diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
index 28ff18673..5f1c28df3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
         go-version: ~1.22.0
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
         cache: false
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
index 5fa752413..7d55eaa06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
         go-version: ~1.22.0
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
         cache: false
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
index 65bb40056..a1e9bb5ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
         go-version: ~1.22.0
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
         cache: false
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
index 1ccfb1ece..f5e5a963d 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
       go-version: "~1.22.0"
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
       cache: false
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
index acdef07a4..da0939f19 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
       go-version: "~1.22.0"
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
       cache: false
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
index 40400bc46..203d77946 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
       go-version: "~1.22.0"
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
       cache: false
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with: