Fix license

Fix zstd breaking after new version release
Update package-lock.json
2025-06-24 19:31:10 +02:00 · 2023-02-20 20:03:56 +00:00 · 2023-02-20 19:51:54 +00:00 · 2023-02-20 19:42:58 +00:00 · 2023-02-20 19:41:53 +00:00 · 2023-02-20 19:40:25 +00:00
37 changed files with 2023 additions and 758 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/check-dist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-dist.yml
@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-# `dist/index.js` is a special file in Actions.
-# When you reference an action with `uses:` in a workflow,
-# `index.js` is the code that will run.
-# For our project, we generate this file through a build process
-# from other source files.
-# We need to make sure the checked-in `index.js` actually matches what we expect it to be.
 name: Check dist/

 on:
@ -18,33 +12,6 @@ on:
  workflow_dispatch:

 jobs:
-  check-dist:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Setup Node.js 16.x
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 16.x
-          cache: npm
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-      - name: Rebuild the dist/ directory
-        run: npm run build
-
-      - name: Compare the expected and actual dist/ directories
-        run: |
-          if [ "$(git diff --ignore-space-at-eol dist/ | wc -l)" -gt "0" ]; then
-            echo "Detected uncommitted changes after build.  See status below:"
-            git diff
-            exit 1
-          fi
-        id: diff
-
-      # If index.js was different than expected, upload the expected version as an artifact
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        if: ${{ failure() && steps.diff.conclusion == 'failure' }}
-        with:
-          name: dist
-          path: dist/
+  call-check-dist:
+    name: Check dist/
+    uses: actions/reusable-workflows/.github/workflows/check-dist.yml@main
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@ -8,45 +8,39 @@ on:

 jobs:
  CodeQL-Build:
-
-    # CodeQL runs on ubuntu-latest and windows-latest
+    # CodeQL runs on ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, and macos-latest
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

+    permissions:
+      # required for all workflows
+      security-events: write
+
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
-        # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
-        fetch-depth: 2
-
-    # If this run was triggered by a pull request event, then checkout
-    # the head of the pull request instead of the merge commit.
-    - run: git checkout HEAD^2
-      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}

    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
      # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
      # with:
-      #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
+      #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java, ruby

-    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
-    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
+    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages (C/C++, C#, Go, or Java).
+    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below).
    - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2

    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
-    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
+    # 📚 See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun

-    # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
-    #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
-    #    uses a compiled language
+    # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following
+    #    three lines and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your
+    #    project uses a compiled language

    #- run: |
-    #   make bootstrap
-    #   make release
+    #     make bootstrap
+    #     make release

    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-opened-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-opened-workflow.yml
@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ jobs:
    - name: add_assignees
      run: |
        curl -X POST -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}" https://api.github.com/repos/${{github.repository}}/issues/${{ github.event.issue.number}}/assignees -d '{"assignees":["${{steps.oncall.outputs.CURRENT}}"]}'
+
+    - uses: actions/add-to-project@v0.4.0
+      name: Add to Project Board
+      with:
+        project-url: https://github.com/orgs/actions/projects/12                       
+        github-token: ${{ secrets.CACHE_BOARD_TOKEN }}
--- a/.github/workflows/licensed.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/licensed.yml
@ -7,18 +7,9 @@ on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:

 jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: Check licenses
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - run: npm ci
-      - name: Install licensed
-        run: |
-          cd $RUNNER_TEMP
-          curl -Lfs -o licensed.tar.gz https://github.com/github/licensed/releases/download/2.12.2/licensed-2.12.2-linux-x64.tar.gz
-          sudo tar -xzf licensed.tar.gz
-          sudo mv licensed /usr/local/bin/licensed
-      - run: licensed status
+  call-licensed:
+    name: Licensed
+    uses: actions/reusable-workflows/.github/workflows/licensed.yml@main
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-opened-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-opened-workflow.yml
@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ jobs:
    - name: Add Assignee
      run: |
        curl -X POST -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}" https://api.github.com/repos/${{github.repository}}/issues/${{ github.event.pull_request.number}}/assignees -d '{"assignees":["${{steps.oncall.outputs.CURRENT}}"]}'    
+
+    - uses: actions/add-to-project@v0.4.0
+      name: Add to Project Board
+      with:
+        project-url: https://github.com/orgs/actions/projects/12                       
+        github-token: ${{ secrets.CACHE_BOARD_TOKEN }}
--- a/.licenses/npm/@actions/cache.dep.yml
+++ b/.licenses/npm/@actions/cache.dep.yml
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: "@actions/cache"
-version: 3.0.6
+version: 3.1.4
 type: npm
 summary:
 homepage:
--- a/.licenses/npm/@azure/abort-controller.dep.yml
+++ b/.licenses/npm/@azure/abort-controller.dep.yml
@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 name: "@azure/abort-controller"
-version: 1.0.4
+version: 1.1.0
 type: npm
 summary: Microsoft Azure SDK for JavaScript - Aborter
-homepage: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-js/tree/master/sdk/core/abort-controller/README.md
+homepage: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-js/tree/main/sdk/core/abort-controller/README.md
 license: mit
 licenses:
 - sources: LICENSE
--- a/.licenses/npm/@types/node.dep.yml
+++ b/.licenses/npm/@types/node.dep.yml
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: "@types/node"
-version: 16.11.33
+version: 16.18.3
 type: npm
 summary: TypeScript definitions for Node.js
 homepage: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/node
--- a/.licenses/npm/minimatch.dep.yml
+++ b/.licenses/npm/minimatch.dep.yml
@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 name: minimatch
-version: 3.0.4
+version: 3.1.2
 type: npm
 summary: a glob matcher in javascript
-homepage: https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch#readme
+homepage: 
 license: isc
 licenses:
 - sources: LICENSE
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# cache
+# Cache action

 This action allows caching dependencies and build outputs to improve workflow execution time.

-In addition to this `cache` action, other two actions are also available
+Two other actions are available in addition to the primary `cache` action:

-[Restore action](./restore/README.md)
+* [Restore action](./restore/README.md)

-[Save action](./save/README.md)
+* [Save action](./save/README.md)

 [![Tests](https://github.com/actions/cache/actions/workflows/workflow.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/actions/cache/actions/workflows/workflow.yml)

@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ In addition to this `cache` action, other two actions are also available

 See ["Caching dependencies to speed up workflows"](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows).

-
 ## What's New
+
 ### v3
-* Added support for caching from GHES 3.5.
+
+* Added support for caching in GHES 3.5+.
 * Fixed download issue for files > 2GB during restore.
 * Updated the minimum runner version support from node 12 -> node 16.
 * Fixed avoiding empty cache save when no files are available for caching.
@ -27,40 +28,52 @@ See ["Caching dependencies to speed up workflows"](https://docs.github.com/en/ac
 * Fixed the download stuck problem by introducing a timeout of 1 hour for cache downloads.
 * Fix zstd not working for windows on gnu tar in issues.
 * Allowing users to provide a custom timeout as input for aborting download of a cache segment using an environment variable `SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS`. Default is 60 minutes.
-* Two new actions available for granular control over caches - [restore](restore/action.yml) and [save](save/action.yml)
+* New actions are available for granular control over caches - [restore](restore/action.yml) and [save](save/action.yml).
+* Support cross-os caching as an opt-in feature. See [Cross OS caching](./tips-and-workarounds.md#cross-os-cache) for more info.
+* Added option to fail job on cache miss. See [Exit workflow on cache miss](./restore/README.md#exit-workflow-on-cache-miss) for more info.
+* Fix zstd not being used after zstd version upgrade to 1.5.4 on hosted runners

-Refer [here](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/v2/README.md) for previous versions
+See the [v2 README.md](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/v2/README.md) for older updates.

 ## Usage

 ### Pre-requisites
-Create a workflow `.yml` file in your repositories `.github/workflows` directory. An [example workflow](#example-workflow) is available below. For more information, reference the GitHub Help Documentation for [Creating a workflow file](https://help.github.com/en/articles/configuring-a-workflow#creating-a-workflow-file).

-If you are using this inside a container, a POSIX-compliant `tar` needs to be included and accessible in the execution path.
+Create a workflow `.yml` file in your repository's `.github/workflows` directory. An [example workflow](#example-cache-workflow) is available below. For more information, see the GitHub Help Documentation for [Creating a workflow file](https://help.github.com/en/articles/configuring-a-workflow#creating-a-workflow-file).
+
+If you are using this inside a container, a POSIX-compliant `tar` needs to be included and accessible from the execution path.
+
+If you are using a `self-hosted` Windows runner, `GNU tar` and `zstd` are required for [Cross-OS caching](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/tips-and-workarounds.md#cross-os-cache) to work. They are also recommended to be installed in general so the performance is on par with `hosted` Windows runners.

 ### Inputs

+* `key` - An explicit key for a cache entry. See [creating a cache key](#creating-a-cache-key).
 * `path` - A list of files, directories, and wildcard patterns to cache and restore. See [`@actions/glob`](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/glob) for supported patterns.
-* `key` - An explicit key for restoring and saving the cache
 * `restore-keys` - An ordered list of prefix-matched keys to use for restoring stale cache if no cache hit occurred for key.
+* `enableCrossOsArchive` - An optional boolean when enabled, allows Windows runners to save or restore caches that can be restored or saved respectively on other platforms. Default: `false`
+* `fail-on-cache-miss` - Fail the workflow if cache entry is not found. Default: `false`

 #### Environment Variables
-* `SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS` - Segment download timeout (in minutes, default `60`) to abort download of the segment if not completed in the defined number of minutes. [Read more](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/workarounds.md#cache-segment-restore-timeout)
+
+* `SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS` - Segment download timeout (in minutes, default `60`) to abort download of the segment if not completed in the defined number of minutes. [Read more](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/tips-and-workarounds.md#cache-segment-restore-timeout)

 ### Outputs

-* `cache-hit` - A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the key. 
+* `cache-hit` - A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the key.

-> Note: `cache-hit` will be set to `true` only when cache hit occurs for the exact `key` match. For a partial key match via `restore-keys` or a cache miss, it will be set to `false`.
+    > **Note** `cache-hit` will only be set to `true` when a cache hit occurs for the exact `key` match. For a partial key match via `restore-keys` or a cache miss, it will be set to `false`.

 See [Skipping steps based on cache-hit](#skipping-steps-based-on-cache-hit) for info on using this output

 ### Cache scopes
-The cache is scoped to the key, [version](#cache-version) and branch. The default branch cache is available to other branches.
+
+The cache is scoped to the key, [version](#cache-version), and branch. The default branch cache is available to other branches.

 See [Matching a cache key](https://help.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#matching-a-cache-key) for more info.

-### Example workflow
+### Example cache workflow
+
+#### Restoring and saving cache using a single action

 ```yaml
 name: Caching Primes
@ -89,7 +102,49 @@ jobs:
      run: /primes.sh -d prime-numbers
 ```

-> Note: You must use the `cache` action in your workflow before you need to use the files that might be restored from the cache. If the provided `key` matches an existing cache, a new cache is not created and if the provided `key` doesn't match an existing cache, a new cache is automatically created provided the job completes successfully.
+The `cache` action provides a `cache-hit` output which is set to `true` when the cache is restored using the primary `key` and `false` when the cache is restored using `restore-keys` or no cache is restored.
+
+#### Using a combination of restore and save actions
+
+```yaml
+name: Caching Primes
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Restore cached Primes
+      id: cache-primes-restore
+      uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+      with:
+        path: |
+          path/to/dependencies
+          some/other/dependencies
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-primes
+    .
+    . //intermediate workflow steps
+    .
+    - name: Save Primes
+      id: cache-primes-save
+      uses: actions/cache/save@v3
+      with:
+        path: |
+          path/to/dependencies
+          some/other/dependencies
+        key: ${{ steps.cache-primes-restore.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+```
+
+> **Note**
+> You must use the `cache` or `restore` action in your workflow before you need to use the files that might be restored from the cache. If the provided `key` matches an existing cache, a new cache is not created and if the provided `key` doesn't match an existing cache, a new cache is automatically created provided the job completes successfully.
+
+## Caching Strategies
+
+With the introduction of the `restore` and `save` actions, a lot of caching use cases can now be achieved. Please see the [caching strategies](./caching-strategies.md) document for understanding how you can use the actions strategically to achieve the desired goal.

 ## Implementation Examples

@ -97,30 +152,31 @@ Every programming language and framework has its own way of caching.

 See [Examples](examples.md) for a list of `actions/cache` implementations for use with:

- [C# - NuGet](./examples.md#c---nuget)
- [Clojure - Lein Deps](./examples.md#clojure---lein-deps)
- [D - DUB](./examples.md#d---dub)
- [Deno](./examples.md#deno)
- [Elixir - Mix](./examples.md#elixir---mix)
- [Go - Modules](./examples.md#go---modules)
- [Haskell - Cabal](./examples.md#haskell---cabal)
- [Haskell - Stack](./examples.md#haskell---stack)
- [Java - Gradle](./examples.md#java---gradle)
- [Java - Maven](./examples.md#java---maven)
- [Node - npm](./examples.md#node---npm)
- [Node - Lerna](./examples.md#node---lerna)
- [Node - Yarn](./examples.md#node---yarn)
- [OCaml/Reason - esy](./examples.md#ocamlreason---esy)
- [PHP - Composer](./examples.md#php---composer)
- [Python - pip](./examples.md#python---pip)
- [Python - pipenv](./examples.md#python---pipenv)
- [R - renv](./examples.md#r---renv)
- [Ruby - Bundler](./examples.md#ruby---bundler)
- [Rust - Cargo](./examples.md#rust---cargo)
- [Scala - SBT](./examples.md#scala---sbt)
- [Swift, Objective-C - Carthage](./examples.md#swift-objective-c---carthage)
- [Swift, Objective-C - CocoaPods](./examples.md#swift-objective-c---cocoapods)
- [Swift - Swift Package Manager](./examples.md#swift---swift-package-manager)
+* [C# - NuGet](./examples.md#c---nuget)
+* [Clojure - Lein Deps](./examples.md#clojure---lein-deps)
+* [D - DUB](./examples.md#d---dub)
+* [Deno](./examples.md#deno)
+* [Elixir - Mix](./examples.md#elixir---mix)
+* [Go - Modules](./examples.md#go---modules)
+* [Haskell - Cabal](./examples.md#haskell---cabal)
+* [Haskell - Stack](./examples.md#haskell---stack)
+* [Java - Gradle](./examples.md#java---gradle)
+* [Java - Maven](./examples.md#java---maven)
+* [Node - npm](./examples.md#node---npm)
+* [Node - Lerna](./examples.md#node---lerna)
+* [Node - Yarn](./examples.md#node---yarn)
+* [OCaml/Reason - esy](./examples.md#ocamlreason---esy)
+* [PHP - Composer](./examples.md#php---composer)
+* [Python - pip](./examples.md#python---pip)
+* [Python - pipenv](./examples.md#python---pipenv)
+* [R - renv](./examples.md#r---renv)
+* [Ruby - Bundler](./examples.md#ruby---bundler)
+* [Rust - Cargo](./examples.md#rust---cargo)
+* [Scala - SBT](./examples.md#scala---sbt)
+* [Swift, Objective-C - Carthage](./examples.md#swift-objective-c---carthage)
+* [Swift, Objective-C - CocoaPods](./examples.md#swift-objective-c---cocoapods)
+* [Swift - Swift Package Manager](./examples.md#swift---swift-package-manager)
+* [Swift - Mint](./examples.md#swift---mint)

 ## Creating a cache key

@ -144,7 +200,7 @@ Additionally, you can use arbitrary command output in a cache key, such as a dat
  - name: Get Date
    id: get-date
    run: |
-      echo "::set-output name=date::$(/bin/date -u "+%Y%m%d")"
+      echo "date=$(/bin/date -u "+%Y%m%d")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
    shell: bash

  - uses: actions/cache@v3
@ -161,9 +217,10 @@ A repository can have up to 10GB of caches. Once the 10GB limit is reached, olde

 ## Skipping steps based on cache-hit

-Using the `cache-hit` output, subsequent steps (such as install or build) can be skipped when a cache hit occurs on the key.  It is recommended to install the missing/updated dependencies in case of a partial key match when the key is dependent on the `hash` of the package file.
+Using the `cache-hit` output, subsequent steps (such as install or build) can be skipped when a cache hit occurs on the key.  It is recommended to install missing/updated dependencies in case of a partial key match when the key is dependent on the `hash` of the package file.

 Example:
+
 ```yaml
 steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@ -179,13 +236,13 @@ steps:
    run: /install.sh
 ```

-> Note: The `id` defined in `actions/cache` must match the `id` in the `if` statement (i.e. `steps.[ID].outputs.cache-hit`)
-
+> **Note** The `id` defined in `actions/cache` must match the `id` in the `if` statement (i.e. `steps.[ID].outputs.cache-hit`)

 ## Cache Version
-Cache version is a hash [generated](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/500d0b42fee2552ae9eeb5933091fe2fbf14e72d/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts#L73-L90) for a combination of compression tool used (Gzip, Zstd, etc. based on the runner OS) and the `path` of directories being cached. If two caches have different versions, they are identified as unique caches while matching. This for example, means that a cache created on `windows-latest` runner can't be restored on `ubuntu-latest` as cache `Version`s are different. 

-> Pro tip: [List caches](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/cache#list-github-actions-caches-for-a-repository) API can be used to get the version of a cache. This can be helpful to troubleshoot cache miss due to version. 
+Cache version is a hash [generated](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/500d0b42fee2552ae9eeb5933091fe2fbf14e72d/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts#L73-L90) for a combination of compression tool used (Gzip, Zstd, etc. based on the runner OS) and the `path` of directories being cached. If two caches have different versions, they are identified as unique caches while matching. This, for example, means that a cache created on a `windows-latest` runner can't be restored on `ubuntu-latest` as cache `Version`s are different.
+
+> Pro tip: The [list caches](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/cache#list-github-actions-caches-for-a-repository) API can be used to get the version of a cache. This can be helpful to troubleshoot cache miss due to version.

