Python Version 2.7 with arch x64 not found

[albertz]

Description:
I get the error:

Run actions/setup-python@v2
  with:
    python-version: 2.7
    token: ***
Version 2.7 was not found in the local cache
Error: Version 2.7 with arch x64 not found
The list of all available versions can be found here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/actions/python-versions/main/versions-manifest.json

I get this for the first time now, and have not changed any code. It has worked since a long time before.

Action version:
v2

Platform:

• Ubuntu
• macOS
• Windows

Runner type:

• Hosted
• Self-hosted

Tools version:

Python 2.7

Repro steps:
In my GitHub workflows file, I have:

    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      with:
        python-version: 2.7

Expected behavior:
It should work, just like it has in the last year.

Actual behavior:
The error above.

[albertz]

I noticed, similarly I also get:

Version 3.6 was not found in the local cache
Error: Version 3.6 with arch x64 not found

[albertz]

Also when I use setup-python@v4, I get the same error.

[albertz]

With Python 3.7, it seems to be fine.

[albertz]

This is with Ubuntu 22.04 in GitHub Actions.

[dmitry-shibanov]

Hello @albertz. I think it's an expected behaviour because the action does not provide python 2.7 for Ubuntu 22.04. You can try to specify a previous version of Ubuntu to set up python 2.7.

[albertz]

Ah, has that changed? We use runs-on: ubuntu-latest in GitHub.

[albertz]

According to https://github.com/actions/runner-images, ubuntu-latest should be Ubuntu 20.04? So why do we get Ubuntu 22.04?

[dmitry-shibanov]

Ah, has that changed? We use runs-on: ubuntu-latest in GitHub.

Ubuntu latest tag is changing from ubuntu-20.04 to ubuntu-22.04: actions/runner-images#6399

[albertz]

I see.

Is there any plan to include Python 2.7 and Python 3.6 also for Ubuntu 22.04?

[dmitry-shibanov]

For now we do not have any plans to include it.