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+name: Proactively build and cache flake
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 3 * * *"
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "force-build"
+
+
+jobs:
+  build_arm:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/flake-checker-action@main
+      - uses: ryanccn/attic-action@v0
+        with:
+          endpoint: ${{ secrets.ATTIC_ENDPOINT }}
+          cache: ${{ secrets.ATTIC_CACHE }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.ATTIC_TOKEN }}
+      # free useless disk space
+      - run: 'curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/arrow/31747f067a6ae29eca2d9bc68748500a8163d83e/ci/scripts/util_free_space.sh | bash'
+      - run: 'nix flake update'
+      - run: 'nix build .#nixosConfigurations.rpi4.config.system.build.toplevel'
+
+  build_x86:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/flake-checker-action@main
+      - uses: ryanccn/attic-action@v0
+        with:
+          endpoint: ${{ secrets.ATTIC_ENDPOINT }}
+          cache: ${{ secrets.ATTIC_CACHE }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.ATTIC_TOKEN }}
+      # free useless disk space
+      - run: 'curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/arrow/31747f067a6ae29eca2d9bc68748500a8163d83e/ci/scripts/util_free_space.sh | bash'
+      - run: 'nix flake update'
+      - run: 'nix build .#nixosConfigurations.nullbox.config.system.build.toplevel'
+      - run: 'nix build .#nixosConfigurations.slab.config.system.build.toplevel'
+      - run: 'nix build .#nixosConfigurations.nixos-wsl.config.system.build.toplevel'