From ff8675e4b6922b1df74a79579bd20b4dc1711b1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Gustin <34000337+EricGustin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 10:07:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Filter out unneeded files/directories before deploying
 workers (#464)

`arcade deploy` is failing for local packages that have large unneeded
files such as `uv.lock`. It is failing because it is taking too long for
the CLI to compress and PUT to the cloud.
---
 libs/arcade-cli/arcade_cli/deployment.py | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 pyproject.toml                           |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libs/arcade-cli/arcade_cli/deployment.py b/libs/arcade-cli/arcade_cli/deployment.py
index 991eba25..342c8e96 100644
--- a/libs/arcade-cli/arcade_cli/deployment.py
+++ b/libs/arcade-cli/arcade_cli/deployment.py
@@ -226,6 +226,24 @@ class Worker(BaseModel):
         if self.local_source is None:
             return None
 
+        def exclude_filter(tarinfo: tarfile.TarInfo) -> tarfile.TarInfo | None:
+            """Filter for files/directories to exclude from the compressed package"""
+            basename = os.path.basename(tarinfo.name)
+
+            # Exclude all hidden directories/files
+            if basename.startswith("."):
+                return None
+
+            # Exclude specific directories/files
+            if basename in {"dist", "build", "__pycache__", "venv", "coverage.xml"}:
+                return None
+
+            # Exclude lock files
+            if basename.endswith(".lock"):
+                return None
+
+            return tarinfo
+
         # Compress local packages into a list of LocalPackage objects
         def process_package(package_path_str: str) -> LocalPackage:
             package_path = self.toml_path.parent / package_path_str
@@ -247,7 +265,7 @@ class Worker(BaseModel):
             # Compress the package into a byte stream and tar
             byte_stream = io.BytesIO()
             with tarfile.open(fileobj=byte_stream, mode="w:gz") as tar:
-                tar.add(package_path, arcname=package_path.name)
+                tar.add(package_path, arcname=package_path.name, filter=exclude_filter)
 
             byte_stream.seek(0)
             package_bytes = byte_stream.read()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f4c92fcd..b5ef990d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "arcade-ai"
-version = "2.0.2"
+version = "2.0.3"
 description = "Arcade.dev - Tool Calling platform for Agents"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}