Use https://github.com/bazel-contrib for rules_python

mhucka · mhucka · commit 3a6f5e4feabc · 2026-01-12T22:37:15.000Z
It looks like rules_python was moved to https://github.com/bazel-contrib from https://github.com/bazelbuild at some point in the recent past. I get occasional failures when using the latter (maybe there's a redirect?) and more consistent success with the former.
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ http_archive(
     name = "rules_python",
     sha256 = "c68bdc4fbec25de5b5493b8819cfc877c4ea299c0dcb15c244c5a00208cde311",
     strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.31.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.31.0/rules_python-0.31.0.tar.gz",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_python/releases/download/0.31.0/rules_python-0.31.0.tar.gz",
 )
 
 load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ http_archive(`
`9`	`9`	`name = "rules_python",`
`10`	`10`	`sha256 = "c68bdc4fbec25de5b5493b8819cfc877c4ea299c0dcb15c244c5a00208cde311",`
`11`	`11`	`strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.31.0",`
`12`		`- url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.31.0/rules_python-0.31.0.tar.gz",`
	`12`	`+ url = "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_python/releases/download/0.31.0/rules_python-0.31.0.tar.gz",`
`13`	`13`	`)`
`14`	`14`
`15`	`15`	`load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")`