Disable cache for a bit to see if its killing the build

config/initializers/99-anon-cache.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ enabled = if Rails.configuration.respond_to?(:enable_anon_caching)
             Rails.env.production?
           end
 
+# DISABLE to check if its killing the smoke test
+enabled = false
+
 if !ENV['DISCOURSE_DISABLE_ANON_CACHE'] && enabled
   # in an ideal world this is position 0, but mobile detection uses ... session and request and params
   Rails.configuration.middleware.insert_after ActionDispatch::ParamsParser, Middleware::AnonymousCache

script/bench.rb

@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ begin
   append = "?api_key=#{api_key}&api_username=admin1"
 
   # asset precompilation is a dog, wget to force it
-  run "wget http://127.0.0.1:#{@port}/ -o tmp/test.html"
+  run "wget http://127.0.0.1:#{@port}/ -o test.html"
+  `rm test.html`
 
   tests = [
     ["home", "/"],