 <details>
  <summary>Example</summary>
@ -236,22 +293,27 @@ jobs:
        if: steps.cache-primes.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
        run: ./generate-primes -d prime-numbers
 ```
+
 </details>

 ## Known practices and workarounds
-Following are some of the known practices/workarounds which community has used to fulfill specific requirements. You may choose to use them if suits your use case. Note these are not necessarily the only or the recommended solution.

- [Cache segment restore timeout](./tips-and-workarounds.md#cache-segment-restore-timeout)
- [Update a cache](./tips-and-workarounds.md#update-a-cache)
- [Use cache across feature branches](./tips-and-workarounds.md#use-cache-across-feature-branches)
- [Improving cache restore performance on Windows/Using cross-os caching](./tips-and-workarounds.md#improving-cache-restore-performance-on-windows-using-cross-os-caching)
- [Force deletion of caches overriding default cache eviction policy](./tips-and-workarounds.md#force-deletion-of-caches-overriding-default-cache-eviction-policy)
+There are a number of community practices/workarounds to fulfill specific requirements. You may choose to use them if they suit your use case. Note these are not necessarily the only solution or even a recommended solution.

-#### Windows environment variables
-Please note that Windows environment variables (like `%LocalAppData%`) will NOT be expanded by this action. Instead, prefer using `~` in your paths which will expand to HOME directory. For example, instead of `%LocalAppData%`, use `~\AppData\Local`. For a list of supported default environment variables, see [this](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/environment-variables) page. 
+* [Cache segment restore timeout](./tips-and-workarounds.md#cache-segment-restore-timeout)
+* [Update a cache](./tips-and-workarounds.md#update-a-cache)
+* [Use cache across feature branches](./tips-and-workarounds.md#use-cache-across-feature-branches)
+* [Cross OS cache](./tips-and-workarounds.md#cross-os-cache)
+* [Force deletion of caches overriding default cache eviction policy](./tips-and-workarounds.md#force-deletion-of-caches-overriding-default-cache-eviction-policy)
+
+### Windows environment variables
+
+Please note that Windows environment variables (like `%LocalAppData%`) will NOT be expanded by this action. Instead, prefer using `~` in your paths which will expand to the HOME directory. For example, instead of `%LocalAppData%`, use `~\AppData\Local`. For a list of supported default environment variables, see the [Learn GitHub Actions: Variables](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/variables#default-environment-variables) page.

 ## Contributing
-We would love for you to contribute to `actions/cache`, pull requests are welcome! Please see the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.
+
+We would love for you to contribute to `actions/cache`. Pull requests are welcome! Please see the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.

 ## License
+
 The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE)
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@ -54,4 +54,25 @@
 - Added two new actions - [restore](restore/action.yml) and [save](save/action.yml) for granular control on cache.

 ### 3.2.0
- Released the two new actions - [restore](restore/action.yml) and [save](save/action.yml) for granular control on cache
+- Released the two new actions - [restore](restore/action.yml) and [save](save/action.yml) for granular control on cache
+
+### 3.2.1
+- Update `@actions/cache` on windows to use gnu tar and zstd by default and fallback to bsdtar and zstd if gnu tar is not available. ([issue](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/984))
+- Added support for fallback to gzip to restore old caches on windows.
+- Added logs for cache version in case of a cache miss.
+
+### 3.2.2
+- Reverted the changes made in 3.2.1 to use gnu tar and zstd by default on windows.
+
+### 3.2.3
+- Support cross os caching on Windows as an opt-in feature.
+- Fix issue with symlink restoration on Windows for cross-os caches.
+
+### 3.2.4
+- Added option to fail job on cache miss.
+
+### 3.2.5
+- Added fix to prevent from setting MYSYS environment variable globally.
+
+### 3.2.6
+- Fix zstd not being used after zstd version upgrade to 1.5.4 on hosted runners.
--- a/tests/actionUtils.test.ts
+++ b/tests/actionUtils.test.ts
@ -174,6 +174,26 @@ test("getInputAsInt throws if required and value missing", () => {
    ).toThrowError();
 });

+test("getInputAsBool returns false if input not set", () => {
+    expect(actionUtils.getInputAsBool("undefined")).toBe(false);
+});
+
+test("getInputAsBool returns value if input is valid", () => {
+    testUtils.setInput("foo", "true");
+    expect(actionUtils.getInputAsBool("foo")).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test("getInputAsBool returns false if input is invalid or NaN", () => {
+    testUtils.setInput("foo", "bar");
+    expect(actionUtils.getInputAsBool("foo")).toBe(false);
+});
+
+test("getInputAsBool throws if required and value missing", () => {
+    expect(() =>
+        actionUtils.getInputAsBool("undefined2", { required: true })
+    ).toThrowError();
+});
+
 test("isCacheFeatureAvailable for ac enabled", () => {
    jest.spyOn(cache, "isFeatureAvailable").mockImplementation(() => true);

--- a/tests/restore.test.ts
+++ b/tests/restore.test.ts
@ -27,9 +27,17 @@ beforeAll(() => {
            return actualUtils.getInputAsArray(name, options);
        }
    );
+
+    jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "getInputAsBool").mockImplementation(
+        (name, options) => {
+            const actualUtils = jest.requireActual("../src/utils/actionUtils");
+            return actualUtils.getInputAsBool(name, options);
+        }
+    );
 });

 beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.restoreAllMocks();
    process.env[Events.Key] = Events.Push;
    process.env[RefKey] = "refs/heads/feature-branch";

@ -50,7 +58,8 @@ test("restore with no cache found", async () => {
    const key = "node-test";
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
-        key
+        key,
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ test("restore with no cache found", async () => {
    await run();

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, []);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [], {}, false);

    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@ -84,7 +93,8 @@ test("restore with restore keys and no cache found", async () => {
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
        key,
-        restoreKeys: [restoreKey]
+        restoreKeys: [restoreKey],
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -99,7 +109,13 @@ test("restore with restore keys and no cache found", async () => {
    await run();

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [restoreKey]);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [path],
+        key,
+        [restoreKey],
+        {},
+        false
+    );

    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@ -116,7 +132,8 @@ test("restore with cache found for key", async () => {
    const key = "node-test";
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
-        key
+        key,
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -132,7 +149,7 @@ test("restore with cache found for key", async () => {
    await run();

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, []);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [], {}, false);

    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_RESULT", key);
@ -152,7 +169,8 @@ test("restore with cache found for restore key", async () => {
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
        key,
-        restoreKeys: [restoreKey]
+        restoreKeys: [restoreKey],
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -168,7 +186,13 @@ test("restore with cache found for restore key", async () => {
    await run();

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [restoreKey]);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [path],
+        key,
+        [restoreKey],
+        {},
+        false
+    );

    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_RESULT", restoreKey);
@ -181,3 +205,128 @@ test("restore with cache found for restore key", async () => {
    );
    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
 });
+
+test("Fail restore when fail on cache miss is enabled and primary + restore keys not found", async () => {
+    const path = "node_modules";
+    const key = "node-test";
+    const restoreKey = "node-";
+    testUtils.setInputs({
+        path: path,
+        key,
+        restoreKeys: [restoreKey],
+        failOnCacheMiss: true
+    });
+
+    const failedMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setFailed");
+    const stateMock = jest.spyOn(core, "saveState");
+    const setCacheHitOutputMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setOutput");
+    const restoreCacheMock = jest
+        .spyOn(cache, "restoreCache")
+        .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+            return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+        });
+
+    await run();
+
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [path],
+        key,
+        [restoreKey],
+        {},
+        false
+    );
+
+    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
+    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+
+    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        `Failed to restore cache entry. Exiting as fail-on-cache-miss is set. Input key: ${key}`
+    );
+    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+});
+
+test("restore when fail on cache miss is enabled and primary key doesn't match restored key", async () => {
+    const path = "node_modules";
+    const key = "node-test";
+    const restoreKey = "node-";
+    testUtils.setInputs({
+        path: path,
+        key,
+        restoreKeys: [restoreKey],
+        failOnCacheMiss: true
+    });
+
+    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
+    const failedMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setFailed");
+    const stateMock = jest.spyOn(core, "saveState");
+    const setCacheHitOutputMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setOutput");
+    const restoreCacheMock = jest
+        .spyOn(cache, "restoreCache")
+        .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+            return Promise.resolve(restoreKey);
+        });
+
+    await run();
+
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [path],
+        key,
+        [restoreKey],
+        {},
+        false
+    );
+
+    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
+    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_RESULT", restoreKey);
+    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cache-hit", "false");
+
+    expect(infoMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        `Cache restored from key: ${restoreKey}`
+    );
+    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+});
+
+test("restore with fail on cache miss disabled and no cache found", async () => {
+    const path = "node_modules";
+    const key = "node-test";
+    const restoreKey = "node-";
+    testUtils.setInputs({
+        path: path,
+        key,
+        restoreKeys: [restoreKey],
+        failOnCacheMiss: false
+    });
+
+    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
+    const failedMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setFailed");
+    const stateMock = jest.spyOn(core, "saveState");
+    const restoreCacheMock = jest
+        .spyOn(cache, "restoreCache")
+        .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+            return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+        });
+
+    await run();
+
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [path],
+        key,
+        [restoreKey],
+        {},
+        false
+    );
+
+    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
+    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    expect(infoMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        `Cache not found for input keys: ${key}, ${restoreKey}`
+    );
+    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+});
--- a/tests/restoreImpl.test.ts
+++ b/tests/restoreImpl.test.ts
@ -28,9 +28,17 @@ beforeAll(() => {
            return actualUtils.getInputAsArray(name, options);
        }
    );
+
+    jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "getInputAsBool").mockImplementation(
+        (name, options) => {
+            const actualUtils = jest.requireActual("../src/utils/actionUtils");
+            return actualUtils.getInputAsBool(name, options);
+        }
+    );
 });

 beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.restoreAllMocks();
    process.env[Events.Key] = Events.Push;
    process.env[RefKey] = "refs/heads/feature-branch";

@ -97,7 +105,8 @@ test("restore on GHES with AC available ", async () => {
    const key = "node-test";
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
-        key
+        key,
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -113,7 +122,7 @@ test("restore on GHES with AC available ", async () => {
    await run(new StateProvider());

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, []);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [], {}, false);

    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@ -152,13 +161,20 @@ test("restore with too many keys should fail", async () => {
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
        key,
-        restoreKeys
+        restoreKeys,
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });
    const failedMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setFailed");
    const restoreCacheMock = jest.spyOn(cache, "restoreCache");
    await run(new StateProvider());
    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, restoreKeys);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [path],
+        key,
+        restoreKeys,
+        {},
+        false
+    );
    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
        `Key Validation Error: Keys are limited to a maximum of 10.`
    );
@ -169,13 +185,14 @@ test("restore with large key should fail", async () => {
    const key = "foo".repeat(512); // Over the 512 character limit
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
-        key
+        key,
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });
    const failedMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setFailed");
    const restoreCacheMock = jest.spyOn(cache, "restoreCache");
    await run(new StateProvider());
    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, []);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [], {}, false);
    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
        `Key Validation Error: ${key} cannot be larger than 512 characters.`
    );
@ -186,13 +203,14 @@ test("restore with invalid key should fail", async () => {
    const key = "comma,comma";
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
-        key
+        key,
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });
    const failedMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setFailed");
    const restoreCacheMock = jest.spyOn(cache, "restoreCache");
    await run(new StateProvider());
    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, []);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [], {}, false);
    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
        `Key Validation Error: ${key} cannot contain commas.`
    );
@ -203,7 +221,8 @@ test("restore with no cache found", async () => {
    const key = "node-test";
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
-        key
+        key,
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -218,7 +237,7 @@ test("restore with no cache found", async () => {
    await run(new StateProvider());

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, []);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [], {}, false);

    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
@ -235,7 +254,8 @@ test("restore with restore keys and no cache found", async () => {
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
        key,
-        restoreKeys: [restoreKey]
+        restoreKeys: [restoreKey],
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -250,7 +270,13 @@ test("restore with restore keys and no cache found", async () => {
    await run(new StateProvider());

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [restoreKey]);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [path],
+        key,
+        [restoreKey],
+        {},
+        false
+    );

    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
@ -265,7 +291,8 @@ test("restore with cache found for key", async () => {
    const key = "node-test";
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
-        key
+        key,
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -281,7 +308,7 @@ test("restore with cache found for key", async () => {
    await run(new StateProvider());

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, []);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [], {}, false);

    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@ -298,7 +325,8 @@ test("restore with cache found for restore key", async () => {
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
        key,
-        restoreKeys: [restoreKey]
+        restoreKeys: [restoreKey],
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -314,7 +342,13 @@ test("restore with cache found for restore key", async () => {
    await run(new StateProvider());

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [restoreKey]);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [path],
+        key,
+        [restoreKey],
+        {},
+        false
+    );

    expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
--- a/tests/restoreOnly.test.ts
+++ b/tests/restoreOnly.test.ts
@ -27,9 +27,18 @@ beforeAll(() => {
            return actualUtils.getInputAsArray(name, options);
        }
    );
+
+    jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "getInputAsBool").mockImplementation(
+        (name, options) => {
+            return jest
+                .requireActual("../src/utils/actionUtils")
+                .getInputAsBool(name, options);
+        }
+    );
 });

 beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.restoreAllMocks();
    process.env[Events.Key] = Events.Push;
    process.env[RefKey] = "refs/heads/feature-branch";

@ -50,7 +59,8 @@ test("restore with no cache found", async () => {
    const key = "node-test";
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
-        key
+        key,
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -65,7 +75,7 @@ test("restore with no cache found", async () => {
    await run();

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, []);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [], {}, false);

    expect(outputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cache-primary-key", key);
    expect(outputMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@ -83,7 +93,8 @@ test("restore with restore keys and no cache found", async () => {
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
        key,
-        restoreKeys: [restoreKey]
+        restoreKeys: [restoreKey],
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -98,7 +109,13 @@ test("restore with restore keys and no cache found", async () => {
    await run();

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [restoreKey]);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [path],
+        key,
+        [restoreKey],
+        {},
+        false
+    );

    expect(outputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cache-primary-key", key);
    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
@ -113,7 +130,8 @@ test("restore with cache found for key", async () => {
    const key = "node-test";
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
-        key
+        key,
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -128,7 +146,7 @@ test("restore with cache found for key", async () => {
    await run();

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, []);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [], {}, false);

    expect(outputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cache-primary-key", key);
    expect(outputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cache-hit", "true");
@ -147,7 +165,8 @@ test("restore with cache found for restore key", async () => {
    testUtils.setInputs({
        path: path,
        key,
-        restoreKeys: [restoreKey]
+        restoreKeys: [restoreKey],
+        enableCrossOsArchive: false
    });

    const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
@ -162,7 +181,13 @@ test("restore with cache found for restore key", async () => {
    await run();

    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([path], key, [restoreKey]);
+    expect(restoreCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [path],
+        key,
+        [restoreKey],
+        {},
+        false
+    );

    expect(outputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cache-primary-key", key);
    expect(outputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cache-hit", "false");
--- a/tests/save.test.ts
+++ b/tests/save.test.ts
@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ beforeAll(() => {
        }
    );

+    jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "getInputAsBool").mockImplementation(
+        (name, options) => {
+            return jest
+                .requireActual("../src/utils/actionUtils")
+                .getInputAsBool(name, options);
+        }
+    );
+
    jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "isExactKeyMatch").mockImplementation(
        (key, cacheResult) => {
            return jest
@ -95,9 +103,14 @@ test("save with valid inputs uploads a cache", async () => {
    await run();

    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([inputPath], primaryKey, {
-        uploadChunkSize: 4000000
-    });
+    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [inputPath],
+        primaryKey,
+        {
+            uploadChunkSize: 4000000
+        },
+        false
+    );

    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
 });
--- a/tests/saveImpl.test.ts
+++ b/tests/saveImpl.test.ts
@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ beforeAll(() => {
        }
    );

+    jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "getInputAsBool").mockImplementation(
+        (name, options) => {
+            return jest
+                .requireActual("../src/utils/actionUtils")
+                .getInputAsBool(name, options);
+        }
+    );
+
    jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "isExactKeyMatch").mockImplementation(
        (key, cacheResult) => {
            return jest
@ -47,6 +55,7 @@ beforeAll(() => {
 });

 beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.restoreAllMocks();
    process.env[Events.Key] = Events.Push;
    process.env[RefKey] = "refs/heads/feature-branch";

@ -155,9 +164,14 @@ test("save on GHES with AC available", async () => {
    await run(new StateProvider());

    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([inputPath], primaryKey, {
-        uploadChunkSize: 4000000
-    });
+    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [inputPath],
+        primaryKey,
+        {
+            uploadChunkSize: 4000000
+        },
+        false
+    );

    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
 });
@ -251,7 +265,8 @@ test("save with large cache outputs warning", async () => {
    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
        [inputPath],
        primaryKey,
-        expect.anything()
+        expect.anything(),
+        false
    );

    expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@ -297,7 +312,8 @@ test("save with reserve cache failure outputs warning", async () => {
    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
        [inputPath],
        primaryKey,
-        expect.anything()
+        expect.anything(),
+        false
    );

    expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@ -339,7 +355,8 @@ test("save with server error outputs warning", async () => {
    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
        [inputPath],
        primaryKey,
-        expect.anything()
+        expect.anything(),
+        false
    );

    expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@ -378,9 +395,14 @@ test("save with valid inputs uploads a cache", async () => {
    await run(new StateProvider());

    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([inputPath], primaryKey, {
-        uploadChunkSize: 4000000
-    });
+    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [inputPath],
+        primaryKey,
+        {
+            uploadChunkSize: 4000000
+        },
+        false
+    );

    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
 });
--- a/tests/saveOnly.test.ts
+++ b/tests/saveOnly.test.ts
@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ beforeAll(() => {
        }
    );

+    jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "getInputAsBool").mockImplementation(
+        (name, options) => {
+            return jest
+                .requireActual("../src/utils/actionUtils")
+                .getInputAsBool(name, options);
+        }
+    );
+
    jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "isExactKeyMatch").mockImplementation(
        (key, cacheResult) => {
            return jest
@ -85,9 +93,14 @@ test("save with valid inputs uploads a cache", async () => {
    await run();

    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([inputPath], primaryKey, {
-        uploadChunkSize: 4000000
-    });
+    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [inputPath],
+        primaryKey,
+        {
+            uploadChunkSize: 4000000
+        },
+        false
+    );

    expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
 });
@ -112,9 +125,14 @@ test("save failing logs the warning message", async () => {
    await run();

    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([inputPath], primaryKey, {
-        uploadChunkSize: 4000000
-    });
+    expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [inputPath],
+        primaryKey,
+        {
+            uploadChunkSize: 4000000
+        },
+        false
+    );

    expect(warningMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    expect(warningMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Cache save failed.");
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ inputs:
  upload-chunk-size:
    description: 'The chunk size used to split up large files during upload, in bytes'
    required: false
+  enableCrossOsArchive:
+    description: 'An optional boolean when enabled, allows windows runners to save or restore caches that can be restored or saved respectively on other platforms'
+    default: 'false'
+    required: false
+  fail-on-cache-miss:
+    description: 'Fail the workflow if cache entry is not found'
+    default: 'false'
+    required: false
 outputs:
  cache-hit:
    description: 'A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the primary key'
--- a/caching-strategies.md
+++ b/caching-strategies.md
@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+# Caching Strategies
+
+This document lists some of the strategies (and example workflows if possible) which can be used to ...
+
+- use an effective cache key and/or path
+- solve some common use cases around saving and restoring caches
+- leverage the step inputs and outputs more effectively
+
+## Choosing the right key
+
+```yaml
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        key: ${{ some-metadata }}-cache
+```
+
+In your workflows, you can use different strategies to name your key depending on your use case so that the cache is scoped appropriately for your need. For example, you can have cache specific to OS, or based on the lockfile or commit SHA or even workflow run.
+
+### Updating cache for any change in the dependencies
+
+One of the most common use case is to use hash for lockfile as key. This way, same cache will be restored for a lockfile until there's a change in dependencies listed in lockfile.
+
+```yaml
+  - uses: actions/cache@v3
+    with:
+      path: |
+        path/to/dependencies
+        some/other/dependencies
+      key: cache-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
+```
+
+### Using restore keys to download the closest matching cache
+
+If cache is not found matching the primary key, restore keys can be used to download the closest matching cache that was recently created. This ensures that the build/install step will need to additionally fetch just a handful of newer dependencies, and hence saving build time.
+
+```yaml
+  - uses: actions/cache@v3
+    with:
+      path: |
+        path/to/dependencies
+        some/other/dependencies
+      key: cache-npm-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
+      restore-keys: |
+        cache-npm-
+```
+
+The restore keys can be provided as a complete name, or a prefix, read more [here](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#matching-a-cache-key) on how a cache key is matched using restore keys.
+
+### Separate caches by Operating System
+
+In case of workflows with matrix running for multiple Operating Systems, the caches can be stored separately for each of them. This can be used in combination with hashfiles in case multiple caches are being generated per OS.
+
+```yaml
+  - uses: actions/cache@v3
+    with:
+      path: |
+        path/to/dependencies
+        some/other/dependencies
+      key: ${{ runner.os }}-cache
+```
+
+### Creating a short lived cache
+
+Caches scoped to the particular workflow run id or run attempt can be stored and referred by using the run id/attempt. This is an effective way to have a short lived cache.
+
+```yaml
+    key: cache-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+```
+
+On similar lines, commit sha can be used to create a very specialized and short lived cache.
+
+```yaml
+  - uses: actions/cache@v3
+    with:
+      path: |
+        path/to/dependencies
+        some/other/dependencies
+      key: cache-${{ github.sha }}
+```
+
+### Using multiple factors while forming a key depening on the need
+
+Cache key can be formed by combination of more than one metadata, evaluated info.
+
+```yaml
+  - uses: actions/cache@v3
+    with:
+      path: |
+        path/to/dependencies
+        some/other/dependencies
+      key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
+```
+
+The [GitHub Context](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#github-context) can be used to create keys using the workflows metadata.
+
+## Restoring Cache
+
+### Understanding how to choose path
+
+While setting paths for caching dependencies it is important to give correct path depending on the hosted runner you are using or whether the action is running in a container job. Assigning different `path` for save and restore will result in cache miss.
+
+Below are GiHub hosted runner specific paths one should take care of when writing a workflow which saves/restores caches across OS.
+
+#### Ubuntu Paths
+
+Home directory (`~/`) = `/home/runner`
+
+`${{ github.workspace }}` = `/home/runner/work/repo/repo`
+
+`process.env['RUNNER_TEMP']`=`/home/runner/work/_temp`
+
+`process.cwd()` = `/home/runner/work/repo/repo`
+
+#### Windows Paths
+
+Home directory (`~/`) = `C:\Users\runneradmin`
+
+`${{ github.workspace }}` = `D:\a\repo\repo`
+
+`process.env['RUNNER_TEMP']` = `D:\a\_temp`
+
+`process.cwd()` = `D:\a\repo\repo`
+
+#### macOS Paths
+
+Home directory (`~/`) = `/Users/runner`
+
+`${{ github.workspace }}` = `/Users/runner/work/repo/repo`
+
+`process.env['RUNNER_TEMP']` = `/Users/runner/work/_temp`
+
+`process.cwd()` = `/Users/runner/work/repo/repo`
+
+Where:
+
+`cwd()` = Current working directory where the repository code resides.
+
+`RUNNER_TEMP` = Environment variable defined for temporary storage location.
+
+### Make cache read only / Reuse cache from centralized job
+
+In case you are using a centralized job to create and save your cache that can be reused by other jobs in your repository, this action will take care of your restore only needs and make the cache read-only.
+
+```yaml
+steps:
+  - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+  - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+    id: cache
+    with:
+      path: path/to/dependencies
+      key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
+
+  - name: Install Dependencies
+    if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+    run: /install.sh
+
+  - name: Build
+    run: /build.sh
+
+  - name: Publish package to public
+    run: /publish.sh
+```
+
+### Failing/Exiting the workflow if cache with exact key is not found
+
+You can use the output of this action to exit the workflow on cache miss. This way you can restrict your workflow to only initiate the build when `cache-hit` occurs, in other words, cache with exact key is found.
+
+```yaml
+steps:
+  - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+  - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+    id: cache
+    with:
+      path: path/to/dependencies
+      key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
+
+  - name: Check cache hit
+    if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+    run: exit 1
+
+  - name: Build
+    run: /build.sh
+```
+
+## Saving cache
+
+### Reusing primary key from restore cache as input to save action
+
+If you want to avoid re-computing the cache key again in `save` action, the outputs from `restore` action can be used as input to the `save` action.
+
+```yaml
+  - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+    id: restore-cache
+    with:
+      path: |
+        path/to/dependencies
+        some/other/dependencies
+      key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
+  .
+  .
+  .
+  - uses: actions/cache/save@v3
+    with:
+      path: |
+        path/to/dependencies
+        some/other/dependencies
+      key: ${{ steps.restore-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+```
+
+### Re-evaluate cache key while saving cache
+
+On the other hand, the key can also be explicitly re-computed while executing the save action. This helps in cases where the lockfiles are generated during the build.
+
+Let's say we have a restore step that computes key at runtime
+
+```yaml
+uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+id: restore-cache
+with:
+    key: cache-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
+```
+
+Case 1: Where an user would want to reuse the key as it is
+
+```yaml
+uses: actions/cache/save@v3
+with:
+    key: ${{ steps.restore-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+```
+
+Case 2: Where the user would want to re-evaluate the key
+
+```yaml
+uses: actions/cache/save@v3
+with:
+    key: npm-cache-${{hashfiles(package-lock.json)}}
+```
+
+### Saving cache even if the build fails
+
+There can be cases where a cache should be saved even if the build job fails. For example, a job can fail due to flaky tests but the caches can still be re-used. You can use `actions/cache/save` action to save the cache by using `if: always()` condition.
+
+Similarly, `actions/cache/save` action can be conditionally used based on the output of the previous steps. This way you get more control on when to save the cache.
+
+```yaml
+steps:
+  - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+  .
+  . // restore if need be
+  .
+  - name: Build
+    run: /build.sh
+  - uses: actions/cache/save@v3
+    if: always() // or any other condition to invoke the save action
+    with:
+      path: path/to/dependencies
+      key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
+```
+
+### Saving cache once and reusing in multiple workflows
+
+In case of multi-module projects, where the built artifact of one project needs to be reused in subsequent child modules, the need of rebuilding the parent module again and again with every build can be eliminated. The `actions/cache` or `actions/cache/save` action can be used to build and save the parent module artifact once, and restored multiple times while building the child modules.
+
+#### Step 1 - Build the parent module and save it
+
+```yaml
+steps:
+  - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+  - name: Build
+    run: ./build-parent-module.sh
+
+  - uses: actions/cache/save@v3
+    id: cache
+    with:
+      path: path/to/dependencies
+      key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
+```
+
+#### Step 2 - Restore the built artifact from cache using the same key and path
+
+```yaml
+steps:
+  - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+  - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+    id: cache
+    with:
+      path: path/to/dependencies
+      key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
+
+  - name: Install Dependencies
+    if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+    run: ./install.sh
+      
+  - name: Build
+    run: ./build-child-module.sh
