# Gradle Remote Build Cache Misses

DevFeed: [Gradle Remote Build Cache Misses](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gradle-remote-build-cache-misses-2038.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//gradle-remote-build-cache-misses>)

Published: 2019-08-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [Gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gradle.md>), [Caching](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/caching.md>), [build performance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/build-performance.md>), [build times](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/build-times.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [build-times](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build-times.md>), [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gradle.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/productivity.md>)

## AI overview

SoundCloud describes how its Android team investigated Gradle remote build cache misses to reduce build times and avoid repeating work. The article explains Gradle task inputs, outputs, cache keys, local and remote caches, and the use of Gradle Enterprise build scans to compare builds.

## Source excerpt

Until recently, one of the top technical risks facing SoundCloud's Android team was increasing build times. Our engineering leadership was well aware of the problem, and it was highlighted in our company's quarterly goals and objectives as modularization. Faster build times means more productive developers. More productive developers are happier and can iterate on products more quickly. Modularization is key to decreasing build times, but avoiding work is another important part of the puzzle, and build caching is one way to avoid that work. Gradle, our tool for building Android, has a local file system cache that reuses outputs of previously performed tasks. We have been using the Gradle remote build cache in order to save our developers' time. It helps us avoid redoing work that other teammates have already done or switching to old branches. However, to get the full benefits of caching, you have to go beyond simply setting it up.