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Windows Server 2022 (20261004) Image Update

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Announcements
[Windows] The windows-11-arm image label will use Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 image in September 2026
[Windows] The Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available in GitHub Actions

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Windows Server 2022

  • OS Version: 10.0.20348 Build 5622
  • Image Version: 20261004.326.1

📣 What's changed?

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20260927.320.1) Current (20261004.326.1)
Package Management Pipx 1.17.6 1.17.11
Vcpkg (build from commit 07f4812200) (build from commit 19780d9cdf)
Tools Git 2.55.0.windows.5 2.56.0.windows.1
Git LFS 3.7.1 3.8.0
OpenSSL 3.6.4 3.6.5
Pulumi 3.265.0 3.267.0
CLI Tools AWS CLI 2.37.4 2.37.7
GitHub CLI 2.101.0 2.102.0
Rust Tools Cargo 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rustdoc 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust Tools >
Packages
Clippy 0.1.98 0.1.99
Rustfmt 1.9.0 1.10.0
Browsers and Drivers Google Chrome 154.0.8037.58 154.0.8037.98
Chrome Driver 154.0.8037.57 154.0.8037.92
Microsoft Edge Driver 152.0.4191.100 152.0.4191.111
Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 157.0
Selenium server 4.49.0 4.50.0
Cached Tools Python 3.13.15, 3.14.7 3.13.16, 3.14.8
PowerShell Tools >
Powershell Modules
AWSPowershell 5.0.307 5.0.312
Microsoft.Graph 2.40.0 2.41.0

Android

Package Name Version
Android Emulator 37.1.11
NDK 27.3.13750724
28.2.13676358
29.0.14206865
Android Emulator 37.2.12
NDK 27.3.13750724
29.0.14206865
30.0.16248370

Android > Environment variables

Name Value
ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME C:\Android\android-sdk\ndk\29.0.14206865
ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME C:\Android\android-sdk\ndk\30.0.16248370

For comprehensive list of software installed on this image please click here.

Windows Desktop 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 (20261004) Image Update

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Announcements
[Windows] The windows-11-arm image label will use Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 image in September 2026
[Windows] The Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available in GitHub Actions

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Windows 11 Enterprise

  • OS Version: 10.0.26200 Build 9457
  • Image Version: 20261004.176.1

📣 What's changed?

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20260924.168.1) Current (20261004.176.1)
Language and Runtime Python 3.13.15 3.13.16
Ruby 3.4.10 3.4.11
Package Management Pipx 1.17.6 1.17.11
Vcpkg (build from commit e143402b55) (build from commit 19780d9cdf)
Project Management Gradle 9.7 9.8
Tools CMake 4.4.3 4.4.4
Git 2.55.0.windows.5 2.56.0.windows.1
Git LFS 3.7.1 3.8.0
Kubectl 1.37.0 1.37.1
OpenSSL 3.6.4 3.6.5
Pulumi 3.264.0 3.267.0
CLI Tools AWS CLI 2.37.1 2.37.7
GitHub CLI 2.101.0 2.102.0
Rust Tools Cargo 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rustdoc 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust Tools >
Packages
Clippy 0.1.98 0.1.99
Rustfmt 1.9.0 1.10.0
Browsers and Drivers Google Chrome 154.0.8037.58 154.0.8037.98
Chrome Driver 154.0.8037.57 154.0.8037.92
Microsoft Edge 154.0.4258.37 154.0.4258.53
Microsoft Edge Driver 154.0.4258.32 154.0.4258.53
Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 157.0
Selenium server 4.49.0 4.50.0
Cached Tools Python 3.13.15, 3.14.7 3.13.16, 3.14.8
Ruby 3.4.10 3.4.11
PowerShell Tools >
Powershell Modules
AWSPowershell 5.0.306 5.0.312
Microsoft.Graph 2.40.0 2.41.0

Visual Studio Enterprise 2026

Name Version Path
Visual Studio Enterprise 2026 18.10.12217.157 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Enterprise
Visual Studio Enterprise 2026 18.10.12224.181 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Enterprise

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Windows Desktop 11 Arm64 (20261004) Image Update

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Announcements
[Windows] The windows-11-arm image label will use Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 image in September 2026
[Windows] The Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available in GitHub Actions

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Windows 11 Enterprise

  • OS Version: 10.0.26200 Build 9457
  • Image Version: 20261004.186.1

📣 What's changed?

