From 02f8d3757b2e092a42a5ec554e12f3f9ba6e3941 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: emil <emil.simeonov@tutanota.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:43:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] DEVX-14: fix: set fresh MOLECULE_HOME per pair to avoid stale
 config cache

---
 src/devx/molecule/molecule_ci_guard.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/devx/molecule/molecule_ci_guard.py b/src/devx/molecule/molecule_ci_guard.py
index 4ca4fea..5585e75 100644
--- a/src/devx/molecule/molecule_ci_guard.py
+++ b/src/devx/molecule/molecule_ci_guard.py
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ def build_env_for_pair(pair: str, base_env: dict[str, str]) -> dict[str, str]:
     elif "MOLECULE_PLATFORM_COMMAND" in env:
         del env["MOLECULE_PLATFORM_COMMAND"]
     env["ANSIBLE_ALLOW_BROKEN_CONDITIONALS"] = "true"
+    # Use a fresh MOLECULE_HOME per pair to avoid stale config cache
+    # from previous CI runs (causes "Instances missing" errors).
+    if "MOLECULE_HOME" not in env:
+        import tempfile
+
+        env["MOLECULE_HOME"] = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="molecule-ci-")
     return env