Issues

• pip is broken after downgrade on Windows pypy-3.11

  bug
  actions/setup-python#1348 · Filter by author bashonly opened on Aug 4, 2026
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• Forced pip update raises supply chain safety concerns (and is often useless)

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1346 · Filter by author mara004 opened on Jul 27, 2026
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• setup-python fails on self hosted runners where runner has no administrator permissions

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1308 · Filter by author ckrueger1979 opened on Apr 30, 2026
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• Permission denied when creating symlinks on macOS self-hosted runners

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1301 · Filter by author AttilaT opened on Apr 2, 2026
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• Add pre-compiled Python binaries for Debian in versions manifest

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1294 · Filter by author xgboosted opened on Mar 21, 2026
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• Extend PKG_CONFIG_PATH rather than overwriting it

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1243 · Filter by author chrhansk opened on Nov 7, 2025
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• Feature request: configurable MANIFEST_URL and downloadUrl for mirrors

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1233 · Filter by author miss85246 opened on Oct 26, 2025
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• Rate limits cause a hard failure instead of retry

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1232 · Filter by author zanieb opened on Oct 21, 2025
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• Use setup-python just for caching

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1175 · Filter by author cecheta opened on Aug 11, 2025
  2

• allow-prereleases: restrict to alpha, beta, rc

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1160 · Filter by author nschloe opened on Jul 23, 2025
  1

• Enable ppc64le

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1154 · Filter by author mtarsel opened on Jul 14, 2025
  1

• Add the ability to download python from a private repository

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1133 · Filter by author GolanTrevize10 opened on Jun 11, 2025
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• Allow specifying a minimum version

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1131 · Filter by author FISHMANPET opened on Jun 10, 2025
  1

• Option to specify the tkinter version in addition to the python version

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1121 · Filter by author damies13 opened on Jun 6, 2025
  1

• Add "Externally Managed Environments" support to block global package installations via pip

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1115 · Filter by author ccosby opened on May 27, 2025
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• Request: Target floating, unpinned Python version releases

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1114 · Filter by author aep-sunlife opened on May 23, 2025
  1

• Self-hosted runners cache/reuse OS-incompatible python installations

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1087 · Filter by author OscarVanL opened on Apr 17, 2025
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• Versioned executables (e.g., python3.13.exe) missing on Windows

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1079 · Filter by author Rongronggg9 opened on Apr 13, 2025
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• Fails to run on self hosted Windows runner if pip is not in PATH

  bug
  actions/setup-python#1050 · Filter by author lazka opened on Mar 12, 2025
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• Update PY_PYTHON env var on windows with installed version if update-environment is true

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#1027 · Filter by author heathhenley opened on Jan 31, 2025
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• Option to setup the oldest available Python rather than the latest version when a range of version specified

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#988 · Filter by author XuehaiPan opened on Dec 19, 2024
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• pip cache always uses node process architecture, ignoring architecture key

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#971 · Filter by author alex opened on Oct 26, 2024
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• RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE and/or AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY not picked up on self hosted runner

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#914 · Filter by author nvincent-vossloh opened on Jul 23, 2024
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• Associate .py with python on Windows

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#900 · Filter by author Wovchena opened on Jun 24, 2024
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• Verify checksum of downloaded version archive

  feature request
  actions/setup-python#889 · Filter by author firewave opened on Jun 10, 2024
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