diff --git a/.github/actions/rust-build-cache/configure.mjs b/.github/actions/rust-build-cache/configure.mjs
index 15984cb82..dd88047ad 100644
--- a/.github/actions/rust-build-cache/configure.mjs
+++ b/.github/actions/rust-build-cache/configure.mjs
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ export function configure(env = process.env, compilerVersion, probe = probeRemot
   });
   const cargoHome = env.CARGO_HOME || path.join(homedir(), '.cargo');
   const write = cacheWriter(env.CACHE_SAVE_IF || 'auto', env.GITHUB_REF, env.CACHE_DEFAULT_BRANCH, env.GITHUB_EVENT_NAME);
-  const remote = remoteCompilerCache(env, write);
+  // save-if opts a lane out of the Actions cache budget; R2 has no such budget,
+  // so every trusted default-branch run writes the shared compiler cache.
+  const trusted = cacheWriter('auto', env.GITHUB_REF, env.CACHE_DEFAULT_BRANCH, env.GITHUB_EVENT_NAME);
+  const remote = remoteCompilerCache(env, trusted);
   let remoteValues = {};
   let compilerCacheLocation = `local disk (${remote.reason})`;
   if (remote.values) {
diff --git a/.github/actions/rust-build-cache/configure.test.mjs b/.github/actions/rust-build-cache/configure.test.mjs
index 245ca9b3b..3cebe7dfa 100644
--- a/.github/actions/rust-build-cache/configure.test.mjs
+++ b/.github/actions/rust-build-cache/configure.test.mjs
@@ -198,6 +198,16 @@ test('configuration enables R2 only after the probe succeeds and exports nothing
       'rustc test fixture', () => ({ ok: true, detail: 'HTTP 404' }));
     assert.equal(pull.SCCACHE_S3_RW_MODE, 'READ_ONLY');
 
+    // An Actions-cache opt-out lane on main still writes the shared compiler cache.
+    const optedOut = configure({ ...env, CACHE_SAVE_IF: 'false', GITHUB_ENV: path.join(temp, 'env-opt-out') },
+      'rustc test fixture', () => ({ ok: true, detail: 'HTTP 404' }));
+    assert.equal(optedOut.HYPERCOLOR_CACHE_WRITE, 'false');
+    assert.equal(optedOut.SCCACHE_S3_RW_MODE, 'READ_WRITE');
+    const optedOutPull = configure({ ...env, CACHE_SAVE_IF: 'false', GITHUB_REF: 'refs/pull/7/merge',
+      GITHUB_EVENT_NAME: 'pull_request', GITHUB_ENV: path.join(temp, 'env-opt-out-pr') },
+    'rustc test fixture', () => ({ ok: true, detail: 'HTTP 404' }));
+    assert.equal(optedOutPull.SCCACHE_S3_RW_MODE, 'READ_ONLY');
+
     const down = configure({ ...env, GITHUB_ENV: path.join(temp, 'env-down') }, 'rustc test fixture', () => ({ ok: false, detail: 'HTTP 403' }));
     assert.equal(down.SCCACHE_BUCKET, undefined);
     assert.equal(down.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, undefined);
diff --git a/docs/development/SERVO_BUILD_CACHING.md b/docs/development/SERVO_BUILD_CACHING.md
index ec59fef1a..4d0833a1e 100644
--- a/docs/development/SERVO_BUILD_CACHING.md
+++ b/docs/development/SERVO_BUILD_CACHING.md
@@ -186,9 +186,11 @@ Each of the thirteen jobs that use the cache action passes the bucket, the
 `SCCACHE_R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` secrets as the action's `r2-*` inputs. Jobs
 that never compile see none of them. The action then:
 
-- writes (`SCCACHE_S3_RW_MODE=READ_WRITE`) only where the Actions cache writes,
-  and reads everywhere else, so pull requests and tags reuse what `main`
-  compiled without adding entries;
+- writes (`SCCACHE_S3_RW_MODE=READ_WRITE`) from every push or dispatch on
+  `main`, including lanes that set `save-if: "false"` (that switch protects
+  the Actions cache budget, which R2 does not share), and reads everywhere
+  else, so pull requests and tags reuse what `main` compiled without adding
+  entries;
 - keys entries under `sccache/<os>-<arch>`, so each runner platform keeps its
   own namespace;
 - sends a signed HEAD request before enabling R2. A refused or unreachable
@@ -201,8 +203,9 @@ Fork pull requests receive no secrets and compile with the local disk cache.
 The `Compiler cache:` line in the configure step's log and the
 `Cache location` row of the job summary's statistics show which backend a job
 used. The statistics are authoritative: a mid-job fallback, or a write check
-that downgrades sccache to read-only, leaves the configure line stale, and the
-first `main` run should show `Cache writes` above zero. A read-only run counts
+that downgrades sccache to read-only, leaves the configure line stale.
+sccache 0.17 has no write counter, so a writing run shows a nonzero
+`Average cache write` with `Cache write errors` at zero. A read-only run counts
 every write it skips as a `Cache write errors` entry, so in pull requests and
 tags that row matching `Cache misses` is expected, not a fault.