{
  "slug": "github-actions-artifacts-support-unzipped-upload-and-download-f44cfccd3d08",
  "title": "GitHub Actions artifacts support unzipped upload and download",
  "tools": [
    "gh"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-02-26T22:36:48.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-02-26T22:36:48.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When a workflow needs an unzipped artifact, upload one file with `actions/upload-artifact@v7` and `archive: false`. If the workflow downloads it with the download action, use `actions/download-artifact@v8` and specify the uploaded file name.",
    "examples": [
      "- uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7\n  with:\n    path: <file>\n    archive: false",
      "- uses: actions/download-artifact@v8\n  with:\n    name: <uploaded-file-name>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: actions/upload-artifact v7; actions/download-artifact v8 is required when using that action",
      "upload path (required): File, directory, or wildcard path to upload. With `archive: false`, only one file can be uploaded.",
      "upload archive: Whether to zip the artifact files; defaults to `true`. Set to `false` for an unzipped upload.",
      "download name: Artifact name to download; for unzipped files, use the uploaded file name. If omitted, all artifacts for the run are downloaded.",
      "download path: Destination path; defaults to `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`.",
      "download artifact-ids: Comma-separated artifact IDs. Use either `artifact-ids` or `name`, not both.",
      "Prerequisite: Use upload-artifact v7; if downloading with the action, use download-artifact v8.",
      "Prerequisite: The action documentation says upload-artifact v4+ and download-artifact v4+ are not supported on GitHub Enterprise Server.",
      "Only applies to artifacts uploaded with `actions/upload-artifact` v7 where `archive` is set to `false`.",
      "`archive` currently defaults to `true` for backwards compatibility.",
      "Previously uploaded artifacts and artifacts uploaded with older action versions continue to be zipped.",
      "Update to `actions/download-artifact` v8 if using that action."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "When a workflow needs to preserve artifacts without automatic zipping, configure the upload and download actions for unzipped artifacts.",
  "before": "Previously, upload-artifact automatically zipped artifacts; downloading with the action or browser also returned a zipped file.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-26-github-actions-now-supports-uploading-and-downloading-non-zipped-artifacts",
    "https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/blob/main/README.md",
    "https://github.com/marketplace/actions/download-a-build-artifact",
    "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-26-github-actions-now-supports-uploading-and-downloading-non-zipped-artifacts/"
  ],
  "rank": 0.94044,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "recover-20261008",
    "verdict_id": "recover-20261008:recover-20261008-1990491306fb2f67-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "bff727c4ac3cd1688b2c9ac9f309b4bf1bafc1dcbc0b99705a09c9a3e08538fb"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "66827733af43a75c2867b6251ae6c539f375da28046459e0cf04ae8435f1bf49",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "recover-20261008:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.94 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.62 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}