Bump typesafegithub/github-actions-typing from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 (#753 )

Bumps [typesafegithub/github-actions-typing](https://github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing) from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2. <details> <summary>Release notes</summary> <p><em>Sourced from <a href="https://github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/releases">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing's releases</a>.</em></p> <blockquote> <h2>v2.2.2</h2> <h2>What's Changed</h2> <ul> <li>README: specify that whole action's API must be typed by <a href="https://github.com/krzema12"><code>@krzema12</code></a> in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/444">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#444</a></li> <li>chore(deps): update dependency io.github.typesafegithub:github-workflows-kt to v3.6.0 by <a href="https://github.com/renovate"><code>@renovate</code></a>[bot] in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/420">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#420</a></li> <li>fix(deps): update dependency io.github.optimumcode:json-schema-validator to v0.5.3 by <a href="https://github.com/renovate"><code>@renovate</code></a>[bot] in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/425">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#425</a></li> <li>fix(deps): update dependency com.charleskorn.kaml:kaml to v0.104.0 by <a href="https://github.com/renovate"><code>@renovate</code></a>[bot] in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/431">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#431</a></li> <li>Remove embrace-io/android-emulator-runner action from tests by <a href="https://github.com/krzema12"><code>@krzema12</code></a> in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/436">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#436</a></li> <li>fix(deps): update dependency io.kotest:kotest-bom to v6.0.7 by <a href="https://github.com/renovate"><code>@renovate</code></a>[bot] in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/435">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#435</a></li> <li>chore(deps): update actions/checkout action to v6 by <a href="https://github.com/renovate"><code>@renovate</code></a>[bot] in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/432">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#432</a></li> <li>chore(deps): update plugin io.kotest to v6.0.7 by <a href="https://github.com/renovate"><code>@renovate</code></a>[bot] in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/434">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#434</a></li> <li>Take version of actions/checkout in consistency check job from classpath by <a href="https://github.com/krzema12"><code>@krzema12</code></a> in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/438">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#438</a></li> <li>chore(deps): update plugin com.google.devtools.ksp to v2.3.4 by <a href="https://github.com/renovate"><code>@renovate</code></a>[bot] in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/439">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#439</a></li> <li>chore(deps): update plugin org.jetbrains.kotlin.multiplatform to v2.3.0 by <a href="https://github.com/renovate"><code>@renovate</code></a>[bot] in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/441">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#441</a></li> <li>chore(deps): update plugin org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization to v2.3.0 by <a href="https://github.com/renovate"><code>@renovate</code></a>[bot] in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/442">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#442</a></li> <li>chore(deps): update gradle to v9.3.0 by <a href="https://github.com/renovate"><code>@renovate</code></a>[bot] in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/450">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#450</a></li> <li>fix(deps): update dependency org.jetbrains.kotlin-wrappers:kotlin-wrappers-catalog to v2026.1.11 by <a href="https://github.com/renovate"><code>@renovate</code></a>[bot] in <a href="https://redirect.github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/pull/449">typesafegithub/github-actions-typing#449</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Full Changelog</strong>: <a href="https://github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/compare/v2.2.1...v2.2.2">https://github.com/typesafegithub/github-actions-typing/compare/v2.2.1...v2.2.2</a></p> </blockquote> </details> <details> <summary>Commits</summary> <ul> <li><a href="9ddf35b71a"><code>9ddf35b</code></a> Update dist</li> <li><a href="27e4250bd6"><code>27e4250</code></a> fix(deps): update dependency org.jetbrains.kotlin-wrappers:kotlin-wrappers-ca...</li> <li><a href="47e18b3701"><code>47e18b3</code></a> chore(deps): 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Bump peter-evans/create-pull-request from 8.0.0 to 8.1.0 (#751 )
2026-02-08 02:27:26 +00:00 · 2026-02-06 16:41:25 +01:00 · 2026-02-06 16:37:27 +01:00 · 2026-02-06 16:00:33 +01:00 · 2026-02-06 15:43:35 +01:00 · 2026-02-06 10:48:26 +01:00
19 changed files with 2194 additions and 241 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ jobs:
      pull-requests: read
    steps:
      - name: 🚀 Run Release Drafter
-        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@b1476f6e6eb133afa41ed8589daba6dc69b4d3f5 # v6.1.0
+        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@6db134d15f3909ccc9eefd369f02bd1e9cffdf97 # v6.2.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ jobs:
    permissions:
      security-events: write # for zizmor
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Actionlint
-        uses: eifinger/actionlint-action@213860089b7cf97d640aa67567898fabeb132746 # v1.9.3
+        uses: eifinger/actionlint-action@447fbfe7533062b7a9ea55f790f2396fba6d052a # v1.10.0
      - name: Run zizmor
-        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@e639db99335bc9038abc0e066dfcd72e23d26fb4 # v0.3.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@395ad3262231945c25e8478fd5baf05154b1d79f # v6.1.0
+        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@135698455da5c3b3e55f73f4419e481ab68cdd95 # v0.4.1
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@6044e13b5dc448c55e2357c09f80417699197238 # v6.2.0
        with:
          node-version-file: .nvmrc
          cache: npm
@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, macos-14, windows-latest]
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install latest version
@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
  test-uv-no-modify-path:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install with UV_NO_MODIFY_PATH set
@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
            expected-version: "0.1.0"
            resolution-strategy: "lowest"
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install version ${{ matrix.input.version-input }} with strategy ${{ matrix.input.resolution-strategy || 'highest' }}
@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ jobs:
      matrix:
        version-input: ["latest", ">=0.8"]
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install version ${{ matrix.version-input }}
@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
          - working-directory: "__tests__/fixtures/uv-toml-project"
            expected-version: "0.5.15"
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install version from ${{ matrix.input.working-directory }}
@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ jobs:
          - version-file: "__tests__/fixtures/.tool-versions"
            expected-version: "0.5.15"
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install version from ${{ matrix.input.version-file }}
@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ jobs:
  test-malformed-pyproject-file-fallback:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install using malformed pyproject.toml
@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ jobs:
          - os: macos-latest
            checksum: "a70cbfbf3bb5c08b2f84963b4f12c94e08fbb2468ba418a3bfe1066fbe9e7218"
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Checksum matches expected
@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ jobs:
  test-with-explicit-token:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install default version
