diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 42fdfff..c82d2fa 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -684,10 +684,7 @@ function getCacheVersion(paths, compressionMethod, enableCrossOsArchive = false)
     }
     // Add salt to cache version to support breaking changes in cache entry
     components.push(versionSalt);
-    return crypto
-        .createHash('sha256')
-        .update(components.join('|'))
-        .digest('hex');
+    return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(components.join('|')).digest('hex');
 }
 exports.getCacheVersion = getCacheVersion;
 function getCacheEntry(keys, paths, options) {
@@ -740,13 +737,21 @@ function downloadCache(archiveLocation, archivePath, options) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         const archiveUrl = new url_1.URL(archiveLocation);
         const downloadOptions = (0, options_1.getDownloadOptions)(options);
-        if (downloadOptions.useAzureSdk &&
-            archiveUrl.hostname.endsWith('.blob.core.windows.net')) {
-            // Use Azure storage SDK to download caches hosted on Azure to improve speed and reliability.
-            yield (0, downloadUtils_1.downloadCacheStorageSDK)(archiveLocation, archivePath, downloadOptions);
+        if (archiveUrl.hostname.endsWith('.blob.core.windows.net')) {
+            if (downloadOptions.useAzureSdk) {
+                // Use Azure storage SDK to download caches hosted on Azure to improve speed and reliability.
+                yield (0, downloadUtils_1.downloadCacheStorageSDK)(archiveLocation, archivePath, downloadOptions);
+            }
+            else if (downloadOptions.concurrentBlobDownloads) {
+                // Use concurrent implementation with HttpClient to work around blob SDK issue
+                yield (0, downloadUtils_1.downloadCacheHttpClientConcurrent)(archiveLocation, archivePath, downloadOptions);
+            }
+            else {
+                // Otherwise, download using the Actions http-client.
+                yield (0, downloadUtils_1.downloadCacheHttpClient)(archiveLocation, archivePath);
+            }
         }
         else {
-            // Otherwise, download using the Actions http-client.
             yield (0, downloadUtils_1.downloadCacheHttpClient)(archiveLocation, archivePath);
         }
     });
@@ -779,9 +784,7 @@ function getContentRange(start, end) {
 }
 function uploadChunk(httpClient, resourceUrl, openStream, start, end) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        core.debug(`Uploading chunk of size ${end -
-            start +
-            1} bytes at offset ${start} with content range: ${getContentRange(start, end)}`);
+        core.debug(`Uploading chunk of size ${end - start + 1} bytes at offset ${start} with content range: ${getContentRange(start, end)}`);
         const additionalHeaders = {
             'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream',
             'Content-Range': getContentRange(start, end)
@@ -949,35 +952,42 @@ function getArchiveFileSizeInBytes(filePath) {
 }
 exports.getArchiveFileSizeInBytes = getArchiveFileSizeInBytes;
 function resolvePaths(patterns) {
-    var e_1, _a;
-    var _b;
+    var _a, e_1, _b, _c;
+    var _d;
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         const paths = [];
-        const workspace = (_b = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']) !== null && _b !== void 0 ? _b : process.cwd();
+        const workspace = (_d = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']) !== null && _d !== void 0 ? _d : process.cwd();
         const globber = yield glob.create(patterns.join('\n'), {
             implicitDescendants: false
         });
         try {
-            for (var _c = __asyncValues(globber.globGenerator()), _d; _d = yield _c.next(), !_d.done;) {
-                const file = _d.value;
-                const relativeFile = path
-                    .relative(workspace, file)
-                    .replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/');
-                core.debug(`Matched: ${relativeFile}`);
-                // Paths are made relative so the tar entries are all relative to the root of the workspace.
-                if (relativeFile === '') {
-                    // path.relative returns empty string if workspace and file are equal
-                    paths.push('.');
+            for (var _e = true, _f = __asyncValues(globber.globGenerator()), _g; _g = yield _f.next(), _a = _g.done, !_a;) {
+                _c = _g.value;
+                _e = false;
+                try {
+                    const file = _c;
+                    const relativeFile = path
+                        .relative(workspace, file)
+                        .replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/');
+                    core.debug(`Matched: ${relativeFile}`);
+                    // Paths are made relative so the tar entries are all relative to the root of the workspace.
