Error downloading kubectl while using tale/kubectl-action@v1

[linusjf]

Bug report info

act version:            0.2.82
GOOS:                   linux
GOARCH:                 amd64
NumCPU:                 16
Docker host:            DOCKER_HOST environment variable is not set
Sockets found:
        /var/run/docker.sock
Config files:
        /home/linusjf/.config/act/actrc:
                -P ubuntu-latest=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
                -P ubuntu-22.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04
                -P ubuntu-20.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-20.04
                -P ubuntu-18.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-18.04
        .actrc:
                -P ubuntu-latest=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest
                --container-options=--network=host
Build info:
        Go version:            go1.24.0
        Module path:           command-line-arguments
        Main version:
        Main path:
        Main checksum:
        Build settings:
                -buildmode:           exe
                -compiler:            gc
                -ldflags:             -X main.version=0.2.82
                CGO_ENABLED:          1
                CGO_CFLAGS:
                CGO_CPPFLAGS:
                CGO_CXXFLAGS:
                CGO_LDFLAGS:
                GOARCH:               amd64
                GOOS:                 linux
                GOAMD64:              v1
Docker Engine:
        Engine version:        28.5.2
        Engine runtime:        runc
        Cgroup version:        2
        Cgroup driver:         cgroupfs
        Storage driver:        overlayfs
        Registry URI:          https://index.docker.io/v1/
        OS:                    Docker Desktop
        OS type:               linux
        OS version:
        OS arch:               x86_64
        OS kernel:             6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2
        OS CPU:                16
        OS memory:             15658 MB
        Security options:
                name=seccomp,profile=builtin
                name=cgroupns

Command used with act

act -v -W .github/workflows/downloadkube.yaml

contents of .actrc

-P ubuntu-latest=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest
--container-options=--network=host

Describe issue

I expect the workflow to download kubectl and install it in the act runner.

Link to GitHub repository

https://github.com/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/

Workflow content

---

name: Download kubectl

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:

      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # Installs Kubectl and connects it to the cluster.
      #
      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/kubernetes-cli-kubectl
      #
      - uses: tale/kubectl-action@v1
        with:
          kubectl-version: v1.34.1

Relevant log output

| Installing kubectl version v1.34.1
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ❗  ::error::Failed to download kubectl from dl.k8s.io%0APlease check the version you specified is valid
|
| /run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/node_modules/@actions/core/lib/core.js:106
|         throw new Error(`Input required and not supplied: ${name}`);
| ^
| Error: Input required and not supplied: base64-kube-config
|     at getInput (/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/node_modules/@actions/core/lib/core.js:106:1)
|     at setupKubeconfig (/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/src/login.ts:14:1)
|     at /run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/src/main.ts:27:1
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ❌  Failure - Post tale/kubectl-action@v1 [588.107652ms]
[Download kubectl/deploy] exitcode '1': failure
[Download kubectl/deploy] ⭐ Run Complete job
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ✅  Success - Complete job
[Download kubectl/deploy] 🏁  Job failed
Error: Error occurred running finally: exitcode '1': failure (original error: <nil>)
linusjf@JuliusCaesar:~/chapter-8-example-3$ act --bug-report
act version:            0.2.82
GOOS:                   linux
GOARCH:                 amd64
NumCPU:                 16
Docker host:            DOCKER_HOST environment variable is not set
Sockets found:
        /var/run/docker.sock
Config files:
        /home/linusjf/.config/act/actrc:
                -P ubuntu-latest=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
                -P ubuntu-22.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04
                -P ubuntu-20.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-20.04
                -P ubuntu-18.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-18.04
        .actrc:
                -P ubuntu-latest=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest
                --container-options=--network=host
Build info:
        Go version:            go1.24.0
        Module path:           command-line-arguments
        Main version:
        Main path:
        Main checksum:
        Build settings:
                -buildmode:           exe
                -compiler:            gc
                -ldflags:             -X main.version=0.2.82
                CGO_ENABLED:          1
                CGO_CFLAGS:
                CGO_CPPFLAGS:
                CGO_CXXFLAGS:
                CGO_LDFLAGS:
                GOARCH:               amd64
                GOOS:                 linux
                GOAMD64:              v1
Docker Engine:
        Engine version:        28.5.2
        Engine runtime:        runc
        Cgroup version:        2
        Cgroup driver:         cgroupfs
        Storage driver:        overlayfs
        Registry URI:          https://index.docker.io/v1/
        OS:                    Docker Desktop
        OS type:               linux
        OS version:
        OS arch:               x86_64
        OS kernel:             6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2
        OS CPU:                16
        OS memory:             15658 MB
        Security options:
                name=seccomp,profile=builtin
                name=cgroupns