@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ jobs:
  test-uvx:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install default version
@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ jobs:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, macos-14, windows-latest]
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install default version
@ -293,35 +293,13 @@ jobs:
      - run: uv tool install ruff
      - run: ruff --version

-  test-tilde-expansion-tool-dirs:
-    runs-on: selfhosted-ubuntu-arm64
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Setup with cache
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          tool-bin-dir: "~/tool-bin-dir"
-          tool-dir: "~/tool-dir"
-      - name: "Check if tool dirs are expanded"
-        run: |
-          if ! echo "$PATH" | grep -q "/home/ubuntu/tool-bin-dir"; then
-              echo "PATH does not contain /home/ubuntu/tool-bin-dir: $PATH"
-              exit 1
-          fi
-          if [ "$UV_TOOL_DIR" != "/home/ubuntu/tool-dir" ]; then
-              echo "UV_TOOL_DIR does not contain /home/ubuntu/tool-dir: $UV_TOOL_DIR"
-              exit 1
-          fi
-
  test-python-version:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install latest version
@ -353,7 +331,7 @@ jobs:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install latest version
@ -386,11 +364,65 @@ jobs:
        env:
          UV_VENV: ${{ steps.setup-uv.outputs.venv }}

+  test-activate-environment-custom-path:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Install latest version
+        id: setup-uv
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.13.1t
+          activate-environment: true
+          venv-path: ${{ runner.temp }}/custom-venv
+      - name: Verify VIRTUAL_ENV matches output
+        run: |
+          if [ "$VIRTUAL_ENV" != "$UV_VENV" ]; then
+            echo "VIRTUAL_ENV does not match venv output: $VIRTUAL_ENV vs $UV_VENV"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          UV_VENV: ${{ steps.setup-uv.outputs.venv }}
+      - name: Verify venv location is runner.temp/custom-venv
+        run: |
+          python - <<'PY'
+          import os
+          from pathlib import Path
+
+          venv = Path(os.environ["VIRTUAL_ENV"]).resolve()
+          temp = Path(os.environ["RUNNER_TEMP"]).resolve()
+
+          if venv.name != "custom-venv":
+              raise SystemExit(f"Expected venv name 'custom-venv', got: {venv}")
+          if venv.parent != temp:
+              raise SystemExit(f"Expected venv under {temp}, got: {venv}")
+          if not venv.is_dir():
+              raise SystemExit(f"Venv directory does not exist: {venv}")
+          PY
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Verify packages can be installed
+        run: uv pip install pip
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Verify python runs from custom venv
+        run: |
+          python - <<'PY'
+          import sys
+          if "custom-venv" not in sys.executable:
+              raise SystemExit(f"Python is not running from custom venv: {sys.executable}")
+          PY
+        shell: bash
+
  test-musl:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container: alpine
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install latest version
@ -429,7 +461,7 @@ jobs:
          - os: windows-2025
            expected-os: "windows-2025"
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup uv
@ -453,9 +485,9 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        enable-cache: ["true", "false", "auto"]
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "selfhosted-ubuntu-arm64", "windows-latest"]
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest"]
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup with cache
@ -471,10 +503,10 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        enable-cache: ["true", "false", "auto"]
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "selfhosted-ubuntu-arm64", "windows-latest"]
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest"]
    needs: test-setup-cache
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Restore with cache
@ -493,7 +525,7 @@ jobs:
          CACHE_HIT: ${{ steps.restore.outputs.cache-hit }}
        shell: bash
      - name: Cache was not hit
-        if: ${{ matrix.enable-cache == 'false' || (matrix.enable-cache == 'auto' && matrix.os == 'selfhosted-ubuntu-arm64') }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.enable-cache == 'false' }}
        run: |
          if [ "$CACHE_HIT" == "true" ]; then
            exit 1
@ -508,7 +540,7 @@ jobs:
  test-setup-cache-requirements-txt:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup with cache
@ -524,7 +556,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: test-setup-cache-requirements-txt
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Restore with cache
@ -548,7 +580,7 @@ jobs:
  test-setup-cache-dependency-glob:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup with cache
@ -565,7 +597,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: test-setup-cache-dependency-glob
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Change pyproject.toml
@ -593,7 +625,7 @@ jobs:
  test-setup-cache-save-cache-false:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup with cache
@ -609,7 +641,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: test-setup-cache-save-cache-false
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Restore with cache
@ -629,7 +661,7 @@ jobs:
  test-setup-cache-restore-cache-false:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup with cache
@ -644,7 +676,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: test-setup-cache-restore-cache-false
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Restore with cache
@ -670,11 +702,9 @@ jobs:
            expected-cache-dir: "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache"
          - os: windows-latest
            expected-cache-dir: "D:\\a\\_temp\\setup-uv-cache"
-          - os: selfhosted-ubuntu-arm64
-            expected-cache-dir: "/home/ubuntu/.cache/uv"
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.inputs.os }}
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup with cache
@ -692,7 +722,7 @@ jobs:
  test-cache-local-cache-disabled:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup without cache
@ -711,7 +741,7 @@ jobs:
  test-cache-local-cache-disabled-but-explicit-path:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup without cache
@ -728,99 +758,10 @@ jobs:
          fi
        shell: bash

-  test-setup-cache-local:
-    runs-on: selfhosted-ubuntu-arm64
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Setup with cache
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          enable-cache: true
-          cache-suffix: ${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}-test-setup-cache-local
-          cache-local-path: /tmp/uv-cache
-      - run: uv sync
-        working-directory: __tests__/fixtures/uv-project
-  test-restore-cache-local:
-    runs-on: selfhosted-ubuntu-arm64
-    needs: test-setup-cache-local
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Restore with cache
-        id: restore
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          enable-cache: true
-          cache-suffix: ${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}-test-setup-cache-local
-          cache-local-path: /tmp/uv-cache
-      - name: Cache was hit
-        run: |
-          if [ "$CACHE_HIT" != "true" ]; then
-            exit 1
-          fi
-        env:
-          CACHE_HIT: ${{ steps.restore.outputs.cache-hit }}
-      - run: uv sync
-        working-directory: __tests__/fixtures/uv-project
-
-  test-tilde-expansion-cache-local-path:
-    runs-on: selfhosted-ubuntu-arm64
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Create cache directory
-        run: mkdir -p ~/uv-cache
-        shell: bash
-      - name: Setup with cache
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          cache-local-path: ~/uv-cache/cache-local-path
-      - run: uv sync
-        working-directory: __tests__/fixtures/uv-project
-
-  test-tilde-expansion-cache-dependency-glob:
-    runs-on: selfhosted-ubuntu-arm64
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Create cache directory
-        run: mkdir -p ~/uv-cache
-        shell: bash
-      - name: Create cache dependency glob file
-        run: touch ~/uv-cache.glob
-        shell: bash
-      - name: Setup with cache
