskDef.baseResources?.find((x) => x.LogicalResourceId === 'ECSCluster')?.PhysicalResourceId || '';
@@ -73,6 +75,12 @@ class AWSTaskRunner {
     // Transform localhost endpoints for container environment
     const transformedEnvironment = AWSTaskRunner.transformEndpointsForContainer(environment);
 
+    // Merge secrets into environment as plain env vars, matching docker and k8s provider behavior.
+    // This ensures UNITY_EMAIL, UNITY_PASSWORD, UNITY_SERIAL reach the container reliably
+    // without depending on CloudFormation Secrets Manager resolution.
+    const secretsAsEnvironment = secrets.map((s) => ({ name: s.EnvironmentVariable, value: s.ParameterValue }));
+    const mergedEnvironment = [...transformedEnvironment, ...secretsAsEnvironment];
+
     const runParameters = {
       cluster,
       taskDefinition,
@@ -81,7 +89,7 @@ class AWSTaskRunner {
         containerOverrides: [
           {
             name: taskDef.taskDefStackName,
-            environment: transformedEnvironment,
+            environment: mergedEnvironment,
             command: ['-c', CommandHookService.ApplyHooksToCommands(commands, Orchestrator.buildParameters)],
           },
         ],

src/model/orchestrator/providers/aws/index.ts

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class AWSBuildEnvironment implements ProviderInterface {
     try {
       const postSetupStacksTimeMs = Date.now();
       OrchestratorLogger.log(`Setup job time: ${Math.floor((postSetupStacksTimeMs - startTimeMs) / 1000)}s`);
-      const { output, shouldCleanup } = await AwsTaskRunner.runTask(taskDef, environment, commands);
+      const { output, shouldCleanup } = await AwsTaskRunner.runTask(taskDef, environment, secrets, commands);
       postRunTaskTimeMs = Date.now();
       OrchestratorLogger.log(`Run job time: ${Math.floor((postRunTaskTimeMs - postSetupStacksTimeMs) / 1000)}s`);
       if (shouldCleanup) {

src/model/orchestrator/services/hooks/container-hook-service.ts

@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ export class ContainerHookService {
       fi
       ENDPOINT_ARGS=""
       if [ -n "$AWS_S3_ENDPOINT" ]; then ENDPOINT_ARGS="--endpoint-url $AWS_S3_ENDPOINT"; fi
+      # Skip uploading empty or near-empty tar files (< 1KB) — these are leftover
+      # stubs with no real cache data and would poison the cache for the next build.
+      find /data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/lfs -name "*.tar*" -size -1k -delete 2>/dev/null || true
+      find /data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library -name "*.tar*" -size -1k -delete 2>/dev/null || true
       aws $ENDPOINT_ARGS s3 cp --recursive /data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/lfs s3://${
         Orchestrator.buildParameters.awsStackName
       }/orchestrator-cache/$CACHE_KEY/lfs || true

src/model/orchestrator/tests/e2e/orchestrator-end2end-caching.test.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Orchestrator Caching', () => {
         targetPlatform: 'StandaloneLinux64',
         cacheKey: `test-case-${uuidv4()}`,
         containerHookFiles: `debug-cache`,
-        orchestratorBranch: `main`,
+        orchestratorBranch: `orchestrator-develop`,
         orchestratorDebug: true,
       };
 

src/model/orchestrator/workflows/async-workflow.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ if [ -n "$(git ls-remote --heads "$REPO" "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
   git clone -q -b "$BRANCH" "$REPO" /builder
 else
   echo "Remote branch $BRANCH not found in $REPO; falling back to a known branch"
-  git clone -q -b main "$REPO" /builder \
+  git clone -q -b orchestrator-develop "$REPO" /builder \
+    || git clone -q -b main "$REPO" /builder \
     || git clone -q "$REPO" /builder
 fi
 git clone -q -b ${Orchestrator.buildParameters.branch} ${OrchestratorFolders.targetBuildRepoUrl} /repo

src/model/orchestrator/workflows/build-automation-workflow.ts

@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ if [ -n "$(git ls-remote --heads "$REPO" "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
   git clone -q -b "$BRANCH" "$REPO" "$DEST"
 else
   echo "Remote branch $BRANCH not found in $REPO; falling back to a known branch"
-  git clone -q -b main "$REPO" "$DEST" \
+  git clone -q -b orchestrator-develop "$REPO" "$DEST" \
+    || git clone -q -b main "$REPO" "$DEST" \
     || git clone -q "$REPO" "$DEST"
 fi
 chmod +x ${builderPath}`;
@@ -169,13 +170,14 @@ echo "CACHE_KEY=$CACHE_KEY"`;
     if ! command -v yarn > /dev/null 2>&1; then printf '#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n' > /usr/local/bin/yarn && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yarn; fi
     # Pipe entrypoint.sh output through log stream to capture Unity build output (including "Build succeeded")
     { echo "game ci start"; echo "game ci start" >> /home/job-log.txt; echo "CACHE_KEY=$CACHE_KEY"; echo "$CACHE_KEY"; if [ -n "$LOCKED_WORKSPACE" ]; then echo "Retained Workspace: true"; fi; if [ -n "$LOCKED_WORKSPACE" ] && [ -d "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.git" ]; then echo "Retained Workspace Already Exists!"; fi; /entrypoint.sh; } | node ${builderPath} -m remote-cli-log-stream --logFile /home/job-log.txt
+    # Ensure cache directories exist for post-build and S3 upload hooks.
+    # Do NOT create empty placeholder tars — they waste S3 storage and on next
+    # build the pull-cache hook downloads them, giving Unity an empty Library
+    # (no caching benefit). The real tars are created by remote-cli-post-build
+    # via Caching.PushToCache(), and the S3 upload hooks use || true so missing
+    # files are handled gracefully.
     mkdir -p "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library"
-    if [ ! -f "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library/lib-$BUILD_GUID.tar" ] && [ ! -f "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library/lib-$BUILD_GUID.tar.lz4" ]; then
-      tar -cf "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library/lib-$BUILD_GUID.tar" --files-from /dev/null || touch "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/Library/lib-$BUILD_GUID.tar"
-    fi
-    if [ ! -f "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/build/build-$BUILD_GUID.tar" ] && [ ! -f "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/build/build-$BUILD_GUID.tar.lz4" ]; then
-      tar -cf "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/build/build-$BUILD_GUID.tar" --files-from /dev/null || touch "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/build/build-$BUILD_GUID.tar"
-    fi
+    mkdir -p "/data/cache/$CACHE_KEY/build"
     # Run post-build tasks and capture output
     # Note: Post-build may clean up the builder directory, so we write output directly to log file
     # Use set +e to allow the command to fail without exiting the script