+
+  - name: Publish package to public
+    run: ./publish.sh
+```
--- a/dist/restore-only/index.js
+++ b/dist/restore-only/index.js
@ -1152,12 +1152,13 @@ function unlinkFile(filePath) {
    });
 }
 exports.unlinkFile = unlinkFile;
-function getVersion(app) {
+function getVersion(app, additionalArgs = []) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        core.debug(`Checking ${app} --version`);
        let versionOutput = '';
+        additionalArgs.push('--version');
+        core.debug(`Checking ${app} ${additionalArgs.join(' ')}`);
        try {
-            yield exec.exec(`${app} --version`, [], {
+            yield exec.exec(`${app}`, additionalArgs, {
                ignoreReturnCode: true,
                silent: true,
                listeners: {
@ -1177,23 +1178,14 @@ function getVersion(app) {
 // Use zstandard if possible to maximize cache performance
 function getCompressionMethod() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        if (process.platform === 'win32' && !(yield isGnuTarInstalled())) {
-            // Disable zstd due to bug https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/301
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip;
-        }
-        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('zstd');
+        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('zstd', ['--quiet']);
        const version = semver.clean(versionOutput);
-        if (!versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('zstd command line interface')) {
-            // zstd is not installed
+        core.debug(`zstd version: ${version}`);
+        if (versionOutput === '') {
            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip;
        }
-        else if (!version || semver.lt(version, 'v1.3.2')) {
-            // zstd is installed but using a version earlier than v1.3.2
-            // v1.3.2 is required to use the `--long` options in zstd
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong;
-        }
        else {
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd;
+            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong;
        }
    });
 }
@ -1204,13 +1196,16 @@ function getCacheFileName(compressionMethod) {
        : constants_1.CacheFilename.Zstd;
 }
 exports.getCacheFileName = getCacheFileName;
-function isGnuTarInstalled() {
+function getGnuTarPathOnWindows() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        if (fs.existsSync(constants_1.GnuTarPathOnWindows)) {
+            return constants_1.GnuTarPathOnWindows;
+        }
        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('tar');
-        return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar');
+        return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar') ? io.which('tar') : '';
    });
 }
-exports.isGnuTarInstalled = isGnuTarInstalled;
+exports.getGnuTarPathOnWindows = getGnuTarPathOnWindows;
 function assertDefined(name, value) {
    if (value === undefined) {
        throw Error(`Expected ${name} but value was undefiend`);
@ -3384,7 +3379,6 @@ const crypto = __importStar(__webpack_require__(417));
 const fs = __importStar(__webpack_require__(747));
 const url_1 = __webpack_require__(414);
 const utils = __importStar(__webpack_require__(15));
-const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(931);
 const downloadUtils_1 = __webpack_require__(251);
 const options_1 = __webpack_require__(538);
 const requestUtils_1 = __webpack_require__(899);
@ -3414,10 +3408,17 @@ function createHttpClient() {
    const bearerCredentialHandler = new auth_1.BearerCredentialHandler(token);
    return new http_client_1.HttpClient('actions/cache', [bearerCredentialHandler], getRequestOptions());
 }
-function getCacheVersion(paths, compressionMethod) {
-    const components = paths.concat(!compressionMethod || compressionMethod === constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip
-        ? []
-        : [compressionMethod]);
+function getCacheVersion(paths, compressionMethod, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
+    const components = paths;
+    // Add compression method to cache version to restore
+    // compressed cache as per compression method
+    if (compressionMethod) {
+        components.push(compressionMethod);
+    }
+    // Only check for windows platforms if enableCrossOsArchive is false
+    if (process.platform === 'win32' && !enableCrossOsArchive) {
+        components.push('windows-only');
+    }
    // Add salt to cache version to support breaking changes in cache entry
    components.push(versionSalt);
    return crypto
@ -3429,10 +3430,15 @@ exports.getCacheVersion = getCacheVersion;
 function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const httpClient = createHttpClient();
-        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod);
+        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.enableCrossOsArchive);
        const resource = `cache?keys=${encodeURIComponent(keys.join(','))}&version=${version}`;
        const response = yield requestUtils_1.retryTypedResponse('getCacheEntry', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () { return httpClient.getJson(getCacheApiUrl(resource)); }));
+        // Cache not found
        if (response.statusCode === 204) {
+            // List cache for primary key only if cache miss occurs
+            if (core.isDebug()) {
+                yield printCachesListForDiagnostics(keys[0], httpClient, version);
+            }
            return null;
        }
        if (!requestUtils_1.isSuccessStatusCode(response.statusCode)) {
@ -3441,6 +3447,7 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
        const cacheResult = response.result;
        const cacheDownloadUrl = cacheResult === null || cacheResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheResult.archiveLocation;
        if (!cacheDownloadUrl) {
+            // Cache achiveLocation not found. This should never happen, and hence bail out.
            throw new Error('Cache not found.');
        }
        core.setSecret(cacheDownloadUrl);
@ -3450,6 +3457,22 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
    });
 }
 exports.getCacheEntry = getCacheEntry;
+function printCachesListForDiagnostics(key, httpClient, version) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const resource = `caches?key=${encodeURIComponent(key)}`;
+        const response = yield requestUtils_1.retryTypedResponse('listCache', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () { return httpClient.getJson(getCacheApiUrl(resource)); }));
+        if (response.statusCode === 200) {
+            const cacheListResult = response.result;
+            const totalCount = cacheListResult === null || cacheListResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheListResult.totalCount;
+            if (totalCount && totalCount > 0) {
+                core.debug(`No matching cache found for cache key '${key}', version '${version} and scope ${process.env['GITHUB_REF']}. There exist one or more cache(s) with similar key but they have different version or scope. See more info on cache matching here: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#matching-a-cache-key \nOther caches with similar key:`);
+                for (const cacheEntry of (cacheListResult === null || cacheListResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheListResult.artifactCaches) || []) {
+                    core.debug(`Cache Key: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.cacheKey}, Cache Version: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.cacheVersion}, Cache Scope: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.scope}, Cache Created: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.creationTime}`);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
 function downloadCache(archiveLocation, archivePath, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const archiveUrl = new url_1.URL(archiveLocation);
@ -3470,7 +3493,7 @@ exports.downloadCache = downloadCache;
 function reserveCache(key, paths, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const httpClient = createHttpClient();
-        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod);
+        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.enableCrossOsArchive);
        const reserveCacheRequest = {
            key,
            version,
@ -4950,7 +4973,9 @@ var Inputs;
    Inputs["Key"] = "key";
    Inputs["Path"] = "path";
    Inputs["RestoreKeys"] = "restore-keys";
-    Inputs["UploadChunkSize"] = "upload-chunk-size"; // Input for cache, save action
+    Inputs["UploadChunkSize"] = "upload-chunk-size";
+    Inputs["EnableCrossOsArchive"] = "enableCrossOsArchive";
+    Inputs["FailOnCacheMiss"] = "fail-on-cache-miss"; // Input for cache, restore action
 })(Inputs = exports.Inputs || (exports.Inputs = {}));
 var Outputs;
 (function (Outputs) {
@ -10046,7 +10071,7 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
    return result;
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = exports.getInputAsInt = exports.getInputAsArray = exports.isValidEvent = exports.logWarning = exports.isExactKeyMatch = exports.isGhes = void 0;
+exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = exports.getInputAsBool = exports.getInputAsInt = exports.getInputAsArray = exports.isValidEvent = exports.logWarning = exports.isExactKeyMatch = exports.isGhes = void 0;
 const cache = __importStar(__webpack_require__(692));
 const core = __importStar(__webpack_require__(470));
 const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(196);
@ -10089,6 +10114,11 @@ function getInputAsInt(name, options) {
    return value;
 }
 exports.getInputAsInt = getInputAsInt;
+function getInputAsBool(name, options) {
+    const result = core.getInput(name, options);
+    return result.toLowerCase() === "true";
+}
+exports.getInputAsBool = getInputAsBool;
 function isCacheFeatureAvailable() {
    if (cache.isFeatureAvailable()) {
        return true;
@ -38202,21 +38232,19 @@ const path = __importStar(__webpack_require__(622));
 const utils = __importStar(__webpack_require__(15));
 const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(931);
 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32';
-function getTarPath(args, compressionMethod) {
+// Returns tar path and type: BSD or GNU
+function getTarPath() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        switch (process.platform) {
            case 'win32': {
-                const systemTar = `${process.env['windir']}\\System32\\tar.exe`;
-                if (compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip) {
-                    // We only use zstandard compression on windows when gnu tar is installed due to
-                    // a bug with compressing large files with bsdtar + zstd
-                    args.push('--force-local');
+                const gnuTar = yield utils.getGnuTarPathOnWindows();
+                const systemTar = constants_1.SystemTarPathOnWindows;
+                if (gnuTar) {
+                    // Use GNUtar as default on windows
+                    return { path: gnuTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU };
                }
                else if (fs_1.existsSync(systemTar)) {
-                    return systemTar;
-                }
-                else if (yield utils.isGnuTarInstalled()) {
-                    args.push('--force-local');
+                    return { path: systemTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD };
                }
                break;
            }
@ -38224,25 +38252,92 @@ function getTarPath(args, compressionMethod) {
                const gnuTar = yield io.which('gtar', false);
                if (gnuTar) {
                    // fix permission denied errors when extracting BSD tar archive with GNU tar - https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/527
-                    args.push('--delay-directory-restore');
-                    return gnuTar;
+                    return { path: gnuTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU };
+                }
+                else {
+                    return {
+                        path: yield io.which('tar', true),
+                        type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD
+                    };
                }
-                break;
            }
            default:
                break;
        }
-        return yield io.which('tar', true);
+        // Default assumption is GNU tar is present in path
+        return {
+            path: yield io.which('tar', true),
+            type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU
+        };
    });
 }
-function execTar(args, compressionMethod, cwd) {
+// Return arguments for tar as per tarPath, compressionMethod, method type and os
+function getTarArgs(tarPath, compressionMethod, type, archivePath = '') {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        try {
-            yield exec_1.exec(`"${yield getTarPath(args, compressionMethod)}"`, args, { cwd });
+        const args = [`"${tarPath.path}"`];
+        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
+        const tarFile = 'cache.tar';
+        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
+        // Speficic args for BSD tar on windows for workaround
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        // Method specific args
+        switch (type) {
+            case 'create':
+                args.push('--posix', '-cf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '--exclude', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P', '-C', workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '--files-from', constants_1.ManifestFilename);
+                break;
+            case 'extract':
+                args.push('-xf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P', '-C', workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'));
+                break;
+            case 'list':
+                args.push('-tf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P');
+                break;
        }
-        catch (error) {
-            throw new Error(`Tar failed with error: ${error === null || error === void 0 ? void 0 : error.message}`);
+        // Platform specific args
+        if (tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU) {
+            switch (process.platform) {
+                case 'win32':
+                    args.push('--force-local');
+                    break;
+                case 'darwin':
+                    args.push('--delay-directory-restore');
+                    break;
+            }
        }
+        return args;
+    });
+}
+// Returns commands to run tar and compression program
+function getCommands(compressionMethod, type, archivePath = '') {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        let args;
+        const tarPath = yield getTarPath();
+        const tarArgs = yield getTarArgs(tarPath, compressionMethod, type, archivePath);
+        const compressionArgs = type !== 'create'
+            ? yield getDecompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod, archivePath)
+            : yield getCompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod);
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        if (BSD_TAR_ZSTD && type !== 'create') {
+            args = [[...compressionArgs].join(' '), [...tarArgs].join(' ')];
+        }
+        else {
+            args = [[...tarArgs].join(' '), [...compressionArgs].join(' ')];
+        }
+        if (BSD_TAR_ZSTD) {
+            return args;
+        }
+        return [args.join(' ')];
    });
 }
 function getWorkingDirectory() {
@ -38250,91 +38345,119 @@ function getWorkingDirectory() {
    return (_a = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : process.cwd();
 }
 // Common function for extractTar and listTar to get the compression method
-function getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod) {
-    // -d: Decompress.
-    // unzstd is equivalent to 'zstd -d'
-    // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
-    // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
-    switch (compressionMethod) {
-        case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
-            return [
-                '--use-compress-program',
-                IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d --long=30' : 'unzstd --long=30'
-            ];
-        case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
-            return ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d' : 'unzstd'];
-        default:
-            return ['-z'];
-    }
+function getDecompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod, archivePath) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        // -d: Decompress.
+        // unzstd is equivalent to 'zstd -d'
+        // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
+        // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        switch (compressionMethod) {
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -d --long=30 --force -o',
+                        constants_1.TarFilename,
+                        archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+                    ]
+                    : [
+                        '--use-compress-program',
+                        IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d --long=30"' : 'unzstd --long=30'
+                    ];
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -d --force -o',
+                        constants_1.TarFilename,
+                        archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+                    ]
+                    : ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d"' : 'unzstd'];
+            default:
+                return ['-z'];
+        }
+    });
 }
+// Used for creating the archive
+// -T#: Compress using # working thread. If # is 0, attempt to detect and use the number of physical CPU cores.
+// zstdmt is equivalent to 'zstd -T0'
+// --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
+// Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
+// Long range mode is added to zstd in v1.3.2 release, so we will not use --long in older version of zstd.
+function getCompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        switch (compressionMethod) {
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -T0 --long=30 --force -o',
+                        cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+                        constants_1.TarFilename
+                    ]
+                    : [
+                        '--use-compress-program',
+                        IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -T0 --long=30"' : 'zstdmt --long=30'
+                    ];
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -T0 --force -o',
+                        cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+                        constants_1.TarFilename
+                    ]
+                    : ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -T0"' : 'zstdmt'];
+            default:
+                return ['-z'];
+        }
+    });
+}
+// Executes all commands as separate processes
+function execCommands(commands, cwd) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        for (const command of commands) {
+            try {
+                yield exec_1.exec(command, undefined, {
+                    cwd,
+                    env: Object.assign(Object.assign({}, process.env), { MSYS: 'winsymlinks:nativestrict' })
+                });
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                throw new Error(`${command.split(' ')[0]} failed with error: ${error === null || error === void 0 ? void 0 : error.message}`);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+// List the contents of a tar
 function listTar(archivePath, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        const args = [
-            ...getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod),
-            '-tf',
-            archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P'
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod);
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'list', archivePath);
+        yield execCommands(commands);
    });
 }
 exports.listTar = listTar;
+// Extract a tar
 function extractTar(archivePath, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        // Create directory to extract tar into
        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
        yield io.mkdirP(workingDirectory);
-        const args = [
-            ...getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod),
-            '-xf',
-            archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P',
-            '-C',
-            workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod);
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'extract', archivePath);
+        yield execCommands(commands);
    });
 }
 exports.extractTar = extractTar;
+// Create a tar
 function createTar(archiveFolder, sourceDirectories, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        // Write source directories to manifest.txt to avoid command length limits
-        const manifestFilename = 'manifest.txt';
-        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
-        fs_1.writeFileSync(path.join(archiveFolder, manifestFilename), sourceDirectories.join('\n'));
-        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
-        // -T#: Compress using # working thread. If # is 0, attempt to detect and use the number of physical CPU cores.
-        // zstdmt is equivalent to 'zstd -T0'
-        // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
-        // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
-        // Long range mode is added to zstd in v1.3.2 release, so we will not use --long in older version of zstd.
-        function getCompressionProgram() {
-            switch (compressionMethod) {
-                case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
-                    return [
-                        '--use-compress-program',
-                        IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0 --long=30' : 'zstdmt --long=30'
-                    ];
-                case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
-                    return ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0' : 'zstdmt'];
-                default:
-                    return ['-z'];
-            }
-        }
-        const args = [
-            '--posix',
-            ...getCompressionProgram(),
-            '-cf',
-            cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '--exclude',
-            cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P',
-            '-C',
-            workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '--files-from',
-            manifestFilename
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod, archiveFolder);
+        fs_1.writeFileSync(path.join(archiveFolder, constants_1.ManifestFilename), sourceDirectories.join('\n'));
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'create');
+        yield execCommands(commands, archiveFolder);
    });
 }
 exports.createTar = createTar;
@ -47130,9 +47253,10 @@ exports.isFeatureAvailable = isFeatureAvailable;
 * @param primaryKey an explicit key for restoring the cache
 * @param restoreKeys an optional ordered list of keys to use for restoring the cache if no cache hit occurred for key
 * @param downloadOptions cache download options
+ * @param enableCrossOsArchive an optional boolean enabled to restore on windows any cache created on any platform
 * @returns string returns the key for the cache hit, otherwise returns undefined
 */
-function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options) {
+function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        checkPaths(paths);
        restoreKeys = restoreKeys || [];
@ -47150,7 +47274,8 @@ function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options) {
        try {
            // path are needed to compute version
            const cacheEntry = yield cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
-                compressionMethod
+                compressionMethod,
+                enableCrossOsArchive
            });
            if (!(cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.archiveLocation)) {
                // Cache not found
@ -47197,10 +47322,11 @@ exports.restoreCache = restoreCache;
 *
 * @param paths a list of file paths to be cached
 * @param key an explicit key for restoring the cache
+ * @param enableCrossOsArchive an optional boolean enabled to save cache on windows which could be restored on any platform
 * @param options cache upload options
 * @returns number returns cacheId if the cache was saved successfully and throws an error if save fails
 */
-function saveCache(paths, key, options) {
+function saveCache(paths, key, options, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
    var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e;
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        checkPaths(paths);
@ -47231,6 +47357,7 @@ function saveCache(paths, key, options) {
            core.debug('Reserving Cache');
            const reserveCacheResponse = yield cacheHttpClient.reserveCache(key, paths, {
                compressionMethod,
+                enableCrossOsArchive,
                cacheSize: archiveFileSize
            });
            if ((_a = reserveCacheResponse === null || reserveCacheResponse === void 0 ? void 0 : reserveCacheResponse.result) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.cacheId) {
@ -50365,8 +50492,13 @@ function restoreImpl(stateProvider) {
            const cachePaths = utils.getInputAsArray(constants_1.Inputs.Path, {
                required: true
            });
-            const cacheKey = yield cache.restoreCache(cachePaths, primaryKey, restoreKeys);
+            const enableCrossOsArchive = utils.getInputAsBool(constants_1.Inputs.EnableCrossOsArchive);
+            const failOnCacheMiss = utils.getInputAsBool(constants_1.Inputs.FailOnCacheMiss);
+            const cacheKey = yield cache.restoreCache(cachePaths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, {}, enableCrossOsArchive);
            if (!cacheKey) {
+                if (failOnCacheMiss) {
+                    throw new Error(`Failed to restore cache entry. Exiting as fail-on-cache-miss is set. Input key: ${primaryKey}`);
+                }
                core.info(`Cache not found for input keys: ${[
                    primaryKey,
                    ...restoreKeys
@ -53235,6 +53367,11 @@ var CompressionMethod;
    CompressionMethod["ZstdWithoutLong"] = "zstd-without-long";
    CompressionMethod["Zstd"] = "zstd";
 })(CompressionMethod = exports.CompressionMethod || (exports.CompressionMethod = {}));
+var ArchiveToolType;
+(function (ArchiveToolType) {
+    ArchiveToolType["GNU"] = "gnu";
+    ArchiveToolType["BSD"] = "bsd";
+})(ArchiveToolType = exports.ArchiveToolType || (exports.ArchiveToolType = {}));
 // The default number of retry attempts.
 exports.DefaultRetryAttempts = 2;
 // The default delay in milliseconds between retry attempts.
@ -53243,6 +53380,12 @@ exports.DefaultRetryDelay = 5000;
 // over the socket during this period, the socket is destroyed and the download
 // is aborted.
 exports.SocketTimeout = 5000;
+// The default path of GNUtar on hosted Windows runners
+exports.GnuTarPathOnWindows = `${process.env['PROGRAMFILES']}\\Git\\usr\\bin\\tar.exe`;
+// The default path of BSDtar on hosted Windows runners
+exports.SystemTarPathOnWindows = `${process.env['SYSTEMDRIVE']}\\Windows\\System32\\tar.exe`;
+exports.TarFilename = 'cache.tar';
+exports.ManifestFilename = 'manifest.txt';
 //# sourceMappingURL=constants.js.map

 /***/ }),
--- a/dist/restore/index.js
+++ b/dist/restore/index.js
@ -1152,12 +1152,13 @@ function unlinkFile(filePath) {
    });
 }
 exports.unlinkFile = unlinkFile;
-function getVersion(app) {
+function getVersion(app, additionalArgs = []) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        core.debug(`Checking ${app} --version`);
        let versionOutput = '';
+        additionalArgs.push('--version');
+        core.debug(`Checking ${app} ${additionalArgs.join(' ')}`);
        try {
-            yield exec.exec(`${app} --version`, [], {
+            yield exec.exec(`${app}`, additionalArgs, {
                ignoreReturnCode: true,
                silent: true,
                listeners: {
@ -1177,23 +1178,14 @@ function getVersion(app) {
 // Use zstandard if possible to maximize cache performance
 function getCompressionMethod() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        if (process.platform === 'win32' && !(yield isGnuTarInstalled())) {
-            // Disable zstd due to bug https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/301
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip;
-        }
-        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('zstd');
+        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('zstd', ['--quiet']);
        const version = semver.clean(versionOutput);
-        if (!versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('zstd command line interface')) {
-            // zstd is not installed
+        core.debug(`zstd version: ${version}`);
+        if (versionOutput === '') {
            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip;
        }
-        else if (!version || semver.lt(version, 'v1.3.2')) {
-            // zstd is installed but using a version earlier than v1.3.2
-            // v1.3.2 is required to use the `--long` options in zstd
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong;
-        }
        else {
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd;
+            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong;
        }
    });
 }
@ -1204,13 +1196,16 @@ function getCacheFileName(compressionMethod) {
        : constants_1.CacheFilename.Zstd;
 }
 exports.getCacheFileName = getCacheFileName;
-function isGnuTarInstalled() {
+function getGnuTarPathOnWindows() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        if (fs.existsSync(constants_1.GnuTarPathOnWindows)) {
+            return constants_1.GnuTarPathOnWindows;
+        }
        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('tar');
-        return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar');
+        return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar') ? io.which('tar') : '';
    });
 }
-exports.isGnuTarInstalled = isGnuTarInstalled;
+exports.getGnuTarPathOnWindows = getGnuTarPathOnWindows;
 function assertDefined(name, value) {
    if (value === undefined) {
        throw Error(`Expected ${name} but value was undefiend`);
@ -3384,7 +3379,6 @@ const crypto = __importStar(__webpack_require__(417));
 const fs = __importStar(__webpack_require__(747));
 const url_1 = __webpack_require__(414);
 const utils = __importStar(__webpack_require__(15));
-const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(931);
 const downloadUtils_1 = __webpack_require__(251);
 const options_1 = __webpack_require__(538);
 const requestUtils_1 = __webpack_require__(899);
@ -3414,10 +3408,17 @@ function createHttpClient() {
    const bearerCredentialHandler = new auth_1.BearerCredentialHandler(token);
    return new http_client_1.HttpClient('actions/cache', [bearerCredentialHandler], getRequestOptions());
 }
-function getCacheVersion(paths, compressionMethod) {
-    const components = paths.concat(!compressionMethod || compressionMethod === constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip
-        ? []
-        : [compressionMethod]);
+function getCacheVersion(paths, compressionMethod, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
+    const components = paths;
+    // Add compression method to cache version to restore
+    // compressed cache as per compression method
+    if (compressionMethod) {
+        components.push(compressionMethod);
+    }
+    // Only check for windows platforms if enableCrossOsArchive is false
+    if (process.platform === 'win32' && !enableCrossOsArchive) {
+        components.push('windows-only');
+    }
    // Add salt to cache version to support breaking changes in cache entry
    components.push(versionSalt);
    return crypto
@ -3429,10 +3430,15 @@ exports.getCacheVersion = getCacheVersion;
 function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const httpClient = createHttpClient();
-        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod);
+        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.enableCrossOsArchive);
        const resource = `cache?keys=${encodeURIComponent(keys.join(','))}&version=${version}`;
        const response = yield requestUtils_1.retryTypedResponse('getCacheEntry', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () { return httpClient.getJson(getCacheApiUrl(resource)); }));
+        // Cache not found
        if (response.statusCode === 204) {
+            // List cache for primary key only if cache miss occurs
+            if (core.isDebug()) {
+                yield printCachesListForDiagnostics(keys[0], httpClient, version);
+            }
            return null;
        }
        if (!requestUtils_1.isSuccessStatusCode(response.statusCode)) {
@ -3441,6 +3447,7 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
        const cacheResult = response.result;
        const cacheDownloadUrl = cacheResult === null || cacheResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheResult.archiveLocation;
        if (!cacheDownloadUrl) {
+            // Cache achiveLocation not found. This should never happen, and hence bail out.
            throw new Error('Cache not found.');
        }
        core.setSecret(cacheDownloadUrl);
@ -3450,6 +3457,22 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
    });
 }
 exports.getCacheEntry = getCacheEntry;
+function printCachesListForDiagnostics(key, httpClient, version) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const resource = `caches?key=${encodeURIComponent(key)}`;
+        const response = yield requestUtils_1.retryTypedResponse('listCache', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () { return httpClient.getJson(getCacheApiUrl(resource)); }));
+        if (response.statusCode === 200) {
+            const cacheListResult = response.result;
+            const totalCount = cacheListResult === null || cacheListResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheListResult.totalCount;
+            if (totalCount && totalCount > 0) {
+                core.debug(`No matching cache found for cache key '${key}', version '${version} and scope ${process.env['GITHUB_REF']}. There exist one or more cache(s) with similar key but they have different version or scope. See more info on cache matching here: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#matching-a-cache-key \nOther caches with similar key:`);
+                for (const cacheEntry of (cacheListResult === null || cacheListResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheListResult.artifactCaches) || []) {
+                    core.debug(`Cache Key: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.cacheKey}, Cache Version: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.cacheVersion}, Cache Scope: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.scope}, Cache Created: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.creationTime}`);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
 function downloadCache(archiveLocation, archivePath, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const archiveUrl = new url_1.URL(archiveLocation);
@ -3470,7 +3493,7 @@ exports.downloadCache = downloadCache;
 function reserveCache(key, paths, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const httpClient = createHttpClient();
-        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod);
+        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.enableCrossOsArchive);
        const reserveCacheRequest = {
            key,
            version,
@ -4950,7 +4973,9 @@ var Inputs;
    Inputs["Key"] = "key";
    Inputs["Path"] = "path";
    Inputs["RestoreKeys"] = "restore-keys";
-    Inputs["UploadChunkSize"] = "upload-chunk-size"; // Input for cache, save action
+    Inputs["UploadChunkSize"] = "upload-chunk-size";
+    Inputs["EnableCrossOsArchive"] = "enableCrossOsArchive";
+    Inputs["FailOnCacheMiss"] = "fail-on-cache-miss"; // Input for cache, restore action
 })(Inputs = exports.Inputs || (exports.Inputs = {}));
 var Outputs;
 (function (Outputs) {
@ -38115,21 +38140,19 @@ const path = __importStar(__webpack_require__(622));
 const utils = __importStar(__webpack_require__(15));
 const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(931);
 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32';
-function getTarPath(args, compressionMethod) {
+// Returns tar path and type: BSD or GNU
+function getTarPath() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        switch (process.platform) {
            case 'win32': {
-                const systemTar = `${process.env['windir']}\\System32\\tar.exe`;
-                if (compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip) {
