Setup action fails without clearr error

[daan-flore]

Description:
We are running self hosted runners of github and somethimes the setup-java actions fails without any clear error or warning. Even when running the scripts in debug mode we are just seeing that the sripts stops with exit code 1 and trying to list the versions. To be able to further investigate it we would need to see on with the actions fails.
Is it a connection timout, rejection, non valid http code returned, ...

2025-04-11T12:05:11.9410487Z Download action repository 'actions/setup-java@v4' (SHA:c5195efecf7bdfc987ee8bae7a71cb8b11521c00)
2025-04-11T12:05:12.6967746Z ##[debug]Download 'https://api.github.com/repos/actions/setup-java/tarball/c5195efecf7bdfc987ee8bae7a71cb8b11521c00' to '/runner/_work/_actions/_temp_585fd9f9-c3c9-4d04-b439-256fd8714e89/3e672265-6749-4484-8cfa-85e3449c9de0.tar.gz'
2025-04-11T12:05:12.7951388Z ##[debug]Unwrap 'actions-setup-java-c5195ef' to '/runner/_work/_actions/actions/setup-java/v4'
2025-04-11T12:05:12.8426656Z ##[debug]Archive '/runner/_work/_actions/_temp_585fd9f9-c3c9-4d04-b439-256fd8714e89/3e672265-6749-4484-8cfa-85e3449c9de0.tar.gz' has been unzipped into '/runner/_work/_actions/actions/setup-java/v4'.
2025-04-11T12:05:12.8571771Z ##[debug]action.yml for action: '/runner/_work/_actions/actions/setup-java/v4/action.yml'.
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9310731Z ##[debug]Set step '__actions_setup-java' display name to: 'Setup Java JDK'
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9313643Z Complete job name: setup-jdk
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9351234Z ##[debug]Collect running processes for tracking orphan processes.
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9469090Z ##[debug]Finishing: Set up job
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9600174Z ##[debug]Evaluating condition for step: 'Set up runner'
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9641019Z ##[debug]Evaluating: always()
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9647599Z ##[debug]Evaluating always:
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9658614Z ##[debug]=> true
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9668059Z ##[debug]Result: true
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9696427Z ##[debug]Starting: Set up runner
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9718096Z A job started hook has been configured by the self-hosted runner administrator
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9861375Z ##[group]Run '/etc/arc/hooks/job-started.sh'
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9874966Z shell: /usr/bin/bash --noprofile --norc -e -o pipefail {0}
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9876591Z ##[endgroup]
2025-04-11T12:05:12.9967036Z ##[debug]/usr/bin/bash -e /etc/arc/hooks/job-started.sh
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0137453Z �[0;37m2025-04-11 12:05:13.003  DEBUG --- Running ARC Job Started Hooks�[0m
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0139944Z �[0;37m2025-04-11 12:05:13.004  DEBUG --- Running hook: /etc/arc/hooks/job-started.d/update-status�[0m
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0196053Z ##[debug]Finishing: Set up runner
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0219466Z ##[debug]Evaluating condition for step: 'Setup Java JDK'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0226172Z ##[debug]Evaluating: success()
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0227700Z ##[debug]Evaluating success:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0237149Z ##[debug]=> true
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0238564Z ##[debug]Result: true
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0240395Z ##[debug]Starting: Setup Java JDK
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0319126Z ##[debug]Register post job cleanup for action: actions/setup-java@v4
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0343190Z ##[debug]Loading inputs
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0386491Z ##[debug]Evaluating: job.status
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0388033Z ##[debug]Evaluating Index:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0390784Z ##[debug]..Evaluating job:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0392489Z ##[debug]..=> Object
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0399609Z ##[debug]..Evaluating String:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0401021Z ##[debug]..=> 'status'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0406495Z ##[debug]=> 'success'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0408272Z ##[debug]Result: 'success'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0417615Z ##[debug]Evaluating: (((github.server_url == 'https://github.com') && github.token) || '')
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0419017Z ##[debug]Evaluating Or:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0421863Z ##[debug]..Evaluating And:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0424851Z ##[debug]....Evaluating Equal:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0426741Z ##[debug]......Evaluating Index:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0427608Z ##[debug]........Evaluating github:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0428578Z ##[debug]........=> Object
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0429414Z ##[debug]........Evaluating String:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0430286Z ##[debug]........=> 'server_url'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0431798Z ##[debug]......=> 'https://github.com'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0432720Z ##[debug]......Evaluating String:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0433581Z ##[debug]......=> 'https://github.com'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0437961Z ##[debug]....=> true
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0439007Z ##[debug]....Evaluating Index:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0439852Z ##[debug]......Evaluating github:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0440732Z ##[debug]......=> Object
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0441634Z ##[debug]......Evaluating String:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0442471Z ##[debug]......=> 'token'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0444128Z ##[debug]....=> '***'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0445093Z ##[debug]..=> '***'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0446365Z ##[debug]=> '***'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0452010Z ##[debug]Expanded: ((('https://github.com' == 'https://github.com') && '***') || '')
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0453372Z ##[debug]Result: '***'
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0458572Z ##[debug]Loading env
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0484532Z ##[group]Run actions/setup-java@v4
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0485523Z with:
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0486224Z   distribution: adopt
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0486968Z   java-version: 21
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0487715Z   java-package: jdk
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0488452Z   check-latest: false
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0489200Z   server-id: github
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0490098Z   server-username: GITHUB_ACTOR
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0490937Z   server-password: GITHUB_TOKEN
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0491751Z   overwrite-settings: true
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0492556Z   job-status: success
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0493690Z   token: ***
2025-04-11T12:05:13.0494496Z ##[endgroup]
2025-04-11T12:05:13.2930482Z ::group::Installed distributions
2025-04-11T12:05:13.2932273Z ##[group]Installed distributions
2025-04-11T12:05:13.2938363Z Trying to resolve the latest version from remote
2025-04-11T12:05:13.2946614Z ##[debug]Gathering available versions from 'https://api.adoptopenjdk.net/v3/assets/version/%5B1.0,100.0%5D?project=jdk&vendor=adoptopenjdk&heap_size=normal&sort_method=DEFAULT&sort_order=DESC&os=linux&architecture=x64&image_type=jdk&release_type=ga&jvm_impl=hotspot&page_size=20&page=0'
2025-04-11T12:05:15.4642078Z ##[debug]Node Action run completed with exit code 1

