fix: drop the GitHub Actions cache layer, keep the tool cache lookup

Review found that the GitHub Actions cache layer cost more than it
saved. Measured on ubuntu-latest, same job, same version:

  cold: download + checksum + cosign + extract   0.93 s
  cache hit: restore the 24 MB entry             1.28 s
  first run also pays a save                    +2.26 s

It is slower than a download in every configuration measured, because a
GitHub-hosted runner reaches the release CDN in about 0.4 s for a 15 MB
archive, and the cached entry is the larger extracted directory.

It also skipped the sha256 and cosign verification on a hit, which is
the control it was supposed to protect, and the only case where it wins
on time is when cosign is installed, which is exactly the case where
skipping is wrong. It cost 875 KB (+120%) of dist/index.js for every
user and 24 MB of repository cache quota per version and platform.

The restore and save wrappers were also dead code: @actions/cache
catches everything except ValidationError internally, so the try/catch
and the ReserveCacheError classification could never run.

What remains is the runner tool cache lookup, which is what #476 asked
for, and the distribution-keyed tool name that stops a Pro binary being
returned for an OSS install.

The tool cache test asserted that two installs return the same path, but
that path is a pure function of the tool, version and architecture: it
passed even with the tool cache wiped between the calls. It now asserts
that the second install reports a tool cache hit and does not download,
and it was verified to fail when the lookup is removed.

Co-authored-by: timbretimber <105982513+timbretimber@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Akkuman <akkumans@qq.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot-Session: 4eaf86fa-a85b-41f6-8763-612acc1ccc39
Signed-off-by: Carlos Alexandro Becker <caarlos0@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -37,25 +37,21 @@ jobs:
           - goreleaser
           - goreleaser-pro
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      -
-        name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: stable
-      -
-        name: Check
+      - name: Check
         uses: ./
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           args: check --verbose
           workdir: ./test
-      -
-        name: GoReleaser
+      - name: GoReleaser
         if: ${{ !(github.event_name == 'pull_request' && matrix.distribution == 'goreleaser-pro') }}
         uses: ./
         env:
@@ -81,30 +77,25 @@ jobs:
           - true
           - false
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      -
-        name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.18
-      -
-        name: Install cosign
+      - name: Install cosign
         if: matrix.cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@d58896d6a1865668819e1d91763c7751a165e159 # v3.9.2
-      -
-        name: GoReleaser
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@6f9f17788090df1f26f669e9d70d6ae9567deba6 # v4.1.2
+      - name: GoReleaser
         if: ${{ !(github.event_name == 'pull_request' && matrix.distribution == 'goreleaser-pro') }}
         uses: ./
         with:
           distribution: ${{ matrix.distribution }}
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           install-only: true
-      -
-        name: Check
+      - name: Check
         if: ${{ !(github.event_name == 'pull_request' && matrix.distribution == 'goreleaser-pro') }}
         run: |
           goreleaser check --verbose
@@ -120,25 +111,21 @@ jobs:
           - macos-latest
           - windows-latest
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      -
-        name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.18
-      -
-        name: Import GPG key
+      - name: Import GPG key
         id: import_gpg
         uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@2dc316deee8e90f13e1a351ab510b4d5bc0c82cd # v7.0.0
         with:
           gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY_TEST }}
           passphrase: ${{ secrets.PASSPHRASE_TEST }}
-      -
-        name: Check
+      - name: Check
         uses: ./
         with:
           version: latest
@@ -146,8 +133,7 @@ jobs:
           workdir: ./test
         env:
           GPG_FINGERPRINT: ${{ steps.import_gpg.outputs.fingerprint }}
-      -
-        name: GoReleaser
+      - name: GoReleaser
         uses: ./
         with:
           version: latest
@@ -159,31 +145,26 @@ jobs:
   upload-artifact:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      -
-        name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.18
-      -
-        name: Check
+      - name: Check
         uses: ./
         with:
           args: check --verbose
           workdir: ./test
-      -
-        name: GoReleaser
+      - name: GoReleaser
         uses: ./
         with:
           args: release --skip=publish --clean --snapshot
           workdir: ./test
-      -
-        name: Upload assets
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
+      - name: Upload assets
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
         with:
           name: myapp
           path: ./test/dist/*
@@ -191,24 +172,20 @@ jobs:
   dist:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      -
-        name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.18
-      -
-        name: GoReleaser
+      - name: GoReleaser
         uses: ./
         with:
           args: release --config .goreleaser-dist.yml --skip=publish --clean --snapshot
           workdir: ./test
-      -
-        name: Check dist
+      - name: Check dist
         run: |
           tree -nh ./test/_output
 