-                    // We only use zstandard compression on windows when gnu tar is installed due to
-                    // a bug with compressing large files with bsdtar + zstd
-                    args.push('--force-local');
+                const gnuTar = yield utils.getGnuTarPathOnWindows();
+                const systemTar = constants_1.SystemTarPathOnWindows;
+                if (gnuTar) {
+                    // Use GNUtar as default on windows
+                    return { path: gnuTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU };
                }
                else if (fs_1.existsSync(systemTar)) {
-                    return systemTar;
-                }
-                else if (yield utils.isGnuTarInstalled()) {
-                    args.push('--force-local');
+                    return { path: systemTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD };
                }
                break;
            }
@ -38137,25 +38160,92 @@ function getTarPath(args, compressionMethod) {
                const gnuTar = yield io.which('gtar', false);
                if (gnuTar) {
                    // fix permission denied errors when extracting BSD tar archive with GNU tar - https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/527
-                    args.push('--delay-directory-restore');
-                    return gnuTar;
+                    return { path: gnuTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU };
+                }
+                else {
+                    return {
+                        path: yield io.which('tar', true),
+                        type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD
+                    };
                }
-                break;
            }
            default:
                break;
        }
-        return yield io.which('tar', true);
+        // Default assumption is GNU tar is present in path
+        return {
+            path: yield io.which('tar', true),
+            type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU
+        };
    });
 }
-function execTar(args, compressionMethod, cwd) {
+// Return arguments for tar as per tarPath, compressionMethod, method type and os
+function getTarArgs(tarPath, compressionMethod, type, archivePath = '') {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        try {
-            yield exec_1.exec(`"${yield getTarPath(args, compressionMethod)}"`, args, { cwd });
+        const args = [`"${tarPath.path}"`];
+        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
+        const tarFile = 'cache.tar';
+        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
+        // Speficic args for BSD tar on windows for workaround
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        // Method specific args
+        switch (type) {
+            case 'create':
+                args.push('--posix', '-cf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '--exclude', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P', '-C', workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '--files-from', constants_1.ManifestFilename);
+                break;
+            case 'extract':
+                args.push('-xf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P', '-C', workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'));
+                break;
+            case 'list':
+                args.push('-tf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P');
+                break;
        }
-        catch (error) {
-            throw new Error(`Tar failed with error: ${error === null || error === void 0 ? void 0 : error.message}`);
+        // Platform specific args
+        if (tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU) {
+            switch (process.platform) {
+                case 'win32':
+                    args.push('--force-local');
+                    break;
+                case 'darwin':
+                    args.push('--delay-directory-restore');
+                    break;
+            }
        }
+        return args;
+    });
+}
+// Returns commands to run tar and compression program
+function getCommands(compressionMethod, type, archivePath = '') {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        let args;
+        const tarPath = yield getTarPath();
+        const tarArgs = yield getTarArgs(tarPath, compressionMethod, type, archivePath);
+        const compressionArgs = type !== 'create'
+            ? yield getDecompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod, archivePath)
+            : yield getCompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod);
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        if (BSD_TAR_ZSTD && type !== 'create') {
+            args = [[...compressionArgs].join(' '), [...tarArgs].join(' ')];
+        }
+        else {
+            args = [[...tarArgs].join(' '), [...compressionArgs].join(' ')];
+        }
+        if (BSD_TAR_ZSTD) {
+            return args;
+        }
+        return [args.join(' ')];
    });
 }
 function getWorkingDirectory() {
@ -38163,91 +38253,119 @@ function getWorkingDirectory() {
    return (_a = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : process.cwd();
 }
 // Common function for extractTar and listTar to get the compression method
-function getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod) {
-    // -d: Decompress.
-    // unzstd is equivalent to 'zstd -d'
-    // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
-    // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
-    switch (compressionMethod) {
-        case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
-            return [
-                '--use-compress-program',
-                IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d --long=30' : 'unzstd --long=30'
-            ];
-        case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
-            return ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d' : 'unzstd'];
-        default:
-            return ['-z'];
-    }
+function getDecompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod, archivePath) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        // -d: Decompress.
+        // unzstd is equivalent to 'zstd -d'
+        // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
+        // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        switch (compressionMethod) {
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -d --long=30 --force -o',
+                        constants_1.TarFilename,
+                        archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+                    ]
+                    : [
+                        '--use-compress-program',
+                        IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d --long=30"' : 'unzstd --long=30'
+                    ];
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -d --force -o',
+                        constants_1.TarFilename,
+                        archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+                    ]
+                    : ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d"' : 'unzstd'];
+            default:
+                return ['-z'];
+        }
+    });
 }
+// Used for creating the archive
+// -T#: Compress using # working thread. If # is 0, attempt to detect and use the number of physical CPU cores.
+// zstdmt is equivalent to 'zstd -T0'
+// --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
+// Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
+// Long range mode is added to zstd in v1.3.2 release, so we will not use --long in older version of zstd.
+function getCompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        switch (compressionMethod) {
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -T0 --long=30 --force -o',
+                        cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+                        constants_1.TarFilename
+                    ]
+                    : [
+                        '--use-compress-program',
+                        IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -T0 --long=30"' : 'zstdmt --long=30'
+                    ];
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -T0 --force -o',
+                        cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+                        constants_1.TarFilename
+                    ]
+                    : ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -T0"' : 'zstdmt'];
+            default:
+                return ['-z'];
+        }
+    });
+}
+// Executes all commands as separate processes
+function execCommands(commands, cwd) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        for (const command of commands) {
+            try {
+                yield exec_1.exec(command, undefined, {
+                    cwd,
+                    env: Object.assign(Object.assign({}, process.env), { MSYS: 'winsymlinks:nativestrict' })
+                });
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                throw new Error(`${command.split(' ')[0]} failed with error: ${error === null || error === void 0 ? void 0 : error.message}`);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+// List the contents of a tar
 function listTar(archivePath, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        const args = [
-            ...getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod),
-            '-tf',
-            archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P'
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod);
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'list', archivePath);
+        yield execCommands(commands);
    });
 }
 exports.listTar = listTar;
+// Extract a tar
 function extractTar(archivePath, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        // Create directory to extract tar into
        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
        yield io.mkdirP(workingDirectory);
-        const args = [
-            ...getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod),
-            '-xf',
-            archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P',
-            '-C',
-            workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod);
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'extract', archivePath);
+        yield execCommands(commands);
    });
 }
 exports.extractTar = extractTar;
+// Create a tar
 function createTar(archiveFolder, sourceDirectories, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        // Write source directories to manifest.txt to avoid command length limits
-        const manifestFilename = 'manifest.txt';
-        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
-        fs_1.writeFileSync(path.join(archiveFolder, manifestFilename), sourceDirectories.join('\n'));
-        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
-        // -T#: Compress using # working thread. If # is 0, attempt to detect and use the number of physical CPU cores.
-        // zstdmt is equivalent to 'zstd -T0'
-        // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
-        // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
-        // Long range mode is added to zstd in v1.3.2 release, so we will not use --long in older version of zstd.
-        function getCompressionProgram() {
-            switch (compressionMethod) {
-                case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
-                    return [
-                        '--use-compress-program',
-                        IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0 --long=30' : 'zstdmt --long=30'
-                    ];
-                case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
-                    return ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0' : 'zstdmt'];
-                default:
-                    return ['-z'];
-            }
-        }
-        const args = [
-            '--posix',
-            ...getCompressionProgram(),
-            '-cf',
-            cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '--exclude',
-            cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P',
-            '-C',
-            workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '--files-from',
-            manifestFilename
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod, archiveFolder);
+        fs_1.writeFileSync(path.join(archiveFolder, constants_1.ManifestFilename), sourceDirectories.join('\n'));
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'create');
+        yield execCommands(commands, archiveFolder);
    });
 }
 exports.createTar = createTar;
@ -38482,7 +38600,7 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
    return result;
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = exports.getInputAsInt = exports.getInputAsArray = exports.isValidEvent = exports.logWarning = exports.isExactKeyMatch = exports.isGhes = void 0;
+exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = exports.getInputAsBool = exports.getInputAsInt = exports.getInputAsArray = exports.isValidEvent = exports.logWarning = exports.isExactKeyMatch = exports.isGhes = void 0;
 const cache = __importStar(__webpack_require__(692));
 const core = __importStar(__webpack_require__(470));
 const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(196);
@ -38525,6 +38643,11 @@ function getInputAsInt(name, options) {
    return value;
 }
 exports.getInputAsInt = getInputAsInt;
+function getInputAsBool(name, options) {
+    const result = core.getInput(name, options);
+    return result.toLowerCase() === "true";
+}
+exports.getInputAsBool = getInputAsBool;
 function isCacheFeatureAvailable() {
    if (cache.isFeatureAvailable()) {
        return true;
@ -47101,9 +47224,10 @@ exports.isFeatureAvailable = isFeatureAvailable;
 * @param primaryKey an explicit key for restoring the cache
 * @param restoreKeys an optional ordered list of keys to use for restoring the cache if no cache hit occurred for key
 * @param downloadOptions cache download options
+ * @param enableCrossOsArchive an optional boolean enabled to restore on windows any cache created on any platform
 * @returns string returns the key for the cache hit, otherwise returns undefined
 */
-function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options) {
+function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        checkPaths(paths);
        restoreKeys = restoreKeys || [];
@ -47121,7 +47245,8 @@ function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options) {
        try {
            // path are needed to compute version
            const cacheEntry = yield cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
-                compressionMethod
+                compressionMethod,
+                enableCrossOsArchive
            });
            if (!(cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.archiveLocation)) {
                // Cache not found
@ -47168,10 +47293,11 @@ exports.restoreCache = restoreCache;
 *
 * @param paths a list of file paths to be cached
 * @param key an explicit key for restoring the cache
+ * @param enableCrossOsArchive an optional boolean enabled to save cache on windows which could be restored on any platform
 * @param options cache upload options
 * @returns number returns cacheId if the cache was saved successfully and throws an error if save fails
 */
-function saveCache(paths, key, options) {
+function saveCache(paths, key, options, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
    var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e;
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        checkPaths(paths);
@ -47202,6 +47328,7 @@ function saveCache(paths, key, options) {
            core.debug('Reserving Cache');
            const reserveCacheResponse = yield cacheHttpClient.reserveCache(key, paths, {
                compressionMethod,
+                enableCrossOsArchive,
                cacheSize: archiveFileSize
            });
            if ((_a = reserveCacheResponse === null || reserveCacheResponse === void 0 ? void 0 : reserveCacheResponse.result) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.cacheId) {
@ -50365,8 +50492,13 @@ function restoreImpl(stateProvider) {
            const cachePaths = utils.getInputAsArray(constants_1.Inputs.Path, {
                required: true
            });
-            const cacheKey = yield cache.restoreCache(cachePaths, primaryKey, restoreKeys);
+            const enableCrossOsArchive = utils.getInputAsBool(constants_1.Inputs.EnableCrossOsArchive);
+            const failOnCacheMiss = utils.getInputAsBool(constants_1.Inputs.FailOnCacheMiss);
+            const cacheKey = yield cache.restoreCache(cachePaths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, {}, enableCrossOsArchive);
            if (!cacheKey) {
+                if (failOnCacheMiss) {
+                    throw new Error(`Failed to restore cache entry. Exiting as fail-on-cache-miss is set. Input key: ${primaryKey}`);
+                }
                core.info(`Cache not found for input keys: ${[
                    primaryKey,
                    ...restoreKeys
@ -53235,6 +53367,11 @@ var CompressionMethod;
    CompressionMethod["ZstdWithoutLong"] = "zstd-without-long";
    CompressionMethod["Zstd"] = "zstd";
 })(CompressionMethod = exports.CompressionMethod || (exports.CompressionMethod = {}));
+var ArchiveToolType;
+(function (ArchiveToolType) {
+    ArchiveToolType["GNU"] = "gnu";
+    ArchiveToolType["BSD"] = "bsd";
+})(ArchiveToolType = exports.ArchiveToolType || (exports.ArchiveToolType = {}));
 // The default number of retry attempts.
 exports.DefaultRetryAttempts = 2;
 // The default delay in milliseconds between retry attempts.
@ -53243,6 +53380,12 @@ exports.DefaultRetryDelay = 5000;
 // over the socket during this period, the socket is destroyed and the download
 // is aborted.
 exports.SocketTimeout = 5000;
+// The default path of GNUtar on hosted Windows runners
+exports.GnuTarPathOnWindows = `${process.env['PROGRAMFILES']}\\Git\\usr\\bin\\tar.exe`;
+// The default path of BSDtar on hosted Windows runners
+exports.SystemTarPathOnWindows = `${process.env['SYSTEMDRIVE']}\\Windows\\System32\\tar.exe`;
+exports.TarFilename = 'cache.tar';
+exports.ManifestFilename = 'manifest.txt';
 //# sourceMappingURL=constants.js.map

 /***/ }),
--- a/dist/save-only/index.js
+++ b/dist/save-only/index.js
@ -1208,12 +1208,13 @@ function unlinkFile(filePath) {
    });
 }
 exports.unlinkFile = unlinkFile;
-function getVersion(app) {
+function getVersion(app, additionalArgs = []) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        core.debug(`Checking ${app} --version`);
        let versionOutput = '';
+        additionalArgs.push('--version');
+        core.debug(`Checking ${app} ${additionalArgs.join(' ')}`);
        try {
-            yield exec.exec(`${app} --version`, [], {
+            yield exec.exec(`${app}`, additionalArgs, {
                ignoreReturnCode: true,
                silent: true,
                listeners: {
@ -1233,23 +1234,14 @@ function getVersion(app) {
 // Use zstandard if possible to maximize cache performance
 function getCompressionMethod() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        if (process.platform === 'win32' && !(yield isGnuTarInstalled())) {
-            // Disable zstd due to bug https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/301
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip;
-        }
-        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('zstd');
+        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('zstd', ['--quiet']);
        const version = semver.clean(versionOutput);
-        if (!versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('zstd command line interface')) {
-            // zstd is not installed
+        core.debug(`zstd version: ${version}`);
+        if (versionOutput === '') {
            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip;
        }
-        else if (!version || semver.lt(version, 'v1.3.2')) {
-            // zstd is installed but using a version earlier than v1.3.2
-            // v1.3.2 is required to use the `--long` options in zstd
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong;
-        }
        else {
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd;
+            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong;
        }
    });
 }
@ -1260,13 +1252,16 @@ function getCacheFileName(compressionMethod) {
        : constants_1.CacheFilename.Zstd;
 }
 exports.getCacheFileName = getCacheFileName;
-function isGnuTarInstalled() {
+function getGnuTarPathOnWindows() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        if (fs.existsSync(constants_1.GnuTarPathOnWindows)) {
+            return constants_1.GnuTarPathOnWindows;
+        }
        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('tar');
-        return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar');
+        return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar') ? io.which('tar') : '';
    });
 }
-exports.isGnuTarInstalled = isGnuTarInstalled;
+exports.getGnuTarPathOnWindows = getGnuTarPathOnWindows;
 function assertDefined(name, value) {
    if (value === undefined) {
        throw Error(`Expected ${name} but value was undefiend`);
@ -3440,7 +3435,6 @@ const crypto = __importStar(__webpack_require__(417));
 const fs = __importStar(__webpack_require__(747));
 const url_1 = __webpack_require__(835);
 const utils = __importStar(__webpack_require__(15));
-const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(931);
 const downloadUtils_1 = __webpack_require__(251);
 const options_1 = __webpack_require__(538);
 const requestUtils_1 = __webpack_require__(899);
@ -3470,10 +3464,17 @@ function createHttpClient() {
    const bearerCredentialHandler = new auth_1.BearerCredentialHandler(token);
    return new http_client_1.HttpClient('actions/cache', [bearerCredentialHandler], getRequestOptions());
 }
-function getCacheVersion(paths, compressionMethod) {
-    const components = paths.concat(!compressionMethod || compressionMethod === constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip
-        ? []
-        : [compressionMethod]);
+function getCacheVersion(paths, compressionMethod, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
+    const components = paths;
+    // Add compression method to cache version to restore
+    // compressed cache as per compression method
+    if (compressionMethod) {
+        components.push(compressionMethod);
+    }
+    // Only check for windows platforms if enableCrossOsArchive is false
+    if (process.platform === 'win32' && !enableCrossOsArchive) {
+        components.push('windows-only');
+    }
    // Add salt to cache version to support breaking changes in cache entry
    components.push(versionSalt);
    return crypto
@ -3485,10 +3486,15 @@ exports.getCacheVersion = getCacheVersion;
 function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const httpClient = createHttpClient();
-        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod);
+        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.enableCrossOsArchive);
        const resource = `cache?keys=${encodeURIComponent(keys.join(','))}&version=${version}`;
        const response = yield requestUtils_1.retryTypedResponse('getCacheEntry', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () { return httpClient.getJson(getCacheApiUrl(resource)); }));
+        // Cache not found
        if (response.statusCode === 204) {
+            // List cache for primary key only if cache miss occurs
+            if (core.isDebug()) {
+                yield printCachesListForDiagnostics(keys[0], httpClient, version);
+            }
            return null;
        }
        if (!requestUtils_1.isSuccessStatusCode(response.statusCode)) {
@ -3497,6 +3503,7 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
        const cacheResult = response.result;
        const cacheDownloadUrl = cacheResult === null || cacheResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheResult.archiveLocation;
        if (!cacheDownloadUrl) {
+            // Cache achiveLocation not found. This should never happen, and hence bail out.
            throw new Error('Cache not found.');
        }
        core.setSecret(cacheDownloadUrl);
@ -3506,6 +3513,22 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
    });
 }
 exports.getCacheEntry = getCacheEntry;
+function printCachesListForDiagnostics(key, httpClient, version) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const resource = `caches?key=${encodeURIComponent(key)}`;
+        const response = yield requestUtils_1.retryTypedResponse('listCache', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () { return httpClient.getJson(getCacheApiUrl(resource)); }));
+        if (response.statusCode === 200) {
+            const cacheListResult = response.result;
+            const totalCount = cacheListResult === null || cacheListResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheListResult.totalCount;
+            if (totalCount && totalCount > 0) {
+                core.debug(`No matching cache found for cache key '${key}', version '${version} and scope ${process.env['GITHUB_REF']}. There exist one or more cache(s) with similar key but they have different version or scope. See more info on cache matching here: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#matching-a-cache-key \nOther caches with similar key:`);
+                for (const cacheEntry of (cacheListResult === null || cacheListResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheListResult.artifactCaches) || []) {
+                    core.debug(`Cache Key: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.cacheKey}, Cache Version: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.cacheVersion}, Cache Scope: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.scope}, Cache Created: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.creationTime}`);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
 function downloadCache(archiveLocation, archivePath, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const archiveUrl = new url_1.URL(archiveLocation);
@ -3526,7 +3549,7 @@ exports.downloadCache = downloadCache;
 function reserveCache(key, paths, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const httpClient = createHttpClient();
-        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod);
+        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.enableCrossOsArchive);
        const reserveCacheRequest = {
            key,
            version,
@ -5006,7 +5029,9 @@ var Inputs;
    Inputs["Key"] = "key";
    Inputs["Path"] = "path";
    Inputs["RestoreKeys"] = "restore-keys";
-    Inputs["UploadChunkSize"] = "upload-chunk-size"; // Input for cache, save action
+    Inputs["UploadChunkSize"] = "upload-chunk-size";
+    Inputs["EnableCrossOsArchive"] = "enableCrossOsArchive";
+    Inputs["FailOnCacheMiss"] = "fail-on-cache-miss"; // Input for cache, restore action
 })(Inputs = exports.Inputs || (exports.Inputs = {}));
 var Outputs;
 (function (Outputs) {
@ -38166,21 +38191,19 @@ const path = __importStar(__webpack_require__(622));
 const utils = __importStar(__webpack_require__(15));
 const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(931);
 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32';
-function getTarPath(args, compressionMethod) {
+// Returns tar path and type: BSD or GNU
+function getTarPath() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        switch (process.platform) {
            case 'win32': {
-                const systemTar = `${process.env['windir']}\\System32\\tar.exe`;
-                if (compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip) {
-                    // We only use zstandard compression on windows when gnu tar is installed due to
-                    // a bug with compressing large files with bsdtar + zstd
-                    args.push('--force-local');
+                const gnuTar = yield utils.getGnuTarPathOnWindows();
+                const systemTar = constants_1.SystemTarPathOnWindows;
+                if (gnuTar) {
+                    // Use GNUtar as default on windows
+                    return { path: gnuTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU };
                }
                else if (fs_1.existsSync(systemTar)) {
-                    return systemTar;
-                }
-                else if (yield utils.isGnuTarInstalled()) {
-                    args.push('--force-local');
+                    return { path: systemTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD };
                }
                break;
            }
@ -38188,25 +38211,92 @@ function getTarPath(args, compressionMethod) {
                const gnuTar = yield io.which('gtar', false);
                if (gnuTar) {
                    // fix permission denied errors when extracting BSD tar archive with GNU tar - https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/527
-                    args.push('--delay-directory-restore');
-                    return gnuTar;
+                    return { path: gnuTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU };
+                }
+                else {
+                    return {
+                        path: yield io.which('tar', true),
+                        type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD
+                    };
                }
-                break;
            }
            default:
                break;
        }
-        return yield io.which('tar', true);
+        // Default assumption is GNU tar is present in path
+        return {
+            path: yield io.which('tar', true),
+            type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU
+        };
    });
 }
-function execTar(args, compressionMethod, cwd) {
+// Return arguments for tar as per tarPath, compressionMethod, method type and os
+function getTarArgs(tarPath, compressionMethod, type, archivePath = '') {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        try {
-            yield exec_1.exec(`"${yield getTarPath(args, compressionMethod)}"`, args, { cwd });
+        const args = [`"${tarPath.path}"`];
+        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
+        const tarFile = 'cache.tar';
+        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
+        // Speficic args for BSD tar on windows for workaround
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        // Method specific args
+        switch (type) {
+            case 'create':
+                args.push('--posix', '-cf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '--exclude', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P', '-C', workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '--files-from', constants_1.ManifestFilename);
+                break;
+            case 'extract':
+                args.push('-xf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P', '-C', workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'));
+                break;
+            case 'list':
+                args.push('-tf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P');
+                break;
        }
-        catch (error) {
-            throw new Error(`Tar failed with error: ${error === null || error === void 0 ? void 0 : error.message}`);
+        // Platform specific args
+        if (tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU) {
+            switch (process.platform) {
+                case 'win32':
+                    args.push('--force-local');
+                    break;
+                case 'darwin':
+                    args.push('--delay-directory-restore');
+                    break;
+            }
        }
+        return args;
+    });
+}
+// Returns commands to run tar and compression program
+function getCommands(compressionMethod, type, archivePath = '') {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        let args;
+        const tarPath = yield getTarPath();
+        const tarArgs = yield getTarArgs(tarPath, compressionMethod, type, archivePath);
+        const compressionArgs = type !== 'create'
+            ? yield getDecompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod, archivePath)
+            : yield getCompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod);
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        if (BSD_TAR_ZSTD && type !== 'create') {
+            args = [[...compressionArgs].join(' '), [...tarArgs].join(' ')];
+        }
+        else {
+            args = [[...tarArgs].join(' '), [...compressionArgs].join(' ')];
+        }
+        if (BSD_TAR_ZSTD) {
+            return args;
+        }
+        return [args.join(' ')];
    });
 }
 function getWorkingDirectory() {
@ -38214,91 +38304,119 @@ function getWorkingDirectory() {
    return (_a = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : process.cwd();
 }
 // Common function for extractTar and listTar to get the compression method
-function getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod) {
-    // -d: Decompress.
-    // unzstd is equivalent to 'zstd -d'
-    // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
-    // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
-    switch (compressionMethod) {
-        case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
-            return [
-                '--use-compress-program',
-                IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d --long=30' : 'unzstd --long=30'
-            ];
-        case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
-            return ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d' : 'unzstd'];
-        default:
-            return ['-z'];
-    }
+function getDecompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod, archivePath) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        // -d: Decompress.
+        // unzstd is equivalent to 'zstd -d'
+        // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
+        // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        switch (compressionMethod) {
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -d --long=30 --force -o',
+                        constants_1.TarFilename,
+                        archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+                    ]
+                    : [
+                        '--use-compress-program',
+                        IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d --long=30"' : 'unzstd --long=30'
+                    ];
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -d --force -o',
+                        constants_1.TarFilename,
+                        archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+                    ]
+                    : ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d"' : 'unzstd'];
+            default:
+                return ['-z'];
+        }
+    });
 }
+// Used for creating the archive
+// -T#: Compress using # working thread. If # is 0, attempt to detect and use the number of physical CPU cores.
+// zstdmt is equivalent to 'zstd -T0'
+// --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
+// Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
+// Long range mode is added to zstd in v1.3.2 release, so we will not use --long in older version of zstd.
+function getCompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        switch (compressionMethod) {
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -T0 --long=30 --force -o',
+                        cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+                        constants_1.TarFilename
+                    ]
+                    : [
+                        '--use-compress-program',
+                        IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -T0 --long=30"' : 'zstdmt --long=30'
+                    ];
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -T0 --force -o',
+                        cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+                        constants_1.TarFilename
+                    ]
+                    : ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -T0"' : 'zstdmt'];
+            default:
+                return ['-z'];
+        }
+    });
+}
+// Executes all commands as separate processes
+function execCommands(commands, cwd) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        for (const command of commands) {
+            try {
+                yield exec_1.exec(command, undefined, {
+                    cwd,
+                    env: Object.assign(Object.assign({}, process.env), { MSYS: 'winsymlinks:nativestrict' })
+                });
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                throw new Error(`${command.split(' ')[0]} failed with error: ${error === null || error === void 0 ? void 0 : error.message}`);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+// List the contents of a tar
 function listTar(archivePath, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        const args = [
-            ...getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod),
