promising solution using volume mount

.gitea/workflows/dockerfile_runner.yaml

@@ -18,15 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: echo "💡 The ${{ gitea.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."
-      - name: List files in the repository
-        run: |
-          ls /opt/hostedtoolcache
-      - name: List files in the repository
-        run: |
-          touch /opt/hostedtoolcache/hello.txt
-      - name: List files in the repository
-        run: |
-          ls /opt/hostedtoolcache
+
       - name: List files in the repository
         run: |
           ls ${{ gitea.workspace }}

dockerfile

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ WORKDIR /code/
 COPY requirements.txt ./
 
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/opt/hostedtoolcache/pip pip install --upgrade pip 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/opt/hostedtoolcache/pip pip list --outdated
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/opt/hostedtoolcache/pip pip install --upgrade wheel
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/opt/hostedtoolcache/pip pip install --upgrade setuptools
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/opt/hostedtoolcache/pip pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --cache-dir=/opt/hostedtoolcache/pip --upgrade pip 
+RUN pip list --cache-dir=/opt/hostedtoolcache/pip --outdated
+RUN pip install --cache-dir=/opt/hostedtoolcache/pip --upgrade wheel
+RUN pip install --cache-dir=/opt/hostedtoolcache/pip --upgrade setuptools
+RUN pip install --cache-dir=/opt/hostedtoolcache/pip -r requirements.txt
 
 # Copy the rest of your application code (Changes frequently, invalidates subsequent cache)
 COPY . ./