Running Builds for Bazel - IncrediBuild Documentation

Last updated on Aug 27, 2026 Starting with Incredibuild 10.37.0, Incredibuild can distribute Bazel builds and supports Build Cache for Bazel builds.

BuildCacheProfile Prerequisites

Build Cache is generally case insensitive, whereas Bazel is case sensitive. To fix this, add /BuildCacheProfile="<IB installation folder>\BuildCache Profiles\BuildCache_profile_bazel.xml" to the BuildConsole command.

Profile Prerequisites

Incredibuild interception requires processes spawned by Incredibuild. Bazel is a long-running service which means it cannot be intercepted by the current build if started earlier. Bazel must therefore be restarted by BuildConsole. The bazel.ib_profile.xml includes <PreBuildStep Filepath="path\to\bazel.exe shutdown"/> at the xml root level, and bazel and java listed in the Tools list with AllowIntercept="true". In order for the Bazel process shutdown command to work:

Edit bazel.ib_profile.xml and edit the path to bazel.exe in <PreBuildStep Filepath="path\to\bazel.exe shutdown" />
To activate this, add /Profile="<IB installation folder>\Profiles\bazel.ib_profile.xml" to the BuildConsole command.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<!-- Bazel (Windows, MSVC). cl.exe is spawned by Bazel's Java server, not bazel.exe - both need interception. -->
<Profile FormatVersion="1">

  <!-- Bazel's long-running Java server can only be intercepted if BuildConsole's
       own process tree creates it. Set the full path to bazel.exe below so it
       restarts the server before each build. -->
  <PreBuildStep Filepath="path\to\bazel.exe shutdown" />

  <Tools>

    <Tool Filename="bazel" AllowIntercept="true" />
    <Tool Filename="java"  AllowIntercept="true" />

  </Tools>
</Profile>

Confirm with your Customer Success representative whether your Incredibuild 10.37.0 installation ships with the built-in Bazel profile. If it does not, create a profile XML file (as shown above) and reference it in your build command, as described in Creating a Profile XML File.

Running a Build

Run your Bazel build through BuildConsole, pointing /Profile at your profile XML file and /BuildCacheProfile to the Bazel Build Cache profile:

BuildConsole /command=<Bazel command> /Profile="<path>\bazel.ib_profile.xml" /BuildCacheProfile="<IB installation folder>\BuildCache Profiles\BuildCache_profile_bazel.xml"

​BuildCacheProfile Prerequisites

​Profile Prerequisites

​Running a Build

BuildCacheProfile Prerequisites

Profile Prerequisites

Running a Build