node-version: 'latest' taking 20+ minuites

[andyslack]

Description:

Node setup taking forever (20m+) when using latest

Exmaple:

Code:

            -   name: Install Node.js
                uses: actions/setup-node@v3
                with:
                    node-version: 'latest'

Is the latest version not caches somewhere?

Action version:
actions/setup-node@v3

Platform:

• Ubuntu
• macOS
• Windows

Runner type:

• Hosted
• Self-hosted

[andyslack]

Example of this failing.

[daonb]

I'm getting it too. I'm use latest as the node version and the Log is:

❯ gh run view 6558471842 --log-failed
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:29.8829257Z ##[group]Run actions/setup-node@v3
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:29.8829747Z with:
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:29.8830054Z   node-version: latest
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:29.8830412Z   always-auth: false
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:29.8830776Z   check-latest: false
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:29.8831318Z   token: ***
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:29.8831613Z ##[endgroup]
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:30.3387908Z getting latest node version...
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:30.3411536Z getting latest node version...
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:30.3413660Z Attempting to download v21.0.0...
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:30.6240758Z Not found in manifest. Falling back to download directly from Node
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:48:30.6557915Z Acquiring 21.0.0 - x64 from https://nodejs.org/dist/v21.0.0/node-v21.0.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:53:10.8209480Z aborted
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T08:53:10.8209977Z Waiting 14 seconds before trying again
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T09:02:35.6053574Z aborted
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T09:02:35.6054014Z Waiting 16 seconds before trying again
test    Node setup      2023-10-18T09:05:51.9376210Z ##[error]aborted

[tksx1227]

The same problem occurs when version 19.8.1 is specified.
At least as of two days ago I had the same problem.

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Set up Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 19.8.1

I can get the tar.gz file correctly with curl, so I wonder if there is a problem with the cache handling in the @actions/tool-cache library?

[jordanerf]

Same issue here using

- name: Set up Node.js
  uses: actions/setup-node@v2
  with:
    node-version: '17.6.0'

The download speeds from nodejs.org do seem incredibly slow when manually downloading.

[andyslack]

Same with node-version: '19'

[mrollinsiv]

We are also seeing this issue. Anytime we try and install node v18, if Node's downloads are slow that day it always fails. We didn't have this issue on earlier node versions.

[marko-zivic-93]

Hello @andyslack
Thank you for submitting this issue. We will investigate and come back to you as soon as possible 🚀

[andyslack]

@marko-zivic-93 let me know if there is anything I can do to help!

[githubjonas]

Same problem here too.

jobs:
  test_frontend:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: Use Node.js
      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
        node-version: 19.x

    - name: Build
      run: |
        yarn install

    - name: Test
      run: |
        npm test

[juanmanjarres]

I'm getting the same issue with 19.1 since yesterday

[ert78gb]

Same with node 21. The install or post-install steps fail almost every run