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AI-generatedStale cache reported by podman build despite changed external package sources
Goal: Understand why podman build --layers can report "Using cache" for a step while the resulting image contains stale output caused by changes to external inputs such as package repository metadata or remote downloads. Constraints: The build cache key incorporates only the instruction text and, for COPY / ADD , the content or metadata of the files added in
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