diff --git a/.github/workflows/nx-cloud-workflow-validations.yml b/.github/workflows/nx-cloud-workflow-validations.yml
index ab3a4b7..3a2e84c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nx-cloud-workflow-validations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nx-cloud-workflow-validations.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -24,3 +25,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           chmod +x ./scripts/check-launch-templates.sh
           ./scripts/check-launch-templates.sh
+      - uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v4
+      - run: git branch --track main origin/main
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+      - name: Run checks
+        run: |
+          yarn nx affected -t test
diff --git a/workflow-steps/cache/README.md b/workflow-steps/cache/README.md
index 6746976..be2e7f0 100644
--- a/workflow-steps/cache/README.md
+++ b/workflow-steps/cache/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ paths: |
 
 All above locations will be cached and subsequently restored.
 
+If you have multiple `node_modules` folder you can also pass in a glob path:
+
+```yaml
+paths: |
+  packages/*/node_modules
+```
+
 ## `base-branch`
 
 For security reasons, this step will only write cache entries **for the current branch only**. This isolation is
diff --git a/workflow-steps/cache/hashing-utils.ts b/workflow-steps/cache/hashing-utils.ts
index 84e0cdf..c9aaa25 100644
--- a/workflow-steps/cache/hashing-utils.ts
+++ b/workflow-steps/cache/hashing-utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import * as string_decoder from 'string_decoder';
-
 const fs = require('fs');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
 import { glob } from 'glob';
@@ -49,3 +47,36 @@ export function hashKey(key: string): string {
 function hash(input: string) {
   return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(input).digest('hex');
 }
+
+export function buildCachePaths(inputPaths: string) {
+  const directories = Array.from(
+    new Set(
+      inputPaths
+        .split('\n')
+        .filter((p) => p)
+        .reduce(
+          (allPaths, currPath) => [...allPaths, ...expandPath(currPath)],
+          [],
+        ),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  const invalidDirectories = directories.filter((dir) => !fs.existsSync(dir));
+  if (invalidDirectories.length > 0) {
+    console.warn(
+      `The following paths are not valid or empty:\n${invalidDirectories.join(
+        '\n',
+      )}`,
+    );
+  }
+  return directories;
+}
+
+function expandPath(pattern: string): string[] {
+  const globExpandedPaths = glob.sync(pattern);
+  if (globExpandedPaths.length == 0) {
+    // it's probably not a valid path so we return it so it can be included in the error above
+    return [pattern];
+  }
+  return globExpandedPaths;
+}
diff --git a/workflow-steps/cache/hasing-utils.spec.ts b/workflow-steps/cache/hasing-utils.spec.ts
index 662c550..4ed2e44 100644
--- a/workflow-steps/cache/hasing-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/workflow-steps/cache/hasing-utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
-import { hashKey } from './hashing-utils';
+import { buildCachePaths, hashKey } from './hashing-utils';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
 describe('hashing-utils', () => {
   const testDir = path.join(__dirname, 'test-files');
+  let consoleWarnSpy;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    consoleWarnSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    consoleWarnSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
