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action download fails to extract archive file

See original GitHub issue

Description: The setup-node action cannot be downloaded

Action version: v3

Platform:

Ubuntu
macOS
Windows

Runner type:

Hosted
Self-hosted

Tools version: n/a

Repro steps:
use the action in a workflow

Expected behavior: the action downloads and is used

Actual behavior: the action cannot be downloaded due to:

Download action repository 'actions/setup-node@v3' (SHA:5b9[49](https://github.com/ideacrew/enroll/runs/7309204561?check_suite_focus=true#step:1:53)b50c3461bbcd5a540b150c368278160234a)
##[debug]Download 'https://api.github.com/repos/actions/setup-node/tarball/5b949b50c3461bbcd5a540b150c368278160234a' to '/home/runner/work/_actions/_temp_5db10cf7-c813-4a48-be47-45d74a09eaa7/77720dc4-ac1f-4e76-9010-ecf0b2b7adb2.tar.gz'
Error: Can't use 'tar -xzf' extract archive file: /home/runner/work/_actions/_temp_5db10cf7-c813-4a48-be47-45d74a09eaa7/77720dc4-ac1f-4e76-9010-ecf0b2b7adb2.tar.gz. return code: 2.
##[debug]System.NotSupportedException: Can't use 'tar -xzf' extract archive file: /home/runner/work/_actions/_temp_5db10cf7-c813-4a48-be47-45d74a09eaa7/77720dc4-ac1f-4e76-9010-ecf0b2b7adb2.tar.gz. return code: 2.

here is a dump from a successful download action:

Download action repository 'actions/checkout@v3' (SHA:25[41](https://github.com/ideacrew/enroll/runs/7309204561?check_suite_focus=true#step:1:45)b1294d2704b0964813337f33b291d3f8596b)
##[debug]Download 'https://api.github.com/repos/actions/checkout/tarball/2541b1294d2704b0964813337f33b291d3f8596b' to '/home/runner/work/_actions/_temp_8658b1a3-50c0-48d5-a019-faa131ff87a7/a304dd22-9a2a-4980-bd2d-4e2fd9524024.tar.gz'
##[debug]Unwrap 'actions-checkout-2541b12' to '/home/runner/work/_actions/actions/checkout/v3'
##[debug]Archive '/home/runner/work/_actions/_temp_8658b1a3-50c0-48d5-a019-faa131ff87a7/a304dd22-9a2a-4980-bd2d-4e2fd9524024.tar.gz' has been unzipped into '/home/runner/work/_actions/actions/checkout/v3'.