From 58ccc60638f571c61eb7325179571673fed12c5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Lukas=20Br=C3=BCbach?= <Bruebach.Lukas@bdosecurity.de>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:17:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [CI] Load and save the docker image through the image cache

---
 .github/workflows/desktop-build.yml | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml
index f426ecf20..89e66d097 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml
@@ -202,7 +202,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Build ${{ matrix.distro }} ${{ matrix.version }} Docker image"
         shell: bash
-        run: source .ci/docker.sh --build
+        run: |
+          # --get/--save wire the $CACHE/image dir restored/saved above into the
+          # build: without them the image is rebuilt from scratch every run and
+          # the image cache saves nothing. Only persist on master; PR runs just
+          # reuse whatever the restore step found.
+          args=(--get --build)
+          [[ $GITHUB_REF == "refs/heads/master" ]] && args+=(--save)
+          source .ci/docker.sh "${args[@]}"
 
       - name: "Build debug and test"
         if: matrix.test != 'skip'