pytooling/📥 Download Artifact(s) (Preserve File Permissions)
Download the artifact(s) with preserved file privileges which were previously uploaded by the 'upload-artifact' action.
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- Activelast commit Jun 20, 2026
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uses: pytooling/download-artifact@a10014272d50f40f92a2b541622da7ccfe22c8ff # v1.10.0tags can be moved; commit SHAs can't. why a SHA?
Inputs
| name | description | required | default |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Name of the artifact to download. If unspecified, all artifacts for the run are downloaded. | no | — |
| path | Destination path. Supports basic tilde expansion. Default is $GITHUB_WORKSPACE | no | . |
| pattern | A glob pattern to the artifacts that should be downloaded. Ignored if name is specified. | no | — |
| merge-multiple | When multiple artifacts are matched, this changes the behavior of the destination directories. If true, the downloaded artifacts will be in the same directory specified by path. If false, the downloaded artifacts will be extracted into individual named directories within the specified path. | no | false |
| github-token | The GitHub token used to authenticate with the GitHub API. This is required when downloading artifacts from a different repository or from a different workflow run. If unspecified, the action will download artifacts from the current repo and the current workflow run. | no | — |
| repository | The repository owner and the repository name joined together by "/". If github-token is specified, this is the repository that artifacts will be downloaded from. | no | ${{ github.repository }} |
| run-id | The id of the workflow run where the desired download artifact was uploaded from. If github-token is specified, this is the run that artifacts will be downloaded from. | no | ${{ github.run_id }} |
| tarball-name | Filename of the embedded tarball. | no | __pyTooling_upload_artifact__.tar |
| investigate | Print downloaded artifact's content. | no | false |
Outputs
| name | description |
|---|---|
| download-path | Absolute path where the artifact(s) were downloaded. |