action download fails to extract archive file

[markgoho]

Description:
The setup-node action cannot be downloaded

Action version:
v3

Platform:

• Ubuntu
• macOS
• Windows

Runner type:

• Hosted
• Self-hosted

Tools version:
n/a

Repro steps:
use the action in a workflow

Expected behavior:
the action downloads and is used

Actual behavior:
the action cannot be downloaded due to:

Download action repository 'actions/setup-node@v3' (SHA:5b9[49](https://github.com/ideacrew/enroll/runs/7309204561?check_suite_focus=true#step:1:53)b50c3461bbcd5a540b150c368278160234a)
##[debug]Download 'https://api.github.com/repos/actions/setup-node/tarball/5b949b50c3461bbcd5a540b150c368278160234a' to '/home/runner/work/_actions/_temp_5db10cf7-c813-4a48-be47-45d74a09eaa7/77720dc4-ac1f-4e76-9010-ecf0b2b7adb2.tar.gz'
Error: Can't use 'tar -xzf' extract archive file: /home/runner/work/_actions/_temp_5db10cf7-c813-4a48-be47-45d74a09eaa7/77720dc4-ac1f-4e76-9010-ecf0b2b7adb2.tar.gz. return code: 2.
##[debug]System.NotSupportedException: Can't use 'tar -xzf' extract archive file: /home/runner/work/_actions/_temp_5db10cf7-c813-4a48-be47-45d74a09eaa7/77720dc4-ac1f-4e76-9010-ecf0b2b7adb2.tar.gz. return code: 2.

here is a dump from a successful download action:

Download action repository 'actions/checkout@v3' (SHA:25[41](https://github.com/ideacrew/enroll/runs/7309204561?check_suite_focus=true#step:1:45)b1294d2704b0964813337f33b291d3f8596b)
##[debug]Download 'https://api.github.com/repos/actions/checkout/tarball/2541b1294d2704b0964813337f33b291d3f8596b' to '/home/runner/work/_actions/_temp_8658b1a3-50c0-48d5-a019-faa131ff87a7/a304dd22-9a2a-4980-bd2d-4e2fd9524024.tar.gz'
##[debug]Unwrap 'actions-checkout-2541b12' to '/home/runner/work/_actions/actions/checkout/v3'
##[debug]Archive '/home/runner/work/_actions/_temp_8658b1a3-50c0-48d5-a019-faa131ff87a7/a304dd22-9a2a-4980-bd2d-4e2fd9524024.tar.gz' has been unzipped into '/home/runner/work/_actions/actions/checkout/v3'.

[djalmaaraujo]

Having the same problem for actions/setup-node@v3. Blocking our repo from using the main branch. Trying with actions/setup-node@v2, I will update if it works for our case.

[amhunt]

Same here. Interestingly, it seems to work ~20% of the time (so we're rerunning CI jobs a bunch atm 😂)

[ddzz]

Seeing the same issue here.

[dudadornelles]

Try using a different cache key or clearing the cache - things worked after I cleared the node cache entries we had but unclear if it was luck

[djalmaaraujo]

Can confirm actions/setup-node@v2 works on our case. I am not sure how to clear the cache. Should we remove the line that mention cache in the config and, after a successful build, add again? @dudadornelles

[dmitry-shibanov]

Hello everyone. Thank you for your reports. I think it's GitHub internals issue because the same behaviour can be reproduced with some other actions.

[dudadornelles]

@djalmaaraujo afaik you can only delete using the api, this may be helpful https://gist.github.com/dudadornelles/eacf6f3a796a0b509fac9ef9a7da59b9

[ddzz]

Has this issue been resolved?

[dmitry-shibanov]

Hello @ddzz. It was not fixed by this release because it looks like the issue from other side because the similar behaviour can be reproduced with other actions.
I think it is related issue: actions/runner#1923

[dmitry-shibanov]

Hello everyone. Does it still reproduce for you? According to the comment it should work as expected actions/runner#1923 (comment)

[dmitry-shibanov]

Hello everyone. For now It looks like the action works as expected. I'm going to close because according to the comment the issue was fixed