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          enable-cache: true
-          cache-local-path: ~/uv-cache/cache-dependency-glob
-          cache-dependency-glob: "~/uv-cache.glob"
-      - run: uv sync
-        working-directory: __tests__/fixtures/uv-project
-
-  cleanup-tilde-expansion-tests:
-    needs:
-      - test-tilde-expansion-cache-local-path
-      - test-tilde-expansion-cache-dependency-glob
-    if: always()
-    runs-on: selfhosted-ubuntu-arm64
-    steps:
-      - name: Remove cache directory
-        run: rm -rf ~/uv-cache
-        shell: bash
-      - name: Remove cache dependency glob file
-        run: rm -f ~/uv-cache.glob
-        shell: bash
-
  test-no-python-version:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Fake pyproject.toml at root
@ -835,7 +776,7 @@ jobs:
  test-custom-manifest-file:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install from custom manifest file
@ -854,7 +795,7 @@ jobs:
  test-absolute-path:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Create requirements.txt
@ -874,7 +815,7 @@ jobs:
  test-relative-path:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: mkdir
@ -898,7 +839,7 @@ jobs:
  test-cache-prune-force:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup uv
@ -915,7 +856,7 @@ jobs:
  test-cache-dir-from-file:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Verify uv cache dir is not populated
@ -937,10 +878,33 @@ jobs:
            exit 1
          fi

+  test-cache-python-missing-managed-install-dir:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR: /tmp/missing-uv-python
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Setup uv with cache and python cache enabled
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+          cache-python: true
+          python-version: "3.12"
+          cache-local-path: /tmp/setup-uv-cache
+          cache-suffix: ${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}-test-cache-python-missing-managed-install-dir
+      - name: Ensure uv cache dir exists so only python-cache behavior is tested
+        run: uv sync
+        working-directory: __tests__/fixtures/uv-project
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Ensure managed Python install dir does not exist and this does not break caching
+        run: rm -rf "$UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR"
+
  test-cache-python-installs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Verify Python install dir is not populated
@ -967,7 +931,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: test-cache-python-installs
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Verify Python install dir does not exist
@ -1007,11 +971,9 @@ jobs:
            expected-python-dir: "/home/runner/work/_temp/uv-python-dir"
          - os: windows-latest
            expected-python-dir: "D:\\a\\_temp\\uv-python-dir"
-          - os: selfhosted-ubuntu-arm64
-            expected-python-dir: "/home/ubuntu/.local/share/uv/python"
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.inputs.os }}
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install latest version
@ -1030,7 +992,7 @@ jobs:
  test-act:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Install act
@ -1045,11 +1007,11 @@ jobs:
  validate-typings:
    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Validate typings
-        uses: typesafegithub/github-actions-typing@184d97003b1300f6a10e286eb98c191e416ff02b # v2.2.1
+        uses: typesafegithub/github-actions-typing@9ddf35b71a482be7d8922b28e8d00df16b77e315 # v2.2.2

  all-tests-passed:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@ -1066,9 +1028,9 @@ jobs:
      - test-with-explicit-token
      - test-uvx
      - test-tool-install
-      - test-tilde-expansion-tool-dirs
      - test-python-version
      - test-activate-environment
+      - test-activate-environment-custom-path
      - test-musl
      - test-cache-key-os-version
      - test-cache-local
@ -1084,17 +1046,13 @@ jobs:
      - test-restore-cache-save-cache-false
      - test-setup-cache-restore-cache-false
      - test-restore-cache-restore-cache-false
-      - test-setup-cache-local
-      - test-restore-cache-local
-      - test-tilde-expansion-cache-local-path
-      - test-tilde-expansion-cache-dependency-glob
-      - cleanup-tilde-expansion-tests
      - test-no-python-version
      - test-custom-manifest-file
      - test-absolute-path
      - test-relative-path
      - test-cache-prune-force
      - test-cache-dir-from-file
+      - test-cache-python-missing-managed-install-dir
      - test-cache-python-installs
      - test-restore-python-installs
      - test-python-install-dir
--- a/.github/workflows/update-known-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-known-versions.yml
@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
      contents: write
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: true
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@395ad3262231945c25e8478fd5baf05154b1d79f # v6.1.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@6044e13b5dc448c55e2357c09f80417699197238 # v6.2.0
        with:
          node-version: "20"
      - name: Update known versions
@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Create Pull Request
        if: ${{ steps.changes-exist.outputs.changes-exist == 'true' && steps.commit-and-push.outcome != 'success' }}
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@98357b18bf14b5342f975ff684046ec3b2a07725 # v8.0.0
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@c0f553fe549906ede9cf27b5156039d195d2ece0 # v8.1.0
        with:
          commit-message: "chore: update known checksums"
          title:
--- a/.github/workflows/update-major-minor-tags.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-major-minor-tags.yml
@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: true # needed for git push below
      - name: Update Major Minor Tags
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ Have a look under [Advanced Configuration](#advanced-configuration) for detailed
    # Use uv venv to activate a venv ready to be used by later steps
    activate-environment: "false"

+    # Custom path for the virtual environment when using activate-environment (default: .venv in the working directory)
+    venv-path: ""
+
    # The directory to execute all commands in and look for files such as pyproject.toml
    working-directory: ""

@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ You can set the working directory with the `working-directory` input.
 This controls where we look for `pyproject.toml`, `uv.toml` and `.python-version` files
 which are used to determine the version of uv and python to install.

-It also controls where [the venv gets created](#activate-environment).
+It also controls where [the venv gets created](#activate-environment), unless `venv-path` is set.

 ```yaml
 - name: Install uv based on the config files in the working-directory
@ -202,7 +205,8 @@ by name (`uv`).
 With `setup-uv`, you can install a specific version of Python using `uv python install` rather than
 relying on `actions/setup-python`.

-Using `actions/setup-python` can be faster, because GitHub caches the Python versions alongside the runner.
+Using `actions/setup-python` can be faster (~1s), because GitHub includes several Python versions in the runner image
+which are available to get activated by `actions/setup-python` without having to download them.

 For example:

@ -275,7 +279,7 @@ the cache will not be found and the warning `No GitHub Actions cache found for k
 While this might be irritating at first, it is expected behaviour and the cache will be created
 and reused in later workflows.

-The reason for the warning is, that we have to way to know if this is the first run of a new
+The reason for the warning is that we have to way to know if this is the first run of a new
 cache key or the user accidentally misconfigured the cache-dependency-glob
 or cache-suffix (see [Caching documentation](docs/caching.md)) and the cache never gets used.

@ -288,7 +292,7 @@ Running `actions/checkout` after `setup-uv` **is not supported**.

 ### Does `setup-uv` also install my project or its dependencies automatically?

-No, `setup-uv` alone wont install any libraries from your `pyproject.toml` or `requirements.txt`, it only sets up `uv`.
+No, `setup-uv` alone won't install any libraries from your `pyproject.toml` or `requirements.txt`, it only sets up `uv`.
 You should run `uv sync` or `uv pip install .` separately, or use `uv run ...` to ensure necessary dependencies are installed.