   it('should hash a single file', () => {
     expect(hashKey(`${testDir}/yarn.lock`)).toEqual(
       '6ef0d64a2ac614adc8dac86db67244e77cdad3253a65fb8e2b7c11ed4cbb466a',
@@ -27,4 +37,72 @@ describe('hashing-utils', () => {
       '226f813c92638665c8daa0920cfb83e5f33732f8843042deee348032a1abee40',
     );
   });
+
+  it('should validate simple dirs', () => {
+    let input = `test-files/packages/app1`;
+    let expected = [`test-files/packages/app1`];
+    expect(buildCachePaths(input)).toEqual(expected);
+
+    input = `test-files/packages/app2\ntest-files/packages/app3\n\n`;
+    expected = [`test-files/packages/app2`, `test-files/packages/app3`];
+    expect(buildCachePaths(input)).toEqual(expected);
+
+    input = `test-files/yarn.lock\ntest-files/packages/app3\n\n`;
+    expected = [`test-files/yarn.lock`, `test-files/packages/app3`];
+    expect(buildCachePaths(input)).toEqual(expected);
+
+    input = `test-files/yarn.lock\ntest-files/main.js`;
+    expected = [`test-files/yarn.lock`, `test-files/main.js`];
+    expect(buildCachePaths(input)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should warn when invalid dirs are specified', () => {
+    const input = `test-files/packages/app6`;
+    buildCachePaths(input);
+    expect(consoleWarnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'The following paths are not valid or empty:\n' +
+        'test-files/packages/app6',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should warn when invalid dirs are specified', () => {
+    const input = `test-files/packages/app2\ntest-files/packages/app7\n\n`;
+    buildCachePaths(input);
+    expect(consoleWarnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'The following paths are not valid or empty:\n' +
+        'test-files/packages/app7',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should support glob paths', () => {
+    let input = `test-files/packages/*/mock_node_modules`;
+    let expected = [
+      `test-files/packages/app1/mock_node_modules`,
+      `test-files/packages/app2/mock_node_modules`,
+      `test-files/packages/app3/mock_node_modules`,
+    ];
+    expect(buildCachePaths(input)).toEqual(expected);
+
+    // it should filter out duplicates
+    input = `test-files/packages/app1/mock_node_modules\ntest-files/packages/*/mock_node_modules\ntest-files/packages`;
+    expected = [
+      `test-files/packages/app1/mock_node_modules`,
+      `test-files/packages/app2/mock_node_modules`,
+      `test-files/packages/app3/mock_node_modules`,
+      `test-files/packages`,
+    ];
+    expect(buildCachePaths(input)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should filter out duplicates', () => {
+    const input = `test-files/packages/app1\ntest-files/packages/app1/mock_node_modules\ntest-files/packages/*/mock_node_modules\ntest-files/packages`;
+    const expected = [
+      `test-files/packages/app1`,
+      `test-files/packages/app1/mock_node_modules`,
+      `test-files/packages/app2/mock_node_modules`,
+      `test-files/packages/app3/mock_node_modules`,
+      `test-files/packages`,
+    ];
+    expect(buildCachePaths(input)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/workflow-steps/cache/main.ts b/workflow-steps/cache/main.ts
index 9e3eb34..360ca1a 100644
--- a/workflow-steps/cache/main.ts
+++ b/workflow-steps/cache/main.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import { hashKey } from './hashing-utils';
 import { appendFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync } from 'fs';
 
