Is it due to some exploratory execution where the same rule

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Is it due to some exploratory execution where the same rule is executed multiple times to see which one completes first that gives rise to logs like these thread

curved-television-6568 · Answer

```09 34 58 02 INFO Canceled Running experimental shell command pantsbuild pants config files 09 34 59 67 INFO Completed Running experimental shell command pantsbuild pants config files``` I get a bunch of these where they get cancelled then completed I get that the end result is correct it is just that the logs gets a bit confusing what s going on and why

refined-addition-53644 · Answer

yeah I have seen them too Earlier I thought it was just during CI CD but I have seen them locally too

bitter-ability-32190 · Answer

The pants blog has a post about it kinda pants does speculative execution

bitter-ability-32190 · Answer

bitter-ability-32190 · Answer

Thatst guess as to what you re seeing

curved-television-6568 · Answer

Yeah was my suspicion too assume this thread may be for verification and possible future action to help improve this to reduce the level of confusion surprises

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

Maybe we should add something to the log line to give more context on what is happening

bitter-ability-32190 · Answer

CC < witty crayon 22786>

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

yea these are either speculation of the sort in the blog post or speculation on the remote cache where we fetch from the cache in parallel with running a process agreed that they re noisy i ll file an issue

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

the first item mentioned on there is probably trivial in case anyone wants to take a stab at it the second item on the other hand shrug