diff --git a/dist/post_run/index.js b/dist/post_run/index.js
index 5935ee4b1e..333719721c 100644
--- a/dist/post_run/index.js
+++ b/dist/post_run/index.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
 const utils = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1518));
 const cacheHttpClient = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(8245));
 const tar_1 = __nccwpck_require__(6490);
+const constants_1 = __nccwpck_require__(8840);
 class ValidationError extends Error {
     constructor(message) {
         super(message);
@@ -89,16 +90,31 @@ function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options) {
         for (const key of keys) {
             checkKey(key);
         }
-        const compressionMethod = yield utils.getCompressionMethod();
+        let cacheEntry;
+        let compressionMethod = yield utils.getCompressionMethod();
         let archivePath = '';
         try {
             // path are needed to compute version
-            const cacheEntry = yield cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
+            cacheEntry = yield cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
                 compressionMethod
             });
             if (!(cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.archiveLocation)) {
-                // Cache not found
-                return undefined;
+                // This is to support the old cache entry created by gzip on windows.
+                if (process.platform === 'win32' &&
+                    compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip) {
+                    compressionMethod = constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip;
+                    cacheEntry = yield cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
+                        compressionMethod
+                    });
+                    if (!(cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.archiveLocation)) {
+                        return undefined;
+                    }
+                    core.info("Couldn't find cache entry with zstd compression, falling back to gzip compression.");
+                }
+                else {
+                    // Cache not found
+                    return undefined;
+                }
             }
             archivePath = path.join(yield utils.createTempDirectory(), utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod));
             core.debug(`Archive Path: ${archivePath}`);
@@ -295,7 +311,12 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
         const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod);
         const resource = `cache?keys=${encodeURIComponent(keys.join(','))}&version=${version}`;
         const response = yield requestUtils_1.retryTypedResponse('getCacheEntry', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () { return httpClient.getJson(getCacheApiUrl(resource)); }));
+        // Cache not found
         if (response.statusCode === 204) {
+            // List cache for primary key only if cache miss occurs
+            if (core.isDebug()) {
+                yield printCachesListForDiagnostics(keys[0], httpClient, version);
+            }
             return null;
         }
         if (!requestUtils_1.isSuccessStatusCode(response.statusCode)) {
@@ -304,6 +325,7 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
         const cacheResult = response.result;
         const cacheDownloadUrl = cacheResult === null || cacheResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheResult.archiveLocation;
         if (!cacheDownloadUrl) {
+            // Cache achiveLocation not found. This should never happen, and hence bail out.
             throw new Error('Cache not found.');
         }
         core.setSecret(cacheDownloadUrl);
@@ -313,6 +335,22 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
     });
 }
 exports.getCacheEntry = getCacheEntry;
+function printCachesListForDiagnostics(key, httpClient, version) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const resource = `caches?key=${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);
@@ -576,10 +614,6 @@ 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 version = semver.clean(versionOutput);
         if (!versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('zstd command line interface')) {
@@ -603,13 +637,16 @@ 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 ${name} but value was undefiend`);
@@ -645,6 +682,11 @@ var CompressionMethod;
     CompressionMethod["ZstdWithoutLong"] = "zstd-without-long";
     CompressionMethod["Zstd"] = "zstd";
 })(CompressionMethod = exports.CompressionMethod || (exports.CompressionMethod = {}));
+var ArchiveToolType;
+(function (ArchiveToolType) {
+    ArchiveToolType["GNU"] = "gnu";
+    ArchiveToolType["BSD"] = "bsd";
+})(ArchiveToolType = exports.ArchiveToolType || (exports.ArchiveToolType = {}));
 // The default number of retry attempts.
 exports.DefaultRetryAttempts = 2;
 // The default delay in milliseconds between retry attempts.
@@ -653,6 +695,12 @@ exports.DefaultRetryDelay = 5000;
 // over the socket during this period, the socket is destroyed and the download
 // is aborted.
 exports.SocketTimeout = 5000;
+// The default path of GNUtar on hosted Windows runners
+exports.GnuTarPathOnWindows = `${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
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -1071,21 +1119,19 @@ const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
 const utils = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1518));
 const constants_1 = __nccwpck_require__(8840);
 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;
             }
@@ -1093,25 +1139,92 @@ 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() {
@@ -1119,91 +1232,116 @@ 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 });
+            }
+            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;
diff --git a/dist/run/index.js b/dist/run/index.js
index 9b9267c6e1..f4df1f0286 100644
--- a/dist/run/index.js
+++ b/dist/run/index.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
 const utils = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1518));
 const cacheHttpClient = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(8245));
 const tar_1 = __nccwpck_require__(6490);
+const constants_1 = __nccwpck_require__(8840);
 class ValidationError extends Error {
     constructor(message) {
         super(message);
@@ -89,16 +90,31 @@ function restoreCache(paths, primaryKey, restoreKeys, options) {
         for (const key of keys) {
             checkKey(key);
         }
-        const compressionMethod = yield utils.getCompressionMethod();
+        let cacheEntry;
+        let compressionMethod = yield utils.getCompressionMethod();
         let archivePath = '';
         try {
             // path are needed to compute version
-            const cacheEntry = yield cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
+            cacheEntry = yield cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
                 compressionMethod
             });
             if (!(cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.archiveLocation)) {
-                // Cache not found
-                return undefined;
+                // This is to support the old cache entry created by gzip on windows.
