Using new NG_PERSISTENT_BUILD_CACHE results in js heap memory error

Bug Report

Affected Package

The issue is caused by package @angular/....

Probably @angular/compiler-cli, @angular/compiler and/or @angular/cli

Is this a regression?

Yes, the previous version in which this bug was not present was: ....

Not present in the same version when not using the flag

Description

A clear and concise description of the problem...

When enabling the NG_PERSISTENT_BUILD_CACHE flag with optimization, aot and buildOptimizer enabled on a large project:

[9613:0xf60cd90]   390146 ms: Mark-sweep 4057.7 (4126.0) -> 4048.0 (4129.2) MB, 2318.9 / 0.1 ms  (average mu = 0.099, current mu = 0.007) allocation failure scavenge might not succeed
[9613:0xf60cd90]   392529 ms: Mark-sweep 4060.6 (4129.2) -> 4050.7 (4132.5) MB, 2365.1 / 0.1 ms  (average mu = 0.055, current mu = 0.008) allocation failure scavenge might not succeed


<--- JS stacktrace --->

==== JS stack trace =========================================

    0: ExitFrame [pc: 0x1389a0c]
    1: StubFrame [pc: 0x1369280]
Security context: 0xffff941408d1 <JSObject>
    2: split [0xffff9414cd51](this=0xfffe7b9c1d41 <String[54]: /node_modules/node-vibrant/node_modules/lodash/_Set.js>,0xfffe7b9c1da1 <JSRegExp <String[#3]: \/+>>)
    3: /* anonymous */ [0xfffde63be589] [/home/circleci/project/repo/node_modules/@*******-devkit/build-*******/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/source-map/lib/source-...

FATAL ERROR: Ineffective mark-compacts near heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory
 1: 0xa146c0 node::Abort() [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]
 2: 0xa14a80 node::OnFatalError(char const*, char const*) [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]
 3: 0xb7d4f4 v8::Utils::ReportOOMFailure(v8::internal::Isolate*, char const*, bool) [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]
 4: 0xb7d6f4 v8::internal::V8::FatalProcessOutOfMemory(v8::internal::Isolate*, char const*, bool) [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]
 5: 0xd284a8 v8::internal::Heap::EnsureFromSpaceIsCommitted() [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]
 6: 0xd289b0 v8::internal::Heap::RecomputeLimits(v8::internal::GarbageCollector) [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]
 7: 0xd355c0 v8::internal::Heap::PerformGarbageCollection(v8::internal::GarbageCollector, v8::GCCallbackFlags) [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]
 8: 0xd36314 v8::internal::Heap::CollectGarbage(v8::internal::AllocationSpace, v8::internal::GarbageCollectionReason, v8::GCCallbackFlags) [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]
 9: 0xd38884 v8::internal::Heap::AllocateRawWithRetryOrFail(int, v8::internal::AllocationType, v8::internal::AllocationOrigin, v8::internal::AllocationAlignment) [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]
10: 0xd00e30 v8::internal::Factory::NewFillerObject(int, bool, v8::internal::AllocationType, v8::internal::AllocationOrigin) [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]
11: 0x1019e30 v8::internal::Runtime_AllocateInYoungGeneration(int, unsigned long*, v8::internal::Isolate*) [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]
12: 0x1389a0c  [/opt/circleci/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.2/bin/node]

This does not happen when building the same project with the same configuration without the flag

Your Environment

Angular Version:

Angular CLI: 12.1.0
Node: 12.22.1
Package Manager: yarn 1.22.10
OS: darwin x64

Angular: 12.1.0
... animations, cdk, cli, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core
... forms, language-service, material, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, platform-server, router
... service-worker, youtube-player

Package                         Version
---------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect       0.1201.0
@angular-devkit/build-angular   12.1.0
@angular-devkit/core            12.1.0
@angular-devkit/schematics      12.0.2
@angular/fire                   6.1.4
@angular/flex-layout            12.0.0-beta.34
@nguniversal/builders           12.0.1
@nguniversal/common             12.0.1
@nguniversal/express-engine     12.0.1
@schematics/angular             12.1.0
ng-packagr                      12.0.2
rxjs                            6.6.3
typescript                      4.3.4
webpack                         4.46.0

Anything else relevant?

ARM, Ubuntu on CircleCI

[alan-agius4]

Typically this cache is more beneficial in local environments during development.

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