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Maybe with `--rerun-tasks` Gradle would skip that?

On a task level there is `Task.doNotTrackState()`  or `@UntrackedTask` from 7.3, check <https://docs.gradle.org/7.3/userguide/more_about_tasks.html#sec:untracked_external_tool|release notes>. I don’t think there is anything on a build level. But you can try set `doNotTrackState()`  for your npm tasks if that could solve your issue.

Thanks Anze. I think I might file a feature request. It makes sense. On my PC it takes an additional 25 seconds of build from the moment npm install finishes, to the actuall end of build in Gradle. A bit crazy.

Feel free to open an issue.
Does `doNoTrackState()` solve the issue for npm task though?

<@U02DF9JDXJM> we're on 7.1 unfortunately and it's not easy to upgrade. I actually filed another issue related to this.

For now I think I'll end up conditionally defining an npm install tasks depending whether we are on build system, or not