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We were previously calling prefetchSwiftPackagesForProject in DarwinDependencyManagement, which would be called during flutter pub get. This would start the process silently and not wait for it to complete. The original idea was so that when you added a dependency in your IDE, it would start downloading any remote dependencies without you needing to trigger a build. However, if 2 processes are fetching the dependencies at the same time, this can cause one to fail.

I'm guessing that's what's happening in #186054 (comment).

This PR removes the silent prefetch call from flutter pub get. Instead, it will be called during flutter build/flutter run

Speculative fix for #186054.

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This pull request simplifies the Swift package prefetching logic across the Flutter tools by removing background process management, parameter configurations like quiet and waitForCompletion, and the associated pgrep/kill commands. Feedback on the changes notes that returning immediately when _swiftPackageFetchProcess is not null can lead to race conditions for concurrent tasks or fail to retry after a failed prefetch, suggesting tracking the prefetch as a Future<void>? instead.

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flutter/flutter@c8f2f16...e70534d

2026-05-28 30870216+gaaclarke@users.noreply.github.com Linux glyph gamma correction (flutter/flutter#187122)
2026-05-28 chris@bracken.jp [iOS] Eliminate strong retain cycle from VSyncClient (flutter/flutter#187164)
2026-05-28 katelovett@google.com Revert "[pubspec] Bump Dart SDK constraint to ^3.13.0 (#186957)" (flutter/flutter#187209)
2026-05-28 engine-flutter-autoroll@skia.org Roll Skia from f1b8ba877c07 to 32acea791248 (3 revisions) (flutter/flutter#187220)
2026-05-27 engine-flutter-autoroll@skia.org Roll Fuchsia Linux SDK from k9EizfEGJO4WwQN9-... to SBpmmPxqx3lAvGojE... (flutter/flutter#187211)
2026-05-27 bdero@google.com [Impeller] Add block-compressed texture format support (BC, ETC2, ASTC) (flutter/flutter#187077)
2026-05-27 katelovett@google.com Disable analyzer (flutter/flutter#187205)
2026-05-27 bdero@google.com [Flutter GPU] Add explicit draw counts (reland) (flutter/flutter#187192)
2026-05-27 bdero@google.com [Flutter GPU] Inject per-backend defines into shader bundle compilation (flutter/flutter#187081)
2026-05-27 engine-flutter-autoroll@skia.org Roll Skia from fa944af10f91 to f1b8ba877c07 (13 revisions) (flutter/flutter#187194)
2026-05-27 47866232+chunhtai@users.noreply.github.com Fixes bug when changing accessibilityFocusBlockType doesn't update ch… (flutter/flutter#186596)
2026-05-27 137456488+flutter-pub-roller-bot@users.noreply.github.com Roll pub packages (flutter/flutter#187191)
2026-05-27 kevmoo@users.noreply.github.com [web, tool] Support recompiling shaders and unify asset processing (2nd try) (flutter/flutter#186902)
2026-05-27 robert.ancell@canonical.com Fix crash if FlView is destroyed during a draw. (flutter/flutter#186848)
2026-05-27 engine-flutter-autoroll@skia.org Roll Packages from fc795e5 to 4b424d7 (4 revisions) (flutter/flutter#187174)
2026-05-27 15619084+vashworth@users.noreply.github.com Stop prefetching Swift packages in pub get (flutter/flutter#187113)
2026-05-27 jesswon@google.com Update CI with newer android sdk package (flutter/flutter#187143)
2026-05-27 jason-simmons@users.noreply.github.com Add a tag to the Linux platform properties in .ci.yaml that specifies x64 CPUs (flutter/flutter#187124)

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creatorpiyush pushed a commit to creatorpiyush/packages that referenced this pull request Jun 10, 2026
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flutter/flutter@c8f2f16...e70534d

2026-05-28 30870216+gaaclarke@users.noreply.github.com Linux glyph gamma correction (flutter/flutter#187122)
2026-05-28 chris@bracken.jp [iOS] Eliminate strong retain cycle from VSyncClient (flutter/flutter#187164)
2026-05-28 katelovett@google.com Revert "[pubspec] Bump Dart SDK constraint to ^3.13.0 (#186957)" (flutter/flutter#187209)
2026-05-28 engine-flutter-autoroll@skia.org Roll Skia from f1b8ba877c07 to 32acea791248 (3 revisions) (flutter/flutter#187220)
2026-05-27 engine-flutter-autoroll@skia.org Roll Fuchsia Linux SDK from k9EizfEGJO4WwQN9-... to SBpmmPxqx3lAvGojE... (flutter/flutter#187211)
2026-05-27 bdero@google.com [Impeller] Add block-compressed texture format support (BC, ETC2, ASTC) (flutter/flutter#187077)
2026-05-27 katelovett@google.com Disable analyzer (flutter/flutter#187205)
2026-05-27 bdero@google.com [Flutter GPU] Add explicit draw counts (reland) (flutter/flutter#187192)
2026-05-27 bdero@google.com [Flutter GPU] Inject per-backend defines into shader bundle compilation (flutter/flutter#187081)
2026-05-27 engine-flutter-autoroll@skia.org Roll Skia from fa944af10f91 to f1b8ba877c07 (13 revisions) (flutter/flutter#187194)
2026-05-27 47866232+chunhtai@users.noreply.github.com Fixes bug when changing accessibilityFocusBlockType doesn't update ch… (flutter/flutter#186596)
2026-05-27 137456488+flutter-pub-roller-bot@users.noreply.github.com Roll pub packages (flutter/flutter#187191)
2026-05-27 kevmoo@users.noreply.github.com [web, tool] Support recompiling shaders and unify asset processing (2nd try) (flutter/flutter#186902)
2026-05-27 robert.ancell@canonical.com Fix crash if FlView is destroyed during a draw. (flutter/flutter#186848)
2026-05-27 engine-flutter-autoroll@skia.org Roll Packages from fc795e5 to 4b424d7 (4 revisions) (flutter/flutter#187174)
2026-05-27 15619084+vashworth@users.noreply.github.com Stop prefetching Swift packages in pub get (flutter/flutter#187113)
2026-05-27 jesswon@google.com Update CI with newer android sdk package (flutter/flutter#187143)
2026-05-27 jason-simmons@users.noreply.github.com Add a tag to the Linux platform properties in .ci.yaml that specifies x64 CPUs (flutter/flutter#187124)

If this roll has caused a breakage, revert this CL and stop the roller
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Please CC boetger@google.com,stuartmorgan@google.com on the revert to ensure that a human
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To file a bug in Packages: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/new/choose

To report a problem with the AutoRoller itself, please file a bug:
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Documentation for the AutoRoller is here:
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via-guy pushed a commit to via-guy/flutter that referenced this pull request Jun 26, 2026
We were previously calling `prefetchSwiftPackagesForProject` in
`DarwinDependencyManagement`, which would be called during `flutter pub
get`. This would start the process silently and not wait for it to
complete. The original idea was so that when you added a dependency in
your IDE, it would start downloading any remote dependencies without you
needing to trigger a build. However, if 2 processes are fetching the
dependencies at the same time, this can cause one to fail.

I'm guessing that's what's happening in
flutter#186054 (comment).

This PR removes the silent prefetch call from `flutter pub get`.
Instead, it will be called during `flutter build`/`flutter run`

Speculative fix for flutter#186054.

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