-            '-tf',
-            archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P'
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod);
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'list', archivePath);
+        yield execCommands(commands);
    });
 }
 exports.listTar = listTar;
+// Extract a tar
 function extractTar(archivePath, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        // Create directory to extract tar into
        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
        yield io.mkdirP(workingDirectory);
-        const args = [
-            ...getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod),
-            '-xf',
-            archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P',
-            '-C',
-            workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod);
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'extract', archivePath);
+        yield execCommands(commands);
    });
 }
 exports.extractTar = extractTar;
+// Create a tar
 function createTar(archiveFolder, sourceDirectories, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        // Write source directories to manifest.txt to avoid command length limits
-        const manifestFilename = 'manifest.txt';
-        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
-        fs_1.writeFileSync(path.join(archiveFolder, manifestFilename), sourceDirectories.join('\n'));
-        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
-        // -T#: Compress using # working thread. If # is 0, attempt to detect and use the number of physical CPU cores.
-        // zstdmt is equivalent to 'zstd -T0'
-        // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
-        // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
-        // Long range mode is added to zstd in v1.3.2 release, so we will not use --long in older version of zstd.
-        function getCompressionProgram() {
-            switch (compressionMethod) {
-                case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
-                    return [
-                        '--use-compress-program',
-                        IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0 --long=30' : 'zstdmt --long=30'
-                    ];
-                case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
-                    return ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0' : 'zstdmt'];
-                default:
-                    return ['-z'];
-            }
-        }
-        const args = [
-            '--posix',
-            ...getCompressionProgram(),
-            '-cf',
-            cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '--exclude',
-            cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P',
-            '-C',
-            workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '--files-from',
-            manifestFilename
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod, archiveFolder);
+        fs_1.writeFileSync(path.join(archiveFolder, constants_1.ManifestFilename), sourceDirectories.join('\n'));
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'create');
+        yield execCommands(commands, archiveFolder);
    });
 }
 exports.createTar = createTar;
@ -38533,7 +38651,7 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
    return result;
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = exports.getInputAsInt = exports.getInputAsArray = exports.isValidEvent = exports.logWarning = exports.isExactKeyMatch = exports.isGhes = void 0;
+exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = exports.getInputAsBool = exports.getInputAsInt = exports.getInputAsArray = exports.isValidEvent = exports.logWarning = exports.isExactKeyMatch = exports.isGhes = void 0;
 const cache = __importStar(__webpack_require__(692));
 const core = __importStar(__webpack_require__(470));
 const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(196);
@ -38576,6 +38694,11 @@ function getInputAsInt(name, options) {
    return value;
 }
 exports.getInputAsInt = getInputAsInt;
+function getInputAsBool(name, options) {
+    const result = core.getInput(name, options);
+    return result.toLowerCase() === "true";
+}
+exports.getInputAsBool = getInputAsBool;
 function isCacheFeatureAvailable() {
    if (cache.isFeatureAvailable()) {
        return true;
@ -41055,9 +41178,8 @@ function saveImpl(stateProvider) {
            const cachePaths = utils.getInputAsArray(constants_1.Inputs.Path, {
                required: true
            });
-            cacheId = yield cache.saveCache(cachePaths, primaryKey, {
-                uploadChunkSize: utils.getInputAsInt(constants_1.Inputs.UploadChunkSize)
-            });
+            const enableCrossOsArchive = utils.getInputAsBool(constants_1.Inputs.EnableCrossOsArchive);
+            cacheId = yield cache.saveCache(cachePaths, primaryKey, { uploadChunkSize: utils.getInputAsInt(constants_1.Inputs.UploadChunkSize) }, enableCrossOsArchive);
            if (cacheId != -1) {
                core.info(`Cache saved with key: ${primaryKey}`);
            }
@ -47243,9 +47365,10 @@ exports.isFeatureAvailable = isFeatureAvailable;
 * @param primaryKey an explicit key for restoring the cache
 * @param restoreKeys an optional ordered list of keys to use for restoring the cache if no cache hit occurred for key
 * @param downloadOptions cache download options
+ * @param enableCrossOsArchive an optional boolean enabled to restore on windows any cache created on any platform
 * @returns string returns the key for the cache hit, otherwise returns undefined
 */
-function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options) {
+function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        checkPaths(paths);
        restoreKeys = restoreKeys || [];
@ -47263,7 +47386,8 @@ function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options) {
        try {
            // path are needed to compute version
            const cacheEntry = yield cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
-                compressionMethod
+                compressionMethod,
+                enableCrossOsArchive
            });
            if (!(cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.archiveLocation)) {
                // Cache not found
@ -47310,10 +47434,11 @@ exports.restoreCache = restoreCache;
 *
 * @param paths a list of file paths to be cached
 * @param key an explicit key for restoring the cache
+ * @param enableCrossOsArchive an optional boolean enabled to save cache on windows which could be restored on any platform
 * @param options cache upload options
 * @returns number returns cacheId if the cache was saved successfully and throws an error if save fails
 */
-function saveCache(paths, key, options) {
+function saveCache(paths, key, options, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
    var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e;
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        checkPaths(paths);
@ -47344,6 +47469,7 @@ function saveCache(paths, key, options) {
            core.debug('Reserving Cache');
            const reserveCacheResponse = yield cacheHttpClient.reserveCache(key, paths, {
                compressionMethod,
+                enableCrossOsArchive,
                cacheSize: archiveFileSize
            });
            if ((_a = reserveCacheResponse === null || reserveCacheResponse === void 0 ? void 0 : reserveCacheResponse.result) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.cacheId) {
@ -53270,6 +53396,11 @@ var CompressionMethod;
    CompressionMethod["ZstdWithoutLong"] = "zstd-without-long";
    CompressionMethod["Zstd"] = "zstd";
 })(CompressionMethod = exports.CompressionMethod || (exports.CompressionMethod = {}));
+var ArchiveToolType;
+(function (ArchiveToolType) {
+    ArchiveToolType["GNU"] = "gnu";
+    ArchiveToolType["BSD"] = "bsd";
+})(ArchiveToolType = exports.ArchiveToolType || (exports.ArchiveToolType = {}));
 // The default number of retry attempts.
 exports.DefaultRetryAttempts = 2;
 // The default delay in milliseconds between retry attempts.
@ -53278,6 +53409,12 @@ exports.DefaultRetryDelay = 5000;
 // over the socket during this period, the socket is destroyed and the download
 // is aborted.
 exports.SocketTimeout = 5000;
+// The default path of GNUtar on hosted Windows runners
+exports.GnuTarPathOnWindows = `${process.env['PROGRAMFILES']}\\Git\\usr\\bin\\tar.exe`;
+// The default path of BSDtar on hosted Windows runners
+exports.SystemTarPathOnWindows = `${process.env['SYSTEMDRIVE']}\\Windows\\System32\\tar.exe`;
+exports.TarFilename = 'cache.tar';
+exports.ManifestFilename = 'manifest.txt';
 //# sourceMappingURL=constants.js.map

 /***/ }),
--- a/dist/save/index.js
+++ b/dist/save/index.js
@ -1152,12 +1152,13 @@ function unlinkFile(filePath) {
    });
 }
 exports.unlinkFile = unlinkFile;
-function getVersion(app) {
+function getVersion(app, additionalArgs = []) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        core.debug(`Checking ${app} --version`);
        let versionOutput = '';
+        additionalArgs.push('--version');
+        core.debug(`Checking ${app} ${additionalArgs.join(' ')}`);
        try {
-            yield exec.exec(`${app} --version`, [], {
+            yield exec.exec(`${app}`, additionalArgs, {
                ignoreReturnCode: true,
                silent: true,
                listeners: {
@ -1177,23 +1178,14 @@ function getVersion(app) {
 // Use zstandard if possible to maximize cache performance
 function getCompressionMethod() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        if (process.platform === 'win32' && !(yield isGnuTarInstalled())) {
-            // Disable zstd due to bug https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/301
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip;
-        }
-        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('zstd');
+        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('zstd', ['--quiet']);
        const version = semver.clean(versionOutput);
-        if (!versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('zstd command line interface')) {
-            // zstd is not installed
+        core.debug(`zstd version: ${version}`);
+        if (versionOutput === '') {
            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip;
        }
-        else if (!version || semver.lt(version, 'v1.3.2')) {
-            // zstd is installed but using a version earlier than v1.3.2
-            // v1.3.2 is required to use the `--long` options in zstd
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong;
-        }
        else {
-            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd;
+            return constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong;
        }
    });
 }
@ -1204,13 +1196,16 @@ function getCacheFileName(compressionMethod) {
        : constants_1.CacheFilename.Zstd;
 }
 exports.getCacheFileName = getCacheFileName;
-function isGnuTarInstalled() {
+function getGnuTarPathOnWindows() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        if (fs.existsSync(constants_1.GnuTarPathOnWindows)) {
+            return constants_1.GnuTarPathOnWindows;
+        }
        const versionOutput = yield getVersion('tar');
-        return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar');
+        return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar') ? io.which('tar') : '';
    });
 }
-exports.isGnuTarInstalled = isGnuTarInstalled;
+exports.getGnuTarPathOnWindows = getGnuTarPathOnWindows;
 function assertDefined(name, value) {
    if (value === undefined) {
        throw Error(`Expected ${name} but value was undefiend`);
@ -3384,7 +3379,6 @@ const crypto = __importStar(__webpack_require__(417));
 const fs = __importStar(__webpack_require__(747));
 const url_1 = __webpack_require__(835);
 const utils = __importStar(__webpack_require__(15));
-const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(931);
 const downloadUtils_1 = __webpack_require__(251);
 const options_1 = __webpack_require__(538);
 const requestUtils_1 = __webpack_require__(899);
@ -3414,10 +3408,17 @@ function createHttpClient() {
    const bearerCredentialHandler = new auth_1.BearerCredentialHandler(token);
    return new http_client_1.HttpClient('actions/cache', [bearerCredentialHandler], getRequestOptions());
 }
-function getCacheVersion(paths, compressionMethod) {
-    const components = paths.concat(!compressionMethod || compressionMethod === constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip
-        ? []
-        : [compressionMethod]);
+function getCacheVersion(paths, compressionMethod, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
+    const components = paths;
+    // Add compression method to cache version to restore
+    // compressed cache as per compression method
+    if (compressionMethod) {
+        components.push(compressionMethod);
+    }
+    // Only check for windows platforms if enableCrossOsArchive is false
+    if (process.platform === 'win32' && !enableCrossOsArchive) {
+        components.push('windows-only');
+    }
    // Add salt to cache version to support breaking changes in cache entry
    components.push(versionSalt);
    return crypto
@ -3429,10 +3430,15 @@ exports.getCacheVersion = getCacheVersion;
 function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const httpClient = createHttpClient();
-        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod);
+        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.enableCrossOsArchive);
        const resource = `cache?keys=${encodeURIComponent(keys.join(','))}&version=${version}`;
        const response = yield requestUtils_1.retryTypedResponse('getCacheEntry', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () { return httpClient.getJson(getCacheApiUrl(resource)); }));
+        // Cache not found
        if (response.statusCode === 204) {
+            // List cache for primary key only if cache miss occurs
+            if (core.isDebug()) {
+                yield printCachesListForDiagnostics(keys[0], httpClient, version);
+            }
            return null;
        }
        if (!requestUtils_1.isSuccessStatusCode(response.statusCode)) {
@ -3441,6 +3447,7 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
        const cacheResult = response.result;
        const cacheDownloadUrl = cacheResult === null || cacheResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheResult.archiveLocation;
        if (!cacheDownloadUrl) {
+            // Cache achiveLocation not found. This should never happen, and hence bail out.
            throw new Error('Cache not found.');
        }
        core.setSecret(cacheDownloadUrl);
@ -3450,6 +3457,22 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
    });
 }
 exports.getCacheEntry = getCacheEntry;
+function printCachesListForDiagnostics(key, httpClient, version) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const resource = `caches?key=${encodeURIComponent(key)}`;
+        const response = yield requestUtils_1.retryTypedResponse('listCache', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () { return httpClient.getJson(getCacheApiUrl(resource)); }));
+        if (response.statusCode === 200) {
+            const cacheListResult = response.result;
+            const totalCount = cacheListResult === null || cacheListResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheListResult.totalCount;
+            if (totalCount && totalCount > 0) {
+                core.debug(`No matching cache found for cache key '${key}', version '${version} and scope ${process.env['GITHUB_REF']}. There exist one or more cache(s) with similar key but they have different version or scope. See more info on cache matching here: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#matching-a-cache-key \nOther caches with similar key:`);
+                for (const cacheEntry of (cacheListResult === null || cacheListResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheListResult.artifactCaches) || []) {
+                    core.debug(`Cache Key: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.cacheKey}, Cache Version: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.cacheVersion}, Cache Scope: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.scope}, Cache Created: ${cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.creationTime}`);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
 function downloadCache(archiveLocation, archivePath, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const archiveUrl = new url_1.URL(archiveLocation);
@ -3470,7 +3493,7 @@ exports.downloadCache = downloadCache;
 function reserveCache(key, paths, options) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        const httpClient = createHttpClient();
-        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod);
+        const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.enableCrossOsArchive);
        const reserveCacheRequest = {
            key,
            version,
@ -4950,7 +4973,9 @@ var Inputs;
    Inputs["Key"] = "key";
    Inputs["Path"] = "path";
    Inputs["RestoreKeys"] = "restore-keys";
-    Inputs["UploadChunkSize"] = "upload-chunk-size"; // Input for cache, save action
+    Inputs["UploadChunkSize"] = "upload-chunk-size";
+    Inputs["EnableCrossOsArchive"] = "enableCrossOsArchive";
+    Inputs["FailOnCacheMiss"] = "fail-on-cache-miss"; // Input for cache, restore action
 })(Inputs = exports.Inputs || (exports.Inputs = {}));
 var Outputs;
 (function (Outputs) {
@ -38110,21 +38135,19 @@ const path = __importStar(__webpack_require__(622));
 const utils = __importStar(__webpack_require__(15));
 const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(931);
 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32';
-function getTarPath(args, compressionMethod) {
+// Returns tar path and type: BSD or GNU
+function getTarPath() {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        switch (process.platform) {
            case 'win32': {
-                const systemTar = `${process.env['windir']}\\System32\\tar.exe`;
-                if (compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip) {
-                    // We only use zstandard compression on windows when gnu tar is installed due to
-                    // a bug with compressing large files with bsdtar + zstd
-                    args.push('--force-local');
+                const gnuTar = yield utils.getGnuTarPathOnWindows();
+                const systemTar = constants_1.SystemTarPathOnWindows;
+                if (gnuTar) {
+                    // Use GNUtar as default on windows
+                    return { path: gnuTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU };
                }
                else if (fs_1.existsSync(systemTar)) {
-                    return systemTar;
-                }
-                else if (yield utils.isGnuTarInstalled()) {
-                    args.push('--force-local');
+                    return { path: systemTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD };
                }
                break;
            }
@ -38132,25 +38155,92 @@ function getTarPath(args, compressionMethod) {
                const gnuTar = yield io.which('gtar', false);
                if (gnuTar) {
                    // fix permission denied errors when extracting BSD tar archive with GNU tar - https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/527
-                    args.push('--delay-directory-restore');
-                    return gnuTar;
+                    return { path: gnuTar, type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU };
+                }
+                else {
+                    return {
+                        path: yield io.which('tar', true),
+                        type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD
+                    };
                }
-                break;
            }
            default:
                break;
        }
-        return yield io.which('tar', true);
+        // Default assumption is GNU tar is present in path
+        return {
+            path: yield io.which('tar', true),
+            type: constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU
+        };
    });
 }
-function execTar(args, compressionMethod, cwd) {
+// Return arguments for tar as per tarPath, compressionMethod, method type and os
+function getTarArgs(tarPath, compressionMethod, type, archivePath = '') {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        try {
-            yield exec_1.exec(`"${yield getTarPath(args, compressionMethod)}"`, args, { cwd });
+        const args = [`"${tarPath.path}"`];
+        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
+        const tarFile = 'cache.tar';
+        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
+        // Speficic args for BSD tar on windows for workaround
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        // Method specific args
+        switch (type) {
+            case 'create':
+                args.push('--posix', '-cf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '--exclude', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P', '-C', workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '--files-from', constants_1.ManifestFilename);
+                break;
+            case 'extract':
+                args.push('-xf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P', '-C', workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'));
+                break;
+            case 'list':
+                args.push('-tf', BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? tarFile
+                    : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'), '-P');
+                break;
        }
-        catch (error) {
-            throw new Error(`Tar failed with error: ${error === null || error === void 0 ? void 0 : error.message}`);
+        // Platform specific args
+        if (tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.GNU) {
+            switch (process.platform) {
+                case 'win32':
+                    args.push('--force-local');
+                    break;
+                case 'darwin':
+                    args.push('--delay-directory-restore');
+                    break;
+            }
        }
+        return args;
+    });
+}
+// Returns commands to run tar and compression program
+function getCommands(compressionMethod, type, archivePath = '') {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        let args;
+        const tarPath = yield getTarPath();
+        const tarArgs = yield getTarArgs(tarPath, compressionMethod, type, archivePath);
+        const compressionArgs = type !== 'create'
+            ? yield getDecompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod, archivePath)
+            : yield getCompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod);
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        if (BSD_TAR_ZSTD && type !== 'create') {
+            args = [[...compressionArgs].join(' '), [...tarArgs].join(' ')];
+        }
+        else {
+            args = [[...tarArgs].join(' '), [...compressionArgs].join(' ')];
+        }
+        if (BSD_TAR_ZSTD) {
+            return args;
+        }
+        return [args.join(' ')];
    });
 }
 function getWorkingDirectory() {
@ -38158,91 +38248,119 @@ function getWorkingDirectory() {
    return (_a = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : process.cwd();
 }
 // Common function for extractTar and listTar to get the compression method
-function getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod) {
-    // -d: Decompress.
-    // unzstd is equivalent to 'zstd -d'
-    // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
-    // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
-    switch (compressionMethod) {
-        case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
-            return [
-                '--use-compress-program',
-                IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d --long=30' : 'unzstd --long=30'
-            ];
-        case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
-            return ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d' : 'unzstd'];
-        default:
-            return ['-z'];
-    }
+function getDecompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod, archivePath) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        // -d: Decompress.
+        // unzstd is equivalent to 'zstd -d'
+        // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
+        // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        switch (compressionMethod) {
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -d --long=30 --force -o',
+                        constants_1.TarFilename,
+                        archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+                    ]
+                    : [
+                        '--use-compress-program',
+                        IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d --long=30"' : 'unzstd --long=30'
+                    ];
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -d --force -o',
+                        constants_1.TarFilename,
+                        archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+                    ]
+                    : ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d"' : 'unzstd'];
+            default:
+                return ['-z'];
+        }
+    });
 }
+// Used for creating the archive
+// -T#: Compress using # working thread. If # is 0, attempt to detect and use the number of physical CPU cores.
+// zstdmt is equivalent to 'zstd -T0'
+// --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
+// Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
+// Long range mode is added to zstd in v1.3.2 release, so we will not use --long in older version of zstd.
+function getCompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
+        const BSD_TAR_ZSTD = tarPath.type === constants_1.ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+            compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+            IS_WINDOWS;
+        switch (compressionMethod) {
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -T0 --long=30 --force -o',
+                        cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+                        constants_1.TarFilename
+                    ]
+                    : [
+                        '--use-compress-program',
+                        IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -T0 --long=30"' : 'zstdmt --long=30'
+                    ];
+            case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
+                return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+                    ? [
+                        'zstd -T0 --force -o',
+                        cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+                        constants_1.TarFilename
+                    ]
+                    : ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -T0"' : 'zstdmt'];
+            default:
+                return ['-z'];
+        }
+    });
+}
+// Executes all commands as separate processes
+function execCommands(commands, cwd) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        for (const command of commands) {
+            try {
+                yield exec_1.exec(command, undefined, {
+                    cwd,
+                    env: Object.assign(Object.assign({}, process.env), { MSYS: 'winsymlinks:nativestrict' })
+                });
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                throw new Error(`${command.split(' ')[0]} failed with error: ${error === null || error === void 0 ? void 0 : error.message}`);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+// List the contents of a tar
 function listTar(archivePath, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        const args = [
-            ...getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod),
-            '-tf',
-            archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P'
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod);
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'list', archivePath);
+        yield execCommands(commands);
    });
 }
 exports.listTar = listTar;
+// Extract a tar
 function extractTar(archivePath, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        // Create directory to extract tar into
        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
        yield io.mkdirP(workingDirectory);
-        const args = [
-            ...getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod),
-            '-xf',
-            archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P',
-            '-C',
-            workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod);
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'extract', archivePath);
+        yield execCommands(commands);
    });
 }
 exports.extractTar = extractTar;
+// Create a tar
 function createTar(archiveFolder, sourceDirectories, compressionMethod) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        // Write source directories to manifest.txt to avoid command length limits
-        const manifestFilename = 'manifest.txt';
-        const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod);
-        fs_1.writeFileSync(path.join(archiveFolder, manifestFilename), sourceDirectories.join('\n'));
-        const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory();
-        // -T#: Compress using # working thread. If # is 0, attempt to detect and use the number of physical CPU cores.
-        // zstdmt is equivalent to 'zstd -T0'
-        // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
-        // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
-        // Long range mode is added to zstd in v1.3.2 release, so we will not use --long in older version of zstd.
-        function getCompressionProgram() {
-            switch (compressionMethod) {
-                case constants_1.CompressionMethod.Zstd:
-                    return [
-                        '--use-compress-program',
-                        IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0 --long=30' : 'zstdmt --long=30'
-                    ];
-                case constants_1.CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
-                    return ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0' : 'zstdmt'];
-                default:
-                    return ['-z'];
-            }
-        }
-        const args = [
-            '--posix',
-            ...getCompressionProgram(),
-            '-cf',
-            cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '--exclude',
-            cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '-P',
-            '-C',
-            workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-            '--files-from',
-            manifestFilename
-        ];
-        yield execTar(args, compressionMethod, archiveFolder);
+        fs_1.writeFileSync(path.join(archiveFolder, constants_1.ManifestFilename), sourceDirectories.join('\n'));
+        const commands = yield getCommands(compressionMethod, 'create');
+        yield execCommands(commands, archiveFolder);
    });
 }
 exports.createTar = createTar;
@ -38477,7 +38595,7 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
    return result;
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = exports.getInputAsInt = exports.getInputAsArray = exports.isValidEvent = exports.logWarning = exports.isExactKeyMatch = exports.isGhes = void 0;
+exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = exports.getInputAsBool = exports.getInputAsInt = exports.getInputAsArray = exports.isValidEvent = exports.logWarning = exports.isExactKeyMatch = exports.isGhes = void 0;
 const cache = __importStar(__webpack_require__(692));
 const core = __importStar(__webpack_require__(470));
 const constants_1 = __webpack_require__(196);
@ -38520,6 +38638,11 @@ function getInputAsInt(name, options) {
    return value;
 }
 exports.getInputAsInt = getInputAsInt;
+function getInputAsBool(name, options) {
+    const result = core.getInput(name, options);
+    return result.toLowerCase() === "true";
+}
+exports.getInputAsBool = getInputAsBool;
 function isCacheFeatureAvailable() {
    if (cache.isFeatureAvailable()) {
        return true;
@ -40999,9 +41122,8 @@ function saveImpl(stateProvider) {
            const cachePaths = utils.getInputAsArray(constants_1.Inputs.Path, {
                required: true
            });
-            cacheId = yield cache.saveCache(cachePaths, primaryKey, {
-                uploadChunkSize: utils.getInputAsInt(constants_1.Inputs.UploadChunkSize)
-            });
+            const enableCrossOsArchive = utils.getInputAsBool(constants_1.Inputs.EnableCrossOsArchive);
+            cacheId = yield cache.saveCache(cachePaths, primaryKey, { uploadChunkSize: utils.getInputAsInt(constants_1.Inputs.UploadChunkSize) }, enableCrossOsArchive);
            if (cacheId != -1) {
                core.info(`Cache saved with key: ${primaryKey}`);
            }
@ -47216,9 +47338,10 @@ exports.isFeatureAvailable = isFeatureAvailable;
 * @param primaryKey an explicit key for restoring the cache
 * @param restoreKeys an optional ordered list of keys to use for restoring the cache if no cache hit occurred for key
 * @param downloadOptions cache download options
+ * @param enableCrossOsArchive an optional boolean enabled to restore on windows any cache created on any platform
 * @returns string returns the key for the cache hit, otherwise returns undefined
 */
-function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options) {
+function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        checkPaths(paths);
        restoreKeys = restoreKeys || [];
@ -47236,7 +47359,8 @@ function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options) {
        try {
            // path are needed to compute version
            const cacheEntry = yield cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
-                compressionMethod
+                compressionMethod,
+                enableCrossOsArchive
            });
            if (!(cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.archiveLocation)) {
                // Cache not found
@ -47283,10 +47407,11 @@ exports.restoreCache = restoreCache;
 *
 * @param paths a list of file paths to be cached
 * @param key an explicit key for restoring the cache
+ * @param enableCrossOsArchive an optional boolean enabled to save cache on windows which could be restored on any platform
 * @param options cache upload options
 * @returns number returns cacheId if the cache was saved successfully and throws an error if save fails
 */
-function saveCache(paths, key, options) {
+function saveCache(paths, key, options, enableCrossOsArchive = false) {
    var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e;
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        checkPaths(paths);
@ -47317,6 +47442,7 @@ function saveCache(paths, key, options) {
            core.debug('Reserving Cache');
            const reserveCacheResponse = yield cacheHttpClient.reserveCache(key, paths, {
                compressionMethod,
+                enableCrossOsArchive,
                cacheSize: archiveFileSize
            });
            if ((_a = reserveCacheResponse === null || reserveCacheResponse === void 0 ? void 0 : reserveCacheResponse.result) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.cacheId) {
@ -53243,6 +53369,11 @@ var CompressionMethod;
    CompressionMethod["ZstdWithoutLong"] = "zstd-without-long";
    CompressionMethod["Zstd"] = "zstd";
 })(CompressionMethod = exports.CompressionMethod || (exports.CompressionMethod = {}));
+var ArchiveToolType;
+(function (ArchiveToolType) {
+    ArchiveToolType["GNU"] = "gnu";
+    ArchiveToolType["BSD"] = "bsd";
+})(ArchiveToolType = exports.ArchiveToolType || (exports.ArchiveToolType = {}));
 // The default number of retry attempts.
 exports.DefaultRetryAttempts = 2;
 // The default delay in milliseconds between retry attempts.
@ -53251,6 +53382,12 @@ exports.DefaultRetryDelay = 5000;
 // over the socket during this period, the socket is destroyed and the download
 // is aborted.
 exports.SocketTimeout = 5000;
+// The default path of GNUtar on hosted Windows runners
+exports.GnuTarPathOnWindows = `${process.env['PROGRAMFILES']}\\Git\\usr\\bin\\tar.exe`;
+// The default path of BSDtar on hosted Windows runners
+exports.SystemTarPathOnWindows = `${process.env['SYSTEMDRIVE']}\\Windows\\System32\\tar.exe`;
+exports.TarFilename = 'cache.tar';
+exports.ManifestFilename = 'manifest.txt';
 //# sourceMappingURL=constants.js.map

 /***/ }),
--- a/examples.md
+++ b/examples.md
@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 - [Swift, Objective-C - Carthage](#swift-objective-c---carthage)
 - [Swift, Objective-C - CocoaPods](#swift-objective-c---cocoapods)
 - [Swift - Swift Package Manager](#swift---swift-package-manager)
+- [Swift - Mint](#swift---mint)

 ## C# - NuGet

@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ With `actions/cache@v3` you can now exclude unwanted packages with [exclude patt
 ```

