Java image .tar file is not generated in bazel-bin

[juanmarin-co]

🐞 bug report

Affected Rule

java_image

Is this a regression?

Yes, it works well on v0.22.0

Description

I have a java_image target, the label is //src/main/java/com/example/myproject, if I run bazel build //src/main/java/com/example/myproject:myproject.tar it should create a tar file in bazel-bin, which is bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin but instead, the tar is generated in the path bazel-out/k8-fastbuild-ST-4a519fd6d3e4/bin

This is the console output

INFO: Analyzed target //src/main/java/com/example/myproject:myproject.tar (0 packages loaded, 0 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
Target //src/main/java/com/example/myproject:myproject.tar up-to-date:
  bazel-out/k8-fastbuild-ST-4a519fd6d3e4/bin/src/main/java/com/example/myproject/myproject.tar
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.084s, Critical Path: 0.00s
INFO: 1 process: 1 internal.
INFO: Build completed successfully, 1 total action

🔬 Minimal Reproduction

Clone https://github.com/juanpmarin/bazel-java-image-bug
Run bazel build //src/main/java/com/example/myproject:myproject.tar

🌍 Your Environment

Operating System:

  
Fedora 35
  

Output of bazel version:

  
Bazelisk version: v1.11.0
Build label: 5.0.0
Build target: bazel-out/k8-opt/bin/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/BazelServer_deploy.jar
Build time: Wed Jan 19 14:08:54 2022 (1642601334)
Build timestamp: 1642601334
Build timestamp as int: 1642601334
  

Rules_docker version:

  
0.23.0
  

Anything else relevant?

[mashail]

We have the same issue with go_image

[SanjayVas]

This also affects the base container_image rule, so I imagine it might affect image tar generation in general.

[SanjayVas]

I suspect this is an issue with transitions, possibly introduced in #1963

[uhthomas]

I don't believe bazel-bin is stable, artefacts should be located with cquery instead.

See GoogleContainerTools/skaffold#7251 for an example.

Please feel free to reopen if I'm missing something 😄

[njlr]

For anyone stumbling on this, I was able to get a stable output path by copying the output:

load("@bazel_skylib//rules:copy_file.bzl", "copy_file")

# ...

container_image(
  name = "my_image",
  # ...
)

copy_file(
  name = "my_image_archive",
  src = ":my_image.tar",
  out = "my_image_archive.tar",
  is_executable = False,
  allow_symlink = True,
)

[nascentcore-eng]

For anyone stumbling on this, I was able to get a stable output path by copying the output:

load("@bazel_skylib//rules:copy_file.bzl", "copy_file")

# ...

container_image(
  name = "my_image",
  # ...
)

copy_file(
  name = "my_image_archive",
  src = ":my_image.tar",
  out = "my_image_archive.tar",
  is_executable = False,
  allow_symlink = True,
)

Is this the official way to work around unstable .tar file?
In my case, the .tar file is placed in bazel-out, but the resultant path does not have the actual .tar file.