 ### Why is a changed cache not detected and not the full cache uploaded?
--- a/tests/utils/inputs.test.ts
+++ b/tests/utils/inputs.test.ts
@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ jest.mock("@actions/core", () => {
      (name: string) => (mockInputs[name] ?? "") === "true",
    ),
    getInput: jest.fn((name: string) => mockInputs[name] ?? ""),
+    warning: jest.fn(),
  };
 });

@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ const ORIGINAL_HOME = process.env.HOME;
 describe("cacheDependencyGlob", () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    jest.resetModules();
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
    mockInputs = {};
    process.env.HOME = "/home/testuser";
  });
@ -84,3 +86,125 @@ describe("cacheDependencyGlob", () => {
    );
  });
 });
+
+describe("tool directories", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    mockInputs = {};
+    process.env.HOME = "/home/testuser";
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.env.HOME = ORIGINAL_HOME;
+  });
+
+  it("expands tilde for tool-bin-dir and tool-dir", async () => {
+    mockInputs["working-directory"] = "/workspace";
+    mockInputs["tool-bin-dir"] = "~/tool-bin-dir";
+    mockInputs["tool-dir"] = "~/tool-dir";
+
+    const { toolBinDir, toolDir } = await import("../../src/utils/inputs");
+
+    expect(toolBinDir).toBe("/home/testuser/tool-bin-dir");
+    expect(toolDir).toBe("/home/testuser/tool-dir");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("cacheLocalPath", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    mockInputs = {};
+    process.env.HOME = "/home/testuser";
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.env.HOME = ORIGINAL_HOME;
+  });
+
+  it("expands tilde in cache-local-path", async () => {
+    mockInputs["working-directory"] = "/workspace";
+    mockInputs["cache-local-path"] = "~/uv-cache/cache-local-path";
+
+    const { CacheLocalSource, cacheLocalPath } = await import(
+      "../../src/utils/inputs"
+    );
+
+    expect(cacheLocalPath).toEqual({
+      path: "/home/testuser/uv-cache/cache-local-path",
+      source: CacheLocalSource.Input,
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("venvPath", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    mockInputs = {};
+    process.env.HOME = "/home/testuser";
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.env.HOME = ORIGINAL_HOME;
+  });
+
+  it("defaults to .venv in the working directory", async () => {
+    mockInputs["working-directory"] = "/workspace";
+    const { venvPath } = await import("../../src/utils/inputs");
+    expect(venvPath).toBe("/workspace/.venv");
+  });
+
+  it("resolves a relative venv-path", async () => {
+    mockInputs["working-directory"] = "/workspace";
+    mockInputs["activate-environment"] = "true";
+    mockInputs["venv-path"] = "custom-venv";
+    const { venvPath } = await import("../../src/utils/inputs");
+    expect(venvPath).toBe("/workspace/custom-venv");
+  });
+
+  it("normalizes venv-path with trailing slash", async () => {
+    mockInputs["working-directory"] = "/workspace";
+    mockInputs["activate-environment"] = "true";
+    mockInputs["venv-path"] = "custom-venv/";
+    const { venvPath } = await import("../../src/utils/inputs");
+    expect(venvPath).toBe("/workspace/custom-venv");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps an absolute venv-path unchanged", async () => {
+    mockInputs["working-directory"] = "/workspace";
+    mockInputs["activate-environment"] = "true";
+    mockInputs["venv-path"] = "/tmp/custom-venv";
+    const { venvPath } = await import("../../src/utils/inputs");
+    expect(venvPath).toBe("/tmp/custom-venv");
+  });
+
+  it("expands tilde in venv-path", async () => {
+    mockInputs["working-directory"] = "/workspace";
+    mockInputs["activate-environment"] = "true";
+    mockInputs["venv-path"] = "~/.venv";
+    const { venvPath } = await import("../../src/utils/inputs");
+    expect(venvPath).toBe("/home/testuser/.venv");
+  });
+
+  it("warns when venv-path is set but activate-environment is false", async () => {
+    mockInputs["working-directory"] = "/workspace";
+    mockInputs["venv-path"] = "custom-venv";
+
+    const { activateEnvironment, venvPath } = await import(
+      "../../src/utils/inputs"
+    );
+
+    expect(activateEnvironment).toBe(false);
+    expect(venvPath).toBe("/workspace/custom-venv");
+
+    const mockedCore = jest.requireMock("@actions/core") as {
+      warning: jest.Mock;
+    };
+
+    expect(mockedCore.warning).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "venv-path is only used when activate-environment is true",
+    );
+  });
+});
--- a/action-types.yml
+++ b/action-types.yml
@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ inputs:
    type: string
  activate-environment:
    type: boolean
+  venv-path:
+    type: string
  working-directory:
    type: string
  checksum:
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ inputs:
  activate-environment:
    description: "Use uv venv to activate a venv ready to be used by later steps. "
    default: "false"
+  venv-path:
+    description: "Custom path for the virtual environment when using activate-environment. Defaults to '.venv' in the working directory."
+    default: ""
  working-directory:
    description: "The directory to execute all commands in and look for files such as pyproject.toml"
    default: ${{ github.workspace }}
--- a/dist/save-cache/index.js
+++ b/dist/save-cache/index.js
@ -90852,11 +90852,25 @@ async function saveCache() {
            await pruneCache();
        }
        const actualCachePath = getUvCachePath();
-        await saveCacheToKey(cacheKey, actualCachePath, restore_cache_1.STATE_CACHE_MATCHED_KEY, "uv cache", `Cache path ${actualCachePath} does not exist on disk. This likely indicates that there are no dependencies to cache. Consider disabling the cache input if it is not needed.`);
+        if (!fs.existsSync(actualCachePath)) {
+            if (inputs_1.ignoreNothingToCache) {
+                core.info("No cacheable uv cache paths were found. Ignoring because ignore-nothing-to-cache is enabled.");
+            }
+            else {
+                throw new Error(`Cache path ${actualCachePath} does not exist on disk. This likely indicates that there are no dependencies to cache. Consider disabling the cache input if it is not needed.`);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            await saveCacheToKey(cacheKey, actualCachePath, restore_cache_1.STATE_CACHE_MATCHED_KEY, "uv cache");
+        }
    }
    if (inputs_1.cachePython) {
+        if (!fs.existsSync(inputs_1.pythonDir)) {
+            core.warning(`Python cache path ${inputs_1.pythonDir} does not exist on disk. Skipping Python cache save because no managed Python installation was found. If you want uv to install managed Python instead of using a system interpreter, set UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE=only-managed.`);
+            return;
+        }
        const pythonCacheKey = `${cacheKey}-python`;
-        await saveCacheToKey(pythonCacheKey, inputs_1.pythonDir, restore_cache_1.STATE_PYTHON_CACHE_MATCHED_KEY, "Python cache", `Python cache path ${inputs_1.pythonDir} does not exist on disk. This likely indicates that there are no Python installations to cache. Consider disabling the cache input if it is not needed.`);
+        await saveCacheToKey(pythonCacheKey, inputs_1.pythonDir, restore_cache_1.STATE_PYTHON_CACHE_MATCHED_KEY, "Python cache");
    }
 }
 async function pruneCache() {
@ -90883,30 +90897,15 @@ function getUvCachePath() {
    }
    return inputs_1.cacheLocalPath.path;
 }
-async function saveCacheToKey(cacheKey, cachePath, stateKey, cacheName, pathNotExistErrorMessage) {
+async function saveCacheToKey(cacheKey, cachePath, stateKey, cacheName) {
    const matchedKey = core.getState(stateKey);
    if (matchedKey === cacheKey) {
        core.info(`${cacheName} hit occurred on key ${cacheKey}, not saving cache.`);
        return;
    }
    core.info(`Including ${cacheName} path: ${cachePath}`);
-    if (!fs.existsSync(cachePath) && !inputs_1.ignoreNothingToCache) {
-        throw new Error(pathNotExistErrorMessage);
-    }
-    try {
-        await cache.saveCache([cachePath], cacheKey);
-        core.info(`${cacheName} saved with key: ${cacheKey}`);
-    }
-    catch (e) {
-        if (e instanceof Error &&
-            e.message ===
-                "Path Validation Error: Path(s) specified in the action for caching do(es) not exist, hence no cache is being saved.") {
-            core.info(`No cacheable ${cacheName} paths were found. Ignoring because ignore-nothing-to-save is enabled.`);
-        }
-        else {
-            throw e;
-        }
-    }
+    await cache.saveCache([cachePath], cacheKey);
+    core.info(`${cacheName} saved with key: ${cacheKey}`);
 }
 run();

@ -91032,7 +91031,7 @@ var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
    return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.resolutionStrategy = exports.addProblemMatchers = exports.manifestFile = exports.githubToken = exports.pythonDir = exports.toolDir = exports.toolBinDir = exports.ignoreEmptyWorkdir = exports.ignoreNothingToCache = exports.cachePython = exports.pruneCache = exports.cacheDependencyGlob = exports.cacheLocalPath = exports.cacheSuffix = exports.saveCache = exports.restoreCache = exports.enableCache = exports.checkSum = exports.activateEnvironment = exports.pythonVersion = exports.versionFile = exports.version = exports.workingDirectory = exports.CacheLocalSource = void 0;
+exports.resolutionStrategy = exports.addProblemMatchers = exports.manifestFile = exports.githubToken = exports.pythonDir = exports.toolDir = exports.toolBinDir = exports.ignoreEmptyWorkdir = exports.ignoreNothingToCache = exports.cachePython = exports.pruneCache = exports.cacheDependencyGlob = exports.cacheLocalPath = exports.cacheSuffix = exports.saveCache = exports.restoreCache = exports.enableCache = exports.checkSum = exports.venvPath = exports.activateEnvironment = exports.pythonVersion = exports.versionFile = exports.version = exports.workingDirectory = exports.CacheLocalSource = void 0;
 exports.getUvPythonDir = getUvPythonDir;
 const node_path_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(6760));
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7484));
@ -91049,6 +91048,7 @@ exports.version = core.getInput("version");
 exports.versionFile = getVersionFile();
 exports.pythonVersion = core.getInput("python-version");
 exports.activateEnvironment = core.getBooleanInput("activate-environment");
+exports.venvPath = getVenvPath();
 exports.checkSum = core.getInput("checksum");
 exports.enableCache = getEnableCache();
 exports.restoreCache = core.getInput("restore-cache") === "true";
@ -91075,6 +91075,17 @@ function getVersionFile() {
    }
    return versionFileInput;
 }
+function getVenvPath() {
+    const venvPathInput = core.getInput("venv-path");
+    if (venvPathInput !== "") {
+        if (!exports.activateEnvironment) {
+            core.warning("venv-path is only used when activate-environment is true");
+        }
+        const tildeExpanded = expandTilde(venvPathInput);
+        return normalizePath(resolveRelativePath(tildeExpanded));
+    }
+    return normalizePath(resolveRelativePath(".venv"));
+}
 function getEnableCache() {
    const enableCacheInput = core.getInput("enable-cache");
    if (enableCacheInput === "auto") {
@ -91203,6 +91214,16 @@ function expandTilde(input) {
    }
    return input;
 }
+function normalizePath(inputPath) {
+    const normalized = node_path_1.default.normalize(inputPath);
+    const root = node_path_1.default.parse(normalized).root;
+    // Remove any trailing path separators, except when the whole path is the root.
+    let trimmed = normalized;
+    while (trimmed.length > root.length && trimmed.endsWith(node_path_1.default.sep)) {
+        trimmed = trimmed.slice(0, -1);
+    }
+    return trimmed;
+}
 function resolveRelativePath(inputPath) {
    const hasNegation = inputPath.startsWith("!");
    const pathWithoutNegation = hasNegation ? inputPath.substring(1) : inputPath;
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@ -91679,6 +91679,167 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
 exports.KNOWN_CHECKSUMS = void 0;
 // AUTOGENERATED_DO_NOT_EDIT
 exports.KNOWN_CHECKSUMS = {
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+    "i686-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.24": "940b8985c4d464c7cc69e40b17bf09d840b980028e1d82a3fb8dd007a737f29e",
+    "i686-unknown-linux-musl-0.9.24": "4ffe6f377b7d68904d8d882af8adc85f2fa1bbccd26151785ff961adb67f2a99",
+    "powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.24": "1fbaff65544a2c36bbd8992e2abe6c50179401745dc00b5e12bded89794056a4",
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+    "riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.24": "81a884380f0ee954afd968140aaa55df19f2bee30d74f3c0c94a11d2265bb388",
+    "s390x-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.24": "3da41f22f78f27a7764e303b07c68f5716f748128327c7d3d72f11c6b81b6c78",
+    "x86_64-apple-darwin-0.9.24": "fda9b3203cce6ec3a37177440c33c4c1963c4957fff17e2820c60ab6ccd625da",
+    "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-0.9.24": "cf9d6fa12017199d19c6f9a8f7f55811c8c04d70681b8cb6d89ffb179f08cf1f",
+    "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.24": "fb13ad85106da6b21dd16613afca910994446fe94a78ee0b5bed9c75cd066078",
+    "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-0.9.24": "cf307aa4271038daa334ca64e75aa40c0c085ce6fa0c0e6f21e41a2b62c7904d",
+    "aarch64-apple-darwin-0.9.23": "3aae069424778d13ef45ebd2ec906c66ab10e459e7b33341a64cd371a3d70998",
+    "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc-0.9.23": "dfdb23dbfa6c89847e4163f0b3b683de889df7d9bdf95a3909dfbc6430106304",
+    "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.23": "d60b0b2aee79f9d83897615fed427bee1ea4ebcb2f15b48dd522319ecdb3de91",
+    "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl-0.9.23": "ee987d943427ee24c1d3af79c7ad676950c9ad634e60a4d07e328d8a54fff92f",
+    "arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf-0.9.23": "1950c235e76e007f75d30903dc5da6747a344c72a1608123feff720c134ecbfe",
+    "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf-0.9.23": "a7104ab491a0c2f0c58760bcb9a13cfb64c899e02a7b747c4d11da114b3f9114",
+    "armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf-0.9.23": "c5d494337a5ca86ad83d6a887634fda3f8392560799e4236a44d76f8e27621b6",
+    "i686-pc-windows-msvc-0.9.23": "94292f02b7484616bb3cd7361411540a5a52e952d149eb6faeec610b6657015d",
+    "i686-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.23": "627627174d31e6fa270e91c7b2988558e4b18b86cc31de9222b6cf3b7354e9b7",
+    "i686-unknown-linux-musl-0.9.23": "5f65a0eb1f9067a4f5149275faba3bcb3af94dd68fbce7cd9e93ba86b5bc59c3",
+    "powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.23": "69e2925397d0e781e8525ad0fd22896a114ffa02f5055e7a360e4dda3796c24e",
+    "powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.23": "fb3ad2cb1a19f1bb4785580dc71837161147beab134fdc3eb4e8ccda577db1e0",
+    "riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.23": "0d1d9300e2df3155b0d0b071c292fb27f8213d91854decdfb27c293397dc8e0e",
+    "s390x-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.23": "7d0b411a365b0cd8fad2b336c259743e7381676654adfbdb4f887b4136820cb8",
+    "x86_64-apple-darwin-0.9.23": "b5bbfbd5d8c7effa24b505365ae306116fdac58880bc9b024ec4c89435d57728",
+    "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-0.9.23": "bb6d2987906b27d3031640c4a909b6f7c134cd29674c41ef545c6e7d57dd6700",
+    "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.23": "b7bd7d9b9c9c34327f1118f99fe8c298252787ea35f7b345b8bf639377f63217",
+    "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-0.9.23": "a824a0f5f7aa67b668f54756284d458a25dea332da6e558d303890d134cc06d1",
    "aarch64-apple-darwin-0.9.22": "4bfc6dacc9bcc9e433a9214a658495ca082b94fd607949b6745a955f34ccbc3c",
    "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc-0.9.22": "19b848523d5802279702f5df4ade6d45f17d111cf9e368883d4f6560f0426d49",
    "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.22": "2f8716c407d5da21b8a3e8609ed358147216aaab28b96b1d6d7f48e9bcc6254e",
@ -96424,17 +96585,21 @@ async function activateEnvironment() {
        if (process.env.UV_NO_MODIFY_PATH !== undefined) {
            throw new Error("UV_NO_MODIFY_PATH and activate-environment cannot be used together.");
        }
-        const execArgs = ["venv", ".venv", "--directory", inputs_1.workingDirectory];
-        core.info("Activating python venv...");
-        await exec.exec("uv", execArgs);
-        const venvPath = path.resolve(`${inputs_1.workingDirectory}${path.sep}.venv`);
-        let venvBinPath = `${venvPath}${path.sep}bin`;
+        core.info(`Creating and activating python venv at ${inputs_1.venvPath}...`);
+        await exec.exec("uv", [
+            "venv",
+            inputs_1.venvPath,
+            "--directory",
+            inputs_1.workingDirectory,
+            "--clear",
+        ]);
+        let venvBinPath = `${inputs_1.venvPath}${path.sep}bin`;
        if (process.platform === "win32") {
-            venvBinPath = `${venvPath}${path.sep}Scripts`;
+            venvBinPath = `${inputs_1.venvPath}${path.sep}Scripts`;
        }
        core.addPath(path.resolve(venvBinPath));
-        core.exportVariable("VIRTUAL_ENV", venvPath);
-        core.setOutput("venv", venvPath);
+        core.exportVariable("VIRTUAL_ENV", inputs_1.venvPath);
+        core.setOutput("venv", inputs_1.venvPath);
    }
 }
 function setCacheDir() {
@ -96606,7 +96771,7 @@ var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
    return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.resolutionStrategy = exports.addProblemMatchers = exports.manifestFile = exports.githubToken = exports.pythonDir = exports.toolDir = exports.toolBinDir = exports.ignoreEmptyWorkdir = exports.ignoreNothingToCache = exports.cachePython = exports.pruneCache = exports.cacheDependencyGlob = exports.cacheLocalPath = exports.cacheSuffix = exports.saveCache = exports.restoreCache = exports.enableCache = exports.checkSum = exports.activateEnvironment = exports.pythonVersion = exports.versionFile = exports.version = exports.workingDirectory = exports.CacheLocalSource = void 0;
+exports.resolutionStrategy = exports.addProblemMatchers = exports.manifestFile = exports.githubToken = exports.pythonDir = exports.toolDir = exports.toolBinDir = exports.ignoreEmptyWorkdir = exports.ignoreNothingToCache = exports.cachePython = exports.pruneCache = exports.cacheDependencyGlob = exports.cacheLocalPath = exports.cacheSuffix = exports.saveCache = exports.restoreCache = exports.enableCache = exports.checkSum = exports.venvPath = exports.activateEnvironment = exports.pythonVersion = exports.versionFile = exports.version = exports.workingDirectory = exports.CacheLocalSource = void 0;
 exports.getUvPythonDir = getUvPythonDir;
 const node_path_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(6760));
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7484));
@ -96623,6 +96788,7 @@ exports.version = core.getInput("version");
 exports.versionFile = getVersionFile();
 exports.pythonVersion = core.getInput("python-version");
 exports.activateEnvironment = core.getBooleanInput("activate-environment");
+exports.venvPath = getVenvPath();
 exports.checkSum = core.getInput("checksum");
 exports.enableCache = getEnableCache();
 exports.restoreCache = core.getInput("restore-cache") === "true";
@ -96649,6 +96815,17 @@ function getVersionFile() {
    }
    return versionFileInput;
 }
+function getVenvPath() {
+    const venvPathInput = core.getInput("venv-path");
+    if (venvPathInput !== "") {
+        if (!exports.activateEnvironment) {
+            core.warning("venv-path is only used when activate-environment is true");
+        }
+        const tildeExpanded = expandTilde(venvPathInput);
+        return normalizePath(resolveRelativePath(tildeExpanded));
+    }
+    return normalizePath(resolveRelativePath(".venv"));
+}
 function getEnableCache() {
    const enableCacheInput = core.getInput("enable-cache");
    if (enableCacheInput === "auto") {
@ -96777,6 +96954,16 @@ function expandTilde(input) {
    }
    return input;
 }
+function normalizePath(inputPath) {
+    const normalized = node_path_1.default.normalize(inputPath);
+    const root = node_path_1.default.parse(normalized).root;
+    // Remove any trailing path separators, except when the whole path is the root.
+    let trimmed = normalized;
+    while (trimmed.length > root.length && trimmed.endsWith(node_path_1.default.sep)) {
+        trimmed = trimmed.slice(0, -1);
+    }
+    return trimmed;
+}
 function resolveRelativePath(inputPath) {
    const hasNegation = inputPath.startsWith("!");
    const pathWithoutNegation = hasNegation ? inputPath.substring(1) : inputPath;
--- a/dist/update-known-versions/index.js
+++ b/dist/update-known-versions/index.js
@ -28196,6 +28196,167 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
 exports.KNOWN_CHECKSUMS = void 0;
 // AUTOGENERATED_DO_NOT_EDIT
 exports.KNOWN_CHECKSUMS = {
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+    "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc-0.10.0": "614dd3c409d7fb5a98b516d532c98db9b7799a23fb450150e3784338a9ebd903",
+    "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0": "c300afd5f2d31df039fe6a26a2d68a76b62832098c272a43e1e74ab9efd4fbd7",
+    "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl-0.10.0": "edf1adb1d183730302f87eef9b71bc4e47b4b8058832c3393b0fbcd86f270510",
+    "arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf-0.10.0": "fea6d45bce1e7172192b4a7d3feb9f37c4198c243be1c573c8dacae765a32c53",
+    "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf-0.10.0": "3e8ab76a515884c29c773e01360acb6da61a1351c630377b54ba58918d9673af",
+    "armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf-0.10.0": "85423cda078ed0313f993ddea6ac897e469885539ce156643ace982bbffb8109",
+    "i686-pc-windows-msvc-0.10.0": "b71bca0987dd12ea09ac6a0e52fdfa89f53601b6074be38366d0592b181f3001",
+    "i686-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0": "dbac897653b0d60fb863288587dbacb30140f9725a42718f2c017df7b2d2b3c3",
+    "i686-unknown-linux-musl-0.10.0": "56a211155275dd33731cbbb33aa915d3e7efa59d4436502edaca39ba436c157a",
+    "powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0": "677a414608c61e2ecd751364dae9209cc5b76019481968b99b5d5ad7258d2d77",
+    "riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0": "9da4019ecfd3440a5d0a0a957d8d5e4c6534ac1e3a10636d55266a22ab4135f8",
+    "s390x-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0": "a1b9aa45c1a6b69066179e8d7e3f6e122e0f433ef2ad4e91c0acd1433a083c31",
+    "x86_64-apple-darwin-0.10.0": "664aed584c276f8d79cdc3b7685cd48f5d64657bd6840b06b4b2b0db731b9c99",
+    "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-0.10.0": "4037b444541f695cd2eb93188a9346de3e334af562381411deade0a31c7bf898",
+    "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0": "230e328948c92dd1ebad83949c4d56e83813dfe9c6362a4c519e6a227973f1ae",
+    "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-0.10.0": "312d37f31b6f2c3bfc65668ba0efea9f1f9eaf7bc3209fe1a109e5cf861b95fa",
+    "aarch64-apple-darwin-0.9.30": "03a5d9ec7f7d588446b2ec226d13ff6300055e55365eca8f3fab39f342b0e805",
+    "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc-0.9.30": "cfbc40baf1da11c55eff92ee008f5af3cdbb4c24c40ddb0bbd489b983fadf43f",
+    "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30": "6aadf3c71600d594e16dabf382cc15282ead4c5ca768599b6bcb43c5004d9aa8",
+    "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl-0.9.30": "b658b56957bceea742ca14f3ef28fb3542adbcedfb8bd5bd718ae255394ccd09",
+    "arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf-0.9.30": "5a7f4cd306363b734dba2d86eb760812cb1211254d36ace01860f9e783df1900",
+    "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf-0.9.30": "bf8d9c2f1b4d0eee9bfb689b5483b1bd4b0b76acbeaaa4d0d68b132574c606ff",
+    "armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf-0.9.30": "8715a9da643d9e6cb984c2d3e00480849f93f11251d1474cd382cc9d7faeab84",
+    "i686-pc-windows-msvc-0.9.30": "218b7ec0d052836d7ee395d5e0592e5dac7578fd618f439a5d09c1ad36466399",
+    "i686-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30": "1bab147179887ebcb5c31e016e9ac9987f687e79f92fd2f0ff9bcedf927b8228",
+    "i686-unknown-linux-musl-0.9.30": "14d8b2e2caa0b470418e551e027f3a8283aa8d09eae79206e7dbcd23a8ffa027",
+    "powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30": "ac4cd1a021462885932f6023b005a4835cca4c72bb60dec186ee2be4b60dca6f",
+    "powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30": "73b8cbc560c6b2fa205358365d4e174abdf50cfcf57dc36a447572c56eba5ae4",
+    "riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30": "5e0453d9252aab874a3658a039d4ffdde79dba4096974fcdc945498697dc81cf",
+    "s390x-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30": "b35975bb9e5c2c418b428d0316cc6e3c7a6eff710c69212be14005c192f54516",
+    "x86_64-apple-darwin-0.9.30": "ce069bf750567e9a4a31d6e285d1eae75d444d8a281409b641235903943b7681",
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    "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.22": "2f8716c407d5da21b8a3e8609ed358147216aaab28b96b1d6d7f48e9bcc6254e",
--- a/docs/caching.md
+++ b/docs/caching.md
@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ By default, the Python install dir (`uv python dir` / `UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR`) i
 for the same reason that the dependency cache is pruned.
 If you want to cache Python installs along with your dependencies, set the `cache-python` input to `true`.

+Note that this only caches Python versions that uv actually installs into `UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR`
+(i.e. managed Python installs). If uv uses a system Python, there may be nothing to cache.
+To force managed Python installs, set `UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE=only-managed`.
+
 ```yaml
 - name: Cache Python installs
  uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
--- a/docs/environment-and-tools.md
+++ b/docs/environment-and-tools.md
@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ This allows directly using it in later steps:
 - run: uv pip install pip
 ```

+By default, the venv is created at `.venv` inside the `working-directory`.
+
+You can customize the venv location with `venv-path`, for example to place it in the runner temp directory:
+
+```yaml
+- uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+  with:
+    activate-environment: true
+    venv-path: ${{ runner.temp }}/custom-venv
+```
+
 > [!WARNING]
 >
 > Activating the environment adds your dependencies to the `PATH`, which could break some workflows.
--- a/src/download/checksum/known-checksums.ts
+++ b/src/download/checksum/known-checksums.ts
@ -1,5 +1,327 @@
 // AUTOGENERATED_DO_NOT_EDIT
 export const KNOWN_CHECKSUMS: { [key: string]: string } = {
+  "aarch64-apple-darwin-0.10.0":
+    "82d4b99dc6ea686695b5ee142ceba03dd3e3eda2b414e94215ab7bce94972fbb",
+  "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc-0.10.0":
+    "614dd3c409d7fb5a98b516d532c98db9b7799a23fb450150e3784338a9ebd903",
+  "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0":
+    "c300afd5f2d31df039fe6a26a2d68a76b62832098c272a43e1e74ab9efd4fbd7",
+  "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl-0.10.0":
+    "edf1adb1d183730302f87eef9b71bc4e47b4b8058832c3393b0fbcd86f270510",
+  "arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf-0.10.0":
+    "fea6d45bce1e7172192b4a7d3feb9f37c4198c243be1c573c8dacae765a32c53",
+  "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf-0.10.0":
+    "3e8ab76a515884c29c773e01360acb6da61a1351c630377b54ba58918d9673af",
+  "armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf-0.10.0":
+    "85423cda078ed0313f993ddea6ac897e469885539ce156643ace982bbffb8109",
+  "i686-pc-windows-msvc-0.10.0":
+    "b71bca0987dd12ea09ac6a0e52fdfa89f53601b6074be38366d0592b181f3001",
+  "i686-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0":
+    "dbac897653b0d60fb863288587dbacb30140f9725a42718f2c017df7b2d2b3c3",
+  "i686-unknown-linux-musl-0.10.0":
+    "56a211155275dd33731cbbb33aa915d3e7efa59d4436502edaca39ba436c157a",
+  "powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0":
+    "677a414608c61e2ecd751364dae9209cc5b76019481968b99b5d5ad7258d2d77",
+  "riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0":
+    "9da4019ecfd3440a5d0a0a957d8d5e4c6534ac1e3a10636d55266a22ab4135f8",
+  "s390x-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0":
+    "a1b9aa45c1a6b69066179e8d7e3f6e122e0f433ef2ad4e91c0acd1433a083c31",
+  "x86_64-apple-darwin-0.10.0":
+    "664aed584c276f8d79cdc3b7685cd48f5d64657bd6840b06b4b2b0db731b9c99",
+  "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-0.10.0":
+    "4037b444541f695cd2eb93188a9346de3e334af562381411deade0a31c7bf898",
+  "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.10.0":
+    "230e328948c92dd1ebad83949c4d56e83813dfe9c6362a4c519e6a227973f1ae",
+  "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-0.10.0":
+    "312d37f31b6f2c3bfc65668ba0efea9f1f9eaf7bc3209fe1a109e5cf861b95fa",
+  "aarch64-apple-darwin-0.9.30":
+    "03a5d9ec7f7d588446b2ec226d13ff6300055e55365eca8f3fab39f342b0e805",
+  "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc-0.9.30":
+    "cfbc40baf1da11c55eff92ee008f5af3cdbb4c24c40ddb0bbd489b983fadf43f",
+  "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30":
+    "6aadf3c71600d594e16dabf382cc15282ead4c5ca768599b6bcb43c5004d9aa8",
+  "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl-0.9.30":
+    "b658b56957bceea742ca14f3ef28fb3542adbcedfb8bd5bd718ae255394ccd09",
+  "arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf-0.9.30":
