Unexpected error attempting to determine if file exists on `ubuntu-24.04-arm`

[styfle]

Description:

I'm getting this error with the new ubuntu-24.04-arm runner:

Attempting to download 22...
Acquiring 22.13.0 - arm64 from https://github.com/actions/node-versions/releases/download/22.13.0-12683784390/node-22.13.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz
Extracting ...
Unexpected error attempting to determine if executable file exists '/home/runneradmin/.local/bin/tar': Error: EACCES: permission denied, stat '/home/runneradmin/.local/bin/tar'

https://github.com/styfle/packagephobia/actions/runs/12817005768/job/35739230231?pr=1065#step:3:13

Action version:

• actions/setup-node@v4

Platform:

• Ubuntu

Runner type:

• Hosted

Tools version:

• npm@10.9.0

Repro steps:
Use actions/checkout@v4 and then @actions/node@v4 on the ubuntu-24.04-arm runner:

styfle/packagephobia@ee0ed90

Expected behavior:
Should fetch correct Node.js version without errors.

Actual behavior:

Unexpected error attempting to determine if executable file exists '/home/runneradmin/.local/bin/tar': Error: EACCES: permission denied, stat '/home/runneradmin/.local/bin/tar'

[Rhys-T]

Possibly related: actions/runner-images#11409

[priyagupta108]

Hi @styfle 👋,
Thank you for your report. We will investigate the issue and get back to you as soon as we have updates.

[lucydodo]

I'm experiencing the same, but I think this is not a problem with this repo, but rather an issue with the ARM64 image.
Related: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/148648#discussioncomment-11858717

It seems like this issue has now been resolved. :)