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opened on Apr 28, 2025 · edited by mxschmitt

Description:

When using setup-python on Windows it generates a lot of output. 8k lines of files exist in a folder.

Action version: 5.6.0

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  • Ubuntu
    macOS
    Windows

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    Self-hosted

Tools version: All

Repro steps: Use setup-python on Windows

Expected behavior: No unnecessary output

Actual behavior: Thousands of lines of output

Caused by actions/python-versions#319

See also actions/python-versions#319 (comment)

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mxschmitt commented on Apr 28, 2025

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PR with a fix: actions/python-versions#339 - I don't think having it in there provides any useful output to the users. Maybe I'm wrong tho!

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changed the title [-]Verbose output (2-3k lines) on Windows[/-] [+]Verbose output (8k lines) on Windows[/+] on Apr 28, 2025
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gowridurgad commented on Apr 29, 2025

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

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aparnajyothi-y commented on May 8, 2025

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on May 8, 2025 · edited by aparnajyothi-y
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Hello @mxschmitt, We’ve investigated the issue and confirmed that the excessive logging originates from the changes introduced in PR #319, specifically this snippet:

#Print out all files in $PythonArchPath
Write-Host ""Files in $PythonArchPath""
$files = Get-ChildItem -Path $PythonArchPath -File -Recurse
Write-Output $files

This generates over 7,000 lines of logs during the setup process—even when the Python version isn't pre-installed on the runner images.

We’re currently reviewing PR #339 to trim or optimize this output. Going forward, only Python versions built after this change is merged will exclude the verbose logs.

We’ll follow up with updates once the cleanup is implemented.
Please feel free to reach out if you have any further questions or concerns.

HarithaVattikuti
closed this as completedin #339on May 16, 2025
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