ImportError: cannot import name 'soft_unicode' from 'markupsafe'

[sankalp-wns]

The action was working fine till last night and has suddenly started throwing errors.

Below is the log.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/bin/sam", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(cli())
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 8[29](https://github.com/***/***/runs/5243409939?check_suite_focus=true#step:5:29), in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 782, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1259, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 610, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 73, in new_func
    return ctx.invoke(f, obj, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 610, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/samcli/lib/telemetry/metric.py", line 166, in wrapped
    raise exception  # pylint: disable=raising-bad-type
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/samcli/lib/telemetry/metric.py", line 124, in wrapped
    return_value = func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/samcli/lib/utils/version_checker.py", line 41, in wrapped
    actual_result = func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/samcli/cli/main.py", line 87, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/samcli/commands/build/command.py", line 174, in cli
    do_cli(
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/samcli/commands/build/command.py", line 220, in do_cli
    from samcli.commands.build.build_context import BuildContext
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/samcli/commands/build/build_context.py", line 13, in <module>
    from samcli.lib.providers.sam_api_provider import SamApiProvider
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/samcli/lib/providers/sam_api_provider.py", line 6, in <module>
    from samcli.lib.providers.api_collector import ApiCollector
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/samcli/lib/providers/api_collector.py", line 10, in <module>
    from samcli.local.apigw.local_apigw_service import Route
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/samcli/local/apigw/local_apigw_service.py", line 11, in <module>
    from flask import Flask, request
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/flask/__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    from jinja2 import escape
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/jinja2/__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
    from .environment import Environment
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py", line 25, in <module>
    from .defaults import BLOCK_END_STRING
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/jinja2/defaults.py", line 3, in <module>
    from .filters import FILTERS as DEFAULT_FILTERS  # noqa: F[40](https://github.com/***/***/runs/5243409939?check_suite_focus=true#step:5:40)1
  File "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/jinja2/filters.py", line 13, in <module>
    from markupsafe import soft_unicode
ImportError: cannot import name 'soft_unicode' from 'markupsafe' (/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-sam-2S4sF4/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/markupsafe/__init__.py)

The usage:

steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      - uses: aws-actions/setup-sam@v1

      - name: Build resources
        run: sam build --template template.yaml --use-container

[Tyler-The-Creator]

I'm having the same issue and I'm using Python 3.8.

Usage:

steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      - uses: aws-actions/setup-sam@v1

      - name: Deploy
         run: | 
           sam build && sam deploy --config-file ./samconfig.toml --config-env <env> --no-fail-on-empty-changeset

[galigalikun]

aws/aws-sam-cli#3661

        - uses: aws-actions/setup-sam@v1
           with:
             version: 1.37.0

[hoffa]

Thanks for reporting this! The issue has been fixed on the SAM CLI side (see aws/aws-sam-cli#3661).