Mise can't install gcloud on Windows 11

[eloiblt]

Hi ! I encounter this issue when trying to install gcloud with mise on windows 11 :

❯ mise use -g vfox:gcloud@latest
mise Downloading https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sdk-release/google-cloud-sdk-572.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip
mise Verifying "C:\Users\eloib\AppData\Local\mise\downloads\gcloud-572.0.0\google-cloud-sdk-572.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip" checksum
mise Extracting "C:\Users\eloib\AppData\Local\mise\downloads\gcloud-572.0.0\google-cloud-sdk-572.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip" to "C:\Users\eloib\AppData\Local\mise\installs\gcloud\572.0.0"
gcloud@572.0.0 install ◡
'"C:\Users\eloib\AppData\Local\mise\installs\gcloud\572.0.0\install.sh"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
gcloud@572.0.0 install ◟
mise ERROR Failed to install vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-gcloud@572.0.0: runtime error: crates\vfox\src\lua_mod\hooks.rs:53:81: Failed to run gcloud install script
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'error'
crates\vfox\src\lua_mod\hooks.rs:53:81: in function 'PLUGIN.PostInstall'
crates\vfox\src\plugin.rs:188:2: in main chunk
mise ERROR Version: 2026.6.10 windows-x64 (2026-06-14)
mise ERROR Run with --verbose or MISE_VERBOSE=1 for more information

I think the plugin is trying to use a "sh" script

Thank you very much

[pavi2410]

Not only Windows, it fails on macOS too.

❯ mise use vfox:gcloud
mise WARN  windows_default_inline_shell_args in non-global config /Users/pavi2410/Projects/Kodular/Kodular-Creator/mise.toml is ignored for security reasons
mise Downloading https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sdk-release/google-cloud-sdk-581.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz
mise Verifying "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/downloads/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/vfox-gcloud-581.0.0/google-cloud-sdk-581.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz" checksum
mise Extracting "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/downloads/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/vfox-gcloud-581.0.0/google-cloud-sdk-581.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz" to "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/installs/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0"
vfox:gcloud@581.0.0          install                                                                                   ◟
Welcome to the Google Cloud CLI!
WARNING:  Python 3.9.x is no longer officially supported by the Google Cloud CLI
and may not function correctly. Please use Python version 3.10 and up.
To reinstall gcloud, run:
    $ gcloud components reinstall

This will also prompt to install a compatible version of Python.

If you have a compatible Python interpreter installed, you can use it by setting
the CLOUDSDK_PYTHON environment variable to point to it.
vfox:gcloud@581.0.0          install                                                                                   ◠
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/installs/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/bin/bootstrapping/install.py", line 12, in <module>
    import bootstrapping
  File "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/installs/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/bin/bootstrapping/bootstrapping.py", line 50, in <module>
    from googlecloudsdk.core.credentials import store as c_store
  File "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/installs/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/lib/googlecloudsdk/core/credentials/store.py", line 30, in <module>
    from googlecloudsdk.api_lib.auth import external_account as auth_external_account
  File "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/installs/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/auth/external_account.py", line 21, in <module>
    from googlecloudsdk.core.credentials import creds as c_creds
  File "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/installs/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/lib/googlecloudsdk/core/credentials/creds.py", line 31, in <module>
    from google.auth import compute_engine as google_auth_compute_engine
  File "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/installs/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/lib/third_party/google/auth/compute_engine/__init__.py", line 17, in <module>
    from google.auth.compute_engine._metadata import detect_gce_residency_linux
  File "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/installs/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/lib/third_party/google/auth/compute_engine/_metadata.py", line 28, in <module>
    import requests
  File "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/installs/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/lib/third_party/requests/__init__.py", line 43, in <module>
    import urllib3
  File "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/installs/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/lib/third_party/urllib3/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    from ._base_connection import _TYPE_BODY
  File "/Users/pavi2410/.local/share/mise/installs/vfox-gcloud/581.0.0/lib/third_party/urllib3/_base_connection.py", line 10, in <module>
    bytes, typing.IO[typing.Any], typing.Iterable[bytes | str], str
mise WARN  windows_default_inline_shell_args in non-global config /Users/pavi2410/Projects/Kodular/Kodular-Creator/mise.toml is ignored for security reasons
vfox:gcloud@581.0.0          install                                                                                   ◜
mise ERROR Failed to install vfox:gcloud@latest: runtime error: crates/vfox/src/lua_mod/hooks.rs:58:146: Failed to run gcloud install script
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'error'
	crates/vfox/src/lua_mod/hooks.rs:58:146: in function 'PLUGIN.PostInstall'
	crates/vfox/src/plugin.rs:201:2: in main chunk
mise ERROR Version: 2026.8.6 macos-arm64 (2026-08-14)
mise ERROR Run with --verbose or MISE_VERBOSE=1 for more information
mise WARN  windows_default_inline_shell_args in non-global config /Users/pavi2410/Projects/Kodular/Kodular-Creator/mise.toml is ignored for security reasons

[jdx]

I traced the Windows report and the newer macOS report. They have separate root causes in the plugin:

• Windows: the archive contains both install.sh and install.bat, but the hook selected install.sh whenever it existed and then passed it to cmd.exe. The plugin also downloaded the unbundled Windows archive while disabling Python installation. fix: use Windows installer and bundled Python #7 selects install.bat directly and uses Google's bundled-Python archive.
• macOS: the hook passes --install-python false for every recent gcloud version, but macOS archives do not bundle Python. The trace then runs gcloud 581.0.0 under Python 3.9, while current gcloud requires Python 3.10 or newer. fix: let gcloud provision required Python #8 only disables Python installation for Linux x86_64, whose archive actually includes it; other platforms can use CLOUDSDK_PYTHON or let Google's installer provision a supported interpreter.

The original mise 2026.6.10 output also shows an older cmd.exe inner-quote issue that was fixed in mise 2026.7.12. Upgrading mise removes that quoting problem, but the plugin still needs #7 because cmd.exe cannot execute install.sh.

Until #8 lands, the macOS workaround is to provide a supported Python explicitly:

[tools]
python = "3.13"
gcloud = { version = "latest", depends = ["python"] }

[env]
CLOUDSDK_PYTHON = { value = "{{ tools.python.path }}/bin/python3", tools = true }

The two PRs are independent and merge cleanly together.

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