Archive extraction failures during install prerequisites
Cluster 122774. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #125598 on 27 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #125598. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #125598. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items address failures unpacking archives during the install prerequisites stage, specifically around pinned Git (PortableGit) on Windows and bzip2-capable tar fallback for managed Python. A related bug report documents the extraction failure.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#125598 fix(install): fresh Windows 10 installs no longer die unpacking pinned Git (PortableGit, salvage #123094)
files:
pm/lock.json,pm/packages.py,pm/store.py,scripts/install.ps1,tests/pm/test_store_extract.py,tests/scripts/install/test_install_ps1_pinned_git_extract.py,website/docs/reference/package-management.md
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: done elsewhere 1
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#122834 fix(install): fall back to managed-Python tarfile when bsdtar lacks bzip2 · done elsewhere →
47f4ab3,#122774
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#122774[Bug]: [X] failed to extract pinned git archive stage=prerequisites
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- 27 Sep 2026