Showing local tasks in toolbar with hook_toolbar: caching problem

I’m creating a module using the toolbar api showing all administrative functions in a more compact toolbar. I’m having “cache” troubles showing the local tasks in the toolbar… How can I keep these items outside the toolbar cache?

In my custom module I use hook_toolbar to add the local tasks

/**  * Implements hook_toolbar().  */ function compact_toolbar_toolbar() {      $items = [];     ...      $tasks = _compact_toolbar_local_tasks();     $items = array_merge($items,$tasks);      return $items; } 

And a function to generate the toolbar local tasks…

/**  * Create local tasks toolbar items  */ function _compact_toolbar_local_tasks() {      $items = [];     $route = Drupal::routeMatch()->getRouteName();     $manager = Drupal::service('plugin.manager.menu.local_task');     $primary = $manager->getLocalTasks($route, 0);      foreach($primary['tabs'] as $key => $tab) {          // add toolbar tab         $items[$key] = [             '#type' => 'toolbar_item',             '#cache' => [ // Can I overrule the toolbar cache here?                 'max-age' => 0,              ],             'tab' => [                 '#type' => 'link',                 '#title' => $tab['#link']['title'],                 '#url' => $tab['#link']['url'],                 '#access' => $tab['#access'],                 '#attributes' => [                     'title' => $tab['#link']['title'],                 ],             ],             '#weight' => $tab['#weight'],         ];          // check if task is active         if($tab['#active']) {             $items[$key]['tab']['#attributes']['class'][] = 'is-active';         }          // get secondary tabs for each primary tab         $route = $items[$key]['tab']['#url']->getRouteName();         $secondary = $manager->getLocalTasks($route, 1);          // get secondary tabs as tray         if (!empty($secondary['tabs'])) {              $links = [];             $items[$key]['tab']['#attributes']['class'][] = 'toolbar-parent';               // create renderable array of secondary links             foreach ($secondary['tabs'] as $skey => $stab) {                 $sname = substr($skey, strrpos($key, '.') + 1);                 $links[$sname] = [                     'type' => 'link',                     'title' => $stab['#link']['title'],                     'url' => $stab['#link']['url'],                 ];             }              // add tray with secondary tasks             $items[$key]['tray'] = [                 '#heading' => t('Secondary tasks'),                 'toolbar_secondary_tasks' => [                     '#theme' => 'links__toolbar',                     '#links' => $links,                     '#attributes' => ['class' => ['toolbar-menu']],                 ],             ];          }      }      return $items; } 

When I disable the cache in hook_page_top in core/modules/toolbar/toolbar.module everything works like a charm. Otherwise my custom items won’t follow the current page…

/**  * Implements hook_page_top().  *  * Add admin toolbar to the top of the page automatically.  */ function toolbar_page_top(array &$page_top) {   $page_top['toolbar'] = array(     '#type' => 'toolbar',     '#access' => Drupal::currentUser()->hasPermission('access toolbar'),     /*     '#cache' => [       'keys' => ['toolbar'],       'contexts' => ['user.permissions'],     ],     */   ); } 

Can I overrule the toolbar cache by using the #cache array in my custom toolbar items? Which tags/context should I use?

This is how the toolbar looks like with my compact_toolbar module enabled… (but toolbar cache disabled) I really like the result! – I also made the menu behave like a simple dropdown menu and added a “content menu” to quickly add new content…

Compact toolbar example

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