+                    if (relativeFile === '') {
+                        // path.relative returns empty string if workspace and file are equal
+                        paths.push('.');
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        paths.push(`${relativeFile}`);
+                    }
                 }
-                else {
-                    paths.push(`${relativeFile}`);
+                finally {
+                    _e = true;
                 }
             }
         }
         catch (e_1_1) { e_1 = { error: e_1_1 }; }
         finally {
             try {
-                if (_d && !_d.done && (_a = _c.return)) yield _a.call(_c);
+                if (!_e && !_a && (_b = _f.return)) yield _b.call(_f);
             }
             finally { if (e_1) throw e_1.error; }
         }
@@ -1142,7 +1152,7 @@ var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, ge
     });
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.downloadCacheStorageSDK = exports.downloadCacheHttpClient = exports.DownloadProgress = void 0;
+exports.downloadCacheStorageSDK = exports.downloadCacheHttpClientConcurrent = exports.downloadCacheHttpClient = exports.DownloadProgress = void 0;
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 const http_client_1 = __nccwpck_require__(6255);
 const storage_blob_1 = __nccwpck_require__(4100);
@@ -1299,6 +1309,115 @@ function downloadCacheHttpClient(archiveLocation, archivePath) {
     });
 }
 exports.downloadCacheHttpClient = downloadCacheHttpClient;
+/**
+ * Download the cache using the Actions toolkit http-client concurrently
+ *
+ * @param archiveLocation the URL for the cache
+ * @param archivePath the local path where the cache is saved
+ */
+function downloadCacheHttpClientConcurrent(archiveLocation, archivePath, options) {
+    var _a;
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const archiveDescriptor = yield fs.promises.open(archivePath, 'w');
+        const httpClient = new http_client_1.HttpClient('actions/cache', undefined, {
+            socketTimeout: options.timeoutInMs,
+            keepAlive: true
+        });
+        try {
+            const res = yield (0, requestUtils_1.retryHttpClientResponse)('downloadCacheMetadata', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () { return yield httpClient.request('HEAD', archiveLocation, null, {}); }));
+            const lengthHeader = res.message.headers['content-length'];
+            if (lengthHeader === undefined || lengthHeader === null) {
+                throw new Error('Content-Length not found on blob response');
+            }
+            const length = parseInt(lengthHeader);
+            if (Number.isNaN(length)) {
+                throw new Error(`Could not interpret Content-Length: ${length}`);
+            }
+            const downloads = [];
+            const blockSize = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
+            for (let offset = 0; offset < length; offset += blockSize) {
+                const count = Math.min(blockSize, length - offset);
+                downloads.push({
+                    offset,
+                    promiseGetter: () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+                        return yield downloadSegmentRetry(httpClient, archiveLocation, offset, count);
+                    })
+                });
+            }
+            // reverse to use .pop instead of .shift
+            downloads.reverse();
+            let actives = 0;
+            let bytesDownloaded = 0;
+            const progress = new DownloadProgress(length);
+            progress.startDisplayTimer();
+            const progressFn = progress.onProgress();
+            const activeDownloads = [];
+            let nextDownload;
+            const waitAndWrite = () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+                const segment = yield Promise.race(Object.values(activeDownloads));
+                yield archiveDescriptor.write(segment.buffer, 0, segment.count, segment.offset);
+                actives--;
+                delete activeDownloads[segment.offset];
+                bytesDownloaded += segment.count;
+                progressFn({ loadedBytes: bytesDownloaded });
+            });
+            while ((nextDownload = downloads.pop())) {
+                activeDownloads[nextDownload.offset] = nextDownload.promiseGetter();
+                actives++;