@@ -225,18 +202,15 @@ jobs:
           - goreleaser-pro
           - goreleaser
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      -
-        name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.18
-      -
-        name: GoReleaser
+      - name: GoReleaser
         uses: ./
         with:
           install-only: true
@@ -244,10 +218,8 @@ jobs:
           version: nightly
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      -
-        name: Check
+      - name: Check
         run: |
           goreleaser check -f ./test/.goreleaser.yml
           goreleaser --version
           goreleaser --version | grep nightly
-

.github/workflows/release-major-tag.yml

@@ -28,19 +28,15 @@ jobs:
   tag:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      -
-        name: Git config
+      - name: Git config
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-      -
-        name: Move ${{ github.event.inputs.major_version }} to ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
+      - name: Move ${{ github.event.inputs.major_version }} to ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
         run: git tag -f ${{ github.event.inputs.major_version }} ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
-      -
-        name: Push
+      - name: Push
         run: git push origin ${{ github.event.inputs.major_version }} --force

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -19,30 +19,24 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      -
-        name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444 # v6.0.0
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
         with:
           node-version-file: '.node-version'
           cache: npm
-      -
-        name: Install cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@d58896d6a1865668819e1d91763c7751a165e159 # v3.9.2
-      -
-        name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install cosign
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@6f9f17788090df1f26f669e9d70d6ae9567deba6 # v4.1.2
+      - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
-      -
-        name: Test
+      - name: Test
         run: npm test
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      -
-        name: Upload coverage
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@57e3a136b779b570ffcdbf80b3bdc90e7fab3de2 # v6.0.0
+      - name: Upload coverage
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@fb8b3582c8e4def4969c97caa2f19720cb33a72f # v7.0.0
         with:
           files: ./coverage/clover.xml

.github/workflows/validate.yml

@@ -19,45 +19,35 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      -
-        name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444 # v6.0.0
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
         with:
           node-version-file: '.node-version'
           cache: npm
-      -
-        name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
-      -
-        name: Format check
+      - name: Format check
         run: npm run format-check
-      -
-        name: Lint
+      - name: Lint
         run: npm run lint
 
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      -
-        name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444 # v6.0.0
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v6.0.0
         with:
           node-version-file: '.node-version'
           cache: npm
-      -
-        name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
-      -
-        name: Rebuild dist
+      - name: Rebuild dist
         run: npm run build
-      -
-        name: Compare dist
+      - name: Compare dist
         id: diff
         run: |
           if [ "$(git diff --ignore-space-at-eol dist | wc -l)" -gt "0" ]; then
@@ -65,10 +55,9 @@ jobs:
             git diff dist
             exit 1
           fi
-      -
-        name: Upload built dist on failure
+      - name: Upload built dist on failure
         if: ${{ failure() && steps.diff.conclusion == 'failure' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist
@@ -76,20 +65,16 @@ jobs:
   vendor:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      -
-        name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444 # v6.0.0
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v6.0.0
         with:
           node-version-file: '.node-version'
           cache: npm
-      -
-        name: Refresh package-lock.json
+      - name: Refresh package-lock.json
         run: npm install --package-lock-only
-      -
-        name: Compare package-lock.json
+      - name: Compare package-lock.json
         run: |
           if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain -- package-lock.json)" ]; then
             echo "package-lock.json is out of sync with package.json. Run 'npm install' and commit." >&2

README.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ ___
   * [Signing](#signing)
   * [Upload artifacts](#upload-artifacts)
   * [Install Only](#install-only)
+  * [Cache the binary](#cache-the-binary)
 * [Customizing](#customizing)
   * [inputs](#inputs)
   * [outputs](#outputs)
@@ -217,6 +218,27 @@ steps:
     run: goreleaser -v
 ```
 
+### Cache the binary
+
+The action looks for GoReleaser in the [runner tool cache][toolcache] before it
+downloads. A second use of the action in the same job, or any job on a
+self-hosted runner that already has the version, installs immediately.
+
+A binary taken from the tool cache is not verified again, because the checksum
+and the cosign signature were verified when it was first written. On a
+self-hosted runner the tool cache is kept between jobs, so it must be trusted
+like the runner itself. GitHub-hosted runners start with an empty tool cache in
+every job, so they always download and verify.
+
+The action does not use the [GitHub Actions cache][ghcache]. It was measured and
+it is slower than a download: restoring the 24 MB entry takes about 1.3 s, while
+downloading, verifying the checksum, verifying the cosign signature and
+extracting the release takes about 0.9 s on a GitHub-hosted runner. It would
+also skip the verification it is supposed to protect.
+
+[toolcache]: https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/tool-cache
+[ghcache]: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/write-workflows/choose-what-workflows-do/cache-dependencies
+
 ## Customizing
 
 ### inputs

__tests__/github.test.ts

@@ -104,3 +104,16 @@ describe('getRelease', () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe('latestNightlyRelease', () => {
+  it('returns the newest nightly by published_at even when API order is wrong', () => {
+    const release = github.latestNightlyRelease([
+      {tag_name: 'v2.16.0-c9b458fa-nightly', published_at: '2026-05-12T01:27:50Z'},
+      {tag_name: 'v2.16.0-6724de64-nightly', published_at: '2026-05-13T01:32:53Z'},
+      {tag_name: 'v2.16.0-2827930b-nightly', published_at: '2026-05-17T01:34:11Z'},
+      {tag_name: 'v2.15.4', published_at: '2026-04-21T14:07:57Z'}
+    ]);
+
+    expect(release?.tag_name).toEqual('v2.16.0-2827930b-nightly');
+  });
+});

__tests__/goreleaser.test.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,38 @@ describe('install', () => {
     const bin = await goreleaser.install('goreleaser-pro', 'latest');
     expect(fs.existsSync(bin)).toBe(true);
   }, 100000);
+
+  it('reuses the runner tool cache instead of downloading again', async () => {
+    const first = await goreleaser.install('goreleaser', 'v2.15.3');
+
+    const written: string[] = [];
+    const stdout = process.stdout.write.bind(process.stdout);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    process.stdout.write = ((chunk: any, ...rest: any[]): boolean => {
+      written.push(chunk.toString());
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      return (stdout as any)(chunk, ...rest);
+    }) as typeof process.stdout.write;
+    let second: string;
+    try {
+      second = await goreleaser.install('goreleaser', 'v2.15.3');
+    } finally {
+      process.stdout.write = stdout;
+    }
+
+    const logs = written.join('');
+    expect(logs).toContain('found in the runner tool cache');
+    expect(logs).not.toContain('Downloading https://github.com/goreleaser');
+    expect(second).toEqual(first);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(second)).toBe(true);
+  }, 100000);
+
+  it('does not share the tool cache between distributions', async () => {
+    const oss = await goreleaser.install('goreleaser', 'v2.15.3');
+    const pro = await goreleaser.install('goreleaser-pro', 'v2.15.3');
+    expect(pro).not.toEqual(oss);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(pro)).toBe(true);
+  }, 100000);
 });
 
 describe('distribSuffix', () => {

package-lock.json

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
       "name": "goreleaser-action",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@actions/core": "^3.0.0",
+        "@actions/core": "^3.0.1",
         "@actions/exec": "^3.0.0",
-        "@actions/http-client": "^4.0.0",
+        "@actions/http-client": "^4.0.1",
         "@actions/tool-cache": "^4.0.0",
-        "js-yaml": "^4.1.1",
-        "semver": "^7.7.4",
-        "yargs": "^18.0.0"
+        "js-yaml": "^5.2.3",
+        "semver": "^7.8.5",
+        "yargs": "^18.1.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/node": "^24.0.0",
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@actions/core": {
-      "version": "3.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/core/-/core-3.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-zYt6cz+ivnTmiT/ksRVriMBOiuoUpDCJJlZ5KPl2/FRdvwU3f7MPh9qftvbkXJThragzUZieit2nyHUyw53Seg==",
+      "version": "3.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/core/-/core-3.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-a6d/Nwahm9fliVGRhdhofo40HjHQasUPusmc7vBfyky+7Z+P2A1J68zyFVaNcEclc/Se+eO595oAr5nwEIoIUA==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/exec": "^3.0.0",
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@actions/http-client": {
-      "version": "4.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-4.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-QuwPsgVMsD6qaPD57GLZi9sqzAZCtiJT8kVBCDpLtxhL5MydQ4gS+DrejtZZPdIYyB1e95uCK9Luyds7ybHI3g==",
+      "version": "4.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-4.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+Nvd1ImaOZBSoPbsUtEhv+1z99H12xzncCkz0a3RuehINE81FZSe2QTj3uvAPTcJX/SCzUQHQ0D1GrPMbrPitg==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "tunnel": "^0.0.6",
@@ -685,6 +685,29 @@
         "concat-map": "0.0.1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@eslint/eslintrc/node_modules/js-yaml": {
+      "version": "4.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1td788aAnnZ5qs7V2QIRl1owjtYpbKt749Y3xauqQgwIIGF/xXWz1wMTEBx5O3LK3lXLVuqXPdPxj2BoFHaW9Q==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/puzrin"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/nodeca"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "argparse": "^2.0.1"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@eslint/eslintrc/node_modules/minimatch": {
       "version": "3.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.1.2.tgz",
@@ -2757,6 +2780,29 @@
         "concat-map": "0.0.1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/eslint/node_modules/js-yaml": {
+      "version": "4.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1td788aAnnZ5qs7V2QIRl1owjtYpbKt749Y3xauqQgwIIGF/xXWz1wMTEBx5O3LK3lXLVuqXPdPxj2BoFHaW9Q==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/puzrin"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/nodeca"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "argparse": "^2.0.1"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/eslint/node_modules/minimatch": {
       "version": "3.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.1.2.tgz",
@@ -3093,9 +3139,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/get-east-asian-width": {
-      "version": "1.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-east-asian-width/-/get-east-asian-width-1.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-QZjmEOC+IT1uk6Rx0sX22V6uHWVwbdbxf1faPqJ1QhLdGgsRGCZoyaQBm/piRdJy/D2um6hM1UP7ZEeQ4EkP+Q==",
+      "version": "1.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-east-asian-width/-/get-east-asian-width-1.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-QRbvDIbx6YklUe6RxeTeleMR0yv3cYH6PsPZHcnVn7xv7zO1BHN8r0XETu8n6Ye3Q+ahtSarc3WgtNWmehIBfA==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18"
@@ -4217,15 +4263,25 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/js-yaml": {
-      "version": "4.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qQKT4zQxXl8lLwBtHMWwaTcGfFOZviOJet3Oy/xmGk2gZH677CJM9EvtfdSkgWcATZhj/55JZ0rmy3myCT5lsA==",
+      "version": "5.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-5.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-n+mUVyUX5bVv7G/G2zyIHOhdxfuU1dY2NOFzTQUWiMUbFss8b57NFlgCCaggU78wSw5KVS9cllzeLyzyR+n5nw==",
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/puzrin"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/nodeca"
+        }
+      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "argparse": "^2.0.1"
       },
       "bin": {
-        "js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.js"
