From 5b4d0b6f4bb5428eda986ab01669bc579fdc4e1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Thalheim?= <joerg@thalheim.io>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:01:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] hydra-eval-jobset: disable eval cache

---
 src/script/hydra-eval-jobset | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset b/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
index 2c1ab7a0..eeea742f 100755
--- a/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
+++ b/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
@@ -366,7 +366,13 @@ sub evalJobs {
             "or flake.checks " .
             "or (throw \"flake '$flakeRef' does not provide any Hydra jobs or checks\")";
 
-        @cmd = ("nix-eval-jobs", "--expr", $nix_expr);
+        @cmd = ("nix-eval-jobs",
+                # Disable the eval cache to prevent SQLite database contention.
+                # Since Hydra typically evaluates each revision only once,
+                # parallel workers would compete for database locks without
+                # providing any benefit from caching.
+                "--option", "eval-cache", "false",
+                "--expr", $nix_expr);
     } else {
         my $nixExprInput = $inputInfo->{$nixExprInputName}->[0]
             or die "cannot find the input containing the job expression\n";