diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 5e31e6da..aa0f7cb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -15,13 +15,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
 
-      - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-
       - name: install Microsoft Visual C++ (Windows)
         uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
@@ -58,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: install Qt and Qt Creator
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          pip install pyyaml requests py7zr
+          pip install pyyaml requests py7zr tqdm_loggable
           python setup.py --export_variables
           cat env >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
@@ -92,9 +89,9 @@ jobs:
           file ./build/ROSProjectManager-*-*-*.zip
 
       - name: upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: plugin_archive_artifact
+          name: plugin_archive_artifact_${{ matrix.config.name }}
           if-no-files-found: error
           path: |
             ./build/ROSProjectManager-*-*-*.zip
@@ -106,9 +103,10 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     steps:
       - name: download artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: plugin_archive_artifact
+          pattern: plugin_archive_artifact_*
+          merge-multiple: true
           path: ./
 
       - name: create release
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cb0ac94c..c16a8285 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 import py7zr
 import requests
 import yaml
+from tqdm_loggable.auto import tqdm
+
 
 url_repo_qtc_fmt = "https://download.qt.io/{release_type}_releases/qtcreator/{qtcv_maj}/{qtcv_full}/installer_source/{os}_{arch}/"
 
@@ -34,18 +36,40 @@
              "x64": "64"}
 
 def download_check_fail(url, expected_type):
-    response = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True)
+    print("download URL:", url, flush=True)
+    response = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True, timeout=1800)
     if not response.ok:
         raise RuntimeError("error retrieving "+response.url)
     if response.headers.get('content-type') != expected_type:
         print("Warning: invalid content type, expected '{}', got '{}'".format(
-            expected_type, response.headers.get('content-type')))
+            expected_type, response.headers.get('content-type')), flush=True)
     return response
 
 def read_downloadable_archives(package):
     archive_names = io.StringIO(package.find("DownloadableArchives").text)
     return list(csv.reader(archive_names, delimiter=',', skipinitialspace=True))[0]
 
+def extract_progress(archive_bytes, archive_name, destination_path):
+    class ExtractProgressBar(py7zr.callbacks.ExtractCallback, tqdm):
+        def __init__(self, *args, total_bytes, **kwargs):
+            super().__init__(self, *args, total=total_bytes, **kwargs)
+        def report_start_preparation(self):
+            pass
+        def report_start(self, processing_file_path, processing_bytes):
+            pass
+        def report_end(self, processing_file_path, wrote_bytes):
+            self.update(int(wrote_bytes))
+        def report_postprocess(self):
+            self.update(int(self.total))
+        def report_warning(self, message):
+            pass
+
+    with py7zr.SevenZipFile(io.BytesIO(archive_bytes)) as zf:
+        with ExtractProgressBar(unit='B', unit_scale=True, miniters=1,
+                                total_bytes=sum([f.uncompressed for f in zf.files]),
+                                desc=archive_name) as cb_progress:
+            zf.extractall(path=destination_path, callback=cb_progress)
+
 def qtc_download_check_extract(cfg, dir_install):
     # if the Qt Creator version contains '-beta' or '-rc' we have to
     # use the "development" repo, otherwise use the "official" repo
@@ -86,14 +110,12 @@ def qtc_download_check_extract(cfg, dir_install):
     for archive_name in archive_names:
         url_archive = base_url+"/"+archive_name
 
-        print("download", url_archive)
-
         content = download_check_fail(url_archive, "application/x-7z-compressed").content
 
         if md5sums[archive_name] != hashlib.md5(content).hexdigest():
             raise RuntimeError(archive_name+" MD5 hash sum does not match")
 
-        py7zr.SevenZipFile(io.BytesIO(content)).extractall(dir_install_qt)
+        extract_progress(content, archive_name, dir_install_qt)
 
     if cfg['os'] == "Darwin":
         dir_install_qt = os.path.join(dir_install_qt, "Qt Creator.app", "Contents", "Resources")
@@ -162,8 +184,6 @@ def qt_download_check_extract(cfg, dir_install):
     for package_name, package_version, archive_name in archives_match:
         url_archive = base_url+'/'+package_name+'/'+package_version+archive_name
 
-        print("download", url_archive)
-
         content = download_check_fail(url_archive, "application/x-7z-compressed").content
 
         sha1sum = download_check_fail(url_archive+".sha1", "application/x-7z-compressed").text
@@ -171,7 +191,7 @@ def qt_download_check_extract(cfg, dir_install):
         if sha1sum != hashlib.sha1(content).hexdigest():
             raise RuntimeError(archive_name+" SHA1 hash sum does not match")
 
-        py7zr.SevenZipFile(io.BytesIO(content)).extractall(dir_install)
+        extract_progress(content, archive_name, dir_install)
 
     qt_path = os.path.join(dir_install, "{}.{}.0".format(ver_maj, ver_min))
     qt_archs = os.listdir(qt_path)