Failed to unzip the Python package on Windows-2022 Core server

[imarinov3]

Description:
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

Action version:
2.313.0

Platform:

• Ubuntu
• macOS
• Windows

Runner type:

• Hosted
• Self-hosted

Tools version:

Repro steps:

 - name: Setup python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.6.x - 3.11.x'

Expected behavior:
To install the required Python version

Actual behavior:
Failed to unzip Python package

Run actions/setup-python@v5
with:
python-version: 3.6.x - 3.11.x
check-latest: false
token: ***
update-environment: true
allow-prereleases: false
env:
DEBUG: 1

Installed versions
Version 3.6.x - 3.11.x was not found in the local cache
Version 3.6.x - 3.11.x is available for downloading
Download from "https://github.com/actions/python-versions/releases/download/3.11.8-7809691605/python-3.11.8-win[32](https://github.com/abaltatech/weblink/actions/runs/7950776332/job/21720913455#step:3:34)-x64.zip"
Extract downloaded archive
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' ; try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem } catch { } ; if ((Get-Command -Name Expand-Archive -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive -ErrorAction Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\actions-runner_work_temp\370840e9-4c83-483f-a8af-1541c208a31e' -DestinationPath 'C:\actions-runner_work_temp\e587df2a-0014-4ec2-9433-6002add0f7c7' -Force } else {[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('C:\actions-runner_work_temp[37](https://github.com/abaltatech/weblink/actions/runs/7950776332/job/21720913455#step:3:39)08[40](https://github.com/abaltatech/weblink/actions/runs/7950776332/job/21720913455#step:3:42)e9-4c83-483f-a8af-15[41](https://github.com/abaltatech/weblink/actions/runs/7950776332/job/21720913455#step:3:44)c208a31e', 'C:\actions-runner_work_temp\e587df2a-0014-4ec2-9433-6002add0f7c7', $true) }"
Expand-Archive : is not a supported archive file format. .zip is the only supported archive file format.
At line:1 char:210

• ... Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\actions-runner_work_tem ...

•             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:String) [Expand-Archive], IOException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotSupportedArchiveFileExtension,Expand-Archive

Error: The process 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' failed with exit code 1

[aparnajyothi-y]

Hello @imarinov3, Thank you for creating this issue and we will get back you once we have some feedback on this :)

[JamesParrott]

The tag '3.6.x - 3.11.x' does install 3.11 on a ubuntu runner. I can't find any examples showing hyphen ranges can be used together with x-ranges, but it's valid according to the BNF.

https://github.com/npm/node-semver#advanced-range-syntax
https://github.com/actions/setup-python/blob/main/docs/advanced-usage.md#using-the-python-version-input

[SMoraisAnsys]

I'm facing the same issue on a Windows self-hosted runner (with any python 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11).
The error message is

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' ; try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem } catch { } ; if ((Get-Command -Name Expand-Archive -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive -ErrorAction Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\968efb97-afa0-4870-9856-654bd5dcc1ae' -DestinationPath 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\843ebfd5-ab48-4451-b81f-a43[31](https://github.com/myorg/myproject/actions/runs/8102206303/job/22144158811#step:3:33)6e491e7' -Force } else {[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\968efb97-afa0-4870-9856-654bd5dcc1ae', 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\843ebfd5-ab48-4451-b81f-a43316e491e7', $true) }"
  Expand-Archive :  is not a supported archive file format. .zip is the only supported archive file format.
  At line:1 char:210
  + ...  Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_tem ...
  +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:String) [Expand-Archive], IOException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotSupportedArchiveFileExtension,Expand-Archive
   
  Error: The process 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' failed with exit code 1

But the strange thing is that downgrading to actions/setup-python@v4 solved my issue.
@imarinov3 Downgrading the version could be a good workaround while waiting for an official fix.

[imarinov3]

I'm facing the same issue on a Windows self-hosted runner (with any python 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11). The error message is

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' ; try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem } catch { } ; if ((Get-Command -Name Expand-Archive -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive -ErrorAction Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\968efb97-afa0-4870-9856-654bd5dcc1ae' -DestinationPath 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\843ebfd5-ab48-4451-b81f-a43[31](https://github.com/myorg/myproject/actions/runs/8102206303/job/22144158811#step:3:33)6e491e7' -Force } else {[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\968efb97-afa0-4870-9856-654bd5dcc1ae', 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\843ebfd5-ab48-4451-b81f-a43316e491e7', $true) }"
  Expand-Archive :  is not a supported archive file format. .zip is the only supported archive file format.
  At line:1 char:210
  + ...  Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_tem ...
  +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:String) [Expand-Archive], IOException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotSupportedArchiveFileExtension,Expand-Archive
   
  Error: The process 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' failed with exit code 1

But the strange thing is that downgrading to actions/setup-python@v4 solved my issue. @imarinov3 Downgrading the version could be a good workaround while waiting for an official fix.

@SMoraisAnsys yes, there is no other option. I am worrying about that version 4 is not working on node20.
Anyway your fix is working , I have tested and hope it will be merged soon.
Thank you!

[priyagupta108]

Hello @imarinov3 ,
Thanks for your report. Unfortunately, I am not able to reproduce the issue on my end. For further investigation, Could you please share repro link of public repository to reproduce the issue.

[imarinov3]

Hello @priyagupta108 , did you test on self-hosted runner with windows 2022 ?

[SMoraisAnsys]

@priyagupta108 From what I've seen through

I'm facing the same issue on a Windows self-hosted runner (with any python 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11). The error message is

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' ; try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem } catch { } ; if ((Get-Command -Name Expand-Archive -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive -ErrorAction Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\968efb97-afa0-4870-9856-654bd5dcc1ae' -DestinationPath 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\843ebfd5-ab48-4451-b81f-a43[31](https://github.com/myorg/myproject/actions/runs/8102206303/job/22144158811#step:3:33)6e491e7' -Force } else {[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\968efb97-afa0-4870-9856-654bd5dcc1ae', 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_temp\843ebfd5-ab48-4451-b81f-a43316e491e7', $true) }"
  Expand-Archive :  is not a supported archive file format. .zip is the only supported archive file format.
  At line:1 char:210
  + ...  Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\actions-runner\_work\_tem ...
  +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:String) [Expand-Archive], IOException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotSupportedArchiveFileExtension,Expand-Archive
   
  Error: The process 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' failed with exit code 1

But the strange thing is that downgrading to actions/setup-python@v4 solved my issue. @imarinov3 Downgrading the version could be a good workaround while waiting for an official fix.

@SMoraisAnsys yes, there is no other option. I am worrying about that version 4 is not working on node20. Anyway your fix is working , I have tested and hope it will be merged soon. Thank you!

You can make it back to version 5 afterward (unless your self-hosted runner is on a VM that is deployed on the fly). If it is still running, then previous version of installed CPython version are leveraged. Thus you can use actions/setup-python@v4 to extract correctly and install and then switch to actions/setup-python@v5 as python would already be installed.

@priyagupta108 I took the time to reproduce the error in https://github.com/ansys/pyedb/actions/runs/8112180616/job/22172843447. In this case, i tried to use a new python version (never used yet) with our windows self-hosted runner. Please have a look at #827 which should patch this problem. At least it worked on our other repo. If you want, I can push another commit to the CI to switch the use of actions/setup-python to SMoraisAnsys/setup-python@fix/windows_extract_cpython_release to illustrate that it works ?