Disable client-side caching for some orchestrators

src/zenml/integrations/kubernetes/flavors/kubernetes_orchestrator_flavor.py

@@ -134,6 +134,17 @@ def is_schedulable(self) -> bool:
         """
         return True
 
+    @property
+    def supports_client_side_caching(self) -> bool:
+        """Whether the orchestrator supports client side caching.
+
+        Returns:
+            Whether the orchestrator supports client side caching.
+        """
+        # The Kubernetes orchestrator starts step pods from a pipeline pod.
+        # This is currently not supported when using client-side caching.
+        return False
+
 
 class KubernetesOrchestratorFlavor(BaseOrchestratorFlavor):
     """Kubernetes orchestrator flavor."""

src/zenml/integrations/lightning/flavors/lightning_orchestrator_flavor.py

@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ def is_schedulable(self) -> bool:
         """
         return False
 
+    @property
+    def supports_client_side_caching(self) -> bool:
+        """Whether the orchestrator supports client side caching.
+
+        Returns:
+            Whether the orchestrator supports client side caching.
+        """
+        # The Lightning orchestrator starts step studios from a pipeline studio.
+        # This is currently not supported when using client-side caching.
+        return False
+
 
 class LightningOrchestratorFlavor(BaseOrchestratorFlavor):
     """Lightning orchestrator flavor."""

src/zenml/integrations/skypilot/flavors/skypilot_orchestrator_base_vm_config.py

@@ -144,3 +144,15 @@ def is_local(self) -> bool:
             True if this config is for a local component, False otherwise.
         """
         return False
+
+    @property
+    def supports_client_side_caching(self) -> bool:
+        """Whether the orchestrator supports client side caching.
+
+        Returns:
+            Whether the orchestrator supports client side caching.
+        """
+        # The Skypilot orchestrator runs the entire pipeline in a single VM, or
+        # starts additional VMs from the root VM. Both of those cases are
+        # currently not supported when using client-side caching.
+        return False

src/zenml/orchestrators/base_orchestrator.py

@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ def is_schedulable(self) -> bool:
         """
         return False
 
+    @property
+    def supports_client_side_caching(self) -> bool:
+        """Whether the orchestrator supports client side caching.
+
+        Returns:
+            Whether the orchestrator supports client side caching.
+        """
+        return True
+
 
 class BaseOrchestrator(StackComponent, ABC):
     """Base class for all orchestrators.
@@ -205,6 +214,7 @@ def run(
 
         if (
             placeholder_run
+            and self.config.supports_client_side_caching
             and not deployment.schedule
             and not prevent_client_side_caching
         ):

src/zenml/service_connectors/service_connector_utils.py

@@ -60,15 +60,9 @@ def _raise_specific_cloud_exception_if_needed(
     orchestrators: List[ResourcesInfo],
     container_registries: List[ResourcesInfo],
 ) -> None:
-    AWS_DOCS = (
-        "https://docs.zenml.io/how-to/infrastructure-deployment/auth-management/aws-service-connector"
-    )
-    GCP_DOCS = (
-        "https://docs.zenml.io/how-to/infrastructure-deployment/auth-management/gcp-service-connector"
-    )
-    AZURE_DOCS = (
-        "https://docs.zenml.io/how-to/infrastructure-deployment/auth-management/azure-service-connector"
-    )
+    AWS_DOCS = "https://docs.zenml.io/how-to/infrastructure-deployment/auth-management/aws-service-connector"
+    GCP_DOCS = "https://docs.zenml.io/how-to/infrastructure-deployment/auth-management/gcp-service-connector"
+    AZURE_DOCS = "https://docs.zenml.io/how-to/infrastructure-deployment/auth-management/azure-service-connector"
 
     if not artifact_stores:
         error_msg = (