linusjf@JuliusCaesar:~/chapter-8-example-3$ act -v -W .github/workflows/downloadkube.yaml
DEBU[0000] Handling container host and socket
DEBU[0000] Defaulting container socket to DOCKER_HOST
INFO[0000] Using docker host 'unix:///var/run/docker.sock', and daemon socket 'unix:///var/run/docker.sock'
DEBU[0000] Loading environment from /home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/.env
DEBU[0000] Conditional GET for notices etag=9fd828c5-d321-4d30-b851-11c0f430f62b
DEBU[0000] Loading action inputs from /home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/.input
DEBU[0000] Loading secrets from /home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/.secrets
DEBU[0000] Loading vars from /home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/.vars
DEBU[0000] Evaluated matrix inclusions: map[]
DEBU[0000] Loading workflow '/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/.github/workflows/downloadkube.yaml'
DEBU[0000] Reading workflow '/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/.github/workflows/downloadkube.yaml'
DEBU[0000] Preparing plan with all jobs
DEBU[0000] Using default workflow event: push
DEBU[0000] Planning jobs for event: push
DEBU[0000] gc: 2025-11-18 21:51:27.190287392 +0530 IST m=+0.200819173  module=artifactcache
DEBU[0000] Plan Stages: [0xc000129788]
DEBU[0000] Stages Runs: [deploy]
DEBU[0000] Job.Name: deploy
DEBU[0000] Job.RawNeeds: {0 0    <nil> []    0 0}
DEBU[0000] Job.RawRunsOn: {8 0 !!str ubuntu-latest  <nil> []    13 14}
DEBU[0000] Job.Env: {0 0    <nil> []    0 0}
DEBU[0000] Job.If: {0 0  success()  <nil> []    0 0}
DEBU[0000] Job.Steps: actions/checkout@v3
DEBU[0000] Job.Steps: tale/kubectl-action@v1
DEBU[0000] Job.TimeoutMinutes:
DEBU[0000] Job.Services: map[]
DEBU[0000] Job.Strategy: <nil>
DEBU[0000] Job.RawContainer: {0 0    <nil> []    0 0}
DEBU[0000] Job.Defaults.Run.Shell:
DEBU[0000] Job.Defaults.Run.WorkingDirectory:
DEBU[0000] Job.Outputs: map[]
DEBU[0000] Job.Uses:
DEBU[0000] Job.With: map[]
DEBU[0000] Job.Result:
DEBU[0000] Empty Strategy, matrixes=[map[]]
DEBU[0000] Job Matrices: [map[]]
DEBU[0000] Runner Matrices: map[]
DEBU[0000] Final matrix after applying user inclusions '[map[]]'
DEBU[0000] Loading revision from git directory
DEBU[0000] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
DEBU[0000] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
DEBU[0000] using github ref: refs/heads/main
DEBU[0000] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
DEBU[0000] Detected CPUs: 16
DEBU[0000] PlanExecutor concurrency: 16
DEBU[0000] Detected CPUs: 16
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] evaluating expression 'success()'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] expression 'success()' evaluated to '***'
[Download kubectl/deploy] ⭐ Run Set up job
[Download kubectl/deploy] 🚀  Start image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest
DEBU[0000] Parallel tasks (0) below minimum, setting to 1
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker pull image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest platform= username= forcePull=***
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   🐳  docker pull ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] pulling image 'ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest' ()
DEBU[0001] Saving notices etag=9fd828c5-d321-4d30-b851-11c0f430f62b
DEBU[0001] No new notices
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Pulling from catthehacker/ubuntu :: full-latest
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Digest: sha256:25231ac9a541d4b1ff7d5957e25596465ce0c1bdc0da7927d870163c4375a4a5 ::
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Status: Image is up to date for ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest ::
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Removed container: 5baea7f5c5c38e7586dec89828535e3ec3a7368dab6e9a1467d118b56eac40ee
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   🐳  docker volume rm act-Download-kubectl-deploy-64bfff3efaa21c4982cb413067e25dcb097c3ba811435fd12d16586ec871389c
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   🐳  docker volume rm act-Download-kubectl-deploy-64bfff3efaa21c4982cb413067e25dcb097c3ba811435fd12d16586ec871389c-env
DEBU[0002] Parallel tasks (0) below minimum, setting to 1
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker create image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest platform= entrypoint=["tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[] network=
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Common container.Config ==> &{Hostname: Domainname: User: AttachStdin:false AttachStdout:false AttachStderr:false Expose
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Common container.HostConfig ==> &{Binds:[/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock] ContainerIDFile: LogConfig:{Type: Co
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Custom container.Config from options ==> &{Hostname: Domainname: User: AttachStdin:false AttachStdout:*** AttachStderr:*
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Merged container.Config ==> &{Hostname: Domainname: User: AttachStdin:false AttachStdout:*** AttachStderr:*** ExposedPor
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Custom container.HostConfig from options ==> &{Binds:[] ContainerIDFile: LogConfig:{Type: Config:map[]} NetworkMode:host
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Merged container.HostConfig ==> &{Binds:[/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock] ContainerIDFile: LogConfig:{Type: Co
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] input.NetworkAliases ==> [deploy]
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Created container name=act-Download-kubectl-deploy-64bfff3efaa21c4982cb413067e25dcb097c3ba811435fd12d16586ec871389c id=7
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] ENV ==> [RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE=/opt/hostedtoolcache RUNNER_OS=Linux RUNNER_ARCH=X64 RUNNER_TEMP=/tmp LANG=C.UTF-8]
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker run image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest platform= entrypoint=["tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[] network="ho
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Starting container: 71d1af212e1f40498ad20301f9e1da9c3429087bad267f4d74f26aa17fdd1062
