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this is confirmed in a build scan: <https://scans.gradle.com/s/4ves35brrckay/performance/dependency-resolution?toggled=dependency-resolution-configuration-gradle-initiated#dependency-resolution-configuration-gradle-initiated-0>

of course my plugin needs to support older Gradle versions, but if there's a way to make it work properly in 7.4...

since I'm not seeing anything related in the release notes I'm wondering

I think this is the relevant section <https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/configuration_cache.html#config_cache:requirements>?
&gt; Referencing dependency resolution results is also disallowed (e.g. `ArtifactResolutionQuery`, `ResolvedArtifact`, `ArtifactResult` etc…​). For example, if you reference some `ResolvedComponentResult` instances, you should instead declare a `Provider&lt;ResolvedComponentResult&gt;` as an input to your task. Such a provider can be obtained by invoking `ResolutionResult.getRootComponent()`. In the same vein, if you reference some `ResolvedArtifactResult` instances, you should instead use `ArtifactCollection.getResolvedArtifacts()` that returns a `Provider&lt;Set&lt;ResolvedArtifactResult&gt;&gt;` that can be mapped as an input to your task. The rule of thumb is that tasks must not reference _resolved_ results, but lazy specifications instead, in order to do the dependency resolution at execution time.

Here a demo project how to use it in configuration cache compatible way:
<https://github.com/adammurdoch/dependency-graph-as-task-inputs>

ah dang, it's a new method which returns a `Provider`: `getResolvedArtifacts()`. Makes it harder to upgrade.

I should be able to deal with that, will take a bit longer :)

Looks like this is not mentioned in the release notes or in any GH issue linked to the release. I was confused as well. But that’s it.
<https://gradle-community.slack.com/archives/C013WEPGQF9/p1643792700540709>

Anyway, it’s great that this is now possible.

Yes, that's where I copied the link from :slightly_smiling_face:

It is not in release notes as it still has rough edges that need polishing before making it (more) public.
7.5 should announce it :wink: