feat: fallback to "raw" endpoint for manifest when rate limit is reached (#496)

* feat: fallback to "raw" endpoint for manifest when rate limit is reached * add information about raw access to the README * prettier * update cross-spawn to 7.0.6 to fix vulnerability
2025-09-05 11:56:26 +00:00 · 2024-11-25 19:37:21 +01:00
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 ## Using `setup-go` on GHES

-`setup-go` comes pre-installed on the appliance with GHES if Actions is enabled. When dynamically downloading Go
-distributions, `setup-go` downloads distributions from [`actions/go-versions`](https://github.com/actions/go-versions)
-on github.com (outside of the appliance). These calls to `actions/go-versions` are made via unauthenticated requests,
-which are limited
-to [60 requests per hour per IP](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting). If
-more requests are made within the time frame, then you will start to see rate-limit errors during downloading that looks
-like: `##[error]API rate limit exceeded for...`. After that error the action will try to download versions directly
-from https://storage.googleapis.com/golang, but it also can have rate limit so it's better to put token.
+`setup-go` comes pre-installed on the appliance with GHES if Actions is enabled.
+When dynamically downloading Go distributions, `setup-go` downloads distributions from [`actions/go-versions`](https://github.com/actions/go-versions) on github.com (outside of the appliance).

-To get a higher rate limit, you
-can [generate a personal access token on github.com](https://github.com/settings/tokens/new) and pass it as the `token`
-input for the action:
+These calls to `actions/go-versions` are made via unauthenticated requests, which are limited to [60 requests per hour per IP](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting).
+If more requests are made within the time frame, then the action leverages the `raw API` to retrieve the version-manifest. This approach does not impose a rate limit and hence facilitates unrestricted consumption. This is particularly beneficial for GHES runners, which often share the same IP, to avoid the quick exhaustion of the unauthenticated rate limit.
+If that fails as well the action will try to download versions directly from https://storage.googleapis.com/golang.
+
+If that fails as well you can get a higher rate limit with [generating a personal access token on github.com](https://github.com/settings/tokens/new) and passing it as the `token` input to the action:

 ```yaml
 uses: actions/setup-go@v5
@ -262,8 +258,7 @@ with:
  go-version: '1.18'
 ```

-If the runner is not able to access github.com, any Go versions requested during a workflow run must come from the
-runner's tool cache.
+If the runner is not able to access github.com, any Go versions requested during a workflow run must come from the runner's tool cache.
 See "[Setting up the tool cache on self-hosted runners without internet access](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.2/admin/github-actions/managing-access-to-actions-from-githubcom/setting-up-the-tool-cache-on-self-hosted-runners-without-internet-access)"
 for more information.