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Started container: 71d1af212e1f40498ad20301f9e1da9c3429087bad267f4d74f26aa17fdd1062
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[chown -R 1001:1001 /home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3] user=0 workdir=
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Exec command '[chown -R 1001:1001 /home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3]'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Working directory '/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/event.json len:2
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/envs.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Extracting content to '/var/run/act/'
DEBU[0003] Parallel tasks (0) below minimum, setting to 1
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[node --no-warnings -e console.log(process.execPath)] user= workdir=
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Exec command '[node --no-warnings -e console.log(process.execPath)]'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Working directory '/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3'
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ✅  Success - Set up job
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Skipping local actions/checkout because workdir was already copied
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] skip pre step for 'actions/checkout@v3': no action model available
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ☁  git clone 'https://github.com/tale/kubectl-action' # ref=v1
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   cloning https://github.com/tale/kubectl-action to /home/linusjf/.cache/act/tale-kubectl-action@v1
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Unable to pull refs/heads/v1: non-fast-forward update
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Cloned https://github.com/tale/kubectl-action to /home/linusjf/.cache/act/tale-kubectl-action@v1
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Checked out v1
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Read action &{Kubernetes CLI (kubectl) Aarnav Tale <aarnav@tale.me> GitHub Action to manage a K8s cluster using kubectl
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Skipping local actions/checkout because workdir was already copied
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] setupEnv => map[ACT:*** ACTIONS_CACHE_URL:http://10.78.99.47:57980/ ARM_CLIENT_ID:d081967a-dd1f-42d7-9253-940ffa7ce523 A
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] evaluating expression ''
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] expression '' evaluated to '***'
[Download kubectl/deploy] ⭐ Run Main actions/checkout@v3
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/outputcmd.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/statecmd.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/pathcmd.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/envs.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/SUMMARY.md len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Extracting content to '/var/run/act'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker cp src=/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/. dst=/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing tarball /tmp/act124569777 from /home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/.
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Stripping prefix:/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/ src:/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/.
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Extracting content from '/tmp/act124569777' to '/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3'
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[chown -R 1001:1001 /home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3] user=0 workdir=
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Exec command '[chown -R 1001:1001 /home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3]'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Working directory '/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3'
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ✅  Success - Main actions/checkout@v3 [311.42849ms]
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] setupEnv => map[ACT:*** ACTIONS_CACHE_URL:http://10.78.99.47:57980/ ARM_CLIENT_ID:d081967a-dd1f-42d7-9253-940ffa7ce523 A
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] evaluating expression ''
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] expression '' evaluated to '***'
[Download kubectl/deploy] ⭐ Run Main tale/kubectl-action@v1
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/outputcmd.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/statecmd.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/pathcmd.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/envs.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/SUMMARY.md len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Extracting content to '/var/run/act'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] About to run action &{Kubernetes CLI (kubectl) Aarnav Tale <aarnav@tale.me> GitHub Action to manage a K8s cluster using
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] type=remote-action actionDir=/home/linusjf/.cache/act/tale-kubectl-action@v1 actionPath= workdir=/home/linusjf/chapter-8
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Removing /home/linusjf/.cache/act/tale-kubectl-action@v1/.gitignore before docker cp
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker cp src=/home/linusjf/.cache/act/tale-kubectl-action@v1/ dst=/var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing tarball /tmp/act3801756607 from /home/linusjf/.cache/act/tale-kubectl-action@v1/
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Stripping prefix:/home/linusjf/.cache/act/tale-kubectl-action@v1/ src:/home/linusjf/.cache/act/tale-kubectl-action@v1/
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Extracting content from '/tmp/act3801756607' to '/var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/'
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[chown -R 1001:1001 /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/] user=0 workdir=
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Exec command '[chown -R 1001:1001 /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/]'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Working directory '/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] executing remote job container: [/usr/local/bin/node /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/dist/index.js]
