ERA5Land returning in zipped format even for single file

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Hi,
I tried both “data_format” and “nocache” tips to get ERA5Land on 01/12/2024 but I still have zipped files…

import cdsapi

dataset = "reanalysis-era5-land"
request = {
    "variable": [
        "2m_dewpoint_temperature",
        "2m_temperature",
        "volumetric_soil_water_layer_1",
        "surface_solar_radiation_downwards",
        "10m_u_component_of_wind",
        "10m_v_component_of_wind",
        "surface_pressure",
        "total_precipitation"
    ],
    "year": "2024",
    "month": "12",
    "day": ["01"],
    "time": [
        "00:00", "01:00", "02:00",
        "03:00", "04:00", "05:00",
        "06:00", "07:00", "08:00",
        "09:00", "10:00", "11:00",
        "12:00", "13:00", "14:00",
        "15:00", "16:00", "17:00",
        "18:00", "19:00", "20:00",
        "21:00", "22:00", "23:00"
    ],
    "data_format": "netcdf",
    "download_format": "unarchived",
    "area": [11, -9, 3, -2],
    "nocache": "985"
}

client = cdsapi.Client()
client.retrieve(dataset, request).download()


>>> client.retrieve(dataset, request).download()
2025-02-04 09:59:24,137 INFO Request ID is da1bf0b2-cdc2-4d3e-ba91-50dd443ba049
2025-02-04 09:59:24,188 INFO status has been updated to accepted
2025-02-04 09:59:32,587 INFO status has been updated to running
2025-02-04 10:00:16,188 WARNING Structural differences in grib fields detected when opening in xarray. Opening the grib file safely, however this may result in files with non-intuitive filenames.
2025-02-04 10:00:16,188 INFO status has been updated to successful
'9595a69f4414b816da4e71a985bc952f.zip'
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