+        "js-yaml": "bin/js-yaml.mjs"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/jsesc": {
@@ -5058,9 +5114,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/semver": {
-      "version": "7.7.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.7.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-vFKC2IEtQnVhpT78h1Yp8wzwrf8CM+MzKMHGJZfBtzhZNycRFnXsHk6E5TxIkkMsgNS7mdX3AGB7x2QM2di4lA==",
+      "version": "7.8.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.8.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Y7/KDsb8LjooZpwaqGyulO6DQlksgCncchHGk+sZIY4SBvUocMBEFH5Ur1fI4dV+Jvl0w6cjvucaIi40puRioA==",
       "license": "ISC",
       "bin": {
         "semver": "bin/semver.js"
@@ -5609,9 +5665,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/undici": {
-      "version": "6.24.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-6.24.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sC+b0tB1whOCzbtlx20fx3WgCXwkW627p4EA9uM+/tNNPkSS+eSEld6pAs9nDv7WbY1UUljBMYPtu9BCOrCWKA==",
+      "version": "6.28.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-6.28.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-LIY910g9TI13YS95lrMFrs8Rm/u/irgHeTWoKCoteeJ04CUJ92eEfj0rVn+7VKMPBpUPiUoBKfhNyLI23EE/KA==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18.17"
@@ -5824,15 +5880,15 @@
       "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/yargs": {
-      "version": "18.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-18.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4UEqdc2RYGHZc7Doyqkrqiln3p9X2DZVxaGbwhn2pi7MrRagKaOcIKe8L3OxYcbhXLgLFUS3zAYuQjKBQgmuNg==",
+      "version": "18.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-18.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2rAgRKu54VsHkqI0/tYkmluGXHD4KW7yZoycuqDQ15QOTnc2VVfy0nN/1eMhnQLO00A+dwtK20xuCnc1YGeUyg==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "cliui": "^9.0.1",
         "escalade": "^3.1.1",
         "get-caller-file": "^2.0.5",
-        "string-width": "^7.2.0",
+        "string-width": "^8.2.1",
         "y18n": "^5.0.5",
         "yargs-parser": "^22.0.0"
       },
@@ -5850,6 +5906,49 @@
         "node": ">=12"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/yargs/node_modules/ansi-regex": {
+      "version": "6.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-6.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Bq3SmSpyFHaWjPk8If9yc6svM8c56dB5BAtW4Qbw5jHTwwXXcTLoRMkpDJp6VL0XzlWaCHTXrkFURMYmD0sLqg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/yargs/node_modules/string-width": {
+      "version": "8.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-8.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-GaPUh5gfdrYzqeVNZvUfT23vYYxXzKYidUcnMtJg/3rxRV63EFZy3k6xfKlmfeJD0176lnUV/Usr3XcwSvFzpg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "get-east-asian-width": "^1.5.0",
+        "strip-ansi": "^7.1.2"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/yargs/node_modules/strip-ansi": {
+      "version": "7.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-7.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yDPMNjp4WyfYBkHnjIRLfca1i6KMyGCtsVgoKe/z1+6vukgaENdgGBZt+ZmKPc4gavvEZ5OgHfHdrazhgNyG7w==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-regex": "^6.2.2"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/strip-ansi?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/yargs/node_modules/yargs-parser": {
       "version": "22.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-22.0.0.tgz",

package.json

@@ -23,15 +23,14 @@
   ],
   "author": "CrazyMax",
   "license": "MIT",
-
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/core": "^3.0.0",
+    "@actions/core": "^3.0.1",
     "@actions/exec": "^3.0.0",
-    "@actions/http-client": "^4.0.0",
+    "@actions/http-client": "^4.0.1",
     "@actions/tool-cache": "^4.0.0",
-    "js-yaml": "^4.1.1",
-    "semver": "^7.7.4",
-    "yargs": "^18.0.0"
+    "js-yaml": "^5.2.3",
+    "semver": "^7.8.5",
+    "yargs": "^18.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^24.0.0",

src/github.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const withRetry = async <T>(operation: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> => {
 
 export interface GitHubRelease {
   tag_name: string;