 const input_key = process.env.NX_CLOUD_INPUT_key;
-const input_base_branch = process.env.NX_CLOUD_INPUT_base_branch;
+const baseBranch =
+  process.env.NX_CLOUD_INPUT_base_branch ||
+  process.env['NX_CLOUD_INPUT_base-branch'];
 
 export const cacheClient = createPromiseClient(
   CacheService,
@@ -16,7 +18,6 @@ export const cacheClient = createPromiseClient(
 );
 
 const currentBranch = process.env.NX_BRANCH;
-const baseBranch = input_base_branch;
 
 if (!input_key) {
   throw new Error('No cache restore key provided.');
diff --git a/workflow-steps/cache/output/main.js b/workflow-steps/cache/output/main.js
index 9d24c66..4214d58 100644
--- a/workflow-steps/cache/output/main.js
+++ b/workflow-steps/cache/output/main.js
@@ -5991,7 +5991,7 @@ function hash(input) {
 // main.ts
 var import_fs = require("fs");
 var input_key = process.env.NX_CLOUD_INPUT_key;
-var input_base_branch = process.env.NX_CLOUD_INPUT_base_branch;
+var baseBranch = process.env.NX_CLOUD_INPUT_base_branch || process.env["NX_CLOUD_INPUT_base-branch"];
 var cacheClient = createPromiseClient(
   CacheService,
   createConnectTransport({
@@ -5999,7 +5999,6 @@ var cacheClient = createPromiseClient(
   })
 );
 var currentBranch = process.env.NX_BRANCH;
-var baseBranch = input_base_branch;
 if (!input_key) {
   throw new Error("No cache restore key provided.");
 }
diff --git a/workflow-steps/cache/output/post.js b/workflow-steps/cache/output/post.js
index 1a072fc..38fca59 100644
--- a/workflow-steps/cache/output/post.js
+++ b/workflow-steps/cache/output/post.js
@@ -5975,6 +5975,33 @@ function hashKey(key) {
 function hash(input) {
   return crypto.createHash("sha256").update(input).digest("hex");
 }
+function buildCachePaths(inputPaths) {
+  const directories = Array.from(
+    new Set(
+      inputPaths.split("\n").filter((p) => p).reduce(
+        (allPaths, currPath) => [...allPaths, ...expandPath(currPath)],
+        []
+      )
+    )
+  );
+  const invalidDirectories = directories.filter((dir) => !fs.existsSync(dir));
+  if (invalidDirectories.length > 0) {
+    console.warn(
+      `The following paths are not valid or empty:
+${invalidDirectories.join(
+        "\n"
+      )}`
+    );
+  }
+  return directories;
+}
+function expandPath(pattern) {
+  const globExpandedPaths = import_glob.glob.sync(pattern);
+  if (globExpandedPaths.length == 0) {
+    return [pattern];
+  }
+  return globExpandedPaths;
+}
 
 // post.ts
 var input_key = process.env.NX_CLOUD_INPUT_key;
@@ -5993,7 +6020,8 @@ if (!!cacheWasHit) {
     throw new Error("No cache restore key or paths provided.");
   }
   const key = hashKey(input_key);
-  const paths = input_paths.split("\n").filter((p) => p);
+  const paths = buildCachePaths(input_paths);
+  console.log("Storing the following directories..\n" + paths.join("\n"));
   cacheClient.storeV2(
     new StoreRequest({
       key,
diff --git a/workflow-steps/cache/post.ts b/workflow-steps/cache/post.ts
index 676255c..ad0bf63 100644
--- a/workflow-steps/cache/post.ts
+++ b/workflow-steps/cache/post.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { createPromiseClient } from '@bufbuild/connect';
 import { createConnectTransport } from '@bufbuild/connect-web';
 import { CacheService } from './generated_protos/cache_connect';
 import { StoreRequest, StoreResponse } from './generated_protos/cache_pb';
-import { hashKey } from './hashing-utils';
+import { buildCachePaths, hashKey } from './hashing-utils';
 
 const input_key = process.env.NX_CLOUD_INPUT_key;
 const input_paths = process.env.NX_CLOUD_INPUT_paths;
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ if (!!cacheWasHit) {
     throw new Error('No cache restore key or paths provided.');
   }
   const key = hashKey(input_key);
-  const paths = input_paths.split('\n').filter((p) => p);
+  const paths = buildCachePaths(input_paths);
+
+  console.log('Storing the following directories..\n' + paths.join('\n'));
 
   cacheClient
     .storeV2(
diff --git a/workflow-steps/cache/test-files/packages/app1/mock_node_modules/one.txt b/workflow-steps/cache/test-files/packages/app1/mock_node_modules/one.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c4a013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workflow-steps/cache/test-files/packages/app1/mock_node_modules/one.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+aaa
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/workflow-steps/cache/test-files/packages/app2/mock_node_modules/one.txt b/workflow-steps/cache/test-files/packages/app2/mock_node_modules/one.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01f02e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workflow-steps/cache/test-files/packages/app2/mock_node_modules/one.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bbb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/workflow-steps/cache/test-files/packages/app3/mock_node_modules/one.txt b/workflow-steps/cache/test-files/packages/app3/mock_node_modules/one.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2383bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workflow-steps/cache/test-files/packages/app3/mock_node_modules/one.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ccc
\ No newline at end of file