# Build cache does not cache test runs

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/build-cache-does-not-cache-test-runs/25600>\
**Category:** Help/Discuss\
**Created:** [January 26, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/build-cache-does-not-cache-test-runs/25600 "2018-01-26T12:56:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/build-cache-does-not-cache-test-runs/25600/13 "2018-12-06T07:29:15Z")

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Just chiming in here without fully understanding the problem. I see mention in [the linked post](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/do-not-cache-if-condition-matched-jacoco-agent-configured-with-append-true-satisfied/23504/2?u=sebastian_schuberth) regarding JaCoCo and `append=true`

Is it possible to

1. Have a separate JaCoCo exec file for each test task
2. Set `append=false` for each
3. Use a [JacocoMerge](https://docs.gradle.org/current/dsl/org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoMerge.html) task to merge the multiple exec files into one
4. Generate a [JacocoReport](https://docs.gradle.org/current/dsl/org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReport.html) from the merged exec file

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