From 437fa5458ef80dd741e72e9ef186de507ff6991b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: grossmj <grossmj@gns3.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 18:27:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] ci: add caching for APT packages

---
 .github/workflows/testing.yml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 4f834576e..bfd9b5790 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         cache: pip
 
+    - name: Cache APT packages
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      with:
+        path: /var/cache/apt/archives
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-apt-${{ hashFiles('**/apt-packages.txt') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-apt-
+
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip

From 5497b0368ac99713589813cc88eb9b7e5e3938ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: grossmj <grossmj@gns3.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 18:31:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] ci: use cache@v6

---
 .github/workflows/testing.yml | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index bfd9b5790..a2787d540 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         cache: pip
 
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install .[ai-features,dev]
+
     - name: Cache APT packages
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      uses: actions/cache@v6
       with:
         path: /var/cache/apt/archives
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-apt-${{ hashFiles('**/apt-packages.txt') }}
         restore-keys: |
           ${{ runner.os }}-apt-
 
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install .[ai-features,dev]
-
     - name: Install sharkd (marker replay engine)
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update

From e206e70300c8ed3f416f468a50c3e55981822264 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: grossmj <grossmj@gns3.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 18:56:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] ci: update APT cache key

---
 .github/workflows/testing.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index a2787d540..a9a14e7f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         path: /var/cache/apt/archives
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-apt-${{ hashFiles('**/apt-packages.txt') }}
         restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-apt-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-apt-packages
 
     - name: Install sharkd (marker replay engine)
       run: |

From 64d4defae264f58eafd3b25a59342e735835a96d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: grossmj <grossmj@gns3.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 19:06:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] ci: add cache hit status logging

---
 .github/workflows/testing.yml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index a9a14e7f1..c08043f50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -34,15 +34,17 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install .[ai-features,dev]
 
     - name: Cache APT packages
+      id: apt-cache
       uses: actions/cache@v6
       with:
         path: /var/cache/apt/archives
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-apt-${{ hashFiles('**/apt-packages.txt') }}
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-apt-packages-${{ hashFiles('**/apt-packages.txt') }}
         restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-apt-packages
+          ${{ runner.os }}-apt-packages-
 
     - name: Install sharkd (marker replay engine)
       run: |
+        echo "Cache Hit Status: ${{ steps.apt-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}"
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y wireshark-common
 

From 806f7b6cf20a1cb00271cf0989d6cc6a4427dd0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: grossmj <grossmj@gns3.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:34:56 +0700
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] ci: use cache-apt-pkgs-action to install sharkd

---
 .github/workflows/testing.yml | 17 ++++-------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index c08043f50..195eaa32c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -33,20 +33,11 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install .[ai-features,dev]
 
-    - name: Cache APT packages
-      id: apt-cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v6
-      with:
-        path: /var/cache/apt/archives
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-apt-packages-${{ hashFiles('**/apt-packages.txt') }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-apt-packages-
-
     - name: Install sharkd (marker replay engine)
-      run: |
-        echo "Cache Hit Status: ${{ steps.apt-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}"
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y wireshark-common
+      uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
+      with:
+        packages: wireshark-common
+        version: linux-amd64
 
     - name: Run all checks
       run: |