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[/usr/local/bin/node /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/dist/index.js] user= workdir=
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Exec command '[/usr/local/bin/node /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/dist/index.js]'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Working directory '/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::Running kubectl-action setup
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::Running kubectl-action installKubectl()
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::kubectl-version: v1.34.1
| Installing kubectl version v1.34.1
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::isExplicit: 1.34.1
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::explicit? ***
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::checking cache: /opt/hostedtoolcache/kubectl/1.34.1/x64
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::Found tool in cache kubectl 1.34.1 x64
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::kubectl v1.34.1 already installed
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::Failed to download kubectl from dl.k8s.io
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ❗  ::error::Failed to download kubectl from dl.k8s.io%0APlease check the version you specified is valid
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::kubectl-action setup complete
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::Running kubectl-action setupKubeconfig()
|
| /run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/node_modules/@actions/core/lib/core.js:106
|         throw new Error(`Input required and not supplied: ${name}`);
| ^
| Error: Input required and not supplied: base64-kube-config
|     at getInput (/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/node_modules/@actions/core/lib/core.js:106:1)
|     at setupKubeconfig (/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/src/login.ts:14:1)
|     at /run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/src/main.ts:27:1
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ❌  Failure - Main tale/kubectl-action@v1 [900.362788ms]
[Download kubectl/deploy] exitcode '1': failure
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] setupEnv => map[ACT:*** ACTIONS_CACHE_URL:http://10.78.99.47:57980/ ARM_CLIENT_ID:d081967a-dd1f-42d7-9253-940ffa7ce523 A
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] evaluating expression 'always()'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] expression 'always()' evaluated to '***'
[Download kubectl/deploy] ⭐ Run Post tale/kubectl-action@v1
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/outputcmd.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/statecmd.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/pathcmd.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/envs.txt len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Writing entry to tarball workflow/SUMMARY.md len:0
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Extracting content to '/var/run/act'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] run post step for 'tale/kubectl-action@v1'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] executing remote job container: [/usr/local/bin/node /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/dist/index.js]
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[/usr/local/bin/node /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/dist/index.js] user= workdir=
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Exec command '[/usr/local/bin/node /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/dist/index.js]'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Working directory '/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::Running kubectl-action setup
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::Running kubectl-action installKubectl()
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::kubectl-version: v1.34.1
| Installing kubectl version v1.34.1
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::isExplicit: 1.34.1
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::explicit? ***
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::checking cache: /opt/hostedtoolcache/kubectl/1.34.1/x64
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::Found tool in cache kubectl 1.34.1 x64
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::kubectl v1.34.1 already installed
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::Failed to download kubectl from dl.k8s.io
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ❗  ::error::Failed to download kubectl from dl.k8s.io%0APlease check the version you specified is valid
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::kubectl-action setup complete
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG]   💬  ::debug::Running kubectl-action setupKubeconfig()
|
| /run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/node_modules/@actions/core/lib/core.js:106
|         throw new Error(`Input required and not supplied: ${name}`);
| ^
| Error: Input required and not supplied: base64-kube-config
|     at getInput (/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/node_modules/@actions/core/lib/core.js:106:1)
|     at setupKubeconfig (/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/src/login.ts:14:1)
|     at /run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/src/main.ts:27:1
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ❌  Failure - Post tale/kubectl-action@v1 [599.000265ms]
[Download kubectl/deploy] exitcode '1': failure
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] skipping post step for 'actions/checkout@v3': no action model available
[Download kubectl/deploy] ⭐ Run Complete job
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] HEAD points to 'b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712'
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
[Download kubectl/deploy] [DEBUG] Found revision: b2b79f1c2b08a37bc43991ff959efd77ff7e6712
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ✅  Success - Complete job
[Download kubectl/deploy] 🏁  Job failed
Error: Error occurred running finally: exitcode '1': failure (original error: <nil>)

