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Set up your GitHub Actions workflow with a specific version of Python

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Dominant language: TypeScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 9, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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36 issues indexed so far

pip is broken after downgrade on Windows pypy-3.11 Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

actions/setup-python#1348 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 4, 2026
Forced pip update raises supply chain safety concerns (and is often useless) Open

feature request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#1346 · 12 comments · Opened Jul 27, 2026
setup-python fails on self hosted runners where runner has no administrator permissions Open

feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

actions/setup-python#1308 · 8 comments · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Permission denied when creating symlinks on macOS self-hosted runners Open

feature request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#1301 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 2, 2026
Add pre-compiled Python binaries for Debian in versions manifest Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

actions/setup-python#1294 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 21, 2026
Extend PKG_CONFIG_PATH rather than overwriting it Open

feature request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 20/100

actions/setup-python#1243 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 7, 2025
Feature request: configurable MANIFEST_URL and downloadUrl for mirrors Open

feature request

actions/setup-python#1233 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 26, 2025
Rate limits cause a hard failure instead of retry Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

actions/setup-python#1232 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 21, 2025
Use `setup-python` just for caching Open

feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

actions/setup-python#1175 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 11, 2025
allow-prereleases: restrict to alpha, beta, rc Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#1160 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 23, 2025
Enable ppc64le Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#1154 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 14, 2025
Add the ability to download python from a private repository Open

feature request

actions/setup-python#1133 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 11, 2025
Allow specifying a minimum version Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

actions/setup-python#1131 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Option to specify the tkinter version in addition to the python version Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

actions/setup-python#1121 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 6, 2025
Add "Externally Managed Environments" support to block global package installations via pip Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#1115 · 1 comment · Opened May 27, 2025
Request: Target floating, unpinned Python version releases Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#1114 · 1 comment · Opened May 23, 2025
Self-hosted runners cache/reuse OS-incompatible python installations Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#1087 · 6 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Apr 17, 2025
Versioned executables (e.g., python3.13.exe) missing on Windows Open

feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

actions/setup-python#1079 · 8 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 13, 2025
Fails to run on self hosted Windows runner if pip is not in PATH Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

actions/setup-python#1050 · 13 comments · Opened Mar 12, 2025
Update PY_PYTHON env var on windows with installed version if update-environment is true Open

feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

actions/setup-python#1027 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 31, 2025
Option to setup the oldest available Python rather than the latest version when a range of version specified Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

actions/setup-python#988 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 19, 2024
pip cache always uses node process architecture, ignoring architecture key Open

feature request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

actions/setup-python#971 · 10 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 26, 2024
`RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE` and/or `AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY` not picked up on self hosted runner Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

actions/setup-python#914 · 9 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 23, 2024
Associate .py with python on Windows Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#900 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 24, 2024
Verify checksum of downloaded version archive Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

actions/setup-python#889 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 10, 2024
Non Portable binary, doesn't work with sudo or without LD_LIBRARY_PATH Open

bug

actions/setup-python#871 · 14 comments · 13 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened May 19, 2024
Bug: `"pip"` cache having nothing installed leads to post-run error Open

feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#815 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 7, 2024
Optional ability to set the pypi repository and credentials to be used by pip on the runner Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#814 · 3 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Feb 6, 2024
Difference between env.pythonLocation on macOS in Python 3.11+ Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#813 · 19 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 6, 2024
Do Sigstore Verification For Python TarBall Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#764 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 12, 2023
Advise users of self-hosted Windows runners how to resolve: "unable to get local issuer certificate" error Open

feature request needs eyes

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

actions/setup-python#679 · 15 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 1, 2023
Install with package manager Open

feature request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#659 · 12 comments · 22 reactions · Opened Apr 27, 2023
PIP cache should cache the installed packages as well Open

feature request needs eyes

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

actions/setup-python#330 · 34 comments · 44 reactions · Opened Feb 3, 2022
provide python without RUNPATH for staticx-support Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#325 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 31, 2022
Add options for Python with Precompiled stdlib and debug binaries Open

feature request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

actions/setup-python#86 · 4 comments · 20 reactions · Opened Apr 26, 2020
Offer Python Latest (nightly master trunk build) Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-python#31 · 24 comments · 17 reactions · Opened Oct 23, 2019

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