Fails on tar exit code 1 on ubuntu-latest

[cyberpwnn]

I need to share around a small but heavily processed repository to multiple jobs,

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps: 
      - name: Cache Repository
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        with:
          path: |
            ~/
            !~/.git/

Fails with

Post job cleanup.
/usr/bin/tar --posix --use-compress-program zstd -T0 -cf cache.tzst -P -C /home/runner/work/xxx/xxx--files-from manifest.txt
/usr/bin/tar: ../../../work/_temp/6483fbb9-3579-4fb0-a582-3316b336d5a9/cache.tzst: file changed as we read it
Warning: Tar failed with error: The process '/usr/bin/tar' failed with exit code 1

[vsvipul]

Hi @cyberpwnn ! Is the repo on which you are using cache public? If yes, can you share link to the workflow run. If not, can you share the logs here?

[MatthieuLeboeuf]

Hello,
I have the same error
logs

[dopplershift]

Seeing the same issue on this repo. Here's a representative action run:

Post job cleanup.
Post job cleanup.
/usr/bin/tar --posix --use-compress-program zstd -T0 -cf cache.tzst -P -C /home/runner/work/MetPy/MetPy --files-from manifest.txt
/usr/bin/tar: ../../../work/_temp/bdee9e41-e8-4f2a-9912-6eb32de36aa/cache.tzst: file changed as we read it
Warning: Tar failed with error: The process '/usr/bin/tar' failed with exit code 1
Post job cleanup.
Cache hit occurred on the primary key setup-python-Linux-pip-9225292fdf311547e1fda261cbc2734e26bc2c516bdcf7d87f5c7af6de21fb8c, not saving cache.

[sammcj]

Can confirm this is still an issue.

zstd is installed but:

/bin/tar --posix --use-compress-program zstd -T0 -cf cache.tzst -P -C /home/ec2-user/actions-runner/_work/my-repo/my-repo --files-from manifest.txt
tar (child): zstd -T0: Cannot exec: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now

[kotewar]

@sammcj - your error seems to be a different one as the file/directory doesn't exist at the first place. Can you please check if the path(s) that you have provided in your configuration exist?

[kotewar]

@MatthieuLeboeuf, @dopplershift @cyberpwnn can you please share the path (or list of folders) used for caching and approximate cache size after compression in your respective repos when you came across this issue?

[dopplershift]

So for my failure, I'm caching ~/local. It's the build products from the PROJ library to save me from building later, so maybe a few MB?

[kotewar]

@dopplershift thanks for sharing the path. The logs you have shared are not available anymore. Requesting you to please share the run if you come across the situation again.

[dopplershift]

It's been failing pretty consistently for the last 6 months, so I appreciate you taking a look. Here's the most recent failure from last night.

[kotewar]

@dopplershift I am planning to release a fix (v3.0.4) today, I'll let you know once its available for testing.