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v6.0.0

What's Changed

Breaking Changes

• Upgrade to node 24 by @​salmanmkc in actions/setup-python#1164

Make sure your runner is on version v2.327.1 or later to ensure compatibility with this release. See Release Notes

Enhancements:

• Add support for pip-version by @​priyagupta108 in actions/setup-python#1129
• Enhance reading from .python-version by @​krystof-k in actions/setup-python#787
• Add version parsing from Pipfile by @​aradkdj in actions/setup-python#1067

Bug fixes:

• Clarify pythonLocation behaviour for PyPy and GraalPy in environment variables by @​aparnajyothi-y in actions/setup-python#1183
• Change missing cache directory error to warning by @​aparnajyothi-y in actions/setup-python#1182
• Add Architecture-Specific PATH Management for Python with --user Flag on Windows by @​aparnajyothi-y in actions/setup-python#1122
• Include python version in PyPy python-version output by @​cdce8p in actions/setup-python#1110
• Update docs: clarification on pip authentication with setup-python by @​priya-kinthali in actions/setup-python#1156

Dependency updates:

• Upgrade idna from 2.9 to 3.7 in /tests/data by @​dependabot[bot] in actions/setup-python#843
• Upgrade form-data to fix critical vulnerabilities #182 & #183 by @​aparnajyothi-y in actions/setup-python#1163
• Upgrade setuptools to 78.1.1 to fix path traversal vulnerability in PackageIndex.download by @​aparnajyothi-y in actions/setup-python#1165
• Upgrade actions/checkout from 4 to 5 by @​dependabot[bot] in actions/setup-python#1181
• Upgrade @​actions/tool-cache from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 by @​dependabot[bot] in actions/setup-python#1095

New Contributors

• @​krystof-k made their first contribution in actions/setup-python#787
• @​cdce8p made their first contribution in actions/setup-python#1110
• @​aradkdj made their first contribution in actions/setup-python#1067

Full Changelog: https://github.com/actions/setup-python/compare/v5...v6.0.0

v5.6.0

What's Changed

• Workflow updates related to Ubuntu 20.04 by @​aparnajyothi-y in actions/setup-python#1065
• Fix for Candidate Not Iterable Error by @​aparnajyothi-y in actions/setup-python#1082
• Upgrade semver and @​types/semver by @​dependabot in actions/setup-python#1091
• Upgrade prettier from 2.8.8 to 3.5.3 by @​dependabot in actions/setup-python#1046
• Upgrade ts-jest from 29.1.2 to 29.3.2 by @​dependabot in actions/setup-python#1081

Full Changelog: https://github.com/actions/setup-python/compare/v5...v5.6.0

v5.5.0

What's Changed

Enhancements:

• Support free threaded Python versions like '3.13t' by @​colesbury in actions/setup-python#973
• Enhance Workflows: Include ubuntu-arm runners, Add e2e Testing for free threaded and Upgrade @​action/cache from 4.0.0 to 4.0.3 by @​priya-kinthali in actions/setup-python#1056
• Add support for .tool-versions file in setup-python by @​mahabaleshwars in actions/setup-python#1043

Bug fixes:

• Fix architecture for pypy on Linux ARM64 by @​mayeut in actions/setup-python#1011 This update maps arm64 to aarch64 for Linux ARM64 PyPy installations.

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• e797f83 Upgrade to node 24 (#1164)
• 3d1e2d2 Revert "Enhance cache-dependency-path handling to support files outside the w...
• 65b0712 Clarify pythonLocation behavior for PyPy and GraalPy in environment variables...
• 5b668cf Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 (#1181)
• f62a0e2 Change missing cache directory error to warning (#1182)
• 9322b3c Upgrade setuptools to 78.1.1 to fix path traversal vulnerability in PackageIn...
• fbeb884 Bump form-data to fix critical vulnerabilities #182 & #183 (#1163)
• 03bb615 Bump idna from 2.9 to 3.7 in /tests/data (#843)
• 36da51d Add version parsing from Pipfile (#1067)
• 3c6f142 update documentation (#1156)
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