Error when adding packages in Julia 1.3 rc04 on Windows

I have been using Julia 1.3 rc04 happily for the past week. Today I hit ]update and got the error below. Now I can’t add any package at all…

Resolving package versions...
┌ Warning: failed to extract archive downloaded from https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaBinaryWrappers/Expat_jll.jl/tarball/e1b4190be75ba8d03ce2bec3a6cfc7a939c713ea
└ @ Pkg.Operations C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:494
 Installed Expat_jll ─ v2.2.7+0
ERROR: Unable to automatically install 'Expat' from 'C:\Users\IulianCioarca\.julia\packages\Expat_jll\YXYuQ\Artifacts.toml'
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(::String) at .\error.jl:33
 [2] #ensure_artifact_installed#42(::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, ::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.Artifacts.ensure_artifact_installed), ::String, ::Dict{String,Any}, ::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Artifacts.jl:810
 [3] (::Pkg.Artifacts.var"#kw##ensure_artifact_installed")(::NamedTuple{(:platform, :verbose),Tuple{Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows,Bool}}, ::typeof(Pkg.Artifacts.ensure_artifact_installed), ::String, ::Dict{String,Any}, ::String) at .\none:0
 [4] #ensure_all_artifacts_installed#43(::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, ::Nothing, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.Artifacts.ensure_all_artifacts_installed), ::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Artifacts.jl:852
 [5] #ensure_all_artifacts_installed at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:0 [inlined]
 [6] #download_artifacts#78(::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, ::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.Operations.download_artifacts), ::Array{String,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:580        
 [7] #download_artifacts at .\none:0 [inlined]
 [8] #download_artifacts#73(::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, ::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.Operations.download_artifacts), ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:570
 [9] (::Pkg.Operations.var"#kw##download_artifacts")(::NamedTuple{(:platform,),Tuple{Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows}}, ::typeof(Pkg.Operations.download_artifacts), ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at .\none:0
 [10] #add#112(::Bool, ::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, ::typeof(Pkg.Operations.add), ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}, ::Array{Base.UUID,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1017
 [11] #add at .\none:0 [inlined]
 [12] #add#25(::Bool, ::Pkg.BinaryPlatforms.Windows, ::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::typeof(Pkg.API.add), ::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\API.jl:102
 [13] add(::Pkg.Types.Context, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\API.jl:72
 [14] do_add!(::Dict{Symbol,Any}, ::Array{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec,1}, ::Dict{Symbol,Any}) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:505
 [15] #invokelatest#1(::Base.Iterators.Pairs{Union{},Union{},Tuple{},NamedTuple{(),Tuple{}}}, ::typeof(Base.invokelatest), ::Any, 
::Any, ::Vararg{Any,N} where N) at .\essentials.jl:709
 [16] invokelatest(::Any, ::Any, ::Vararg{Any,N} where N) at .\essentials.jl:708
 [17] do_cmd!(::Pkg.REPLMode.Command, ::REPL.LineEditREPL) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:412
 [18] #do_cmd#23(::Bool, ::typeof(Pkg.REPLMode.do_cmd), ::REPL.LineEditREPL, ::String) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:391
 [19] do_cmd at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:387 [inlined]
 [20] (::Pkg.REPLMode.var"#28#31"{REPL.LineEditREPL,REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, ::Base.GenericIOBuffer{Array{UInt8,1}}, ::Bool) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\Pkg\src\REPLMode.jl:619
 [21] #invokelatest#1 at .\essentials.jl:709 [inlined]
 [22] invokelatest at .\essentials.jl:708 [inlined]
 [23] run_interface(::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, ::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, ::REPL.LineEdit.MIState) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\REPL\src\LineEdit.jl:2306
 [24] run_frontend(::REPL.LineEditREPL, ::REPL.REPLBackendRef) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\REPL\src\REPL.jl:1045
 [25] run_repl(::REPL.AbstractREPL, ::Any) at C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.3\REPL\src\REPL.jl:201
 [26] (::Base.var"#774#776"{Bool,Bool,Bool,Bool})(::Module) at .\client.jl:390
 [27] #invokelatest#1 at .\essentials.jl:709 [inlined]
 [28] invokelatest at .\essentials.jl:708 [inlined]
 [29] run_main_repl(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool) at .\client.jl:374
 [30] exec_options(::Base.JLOptions) at .\client.jl:312
 [31] _start() at .\client.jl:468

Did anyone encounter this issue?

Thanks!

Yes, thanks for the report! This is failed to extract archive downloaded · Issue #33591 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub, and it’s precisely why there will be an RC5 in the very near future.

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Thank you! I’ll wait for the new version.