Unable to Download Checkout Action in Windows and Linux Runners

[vaishnavn02]

Error While Running the actions workflow on Windows and Linux Runners

Workflow fails while downloading the actions/checkout repository

Error shows up when using actions/checkout@v2 and v2.3.4

on Windows

End-of-central-directory signature not found

on Linux

Download action repository 'actions/checkout@v2'
8Error: Can't use 'tar -xzf' extract archive file: /home/projadm/actions-runner/_work/_actions/_temp_99fb64d8-9f9b-4f92-adb7-640886593232/64417b27-6c59-4dfd-b609-8c933514f335.tar.gz. return code: 2.

[andycockerill-cpi]

We have also just seen this issue:

2022-01-12T03:02:40.8630275Z Current runner version: '2.285.1'
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8636252Z Runner name: 'i-0f8710d183999929f'
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8637080Z Runner group name: 'Default'
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8638123Z Machine name: 'ip-blah'
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8641701Z ##[group]GITHUB_TOKEN Permissions
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8642978Z Actions: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8643676Z Checks: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8644325Z Contents: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8645017Z Deployments: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8645706Z Discussions: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8646415Z Issues: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8647048Z Metadata: read
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8647729Z Packages: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8648401Z Pages: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8649066Z PullRequests: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8649833Z RepositoryProjects: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8650564Z SecurityEvents: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8651290Z Statuses: write
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8652010Z ##[endgroup]
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8654372Z Secret source: Actions
2022-01-12T03:02:40.8655321Z Prepare workflow directory
2022-01-12T03:02:40.9368168Z Prepare all required actions
2022-01-12T03:02:40.9375086Z Getting action download info
2022-01-12T03:02:41.1807869Z Download action repository 'actions/checkout@v2' (SHA:ec3a7ce113134d7a93b817d10a8272cb61118579)
2022-01-12T03:02:41.7773510Z ##[error]Can't use 'tar -xzf' extract archive file: /home/ubuntu/actions-runner/_work/_actions/_temp_67954253-44ba-48cd-8f91-c717e25f3497/6fb0bec4-ca7f-41c8-8dc9-561159de65f1.tar.gz. return code: 2.

[Thor-wl]

I met the same problems today and seeking for a solution.