[dgesteves]

Resolves #303

Some plugins produce results that webpack's cache shouldn't keep, for example when the output depends on state webpack doesn't track. A webpack loader handles that with this.cacheable(false), but unplugin's load and transform context had no way to reach it. The only route today is this.getNativeBuildContext?.().loaderContext?.cacheable(false). @antfu suggested on the issue adding cacheable to the transform context, so this does that for load and transform.

• UnpluginContext gets an optional cacheable?: (flag?: boolean) => void, documented as available only in load/transform on webpack and Rspack. It's optional like getNativeBuildContext, so plugins that run on several bundlers call this.cacheable?.(false).
• createContext in src/webpack/context.ts and src/rspack/context.ts forwards it to the loader context. Both loaders already use createContext, and Rsbuild goes through the rspack loaders, so all three get it. Other bundlers are unchanged and this.cacheable stays undefined there. resolveId doesn't get it, since it doesn't run in a loader.
• Docs: a this.cacheable row in the Supported Context table, with a footnote on where it works and the ?. call for cross-bundler plugins.

How I tested it:

• New test/unit-tests/cacheable/cacheable.test.ts runs a real webpack and a real rspack build twice with the same compiler and the in-memory cache. The plugin calls this.cacheable(false) in load for one module and in transform for another. On the second build those two modules are built again and entry.js comes from the cache. On main both tests fail, because all three modules come from the cache.
• Added createContext tests in test/unit-tests/webpack/context.test.ts and test/unit-tests/rspack/context.test.ts that check the call reaches the loader's cacheable.
• pnpm test: 34 files passed, 4 skipped; 298 tests passed, 65 skipped. pnpm lint and pnpm typecheck pass.

createContext is one line in each adapter, so if the webpack/rspack shared-core work in plans/009 lands first, this moves over easily.

Happy to take suggested changes, including on the naming or the docs wording.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Plugin authors can mark results from load and transform hooks as non-cacheable in webpack, Rspack, and Rsbuild.

• Documentation

  • Clarified where cache control is supported, when it can be used, and how to handle bundlers that do not provide it.

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The plugin context now exposes optional cache control in load and transform hooks. Webpack and Rspack contexts forward the setting to their loaders. The guide documents bundler support and usage, and tests cover flag forwarding and caching across repeated builds.

Changes: Loader cache control

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Expose and forward cache control src/types.ts, src/webpack/context.ts, src/rspack/context.ts, docs/guide/index.md	UnpluginContext adds an optional cacheable callback. Webpack and Rspack contexts forward the flag to their loaders. The guide documents support, hook availability, and optional chaining for bundlers where the callback is undefined.
Verify cache control test/unit-tests/cacheable/*, test/unit-tests/webpack/context.test.ts, test/unit-tests/rspack/context.test.ts	Tests verify that both contexts forward false. Webpack and Rspack tests run repeated builds and check that non-cacheable load and transform results are processed again.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PluginHook
  participant UnpluginContext
  participant WebpackOrRspackLoader
  PluginHook->>UnpluginContext: Call cacheable(false)
  UnpluginContext->>WebpackOrRspackLoader: Forward false

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Possibly related PRs

• unjs/unplugin#608: Adds the Rsbuild adapter, which uses the shared Rspack loader context that this change updates.

Suggested reviewers: antfu

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 5e781

No merge-blocking issue is established for the cache-control change.

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: exposing this.cacheable in webpack and Rspack load and transform hooks.
Linked Issues check		Issue #303 asks for a way to disable webpack caching for loader-backed load and transform results. The reviewed head adds optional cacheable?: (flag?: boolean) => void to UnpluginContext (src/…
Out of Scope Changes check		Every changed area supports the optional loader-context cacheable capability requested in #303. The changes are: the optional type property in src/types.ts, the one-line forwarding in the webpack an…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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Issue #303 asks for a way to disable webpack caching for loader-backed load and transform results. The reviewed head adds optional cacheable?: (flag?: boolean) => void to UnpluginContext (src/types.ts, per the change summary). createContext in src/webpack/context.ts and src/rspack/context.ts forwards the call to loader.cacheable(flag). Rsbuild uses the rspack loaders, so it receives the same method. Other bundlers do not set it, and resolveId does not receive it. The new test/unit-tests/cacheable/cacheable.test.ts runs real webpack and rspack builds. It uses this.cacheable?.(false) in load for loaded.js and in transform for transformed.js. It checks two cases: an in-memory cache with two runs on one compiler, and a persistent filesystem cache with two compilers. In both cases the expected call counts show that the marked modules rebuild and entry.js is served from cache. The createContext unit tests in the webpack and rspack context test files check the forwarding call. The change since the previous review adds the persistent-cache test case. That case covers the same requirement, so the earlier conclusion still holds. The issue's alternative of passing loader options is not required by the issue text.

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Every changed area supports the optional loader-context cacheable capability requested in #303. The changes are: the optional type property in src/types.ts, the one-line forwarding in the webpack and rspack createContext adapters, the Supported Context documentation for the new method and its optional-call form, and unit and build tests for the new behavior. The change since the previous review adds a persistent-cache test case to the same test file, which is also part of this feature. No unrelated change is shown in the supplied evidence. The type and documentation changes were assessed from the change summary, not from a full diff read.

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98-115: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Exercise persistent-cache restoration with a fresh compiler.

buildTwice runs both compilations on the same compiler, and webpack uses cache: { type: 'memory' }. The assertions do not detect a regression where a fresh compiler restores loaded.js or transformed.js from persistent disk cache. Add a filesystem-cache case that closes the first compiler and creates a new compiler with the same cache directory before the second build.

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Review comment at @test/unit-tests/cacheable/cacheable.test.ts around lines 98 -
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Add a filesystem-cache test alongside the `this.cacheable` framework cases that
builds with one compiler, closes it, then creates a fresh compiler using the
same cache directory for the second build. Assert that `loaded.js` and
`transformed.js` are rebuilt rather than restored from persistent cache, while
preserving the existing assertions for the in-memory `buildTwice` case.

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[dgesteves]

Added the persistent-cache case from the review in 5e78188. Each bundler now also builds once, closes the compiler, and builds again with a new compiler on the same cache directory (webpack cache.type: 'filesystem', Rspack cache.type: 'persistent'). The second compiler can only reuse what's on disk, which is the restart case from #303.

It catches the regression: with cacheable turned into a no-op in both adapters, the new cases fail because the fresh compiler restores loaded.js and transformed.js from disk. entry.js being transformed once confirms the disk cache is really read. The cases take about 250 ms (webpack) and 25 ms (Rspack), and the cache directories sit inside the test's temp root, so the existing afterAll cleanup removes them.