+                if (process.platform === 'win32' &&
+                    compressionMethod !== constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip) {
+                    compressionMethod = constants_1.CompressionMethod.Gzip;
+                    cacheEntry = yield cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
+                        compressionMethod
+                    });
+                    if (!(cacheEntry === null || cacheEntry === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheEntry.archiveLocation)) {
+                        return undefined;
+                    }
+                    core.info("Couldn't find cache entry with zstd compression, falling back to gzip compression.");
+                }
+                else {
+                    // Cache not found
+                    return undefined;
+                }
             }
             archivePath = path.join(yield utils.createTempDirectory(), utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod));
             core.debug(`Archive Path: ${archivePath}`);
@@ -295,7 +311,12 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
         const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.compressionMethod);
         const resource = `cache?keys=${encodeURIComponent(keys.join(','))}&version=${version}`;
         const response = yield requestUtils_1.retryTypedResponse('getCacheEntry', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () { return httpClient.getJson(getCacheApiUrl(resource)); }));
+        // Cache not found
         if (response.statusCode === 204) {
+            // List cache for primary key only if cache miss occurs
+            if (core.isDebug()) {
+                yield printCachesListForDiagnostics(keys[0], httpClient, version);
+            }
             return null;
         }
         if (!requestUtils_1.isSuccessStatusCode(response.statusCode)) {
@@ -304,6 +325,7 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
         const cacheResult = response.result;
         const cacheDownloadUrl = cacheResult === null || cacheResult === void 0 ? void 0 : cacheResult.archiveLocation;
         if (!cacheDownloadUrl) {
+            // Cache achiveLocation not found. This should never happen, and hence bail out.
             throw new Error('Cache not found.');
         }
         core.setSecret(cacheDownloadUrl);
@@ -313,6 +335,22 @@ function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
     });
 }
 exports.getCacheEntry = getCacheEntry;
+function printCachesListForDiagnostics(key, httpClient, version) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const resource = `caches?key=${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);
@@ -576,10 +614,6 @@ 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 version = semver.clean(versionOutput);
         if (!versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('zstd command line interface')) {
@@ -603,13 +637,16 @@ 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 ${name} but value was undefiend`);
@@ -645,6 +682,11 @@ var CompressionMethod;
     CompressionMethod["ZstdWithoutLong"] = "zstd-without-long";
     CompressionMethod["Zstd"] = "zstd";
 })(CompressionMethod = exports.CompressionMethod || (exports.CompressionMethod = {}));
+var ArchiveToolType;
+(function (ArchiveToolType) {
+    ArchiveToolType["GNU"] = "gnu";
+    ArchiveToolType["BSD"] = "bsd";
+})(ArchiveToolType = exports.ArchiveToolType || (exports.ArchiveToolType = {}));
 // The default number of retry attempts.
 exports.DefaultRetryAttempts = 2;
 // The default delay in milliseconds between retry attempts.
@@ -653,6 +695,12 @@ exports.DefaultRetryDelay = 5000;
 // over the socket during this period, the socket is destroyed and the download
 // is aborted.
 exports.SocketTimeout = 5000;
+// The default path of GNUtar on hosted Windows runners
+exports.GnuTarPathOnWindows = `${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
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -1071,21 +1119,19 @@ const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
 const utils = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1518));
 const constants_1 = __nccwpck_require__(8840);
 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;
             }
@@ -1093,25 +1139,92 @@ 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() {
@@ -1119,91 +1232,116 @@ 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 });
+            }
+            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;
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 42429ec8da..420018db91 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "3.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@actions/cache": "^3.0.6",
+        "@actions/cache": "^3.1.0",
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
         "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
         "@actions/github": "^5.1.1",
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
       }
     },
     "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": "3.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wKGJkpK3uFTgwy+KA0fxz0H3/ZPymdi0IlyhMmyoMeWd+CIv8xVPWdGlrPDDdN9bFgve2yvEPZVaKRb43Uwtyg==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
         "@actions/exec": "^1.0.1",
@@ -3236,9 +3236,9 @@
   },
   "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": "3.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wKGJkpK3uFTgwy+KA0fxz0H3/ZPymdi0IlyhMmyoMeWd+CIv8xVPWdGlrPDDdN9bFgve2yvEPZVaKRb43Uwtyg==",
       "requires": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
         "@actions/exec": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2121aa6dab..6959eaf8ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   "author": "golangci",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/cache": "^3.0.6",
+    "@actions/cache": "^3.1.0",
     "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
     "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
     "@actions/github": "^5.1.1",