Task version:
actions/setup-java@v4 => SHA:c5195efecf7bdfc987ee8bae7a71cb8b11521c00

Platform:

• Ubuntu
• macOS
• Windows

Runner type:

• Hosted
• Self-hosted

Repro steps:
We just have a setup-java action running on a schedule and every x time it just fails

Expected behavior:
An error that can help with investigating the problem.

Actual behavior:
We just see action run completed with exit code 1

[priya-kinthali]

Hello @daan-flore👋,
Thank you for reporting this issue. We will investigate it and get back to you as soon as we have some feedback.

[gowridurgad]

Hi @daan-flore, We've reviewed your logs and tested the setup-java@v4 action on our self-hosted runners. So far, we’re unable to reproduce the issue the action completes successfully without any errors. Attached is a screenshot for your reference.
It looks like the issue is related to a timeout or network connectivity problem while trying to fetch Java versions. This can happen if the runner temporarily loses internet access or cannot reach the AdoptOpenJDK API. Please try re-running the workflow, as these types of issues are often temporary and resolve on rerun.
If the problem persists, please share a link to a public repository or workflow run where the issue can be reproduced. This will help us investigate more thoroughly.
Let us know how it goes!

[daan-flore]

Hi @gowridurgad,

Most runs are not a problem it just happens sometimes. So my question is are we able to get more info about why it fails there is no error written in the logs by the action so it makes it difficult for me to see if it is connection problem, ssl error, ...

As the runners are linked to github enterprise I can't share a public repo to reproduce the issue.

Kind regards,
Daan