+    "5a7f4cd306363b734dba2d86eb760812cb1211254d36ace01860f9e783df1900",
+  "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf-0.9.30":
+    "bf8d9c2f1b4d0eee9bfb689b5483b1bd4b0b76acbeaaa4d0d68b132574c606ff",
+  "armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf-0.9.30":
+    "8715a9da643d9e6cb984c2d3e00480849f93f11251d1474cd382cc9d7faeab84",
+  "i686-pc-windows-msvc-0.9.30":
+    "218b7ec0d052836d7ee395d5e0592e5dac7578fd618f439a5d09c1ad36466399",
+  "i686-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30":
+    "1bab147179887ebcb5c31e016e9ac9987f687e79f92fd2f0ff9bcedf927b8228",
+  "i686-unknown-linux-musl-0.9.30":
+    "14d8b2e2caa0b470418e551e027f3a8283aa8d09eae79206e7dbcd23a8ffa027",
+  "powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30":
+    "ac4cd1a021462885932f6023b005a4835cca4c72bb60dec186ee2be4b60dca6f",
+  "powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30":
+    "73b8cbc560c6b2fa205358365d4e174abdf50cfcf57dc36a447572c56eba5ae4",
+  "riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30":
+    "5e0453d9252aab874a3658a039d4ffdde79dba4096974fcdc945498697dc81cf",
+  "s390x-unknown-linux-gnu-0.9.30":
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+  "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl-0.9.29":
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+  "arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf-0.9.29":
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+  "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf-0.9.29":
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--- a/src/save-cache.ts
+++ b/src/save-cache.ts
@ -59,23 +59,40 @@ async function saveCache(): Promise<void> {
    }

    const actualCachePath = getUvCachePath();
-    await saveCacheToKey(
-      cacheKey,
-      actualCachePath,
-      STATE_CACHE_MATCHED_KEY,
-      "uv cache",
-      `Cache path ${actualCachePath} does not exist on disk. This likely indicates that there are no dependencies to cache. Consider disabling the cache input if it is not needed.`,
-    );
+    if (!fs.existsSync(actualCachePath)) {
+      if (ignoreNothingToCache) {
+        core.info(
+          "No cacheable uv cache paths were found. Ignoring because ignore-nothing-to-cache is enabled.",
+        );
+      } else {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Cache path ${actualCachePath} does not exist on disk. This likely indicates that there are no dependencies to cache. Consider disabling the cache input if it is not needed.`,
+        );
+      }
+    } else {
+      await saveCacheToKey(
+        cacheKey,
+        actualCachePath,
+        STATE_CACHE_MATCHED_KEY,
+        "uv cache",
+      );
+    }
  }

  if (cachePython) {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(pythonDir)) {
+      core.warning(
+        `Python cache path ${pythonDir} does not exist on disk. Skipping Python cache save because no managed Python installation was found. If you want uv to install managed Python instead of using a system interpreter, set UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE=only-managed.`,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
    const pythonCacheKey = `${cacheKey}-python`;
    await saveCacheToKey(
      pythonCacheKey,
      pythonDir,
      STATE_PYTHON_CACHE_MATCHED_KEY,
      "Python cache",
-      `Python cache path ${pythonDir} does not exist on disk. This likely indicates that there are no Python installations to cache. Consider disabling the cache input if it is not needed.`,
    );
  }
 }
@ -119,7 +136,6 @@ async function saveCacheToKey(
  cachePath: string,
  stateKey: string,
  cacheName: string,
-  pathNotExistErrorMessage: string,
 ): Promise<void> {
  const matchedKey = core.getState(stateKey);

@ -131,26 +147,8 @@ async function saveCacheToKey(
  }

  core.info(`Including ${cacheName} path: ${cachePath}`);
-  if (!fs.existsSync(cachePath) && !ignoreNothingToCache) {
-    throw new Error(pathNotExistErrorMessage);
-  }
-
-  try {
-    await cache.saveCache([cachePath], cacheKey);
-    core.info(`${cacheName} saved with key: ${cacheKey}`);
-  } catch (e) {
-    if (
-      e instanceof Error &&
-      e.message ===
-        "Path Validation Error: Path(s) specified in the action for caching do(es) not exist, hence no cache is being saved."
-    ) {
-      core.info(
-        `No cacheable ${cacheName} paths were found. Ignoring because ignore-nothing-to-save is enabled.`,
-      );
-    } else {
-      throw e;
-    }
-  }
+  await cache.saveCache([cachePath], cacheKey);
+  core.info(`${cacheName} saved with key: ${cacheKey}`);
 }

 run();
--- a/src/setup-uv.ts
+++ b/src/setup-uv.ts
@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
  resolutionStrategy,
  toolBinDir,
  toolDir,
+  venvPath,
  versionFile as versionFileInput,
  version as versionInput,
  workingDirectory,
@ -269,12 +270,16 @@ async function activateEnvironment(): Promise<void> {
        "UV_NO_MODIFY_PATH and activate-environment cannot be used together.",
      );
    }
-    const execArgs = ["venv", ".venv", "--directory", workingDirectory];

-    core.info("Activating python venv...");
-    await exec.exec("uv", execArgs);
+    core.info(`Creating and activating python venv at ${venvPath}...`);
+    await exec.exec("uv", [
+      "venv",
+      venvPath,
+      "--directory",
+      workingDirectory,
+      "--clear",
+    ]);

-    const venvPath = path.resolve(`${workingDirectory}${path.sep}.venv`);
    let venvBinPath = `${venvPath}${path.sep}bin`;
    if (process.platform === "win32") {
      venvBinPath = `${venvPath}${path.sep}Scripts`;
--- a/src/utils/inputs.ts
+++ b/src/utils/inputs.ts
@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export const version = core.getInput("version");
 export const versionFile = getVersionFile();
 export const pythonVersion = core.getInput("python-version");
 export const activateEnvironment = core.getBooleanInput("activate-environment");
+export const venvPath = getVenvPath();
 export const checkSum = core.getInput("checksum");
 export const enableCache = getEnableCache();
 export const restoreCache = core.getInput("restore-cache") === "true";
@ -45,6 +46,18 @@ function getVersionFile(): string {
  return versionFileInput;
 }

+function getVenvPath(): string {
+  const venvPathInput = core.getInput("venv-path");
+  if (venvPathInput !== "") {
+    if (!activateEnvironment) {
+      core.warning("venv-path is only used when activate-environment is true");
+    }
+    const tildeExpanded = expandTilde(venvPathInput);
+    return normalizePath(resolveRelativePath(tildeExpanded));
+  }
+  return normalizePath(resolveRelativePath(".venv"));
+}
+
 function getEnableCache(): boolean {
  const enableCacheInput = core.getInput("enable-cache");
  if (enableCacheInput === "auto") {
@ -194,6 +207,19 @@ function expandTilde(input: string): string {
  return input;
 }

+function normalizePath(inputPath: string): string {
+  const normalized = path.normalize(inputPath);
+  const root = path.parse(normalized).root;
+
+  // Remove any trailing path separators, except when the whole path is the root.
+  let trimmed = normalized;
+  while (trimmed.length > root.length && trimmed.endsWith(path.sep)) {
+    trimmed = trimmed.slice(0, -1);
+  }
+
+  return trimmed;
+}
+
 function resolveRelativePath(inputPath: string): string {
  const hasNegation = inputPath.startsWith("!");
  const pathWithoutNegation = hasNegation ? inputPath.substring(1) : inputPath;
--- a/version-manifest.json
+++ b/version-manifest.json