Using netlify plugins with netlify-plugin-gatsby-cache increases build time rather than reducing. I followed your blog post and noticed my builds are now longer. I’m not using any CMS just building from a github repo. [Screen Shot 2020-05-12 at 12.16.21 PM] As you can see, my builds are now takin…

I noticed that builds were using the command gatsby build rather than npm run build which has the needed environment variable. Made that change, re tested, and still get longer builds [Screen Shot 2020-05-12 at 1.09.10 PM] 1:03:11 PM: Build ready to start 1:03:13 PM: build-image version: 6dfe19d1…

Thanks for this report! Our Build Plugins team is discussing this issue here: Automatic installation of plugins makes build much slower opened 05:27PM - 13 Apr 20 UTC (UTC) closed 02:27PM - 22 May 20 UTC (UTC) …

Thanks for that link. I added the plugin to my package.json and that appears to fix the issue they are referring to. [Screen Shot 2020-05-12 at 1.33.33 PM] I would suggest updating your docs (or at least that blog post) until you have a permanent fix. You’ll probably have a lot more of these thr…

I was having the same issue, thanks for the detailed breakdown @randallmlough . Fix worked for me as well (average time down from 3.30s to <1.4sec so far, much closer to pre-cache build times). For anyone else a little unsure on how to “add to package.json” just install the package via yarn or npm. …

Hey there! I just added information to the other entry. @randallmlough ’s breakdown is excellent, so I’m only adding this for additional context. [image] Incremental Gatsby Build time Increases Build Plugins Hey there! It looks like there are two significant bugs in the be…

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Hey there! I just added information to the other entry. @randallmlough’s breakdown is excellent, so I’m only adding this for additional context.

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