 Or you could move the cache folder like below.
->Note: This workflow does not work for projects that require files to be placed in user profile package folder
+> **Note** This workflow does not work for projects that require files to be placed in user profile package folder

 ```yaml
 env:
@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ We cache the elements of the Cabal store separately, as the entirety of `~/.caba

 ## Java - Gradle

->Note: Ensure no Gradle daemons are running anymore when your workflow completes. Creating the cache package might fail due to locks being held by Gradle. Refer to the [Gradle Daemon documentation](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle_daemon.html) on how to disable or stop the Gradle Daemons.
+> **Note** Ensure no Gradle daemons are running anymore when your workflow completes. Creating the cache package might fail due to locks being held by Gradle. Refer to the [Gradle Daemon documentation](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle_daemon.html) on how to disable or stop the Gradle Daemons.

 ```yaml
 - uses: actions/cache@v3
@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ For npm, cache files are stored in `~/.npm` on Posix, or `~\AppData\npm-cache` o
 If using `npm config` to retrieve the cache directory, ensure you run [actions/setup-node](https://github.com/actions/setup-node) first to ensure your `npm` version is correct.
 After [deprecation](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/) of save-state and set-output commands, the correct way to set output is using `${GITHUB_OUTPUT}`. For linux, we can use `${GITHUB_OUTPUT}` whereas for windows we need to use `${env:GITHUB_OUTPUT}` due to two different default shells in these two different OS ie `bash` and `pwsh` respectively.

