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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

• 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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