Unable to use actions/upload-artifact@v3 — “Missing download info” error

[Venki099]

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Subject: Unable to use actions/upload-artifact@v3 — “Missing download info” error

Hi GitHub Support,

I’m encountering the following error in GitHub Actions:

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Error: Missing download info for actions/upload-artifact@v3
This happens in multiple repositories, both private and public. I’ve confirmed that:

All actions are allowed under repository settings

The workflow is minimal and valid (example below)

I’ve tested on ubuntu-latest and windows-latest

My workflow is triggered on push to the default master branch

Here's the example workflow:

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name: Test Upload Artifact

on:
push:
branches: [ master ]

jobs:
test-upload:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Upload dummy artifact
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
with:
name: dummy
path: README.md
Please let me know if there’s something wrong with my account or a backend issue affecting this.

Thanks!

[vnaik10]

I’m seeing the error Missing download info for actions/upload-artifact@v3 when trying to upload artifacts in multiple repositories (both private and public). I’ve checked that all actions are allowed in repo settings, my workflow is valid, and I’ve tested on both Ubuntu and Windows runners. I want to confirm whether this is an account/back-end issue or something else I’m missing.

What GitHub Actions topic or product is this about?
Misc

[Venki099]

I am trying for CICD build when i push the yaml file in the yml file i am getting error for actions/upload-artifact@v3 i checked permission of repo and not able to find what is the error.

[wujibear]

Oof. Seeing this in a few threads, and not any answers :(

[readytotest]

You all mention you are using v3. I'm using actions/[email protected] in two repos and uploading a .zip file is successful.
I also found this notice that says v3 is deprecated.

[wujibear]

awesome! that does seem to work, thank you!!

[hassanmujahid123]

This error usually happens when GitHub is experiencing an outage or there's a temporary issue with the Actions service or marketplace metadata.
You can try the following:
Check GitHub Status to see if there are ongoing issues.
Replace actions/upload-artifact@v3 with a specific commit SHA instead of the tag, in case the tag isn’t resolving properly.

Retry after some time; this is often a transient issue.

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