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Aleksei Sviridkin 2af8b0c229 ci(build): fall back to direct, retry and cache Go module downloads (#4660)
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## What this PR does

One transient error from proxy.golang.org is enough to fail an image
build or the `Unit & controller tests` job today. The error is an HTTP/2
stream reset (`stream error ... INTERNAL_ERROR`), and nothing retries or
falls back after it. This PR adds three things: a direct fallback, a
bounded retry and a module cache.

Image builds now fall back to fetching modules from their origin when
the proxy fails. They get `GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org|direct` as a
build arg from `hack/common-envs.mk`, and every Go builder stage
declares `ARG GOPROXY`. With a pipe Go goes direct on any proxy error.
With Go's default comma it does that only on a 404 or 410. The value
comes from `IMAGE_GOPROXY` and not from the host's `GOPROXY`, because
buildkit can't reach a mirror on localhost or a `file://` proxy. Every
workflow job that runs Go on the runner sets the same value as env.

Explicit module downloads in Dockerfiles are retried three times with a
growing pause. The loop is inline, in one form that the contract test
pins. I tried a shared script from a named build context first, but
buildx refuses any `--build-context` for the four Dockerfiles still
pinned to the `dockerfile:1.2` frontend. The images also build from
different contexts, so no single file can be copied in. Raising those
pins changes how those images build and needs a real build to check, so
I left it for a follow-up. Two alpine stages, token-proxy and
shadowbox's `ss-server`, left the download to `go build`. The alpine
golang images have no git, so the direct fallback can't fetch for them,
and they now get the same download step. The runner jobs use
`hack/go-mod-download.sh` with the same bound.

The unit test job now starts from a module cache instead of downloading
everything. It restores `GOMODCACHE` with `actions/cache`, keyed on
every `go.sum` in the tree, and then prefetches all tracked modules
through the retry, so a cache miss still works. A cache saved by a PR
run is visible only to that PR, but one saved on the default branch can
be restored by any PR
([docs](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/dependency-caching#restrictions-for-accessing-a-cache)).
That is why the build cache warmer on main writes the same key before
its image build. This way the first run of a PR, which is the one that
flakes, starts warm. The warmer restores only an exact key, so old
module versions don't pile up, and its Go steps can't fail the image
build. Both runner labels are Linux, so the key matches. Both also check
out under `/home/ubuntu/_work`, so `go env GOMODCACHE` should give the
same cache path, but I have not seen it on the warmer's runner yet. The
release jobs in `tags.yaml` and `promote-rc.yaml` get the GOPROXY env
only, no cache.

`hack/go-module-fetch-contract.bats` covers all three. Each test is red
on main, and I checked each guard with a mutation.

Closes #4591

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```release-note
ci(build): Go module downloads in image builds and CI jobs now fall back to direct fetching and retry on transient proxy.golang.org errors. The unit test job reuses a module cache written from main.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **Reliability**
- Go module downloads now fall back to direct access when the public
proxy encounters errors.
- Builds and automated checks retry failed module downloads, helping
them recover from temporary network issues.
- **Performance**
- CI caches Go modules to reduce repeated downloads and speed up builds
and tests.

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