+  published_at?: string;
 }
 
 // Matches the new-style nightly release tag pattern: vX.Y.Z-<sha>-nightly
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ export const isNightlyTag = (tag: string): boolean => {
   return nightlyTagRegex.test(tag);
 };
 
+export const latestNightlyRelease = (releases: Array<GitHubRelease>): GitHubRelease | undefined => {
+  return releases
+    .filter(r => nightlyTagRegex.test(r.tag_name))
+    .sort((a, b) => (b.published_at || '').localeCompare(a.published_at || ''))
+    .shift();
+};
+
 export const getRelease = async (distribution: string, version: string): Promise<GitHubRelease> => {
   if (version === 'latest') {
     core.warning("You are using 'latest' as default version. Will lock to '~> v2'.");
@@ -113,7 +121,7 @@ const resolveNightly = async (distribution: string): Promise<GitHubRelease> => {
     return <Array<GitHubRelease>>JSON.parse(body);
   });
 
-  const match = releases.find(r => nightlyTagRegex.test(r.tag_name));
+  const match = latestNightlyRelease(releases);
   if (!match) {
     throw new Error(`No '<version>-<sha>-nightly' release found in ${url}`);
   }

src/goreleaser.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import yaml from 'js-yaml';
+import * as yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import * as context from './context';
 import * as github from './github';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
@@ -11,40 +11,49 @@ import * as tc from '@actions/tool-cache';
 
 export async function install(distribution: string, version: string): Promise<string> {
   const release: github.GitHubRelease = await github.getRelease(distribution, version);
+  const tag = release.tag_name;
+  const toolVersion = tag.replace(/^v/, '');
+
+  const toolPath = tc.find(distribution, toolVersion);
+  if (toolPath) {
+    core.info(`GoReleaser ${tag} found in the runner tool cache: ${toolPath}`);
+    return getExePath(toolPath);
+  }
+
   const filename = getFilename(distribution);
-  const baseUrl = `https://github.com/goreleaser/${distribution}/releases/download/${release.tag_name}`;
+  const baseUrl = `https://github.com/goreleaser/${distribution}/releases/download/${tag}`;
   const downloadUrl = `${baseUrl}/${filename}`;
 
   core.info(`Downloading ${downloadUrl}`);
   const downloadPath: string = await tc.downloadTool(downloadUrl);
   core.debug(`Downloaded to ${downloadPath}`);
 
-  await verifyChecksum(distribution, release.tag_name, downloadPath, filename);
+  await verifyChecksum(distribution, tag, downloadPath, filename);
 
   core.info('Extracting GoReleaser');
   let extPath: string;
   if (context.osPlat == 'win32') {
-    if (!downloadPath.endsWith('.zip')) {
-      const newPath = downloadPath + '.zip';
-      fs.renameSync(downloadPath, newPath);
-      extPath = await tc.extractZip(newPath);
-    } else {
-      extPath = await tc.extractZip(downloadPath);
+    let zipPath = downloadPath;
+    if (!zipPath.endsWith('.zip')) {
+      zipPath = `${downloadPath}.zip`;
+      fs.renameSync(downloadPath, zipPath);
     }
+    extPath = await tc.extractZip(zipPath);
   } else {
     extPath = await tc.extractTar(downloadPath);
   }
   core.debug(`Extracted to ${extPath}`);
 
-  const cachePath: string = await tc.cacheDir(extPath, 'goreleaser-action', release.tag_name.replace(/^v/, ''));
+  const cachePath: string = await tc.cacheDir(extPath, distribution, toolVersion);
   core.debug(`Cached to ${cachePath}`);
 
-  const exePath: string = path.join(cachePath, context.osPlat == 'win32' ? 'goreleaser.exe' : 'goreleaser');
-  core.debug(`Exe path is ${exePath}`);
-
-  return exePath;
+  return getExePath(cachePath);
 }
 
+const getExePath = (dir: string): string => {
+  return path.join(dir, context.osPlat == 'win32' ? 'goreleaser.exe' : 'goreleaser');
+};
+
 export async function verifyChecksum(
   distribution: string,
   tag: string,
@@ -171,7 +180,7 @@ const getFilename = (distribution: string): string => {
 };
 
 export async function getDistPath(yamlfile: string): Promise<string> {
-  const cfg = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(yamlfile, 'utf8'));
+  const cfg = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(yamlfile, 'utf8')) as {dist?: string};
   return cfg.dist || 'dist';
 }