+                if (actives >= ((_a = options.downloadConcurrency) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : 10)) {
+                    yield waitAndWrite();
+                }
+            }
+            while (actives > 0) {
+                yield waitAndWrite();
+            }
+        }
+        finally {
+            httpClient.dispose();
+            yield archiveDescriptor.close();
+        }
+    });
+}
+exports.downloadCacheHttpClientConcurrent = downloadCacheHttpClientConcurrent;
+function downloadSegmentRetry(httpClient, archiveLocation, offset, count) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const retries = 5;
+        let failures = 0;
+        while (true) {
+            try {
+                const timeout = 30000;
+                const result = yield promiseWithTimeout(timeout, downloadSegment(httpClient, archiveLocation, offset, count));
+                if (typeof result === 'string') {
+                    throw new Error('downloadSegmentRetry failed due to timeout');
+                }
+                return result;
+            }
+            catch (err) {
+                if (failures >= retries) {
+                    throw err;
+                }
+                failures++;
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+function downloadSegment(httpClient, archiveLocation, offset, count) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const partRes = yield (0, requestUtils_1.retryHttpClientResponse)('downloadCachePart', () => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+            return yield httpClient.get(archiveLocation, {
+                Range: `bytes=${offset}-${offset + count - 1}`
+            });
+        }));
+        if (!partRes.readBodyBuffer) {
+            throw new Error('Expected HttpClientResponse to implement readBodyBuffer');
+        }
+        return {
+            offset,
+            count,
+            buffer: yield partRes.readBodyBuffer()
+        };
+    });
+}
 /**
  * Download the cache using the Azure Storage SDK.  Only call this method if the
  * URL points to an Azure Storage endpoint.
@@ -1864,7 +1983,8 @@ exports.getUploadOptions = getUploadOptions;
  */
 function getDownloadOptions(copy) {
     const result = {
-        useAzureSdk: true,
+        useAzureSdk: false,
+        concurrentBlobDownloads: true,
         downloadConcurrency: 8,
         timeoutInMs: 30000,
         segmentTimeoutInMs: 600000,
@@ -1874,6 +1994,9 @@ function getDownloadOptions(copy) {
         if (typeof copy.useAzureSdk === 'boolean') {
             result.useAzureSdk = copy.useAzureSdk;
         }
+        if (typeof copy.concurrentBlobDownloads === 'boolean') {
+            result.concurrentBlobDownloads = copy.concurrentBlobDownloads;
+        }
         if (typeof copy.downloadConcurrency === 'number') {
             result.downloadConcurrency = copy.downloadConcurrency;
         }
@@ -5560,6 +5683,19 @@ class HttpClientResponse {
             }));
         });
     }
+    readBodyBuffer() {
+        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+            return new Promise((resolve) => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+                const chunks = [];
+                this.message.on('data', (chunk) => {
+                    chunks.push(chunk);
+                });
+                this.message.on('end', () => {
+                    resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks));
+                });
+            }));
+        });
+    }
 }
 exports.HttpClientResponse = HttpClientResponse;
 function isHttps(requestUrl) {
@@ -6064,7 +6200,13 @@ function getProxyUrl(reqUrl) {
         }
     })();
     if (proxyVar) {
-        return new URL(proxyVar);
+        try {
+            return new URL(proxyVar);
+        }
+        catch (_a) {
+            if (!proxyVar.startsWith('http://') && !proxyVar.startsWith('https://'))
+                return new URL(`http://${proxyVar}`);
+        }
     }
     else {
         return undefined;
@@ -6075,6 +6217,10 @@ function checkBypass(reqUrl) {
     if (!reqUrl.hostname) {
         return false;
     }
+    const reqHost = reqUrl.hostname;
+    if (isLoopbackAddress(reqHost)) {
+        return true;
+    }
     const noProxy = process.env['no_proxy'] || process.env['NO_PROXY'] || '';
     if (!noProxy) {
         return false;
@@ -6100,13 +6246,24 @@ function checkBypass(reqUrl) {
