Running on self-hosted runners leaves files in GITHUB_WORKSPACE

[russellcardullo]

Describe the bug
The very first time setup-python is called for a specific version on a self hosted runner, the action will download files into the GITHUB_WORKSPACE and leave them there.

This causes issues for later steps, for instance if I have a step to run linters it runs on the temporary files setup-python downloads.

Which version of the action are you using?

• v1
• v2
• Some other tag (such as v2.0.1 or master)

Environment

• self-hosted
• Linux
• Windows
• Mac

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Python Versions
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To Reproduce

This workflow file run on a self-hosted Ubuntu 18.04 linux server will reproduce:

name: Test setup-python workspace
on: push
jobs:
  test:
    name: Test setup-python
    runs-on: [self-hosted, linux]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: before
        run: |
          ls
          ls $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
          du -hc ./
      - name: setup python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
        with:
          python-version: 2.7.17
      - name: after
        run: |
          ls
          ls $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
          du -hc ./

After running this you should see a directory with a UUID that adds approximately ~130MB of files to the workspace.

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[annarailton]

+1

I've had exactly the same issue and it's caused havoc in pytest test discovery.

[aibaars]

I think Actions should avoid writing into GITHUB_WORKSPACE as best practice, because this could cause build failures. The workspace is where the source code is checked out. The other setup-X actions seem to download and extract files into the toolcache. This has as added benefit that downloads are cached between runs on self-hosted runners.

[jeking3]

I ran into this issue and my build started to run the python distro unit tests!

[jeking3]

Per #106 reordering the checkout and setup-python resolves this.

[maxim-lobanov]

We are working to provide fix for this issue

[MaksimZhukov]

Hello @russellcardullo !
We have released actions/setup-python v2.1.1 with fix for this issue. Could you please change version of setup-python action in your workflow and check that issue is resolved?

[russellcardullo]

Thanks @MaksimZhukov! I'll give it a try today and let you know if I run into this again.

[adamchainz]

@MaksimZhukov That has fixed the issue for me (#117). Thank you!

[nikita-bykov]

It looks like the problem has been resolved and we are going to close this issue. But if you still have any problems, please notify us.