Skip link validation in merge_group and use SonarSource/gh-action_cache

Author: mpaladin

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/validate_asciidoc.sh
 
   validate_links:
+    if: github.event_name != 'merge_group'
     runs-on: github-ubuntu-latest-s
     name: Validate Links
     timeout-minutes: 120
@@ -153,21 +154,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install common dependencies
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-common-dependencies
       - name: Restore link cache
-        id: cache-link-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830 # v4.3.0
+        uses: SonarSource/gh-action_cache@v1
         with:
           path: link-probing.cache
-          key: link-probing-cache
+          key: link-probing-cache-${{ github.sha }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            link-probing-cache-${{ github.sha }}
+            link-probing-cache-
       - name: Validate links
-        run: |
-          ./ci/validate_links.sh link-probing.cache
-      - name: Save link cache
-        if: always() && !cancelled()
-        id: cache-link-save
-        uses: actions/cache/save@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830 # v4.3.0
-        with:
-          path: link-probing.cache
-          key: link-probing-cache
+        run: ./ci/validate_links.sh link-probing.cache
 
   all_required_checks:
     needs:
@@ -176,7 +171,7 @@ jobs:
       - validate_rules
       - validate_ci_tests
     runs-on: github-ubuntu-latest-s
-    name: All Required Checks
+    name: all_required_checks
     steps:
       - name: All required checks passed
         run: echo 'All required checks have passed'