randomly the pre-action docker build fails

[kwavnet]

Once in a while Build ravsamhq/notify-slack-action@v1 fails with the following

  /usr/bin/docker build -t 5eae13:03b041c796e34d099842964119063d7c -f "/path/actions-runner/_actions/ravsamhq/notify-slack-action/v1/Dockerfile" "/path/actions-runner/_actions/ravsamhq/notify-slack-action/v1"
  #1 [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile
  #1 sha256:76500476c126f4b5da5ec50421f6358c73853c0dbe71984004e53b6c61712ad7
  #1 transferring dockerfile: 38B done
  #1 DONE 0.0s

  #2 [internal] load .dockerignore
  #2 sha256:b78347fbd62912480d9947bb0aeef597af6c1ea1d2cd959bdcca6fed7f3e9e50
  #2 transferring context: 2B done
  #2 DONE 0.0s

  #4 [internal] load metadata for public.ecr.aws/docker/library/python:3-slim
  #4 sha256:88f83c7105d19eeb7cd4d26d9ce011e2df8ab9dd0dad2e9ce84771f012f3b2e0
  #4 ERROR: unexpected status code [manifests 3-slim]: 400 Bad Request

  #3 [internal] load metadata for gcr.io/distroless/python3-debian10:latest
  #3 sha256:847d648b5ae1c07de239ad1cf534dcbbc90f051f65da51ccb91ed47a5bce342c
  #3 CANCELED
  ------
   > [internal] load metadata for public.ecr.aws/docker/library/python:3-slim:
  ------
  failed to solve with frontend dockerfile.v0: failed to create LLB definition: unexpected status code [manifests 3-slim]: 400 Bad Request
  Warning: Docker build failed with exit code 1, back off 7.569 seconds before retry.
  /usr/bin/docker build -t 5eae13:03b041c796e34d099842964119063d7c -f "/path/actions-runner/_actions/ravsamhq/notify-slack-action/v1/Dockerfile" "/path/actions-runner/_actions/ravsamhq/notify-slack-action/v1"
  #1 [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile
  #1 sha256:d08f37c7dc52a4acce3f973a8fc7e2cd213ce57277830df51bc2006e3e390f0b
  #1 transferring dockerfile: 38B done
  #1 DONE 0.0s

  #2 [internal] load .dockerignore
  #2 sha256:cd044e6bb5820c413cbbf9ac9ce721aba7162651f3994d5eecaabcd0413ba007
  #2 transferring context: 2B done
  #2 DONE 0.0s

  #4 [internal] load metadata for public.ecr.aws/docker/library/python:3-slim
  #4 sha256:88f83c7105d19eeb7cd4d26d9ce011e2df8ab9dd0dad2e9ce84771f012f3b2e0
  #4 ERROR: unexpected status code [manifests 3-slim]: 400 Bad Request

  #3 [internal] load metadata for gcr.io/distroless/python3-debian10:latest
  #3 sha256:847d648b5ae1c07de239ad1cf534dcbbc90f051f65da51ccb91ed47a5bce342c
  #3 CANCELED
  ------
   > [internal] load metadata for public.ecr.aws/docker/library/python:3-slim:
  ------
  failed to solve with frontend dockerfile.v0: failed to create LLB definition: unexpected status code [manifests 3-slim]: 400 Bad Request
  Warning: Docker build failed with exit code 1, back off 2.354 seconds before retry.

Is there any way (like back off and retry) to work around this temporary issue (seems to be a network issue)

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[kwavnet]

I had a deeper look into this issue and it seems to be a "local docker daemon" issue without a proper fix so far. Currently we are firing hundreds of pipelines using this action and each of them builds a fresh container - would it an option to use a pre-made and pre-published container for this action, which is pulled once on a runner and then make use of the local container caching?

[ravgeetdhillon]

@witekio-kwe To get rid of the slow build speeds of Docker, we have released v2 which is written in Typescript. See this comment for more information.

[kwavnet]

@ravgeetdhillon will give it a try - thanks a lot