[Bug] Using any architecture other than x64 fails to run

Here’s my yaml file:

name: Test

on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ master ]

jobs:
  auto-test:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

    strategy:
      matrix:
        os:
          - ubuntu-latest
          - macos-latest
          - windows-latest
        node-version:
          - 14
          - 16
          - 17
        architecture:
          - x64
          - arm64
    steps:
    - run: git config --global core.autocrlf false  # Mainly for Windows
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-node@v2
      with:
        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
        architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}

    - name: Get npm cache directory
      id: npm-cache-dir
      run: |
        echo "::set-output name=dir::$(npm config get cache)"
    - uses: actions/cache@v3
      id: npm-cache # use this to check for `cache-hit` ==> if: steps.npm-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
      with:
        path: ${{ steps.npm-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
        key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
        restore-keys: |
          ${{ runner.os }}-node-

    - run: npm run install

Error happens when running Get npm cache directory with the following:

Run echo "::set-output name=dir::$(npm config get cache)"
  echo "::set-output name=dir::$(npm config get cache)"
  shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.19.1/arm64/bin/node: 1: ELF

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8%�@��n@8: not found
check_suite_focus=true#step:5:2): Syntax error: ")" unexpected

My understanding is that even though setup-node is using an ARM64 release, the runner itself from Github is using a different architecture?

I don’t think this is related with setup-node but should be documented. The advanced examples make it look as if just adding arm64 is going to make your CI run just fine, which is not the case.

Is there a Github Action solution for this?

[panticmilos]

Hi @gaby,

We will investigate this issue further.

[gaby]

@panticmilos ideally the documentation for setup-node is updated to indicate that only x64 works on Github Hosted runners, for anything else Self-Hosted runners are needed.