->Note: It is not recommended to cache `node_modules`, as it can break across Node versions and won't work with `npm ci`
+> **Note** It is not recommended to cache `node_modules`, as it can break across Node versions and won't work with `npm ci`

 ### **Get npm cache directory using same shell**
 ### Bash shell
@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ The yarn cache directory will depend on your operating system and version of `ya
 ```yaml
 - name: Get yarn cache directory path
  id: yarn-cache-dir-path
-  run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(yarn cache dir)"
+  run: echo "dir=$(yarn cache dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

 - uses: actions/cache@v3
  id: yarn-cache # use this to check for `cache-hit` (`steps.yarn-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'`)
@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ The yarn 2 cache directory will depend on your config. See https://yarnpkg.com/c
 ```yaml
 - name: Get yarn cache directory path
  id: yarn-cache-dir-path
-  run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(yarn config get cacheFolder)"
+  run: echo "dir=$(yarn config get cacheFolder)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

 - uses: actions/cache@v3
  id: yarn-cache # use this to check for `cache-hit` (`steps.yarn-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'`)
@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ Esy allows you to export built dependencies and import pre-built dependencies.
 - name: Get Composer Cache Directory
  id: composer-cache
  run: |
-    echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
+    echo "dir=$(composer config cache-files-dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 - uses: actions/cache@v3
  with:
    path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
@ -507,12 +508,12 @@ jobs:

 ### Using pip to get cache location

-> Note: This requires pip 20.1+
+> **Note** This requires pip 20.1+
 ```yaml
 - name: Get pip cache dir
  id: pip-cache
  run: |
-    echo "::set-output name=dir::$(pip cache dir)"
+    echo "dir=$(pip cache dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

 - name: pip cache
  uses: actions/cache@v3
@ -641,3 +642,18 @@ whenever possible:
    restore-keys: |
      ${{ runner.os }}-spm-
 ```
+
+## Swift - Mint
+
+```yaml
+env:
+  MINT_PATH: .mint/lib
+  MINT_LINK_PATH: .mint/bin
+steps:
+  - uses: actions/cache@v3
+    with:
+      path: .mint
+      key: ${{ runner.os }}-mint-${{ hashFiles('**/Mintfile') }}
+      restore-keys: |
+        ${{ runner.os }}-mint-
+```
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
  "name": "cache",
-  "version": "3.2.0",
+  "version": "3.2.6",
  "lockfileVersion": 2,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "cache",
-      "version": "3.2.0",
+      "version": "3.2.6",
      "license": "MIT",
      "dependencies": {
-        "@actions/cache": "^3.0.6",
+        "@actions/cache": "^3.1.4",
        "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
        "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
        "@actions/io": "^1.1.2"
@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@actions/cache": {
-      "version": "3.0.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.0.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Tttit+nqmxgb2M5Ufj5p8Lwd+fx329HOTLzxMrY4aaaZqBzqetgWlEfszMyiXfX4cJML+bzLJbyD9rNYt8TJ8g==",
+      "version": "3.1.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.1.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Uh9wsz7SxunfyqF3UY/wfHI81z97CYQrZs4NU+whzYd0N8emTaloB+XtrAq46X2RbQEOBjF6R090jKQpX4coGg==",
      "dependencies": {
        "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
        "@actions/exec": "^1.0.1",
@ -8146,9 +8146,9 @@
      "dev": true
    },
    "node_modules/json5": {
-      "version": "2.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-2.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-1hqLFMSrGHRHxav9q9gNjJ5EXznIxGVO09xQRrwplcS8qs28pZ8s8hupZAmqDwZUmVZ2Qb2jnyPOWcDH8m8dlA==",
+      "version": "2.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-2.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XmOWe7eyHYH14cLdVPoyg+GOH3rYX++KpzrylJwSW98t3Nk+U8XOl8FWKOgwtzdb8lXGf6zYwDUzeHMWfxasyg==",
      "dev": true,
      "bin": {
        "json5": "lib/cli.js"
@ -9406,9 +9406,9 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/tsconfig-paths/node_modules/json5": {
-      "version": "1.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-aKS4WQjPenRxiQsC93MNfjx+nbF4PAdYzmd/1JIj8HYzqfbu86beTuNgXDzPknWk0n0uARlyewZo4s++ES36Ow==",
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-g1MWMLBiz8FKi1e4w0UyVL3w+iJceWAFBAaBnnGKOpNa5f8TLktkbre1+s6oICydWAm+HRUGTmI+//xv2hvXYA==",
      "dev": true,
      "dependencies": {
        "minimist": "^1.2.0"
@ -9722,9 +9722,9 @@
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@actions/cache": {
-      "version": "3.0.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.0.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Tttit+nqmxgb2M5Ufj5p8Lwd+fx329HOTLzxMrY4aaaZqBzqetgWlEfszMyiXfX4cJML+bzLJbyD9rNYt8TJ8g==",
+      "version": "3.1.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.1.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Uh9wsz7SxunfyqF3UY/wfHI81z97CYQrZs4NU+whzYd0N8emTaloB+XtrAq46X2RbQEOBjF6R090jKQpX4coGg==",
      "requires": {
        "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
        "@actions/exec": "^1.0.1",
@ -16062,9 +16062,9 @@
      "dev": true
    },
    "json5": {
-      "version": "2.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-2.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-1hqLFMSrGHRHxav9q9gNjJ5EXznIxGVO09xQRrwplcS8qs28pZ8s8hupZAmqDwZUmVZ2Qb2jnyPOWcDH8m8dlA==",
+      "version": "2.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-2.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XmOWe7eyHYH14cLdVPoyg+GOH3rYX++KpzrylJwSW98t3Nk+U8XOl8FWKOgwtzdb8lXGf6zYwDUzeHMWfxasyg==",
      "dev": true
    },
    "kleur": {
@ -16967,9 +16967,9 @@
      },
      "dependencies": {
        "json5": {
-          "version": "1.0.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-1.0.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-aKS4WQjPenRxiQsC93MNfjx+nbF4PAdYzmd/1JIj8HYzqfbu86beTuNgXDzPknWk0n0uARlyewZo4s++ES36Ow==",
+          "version": "1.0.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-1.0.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-g1MWMLBiz8FKi1e4w0UyVL3w+iJceWAFBAaBnnGKOpNa5f8TLktkbre1+s6oICydWAm+HRUGTmI+//xv2hvXYA==",
          "dev": true,
          "requires": {
            "minimist": "^1.2.0"
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "cache",
-  "version": "3.2.0",
+  "version": "3.2.6",
  "private": true,
  "description": "Cache dependencies and build outputs",
  "main": "dist/restore/index.js",
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  "author": "GitHub",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/cache": "^3.0.6",
+    "@actions/cache": "^3.1.4",
    "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
    "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
    "@actions/io": "^1.1.2"
--- a/restore/README.md
+++ b/restore/README.md
@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
 # Restore action

-The restore action, as the name suggest, restores a cache. It acts similar to the`cache` action except that it doesn't have a post step to save the cache. This action can provide you a granular control to only restore a cache without having to necessarily save it.  It accepts the same set of inputs as the `cache` action.
+The restore action restores a cache. It works similarly to the `cache` action except that it doesn't have a post step to save the cache. This action provides granular ability to restore a cache without having to save it. It accepts the same set of inputs as the `cache` action.

-## Inputs
+## Documentation

-* `path` - A list of files, directories, and wildcard patterns to cache and restore. See [`@actions/glob`](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/glob) for supported patterns.
-* `key` - String used while saving cache for restoring the cache
+### Inputs
+
+* `key` - An explicit key for a cache entry. See [creating a cache key](../README.md#creating-a-cache-key).
+* `path` - A list of files, directories, and wildcard patterns to restore. See [`@actions/glob`](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/glob) for supported patterns.
 * `restore-keys` - An ordered list of prefix-matched keys to use for restoring stale cache if no cache hit occurred for key.
+* `fail-on-cache-miss` - Fail the workflow if cache entry is not found. Default: false

-## Outputs
+### Outputs

-* `cache-hit` - A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the key. 
+* `cache-hit` - A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the key.
 * `cache-primary-key` - Cache primary key passed in the input to use in subsequent steps of the workflow.
-* `cache-matched-key` -  Key of the cache that was restored, it could either be the primary key on cache-hit or a partial/complete match of one of the restore keys.
+* `cache-matched-key` - Key of the cache that was restored, it could either be the primary key on cache-hit or a partial/complete match of one of the restore keys.

 > **Note**
 `cache-hit` will be set to `true` only when cache hit occurs for the exact `key` match. For a partial key match via `restore-keys` or a cache miss, it will be set to `false`.

 ### Environment Variables
-* `SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS` - Segment download timeout (in minutes, default `60`) to abort download of the segment if not completed in the defined number of minutes. [Read more](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/workarounds.md#cache-segment-restore-timeout)
+
+* `SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS` - Segment download timeout (in minutes, default `60`) to abort download of the segment if not completed in the defined number of minutes. [Read more](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/tips-and-workarounds.md#cache-segment-restore-timeout)

 ## Use cases

@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ As this is a newly introduced action to give users more control in their workflo

 ### Only restore cache

-In case you are using another workflow to create and save your cache that can be reused by other jobs in your repository, this action will take care of your restore only needs.
+If you are using separate jobs to create and save your cache(s) to be reused by other jobs in a repository, this action will take care of your cache restoring needs.

 ```yaml
 steps:
@ -49,14 +53,14 @@ steps:
    run: /publish.sh
 ```

-Once the cache is restored, this action won't run any post step to do post-processing like `actions/cache` and the rest of the workflow will run as usual.
+Once the cache is restored, unlike `actions/cache`, this action won't run a post step to do post-processing, and the rest of the workflow will run as usual.

 ### Save intermediate private build artifacts

-In case of multi-module projects, where the built artifact of one project needs to be reused in subsequent child modules, the need of rebuilding the parent module again and again with every build can be eliminated. The `actions/cache` or `actions/cache/save` action can be used to build and save the parent module artifact once, and restored multiple times while building the child modules.
-
+In case of multi-module projects, where the built artifact of one project needs to be reused in subsequent child modules, the need to rebuild the parent module again and again with every build can be eliminated. The `actions/cache` or `actions/cache/save` action can be used to build and save the parent module artifact once, and it can be restored multiple times while building the child modules.

 #### Step 1 - Build the parent module and save it
+
 ```yaml
 steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ steps:
 ```

 #### Step 2 - Restore the built artifact from cache using the same key and path
+
 ```yaml
 steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@ -95,7 +100,9 @@ steps:

 ### Exit workflow on cache miss

-You can use the output of this action to exit the workflow on cache miss. This way you can restrict your workflow to only initiate the build when `cache-hit` occurs, in other words, cache with exact key is found.
+You can use `fail-on-cache-miss: true` to exit a workflow on a cache miss. This way you can restrict your workflow to only build when there is a `cache-hit`.
+
+To fail if there is no cache hit for the primary key, leave `restore-keys` empty!

 ```yaml
 steps:
@ -106,10 +113,7 @@ steps:
    with:
      path: path/to/dependencies
      key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
-
-  - name: Check cache hit
-    if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-    run: exit 1
+      fail-on-cache-miss: true

  - name: Build
    run: /build.sh
@ -117,15 +121,14 @@ steps:

 ## Tips

+### Reusing primary key and restored key in the save action

-#### Reusing primary key and restored key in the save action
+Usually you may want to use the same `key` with both `actions/cache/restore` and `actions/cache/save` actions. To achieve this, use `outputs` from the `restore` action to reuse the same primary key (or the key of the cache that was restored).

-Usually you may want to use same `key` in both actions/cache/restore` and `actions/cache/save` action. To achieve this, use `outputs` from the restore action to reuse the same primary key (or the key of the cache that was restored).
-
-#### Using restore action outputs to make save action behave just like the cache action
+### Using restore action outputs to make save action behave just like the cache action

 The outputs `cache-primary-key` and `cache-matched-key` can be used to check if the restored cache is same as the given primary key. Alternatively, the `cache-hit` output can also be used to check if the restored was a complete match or a partially restored cache.

-#### Ensuring proper restores and save happen across the actions
+### Ensuring proper restores and save happen across the actions

 It is very important to use the same `key` and `path` that were used by either `actions/cache` or `actions/cache/save` while saving the cache. Learn more about cache key [naming](https://github.com/actions/cache#creating-a-cache-key) and [versioning](https://github.com/actions/cache#cache-version) here.
--- a/restore/action.yml
+++ b/restore/action.yml
@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ inputs:
  restore-keys:
    description: 'An ordered list of keys to use for restoring stale cache if no cache hit occurred for key. Note `cache-hit` returns false in this case.'
    required: false
+  enableCrossOsArchive:
+    description: 'An optional boolean when enabled, allows windows runners to restore caches that were saved on other platforms'
+    default: 'false'
+    required: false
+  fail-on-cache-miss:
+    description: 'Fail the workflow if cache entry is not found'
+    default: 'false'
+    required: false
 outputs:
  cache-hit:
    description: 'A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the primary key'
@ -23,4 +31,4 @@ runs:
  main: '../dist/restore-only/index.js'
 branding:
  icon: 'archive'
-  color: 'gray-dark'
+  color: 'gray-dark'
--- a/save/README.md
+++ b/save/README.md
@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # Save action

-The save action, as the name suggest, saves a cache. It acts similar to the `cache` action except that it doesn't necessarily first do a restore. This action can provide you a granular control to only save a cache without having to necessarily restore it, or to do a restore anywhere in the workflow job and not only in post phase.
+The save action saves a cache. It works similarly to the `cache` action except that it doesn't first do a restore. This action provides granular ability to save a cache without having to restore it, or to do a save at any stage of the workflow job -- not only in post phase.