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[ChristopherHX]

Error: Input required and not supplied: base64-kube-config

https://github.com/tale/kubectl-action#kubectl-action tells you base64-kube-config is a mandatory input and one reason for action failure

[linusjf]

https://github.com/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/blob/main/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml Why don't you try this instead and set if: ${{ env.LOCAL_DEPLOY == 'false' }} to true instead ? See if that works for you.

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On Fri, 21 Nov 2025, 06:58 ChristopherHX, ***@***.***> wrote: *ChristopherHX* left a comment (nektos/act#5969) <#5969 (comment)> Error: Input required and not supplied: base64-kube-config https://github.com/tale/kubectl-action#kubectl-action tells you base64-kube-config is a mandatory input and one reason for action failure — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#5969 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AF4R3PMGG4NLVPIVET3SQPD35ZTFDAVCNFSM6AAAAACMPGLLGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTKNRQHEZTEOJZGE> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[linusjf]

On executing the script triggerworkflow as below, I still have the download error.

./triggerworkflow --local downloadkube.yaml
WARNING: Merged "flixtube" as current context in /home/linusjf/.kube/config
Secrets stored locally in .secrets file
Running workflow locally with act...
INFO[0000] Using docker host 'unix:///var/run/docker.sock', and daemon socket 'unix:///var/run/docker.sock'
[Download kubectl/deploy] ⭐ Run Set up job
[Download kubectl/deploy] 🚀  Start image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker pull image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest platform= username= forcePull=***
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker create image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest platform= entrypoint=["tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[] network="host"
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker run image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest platform= entrypoint=["tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[] network="host"
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[chown -R 1001:1001 /home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3] user=0 workdir=
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[node --no-warnings -e console.log(process.execPath)] user= workdir=
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ✅  Success - Set up job
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ☁  git clone 'https://github.com/tale/kubectl-action' # ref=v1
[Download kubectl/deploy] ⭐ Run Main actions/checkout@v3
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker cp src=/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3/. dst=/home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[chown -R 1001:1001 /home/linusjf/chapter-8-example-3] user=0 workdir=
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ✅  Success - Main actions/checkout@v3 [259.917403ms]
[Download kubectl/deploy] ⭐ Run Main tale/kubectl-action@v1
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker cp src=/home/linusjf/.cache/act/tale-kubectl-action@v1/ dst=/var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[chown -R 1001:1001 /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/] user=0 workdir=
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[/usr/local/bin/node /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/dist/index.js] user= workdir=
| Installing kubectl version v1.34.1
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ❗  ::error::Failed to download kubectl from dl.k8s.io%0APlease check the version you specified is valid
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ❌  Failure - Main tale/kubectl-action@v1 [624.039893ms]
[Download kubectl/deploy] exitcode '1': failure
[Download kubectl/deploy] ⭐ Run Post tale/kubectl-action@v1
[Download kubectl/deploy]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[/usr/local/bin/node /var/run/act/actions/tale-kubectl-action@v1/dist/index.js] user= workdir=
| Installing kubectl version v1.34.1
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ❗  ::error::Failed to download kubectl from dl.k8s.io%0APlease check the version you specified is valid
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ❌  Failure - Post tale/kubectl-action@v1 [365.560033ms]
[Download kubectl/deploy] exitcode '1': failure
[Download kubectl/deploy] ⭐ Run Complete job
[Download kubectl/deploy]   ✅  Success - Complete job
[Download kubectl/deploy] 🏁  Job failed
Error: Error occurred running finally: exitcode '1': failure (original error: <nil>)