Zsolt DollensteinandGitHub fce2a640fd Repair cached Python directory junctions on Windows (#1122) ...

With `cache-python: true`, a Windows runner can report a cache hit while
extracting the cache incorrectly. When `@actions/cache`'s tar extracts
uv's minor-version junction before the patch directory it points to, it
creates a file symlink. Resolving that link later raises `[WinError 5]
Access is denied`.

This PR fixes things up after restoring the Python cache, recreating the
junction if resolving the link fails with access denied and its recorded
target is a matching, accessible CPython installation in the same
directory.

This is a temporary workaround until
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/2562 gets resolved and
`@actions/cache` itself becomes resilient to these situations.

I tested this by restoring the same archive on two fresh `windows-2022`
runners. The original run passed because resolving the minor-version
link raised the expected WinError 5. With the patch, `uv sync --offline
--managed-python --no-python-downloads` created a virtual environment
whose `home` in `pyvenv.cfg` resolved to the cached CPython 3.10.22
installation. [Original
run](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/actions/runs/41469344610/job/125358623949#step:9:1)
· [Patched
run](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/actions/runs/41469344610/job/125358623835#step:10:1).

2026-11-03 19:11:16 +01:00

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Repair cached Python directory junctions on Windows (#1122)

2026-11-03 19:11:16 +01:00