AppIntentsMetadataProcessor produces a JSON output that can be non-deterministic

[rogerhu]

Reviewing the compact execution logs of a Bazel build, i noticed that the output of the mnemonic AppIntentsMetadataProcessor runs xcrun appintentsmetadataprocessor that produces a JSON file extract.actionsdata with keys are that unsorted. The exact contents are the same if the keys are sorted. As a result, this output can be non-deterministic.

I can think of a few options:

Option 1: include a jq --sort-keys <file> binary to post-process the output.
Option 2: write a Python helper to sort the keys before returning the output
Option 3: update guides to disable caching for this output. The extraction for this action can take a while, so it would be advantageous to find a way.

[rogerhu]

It looks like versions.json also needs to be sorted keys too!

[thelvis4]

Filed FB19585633 for this issue with Apple (from Snap, Inc. developer account).