         .split(',')
         .map(x => x.trim().toUpperCase())
         .filter(x => x)) {
-        if (upperReqHosts.some(x => x === upperNoProxyItem)) {
+        if (upperNoProxyItem === '*' ||
+            upperReqHosts.some(x => x === upperNoProxyItem ||
+                x.endsWith(`.${upperNoProxyItem}`) ||
+                (upperNoProxyItem.startsWith('.') &&
+                    x.endsWith(`${upperNoProxyItem}`)))) {
             return true;
         }
     }
     return false;
 }
 exports.checkBypass = checkBypass;
+function isLoopbackAddress(host) {
+    const hostLower = host.toLowerCase();
+    return (hostLower === 'localhost' ||
+        hostLower.startsWith('127.') ||
+        hostLower.startsWith('[::1]') ||
+        hostLower.startsWith('[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]'));
+}
 //# sourceMappingURL=proxy.js.map
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0f6fa02..7e776ec 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "0.0.3",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@actions/cache": "^3.2.1",
+        "@actions/cache": "^3.2.2",
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
         "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
         "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.1"
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@actions/cache": {
-      "version": "3.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-QurbMiY//02+0kN1adJkMHN44RcZ5kAXfhSnKUZmtSmhMTNqLitGArG1xOkt93NNyByTlLGAc5wIOF/dZ2ENOQ==",
+      "version": "3.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6D0Jq5JrLZRQ3VApeQwQkkV20ZZXjXsHNYXd9VjNUdi9E0h93wESpxfMJ2JWLCUCgHNLcfY0v3GjNM+2FdRMlg==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
         "@actions/exec": "^1.0.1",
         "@actions/glob": "^0.1.0",
-        "@actions/http-client": "^2.0.1",
+        "@actions/http-client": "^2.1.1",
         "@actions/io": "^1.0.1",
         "@azure/abort-controller": "^1.1.0",
         "@azure/ms-rest-js": "^2.6.0",
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@actions/http-client": {
-      "version": "2.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-2.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-PIXiMVtz6VvyaRsGY268qvj57hXQEpsYogYOu2nrQhlf+XCGmZstmuZBbAybUl1nQGnvS1k1eEsQ69ZoD7xlSw==",
+      "version": "2.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-2.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-qhrkRMB40bbbLo7gF+0vu+X+UawOvQQqNAA/5Unx774RS8poaOhThDOG6BGmxvAnxhQnDp2BG/ZUm65xZILTpw==",
       "dependencies": {
         "tunnel": "^0.0.6"
       }
@@ -7507,14 +7507,14 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "@actions/cache": {
-      "version": "3.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-QurbMiY//02+0kN1adJkMHN44RcZ5kAXfhSnKUZmtSmhMTNqLitGArG1xOkt93NNyByTlLGAc5wIOF/dZ2ENOQ==",
+      "version": "3.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6D0Jq5JrLZRQ3VApeQwQkkV20ZZXjXsHNYXd9VjNUdi9E0h93wESpxfMJ2JWLCUCgHNLcfY0v3GjNM+2FdRMlg==",
       "requires": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
         "@actions/exec": "^1.0.1",
         "@actions/glob": "^0.1.0",
-        "@actions/http-client": "^2.0.1",
+        "@actions/http-client": "^2.1.1",
         "@actions/io": "^1.0.1",
         "@azure/abort-controller": "^1.1.0",
         "@azure/ms-rest-js": "^2.6.0",
@@ -7557,9 +7557,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@actions/http-client": {
-      "version": "2.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-2.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-PIXiMVtz6VvyaRsGY268qvj57hXQEpsYogYOu2nrQhlf+XCGmZstmuZBbAybUl1nQGnvS1k1eEsQ69ZoD7xlSw==",
+      "version": "2.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-2.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-qhrkRMB40bbbLo7gF+0vu+X+UawOvQQqNAA/5Unx774RS8poaOhThDOG6BGmxvAnxhQnDp2BG/ZUm65xZILTpw==",
       "requires": {
         "tunnel": "^0.0.6"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 06c8dc6..da7366d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   "author": "medyagh",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/cache": "^3.2.1",
+    "@actions/cache": "^3.2.2",
     "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
     "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
     "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.1"