[bug] node DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues....

[marchesir]

What happened?

hi
running on self-hosted runners actions/download-artifact@v4 i get this error
Starting download of artifact to: /xxxx/xxxx
(node:137) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead.
(Use node --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created)

iv checked the actions/upload-artifact@v4 action which does not have this error and seems actions/github node package needs to be upgraded to 6.x.x.

https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/blob/main/package.json#L34 has 6..0.0 and https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/blob/main/package.json#L33 has 5.1.1.

reference of simular issue: actions/toolkit#1618

regards

What did you expect to happen?

no DeprecationWarning: Buffer() error or simular, action should run smoothly

How can we reproduce it?

any usage of actions/download-artifact@v4

Anything else we need to know?

be happy to raise pr if it helps

What version of the action are you using?

4 (latest)

What are your runner environments?

linux, self-hosted

Are you on GitHub Enterprise Server? If so, what version?

GHEC

[brainstorm]

Same issue happened to me right now: https://github.com/umccr/gatk-bwamem-jni/actions/runs/13716508594/job/38362482726#step:7:34

[marchesir]

@brainstorm yes its been happening for sometime now, it happens on every call to the download action as far as i can see. it just needs actions/github to be bumped upto v6.x.x. like the upload action has,