-## Inputs
+## Documentation

-* `key` - 'An explicit key for saving the cache'
-* `path` - 'A list of files, directories, and wildcard patterns to cache'
-* `upload-chunk-size` - 'The chunk size used to split up large files during upload, in bytes'
+### Inputs

-## Outputs
+* `key` - An explicit key for a cache entry. See [creating a cache key](../README.md#creating-a-cache-key).
+* `path` - A list of files, directories, and wildcard patterns to cache. See [`@actions/glob`](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/glob) for supported patterns.
+* `upload-chunk-size` - The chunk size used to split up large files during upload, in bytes
+
+### Outputs

 This action has no outputs.

@ -17,17 +19,16 @@ This action has no outputs.

 ### Only save cache

-In case you are using separate jobs for generating common artifacts and sharing them across different jobs, this action will help you with your save only needs.
+If you are using separate jobs for generating common artifacts and sharing them across jobs, this action will take care of your cache saving needs.

 ```yaml
 steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v3

  - name: Install Dependencies
-    if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
    run: /install.sh

-  - name: Build common artifacts
+  - name: Build artifacts
    run: /build.sh

  - uses: actions/cache/save@v3
@ -39,9 +40,11 @@ steps:

 ### Re-evaluate cache key while saving

-With save action, the key can now be re-evaluated while executing the action. This helps in cases where the lockfiles are generated during the build.
+With this save action, the key can now be re-evaluated while executing the action. This helps in cases where lockfiles are generated during the build.

-Let's say we have a restore step that computes key at runtime
+Let's say we have a restore step that computes a key at runtime.
+
+#### Restore a cache

 ```yaml
 uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
@ -50,14 +53,15 @@ with:
    key: cache-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
 ```

-Case 1: Where an user would want to reuse the key as it is
+#### Case 1 - Where a user would want to reuse the key as it is
 ```yaml
 uses: actions/cache/save@v3
 with:
-    key: steps.restore-cache.output.key
+    key: ${{ steps.restore-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
 ```

-Case 2: Where the user would want to re-evaluate the key
+#### Case 2 - Where the user would want to re-evaluate the key
+
 ```yaml
 uses: actions/cache/save@v3
 with:
@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ with:

 ### Always save cache

-There are instances where some flaky test cases would fail the entire workflow and users would get frustrated because the builds would run for hours and the cache couldn't get saved as the workflow failed in between. For such use-cases, users would now have the ability to use `actions/cache/save` action to save the cache by using `if: always()` condition. This way the cache will always be saved if generated, or a warning will be thrown that nothing is found on the cache path. Users can also use the `if` condition to only execute the `actions/cache/save` action depending on the output of the previous steps. This way they get more control on when to save the cache.
+There are instances where some flaky test cases would fail the entire workflow and users would get frustrated because the builds would run for hours and the cache couldn't be saved as the workflow failed in between. For such use-cases, users now have the ability to use the `actions/cache/save` action to save the cache by using an `if: always()` condition. This way the cache will always be saved if generated, or a warning will be generated that nothing is found on the cache path. Users can also use the `if` condition to only execute the `actions/cache/save` action depending on the output of previous steps. This way they get more control of when to save the cache.

 ```yaml
 steps:
--- a/save/action.yml
+++ b/save/action.yml
@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ inputs:
  upload-chunk-size:
    description: 'The chunk size used to split up large files during upload, in bytes'
    required: false
+  enableCrossOsArchive:
+    description: 'An optional boolean when enabled, allows windows runners to save caches that can be restored on other platforms'
+    default: 'false'
+    required: false
 runs:
  using: 'node16'
  main: '../dist/save-only/index.js'
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ export enum Inputs {
    Key = "key", // Input for cache, restore, save action
    Path = "path", // Input for cache, restore, save action
    RestoreKeys = "restore-keys", // Input for cache, restore action
-    UploadChunkSize = "upload-chunk-size" // Input for cache, save action
+    UploadChunkSize = "upload-chunk-size", // Input for cache, save action
+    EnableCrossOsArchive = "enableCrossOsArchive", // Input for cache, restore, save action
+    FailOnCacheMiss = "fail-on-cache-miss" // Input for cache, restore action
 }

 export enum Outputs {
--- a/src/restoreImpl.ts
+++ b/src/restoreImpl.ts
@ -31,14 +31,25 @@ async function restoreImpl(
        const cachePaths = utils.getInputAsArray(Inputs.Path, {
            required: true
        });
+        const enableCrossOsArchive = utils.getInputAsBool(
+            Inputs.EnableCrossOsArchive
+        );
+        const failOnCacheMiss = utils.getInputAsBool(Inputs.FailOnCacheMiss);

        const cacheKey = await cache.restoreCache(
            cachePaths,
            primaryKey,
-            restoreKeys
+            restoreKeys,
+            {},
+            enableCrossOsArchive
        );

        if (!cacheKey) {
+            if (failOnCacheMiss) {
+                throw new Error(
+                    `Failed to restore cache entry. Exiting as fail-on-cache-miss is set. Input key: ${primaryKey}`
+                );
+            }
            core.info(
                `Cache not found for input keys: ${[
                    primaryKey,
--- a/src/saveImpl.ts
+++ b/src/saveImpl.ts
@ -52,9 +52,16 @@ async function saveImpl(stateProvider: IStateProvider): Promise<number | void> {
            required: true
        });

-        cacheId = await cache.saveCache(cachePaths, primaryKey, {
-            uploadChunkSize: utils.getInputAsInt(Inputs.UploadChunkSize)
-        });
+        const enableCrossOsArchive = utils.getInputAsBool(
+            Inputs.EnableCrossOsArchive
+        );
+
+        cacheId = await cache.saveCache(
+            cachePaths,
+            primaryKey,
+            { uploadChunkSize: utils.getInputAsInt(Inputs.UploadChunkSize) },
+            enableCrossOsArchive
+        );

        if (cacheId != -1) {
            core.info(`Cache saved with key: ${primaryKey}`);
--- a/src/utils/actionUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/actionUtils.ts
@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ export function getInputAsInt(
    return value;
 }

+export function getInputAsBool(
+    name: string,
+    options?: core.InputOptions
+): boolean {
+    const result = core.getInput(name, options);
+    return result.toLowerCase() === "true";
+}
+
 export function isCacheFeatureAvailable(): boolean {
    if (cache.isFeatureAvailable()) {
        return true;
--- a/src/utils/testUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/testUtils.ts
@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ interface CacheInput {
    path: string;
    key: string;
    restoreKeys?: string[];
+    enableCrossOsArchive?: boolean;
+    failOnCacheMiss?: boolean;
 }

 export function setInputs(input: CacheInput): void {
@ -20,6 +22,13 @@ export function setInputs(input: CacheInput): void {
    setInput(Inputs.Key, input.key);
    input.restoreKeys &&
        setInput(Inputs.RestoreKeys, input.restoreKeys.join("\n"));
+    input.enableCrossOsArchive !== undefined &&
+        setInput(
+            Inputs.EnableCrossOsArchive,
+            input.enableCrossOsArchive.toString()
+        );
+    input.failOnCacheMiss !== undefined &&
+        setInput(Inputs.FailOnCacheMiss, input.failOnCacheMiss.toString());
 }

 export function clearInputs(): void {
@ -27,4 +36,6 @@ export function clearInputs(): void {
    delete process.env[getInputName(Inputs.Key)];
    delete process.env[getInputName(Inputs.RestoreKeys)];
    delete process.env[getInputName(Inputs.UploadChunkSize)];
+    delete process.env[getInputName(Inputs.EnableCrossOsArchive)];
+    delete process.env[getInputName(Inputs.FailOnCacheMiss)];
 }
--- a/tips-and-workarounds.md
+++ b/tips-and-workarounds.md
@ -19,23 +19,12 @@ A cache today is immutable and cannot be updated. But some use cases require the
 ## Use cache across feature branches
 Reusing cache across feature branches is not allowed today to provide cache [isolation](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#restrictions-for-accessing-a-cache). However if both feature branches are from the default branch, a good way to achieve this is to ensure that the default branch has a cache. This cache will then be consumable by both feature branches.

-## Improving cache restore performance on Windows/Using cross-os caching
-Currently, cache restore is slow on Windows due to tar being inherently slow and the compression algorithm `gzip` in use. `zstd` is the default algorithm in use on linux and macos. It was disabled on Windows due to issues with bsd tar(libarchive), the tar implementation in use on Windows. 
-
-To improve cache restore performance, we can re-enable `zstd` as the compression algorithm using the following workaround. Add the following step to your workflow before the cache step:
-
-```yaml
-    - if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
-      name: Use GNU tar
-      shell: cmd
-      run: |
-        echo "Adding GNU tar to PATH"
-        echo C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin>>"%GITHUB_PATH%"
-```
-
-The `cache` action will use GNU tar instead of bsd tar on Windows. This should work on all Github Hosted runners as it is. For self-hosted runners, please ensure you have GNU tar and `zstd` installed.
-
-The above workaround is also needed if you wish to use cross-os caching since difference of compression algorithms will result in different cache versions for the same cache key. So the above workaround will ensure `zstd` is used for caching on all platforms thus resulting in the same cache version for the same cache key.
+## Cross OS cache
+From `v3.2.3` cache is cross-os compatible when `enableCrossOsArchive` input is passed as true. This means that a cache created on `ubuntu-latest` or `mac-latest` can be used by `windows-latest` and vice versa, provided the workflow which runs on `windows-latest` have input `enableCrossOsArchive` as true. This is useful to cache dependencies which are independent of the runner platform. This will help reduce the consumption of the cache quota and help build for multiple platforms from the same cache. Things to keep in mind while using this feature:
+- Only cache those files which are compatible across OSs.
+- Caching symlinks might cause issues while restoration as they work differently on different OSs.
+- Only cache files from within your github workspace directory. 
+- Avoid using directory pointers such as `${{ github.workspace }}` or `~` (home) which eventually evaluate to an absolute path and will not match across OSs.

 ## Force deletion of caches overriding default cache eviction policy
 Caches have [branch scope restriction](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#restrictions-for-accessing-a-cache) in place. This means that if caches for a specific branch are using a lot of storage quota, it may result into more frequently used caches from `default` branch getting thrashed. For example, if there are many pull requests happening on a repo and are creating caches, these cannot be used in default branch scope but will still occupy a lot of space till they get cleaned up by [eviction policy](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#usage-limits-and-eviction-policy). But sometime we want to clean them up on a faster cadence so as to ensure default branch is not thrashing. In order to achieve this, [gh-actions-cache cli](https://github.com/actions/gh-actions-cache/) can be used to delete caches for specific branches.
@ -64,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
          gh extension install actions/gh-actions-cache
          
          REPO=${{ github.repository }}
-          BRANCH=${{ github.ref }}
+          BRANCH=refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge

          echo "Fetching list of cache key"
          cacheKeysForPR=$(gh actions-cache list -R $REPO -B $BRANCH | cut -f 1 )
@ -80,4 +69,4 @@ jobs:
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 ```
-</details>
+</details>
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Lovepreet Singh	8d3a1e02aa	Fix license	2023-02-20 20:03:56 +00:00
Lovepreet Singh	b1db4b4897	Fix zstd breaking after new version release	2023-02-20 19:51:54 +00:00
Lovepreet Singh	7d4d6f7ffd	Update package-lock.json	2023-02-20 19:42:58 +00:00
Lovepreet Singh	8f7fa5d715	Bump @actions/cache version	2023-02-20 19:41:53 +00:00
Lovepreet Singh	95b455a0fb	3.2.6	2023-02-20 19:40:25 +00:00
Deepak Dahiya	81b7281936	Updated branch in Force deletion of caches (#1108 ) * Updated branch in Force deletion of caches Fixes this issue https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1107 * Update tips-and-workarounds.md	2023-02-14 14:41:58 +05:30
Sampark Sharma	6998d139dd	Release patch version update (#1105 )	2023-02-10 11:44:56 +05:30
Sankalp Kotewar	2b8105bdae	Fixing paths for OSes (#1101 )	2023-02-03 14:32:26 +05:30
Sankalp Kotewar	e08330827d	Fixed typos and formatting in docs (#1076 ) * Removed extra code from readme examples * Formatted and fixed typos	2023-02-03 09:53:09 +05:30
Josh Soref	22d3da765b	Rewrite readmes (#1085 ) * Improve readmes * Add markdown for default value Co-authored-by: Sankalp Kotewar <98868223+kotewar@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Sankalp Kotewar <98868223+kotewar@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-31 16:01:15 +05:30
Marc Mueller	627f0f41f6	Add `fail-on-cache-miss` option (#1036 ) * Add fail-on-cache-miss option * Small improvements * Changes after rebase * Update description * Only fail if no cache entry is found * Code review * Update readme * Add additional test case * Bump version + changelog * Update package-lock.json * Update Readme	2023-01-30 16:40:58 +05:30
Lovepreet Singh	8e3048d0f7	Merge pull request #1089 from maybeec/patch-1 Added another usage hint to foresee #1072	2023-01-27 16:34:23 +05:30
Malte Brunnlieb	1b004e8a69	Update tips-and-workarounds.md Co-authored-by: Lovepreet Singh <pdotl@github.com>	2023-01-27 09:07:57 +01:00
Malte Brunnlieb	75b110bc85	Added another hint to foresee #1072	2023-01-27 06:35:14 +01:00
Kevin P. Fleming	2b5a782c64	Update caching-strategies.md (#1084 ) Correct typo; `restore` should be `save'.	2023-01-22 19:20:12 +05:30
Lovepreet Singh	6c2de3ba98	Merge pull request #1081 from vHeemstra/patch-1 chore: Fix syntax error typo	2023-01-20 10:49:48 +05:30
Philip	b63536828e	there as well ;)	2023-01-19 21:08:05 +01:00
Philip	cd2aaa9df8	chore: Fix syntax error typo	2023-01-19 21:04:46 +01:00
Pallav Dhobley	9b7ef12f3e	Merge pull request #1077 from actions/pallavx-patch-1 Introduce add-to-project step for new issues/PRs & rename workflow files	2023-01-18 16:32:37 +05:30
Pallav Dhobley	3c08cab74f	Introduce add-to-project step & rename add-reviewer-pr workflow file	2023-01-18 10:20:43 +00:00
Pallav Dhobley	8315026919	Add add-to-project step & rename workflow assign-issue workflow file We are updating the workflows to auto-add new issues & PR to actions/cache project board.	2023-01-18 15:42:12 +05:30
Jongwoo Han	4791017169	Update workflows to use reusable-workflows (#1066 ) * Update workflows to use reusable-workflows Signed-off-by: jongwooo <jongwooo.han@gmail.com> * fix: Update the out-of-date metadata files Signed-off-by: jongwooo <jongwooo.han@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: jongwooo <jongwooo.han@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Shubham Tiwari <64764738+tiwarishub@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-17 17:27:27 +05:30
Ruud Kamphuis	22cbf49050	Fix referenced output key in save action readme (#1061 ) Co-authored-by: Vipul <vsvipul@github.com> Co-authored-by: Sankalp Kotewar <98868223+kotewar@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-16 17:41:13 +05:30
Tanuj Kumar Mishra	5868318cdc	Merge pull request #1046 from siguikesse/update-docs 📝 #1045 update using the `set-output` command is deprecated	2023-01-16 17:35:02 +05:30
Tanuj Kumar Mishra	804b679d21	Merge branch 'main' into update-docs	2023-01-16 16:21:41 +05:30
Kurt McKee	c9869a589f	Fix a whitespace typo (#1074 )	2023-01-16 06:47:28 +05:30
Tanuj Kumar Mishra	003f5452bf	Merge branch 'main' into update-docs	2023-01-12 16:48:49 +05:30
Lovepreet Singh	efacb0248b	Merge pull request #1068 from actions/pdotl-patch-1 Add gnu tar and zstd as pre-requisites for windows self-hosted runners in README	2023-01-12 16:13:41 +05:30
Lovepreet Singh	76ee6bdfdc	Merge branch 'main' into pdotl-patch-1	2023-01-12 16:07:16 +05:30
Sankalp Kotewar	9183691e97	Cache recipes for cache, restore and save actions (#1055 ) * Added outline and cache basics * Update CACHING.md * Added info about key and restore keys * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Review comments and some snippets * Updated doc with comments * Formatted sub headings * Markdown linting * Added paths * Fixed heading * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Update CACHING.md Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com> * Updated paths * Renamed file and added readme reference * Fixed heading of a section * Update README.md * Moved back section to strategies * Reverted to older version * Fixed broken link Co-authored-by: Bishal Prasad <bishal-pdmsft@github.com>	2023-01-12 12:00:47 +05:30
Lovepreet Singh	094a24099d	Add gnu tar and zstd as pre-requisites for windows self-hosted runners ## Context There have been customer requests to document installation of gnu tar and zstd for self-hosted runners. We had them documented in workarounds before. Adding them to pre-requisites for better visibility for folks using self-hosted windows runners.	2023-01-10 22:52:32 +05:30
Vipul	87396fe6b4	Merge pull request #1065 from actions/vsvipul/dep-fix Update json5 package version	2023-01-09 16:08:15 +05:30
Vipul	e630eda107	Fix json5 package version	2023-01-09 10:28:50 +00:00
Sampark Sharma	58c146cc91	Release support for cross-os caching as opt-in feature (#1060 ) * Release support for cross-os caching as opt-in feature Add documentation for cross-os caching * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Lovepreet Singh <pdotl@github.com> * Address review comments Co-authored-by: Lovepreet Singh <pdotl@github.com>	2023-01-09 11:01:52 +05:30
Sampark Sharma	6fd2d4538c	Add support to opt-in enable cross-os caching on windows (#1056 ) * Add support to opt-in enable cross-os caching on windows * Fix tests * Address review comments and update tests * Fix tests * Address review comments * Address review comments	2023-01-05 16:49:13 +05:30
Sankalp Kotewar	1f414295fe	Fixed broken link (#1057 )	2023-01-05 12:14:32 +05:30
Tanuj Kumar Mishra	365406cb70	Merge pull request #1051 from uhooi/feature/add_mint_example Add Mint example	2022-12-30 11:00:22 +05:30
uhooi	d6217569d5	Update Mint example	2022-12-29 22:28:56 +09:00
uhooi	84e54000da	Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into feature/add_mint_example	2022-12-29 22:27:37 +09:00
Lovepreet Singh	d0e7eb01c9	Merge branch 'main' into update-docs	2022-12-29 13:29:36 +05:30
Sampark Sharma	4723a57e26	Revert compression changes related to windows but keep version logging (#1049 ) * Revert compression changes related to windows due to symlink issues * Added tips and workarounds for cross os	2022-12-27 16:38:40 +05:30
Lovepreet Singh	d1507cccba	Merge pull request #1042 from me-and/correct-readme-re-windows README.md: remove outdated Windows cache tip link	2022-12-26 15:19:43 +05:30
Lovepreet Singh	3337563725	Merge branch 'main' into correct-readme-re-windows	2022-12-26 11:44:54 +05:30
SIGUI Kessé Emmanuel	d70353d8a4	📝 #1045 update using the `set-output` command is deprecated	2022-12-26 07:12:46 +01:00
Markus Mützel	60c7666709	save/README.md: Fix typo in example (#1040 ) Co-authored-by: Sankalp Kotewar <98868223+kotewar@users.noreply.github.com>	2022-12-26 10:19:10 +05:30
Adam Dinwoodie	b053f2b699	Fix formatting error in restore/README.md (#1044 )	2022-12-26 10:10:47 +05:30
Adam Dinwoodie	501277cfd7	README.md: remove outdated Windows cache tip link As of `9b0be58` (Release compression related changes for windows (#1039), 2022-12-23), the section of tips-and-workarounds.md referring to improving cache restore performance on Windows no longer exists, so don't link to it from README.md.	2022-12-24 13:15:08 +00:00
Sampark Sharma	c1a5de879e	Upgrade codeql to v2 (#1023 ) * Upgrade codeql to v2 * Update codeql.yml Co-authored-by: Sankalp Kotewar <98868223+kotewar@users.noreply.github.com>	2022-12-23 11:58:28 +05:30
Sampark Sharma	9b0be58822	Release compression related changes for windows (#1039 ) * Release compression related changes for windows * Update license	2022-12-23 11:49:17 +05:30
uhooi	35f35f44e8	Update examples.md	2020-07-19 19:52:18 +09:00
uhooi	ca1c035094	Update README.md	2020-07-19 19:46:58 +09:00