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20260927.180.1) Current (20261004.186.1)
Language and Runtime Python 3.13.15 3.13.16
Package Management Pipx 1.17.6 1.17.11
Vcpkg (build from commit 07f4812200) (build from commit 19780d9cdf)
Tools CMake 4.4.3 4.4.4
Git 2.55.0.windows.5 2.56.0.windows.1
Git LFS 3.7.1 3.8.0
OpenSSL 3.6.4 3.6.5
Pulumi 3.265.0 3.267.0
CLI Tools AWS CLI 2.37.4 2.37.7
GitHub CLI 2.101.0 2.102.0
Rust Tools Cargo 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rustdoc 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust Tools >
Packages
Clippy 0.1.98 0.1.99
Rustfmt 1.9.0 1.10.0
Browsers and Drivers Google Chrome 154.0.8037.58 154.0.8037.98
Chrome Driver 154.0.8037.57 154.0.8037.92
Microsoft Edge 154.0.4258.37 154.0.4258.53
Microsoft Edge Driver 154.0.4258.37 154.0.4258.53
Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 157.0
Selenium server 4.49.0 4.50.0
Cached Tools Python 3.13.15, 3.14.7 3.13.16, 3.14.8
PowerShell Tools >
Powershell Modules
AWSPowershell 5.0.307 5.0.312
Microsoft.Graph 2.40.0 2.41.0

For comprehensive list of software installed on this image please click here.

Ubuntu 24.04 (20261004) Image Update

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Announcements
[Ubuntu] ubuntu-latest label will use Ubuntu 26.04 in November 2026
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm64 are now generally available
[Ubuntu] The Ubuntu 22 based runner images will begin deprecation on September 17th and will be fully unsupported by April 17th for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm is now available as a public preview

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Ubuntu 24.04

  • OS Version: 24.04.5 LTS
  • Kernel Version: 6.17.0-1022-azure
  • Image Version: 20261004.327.1
  • Systemd version: 255.4-1ubuntu8.17

📣 What's changed?

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20260927.320.1) Current (20261004.327.1)
Package Management Homebrew 7.0.6 7.0.7
Vcpkg (build from commit 07f4812200) (build from commit 19780d9cdf)
Project Management Maven 3.9.16 3.10.0
Tools Docker-Buildx 0.37.1 0.37.2
Kustomize 5.8.1 5.8.2
OpenSSL 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.16
Pulumi 3.265.0 3.267.0
yq 4.53.6 4.54.1
CLI Tools AWS CLI 2.37.4 2.37.9
GitHub CLI 2.101.0 2.102.0
Google Cloud CLI 586.0.0 587.0.0
Rust Tools Cargo 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rustdoc 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust Tools >
Packages
Rustfmt 1.9.0 1.10.0
Browsers and Drivers Google Chrome 154.0.8037.57 154.0.8037.97
ChromeDriver 154.0.8037.57 154.0.8037.92
Microsoft Edge 154.0.4258.37 154.0.4258.53
Microsoft Edge WebDriver 154.0.4258.37 154.0.4258.53
Selenium server 4.49.0 4.50.0
Mozilla Firefox 156.0 157.0
Cached Tools Python 3.10.21, 3.11.16, 3.12.14, 3.13.15, 3.14.7 3.10.22, 3.11.17, 3.12.15, 3.13.16, 3.14.8
PowerShell Tools >
PowerShell Modules
Microsoft.Graph 2.40.0 2.41.0

Android

Package Name Version
NDK 27.3.13750724 (default)
28.2.13676358
29.0.14206865
NDK 27.3.13750724 (default)
29.0.14206865
30.0.16248370

Android > Environment variables

Name Value
ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME /usr/local/lib/android/sdk/ndk/29.0.14206865
ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME /usr/local/lib/android/sdk/ndk/30.0.16248370

Installed apt packages

Name Version
libssl-dev 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15
libssl-dev 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.16

For comprehensive list of software installed on this image please click here.

Ubuntu 24.04 Arm64 (20261004) Image Update

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Announcements
[Ubuntu] ubuntu-latest label will use Ubuntu 26.04 in November 2026
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm64 are now generally available
[Ubuntu] The Ubuntu 22 based runner images will begin deprecation on September 17th and will be fully unsupported by April 17th for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm is now available as a public preview

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Ubuntu 24.04

  • OS Version: 24.04.5 LTS
  • Kernel Version: 6.17.0-1022-azure
  • Image Version: 20261004.142.1
  • Systemd version: 255.4-1ubuntu8.17

📣 What's changed?

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20260927.135.1) Current (20261004.142.1)
Package Management Homebrew 7.0.6 7.0.7
Tools Docker-Buildx 0.37.1 0.37.2
Kustomize 5.8.1 5.8.2
OpenSSL 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.16
Pulumi 3.265.0 3.267.0
yq 4.53.6 4.54.1
CLI Tools AWS CLI 2.37.4 2.37.9
GitHub CLI 2.101.0 2.102.0
Google Cloud CLI 586.0.0 587.0.0
Rust Tools Cargo 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rustdoc 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust Tools >
Packages
Rustfmt 1.9.0 1.10.0
Browsers and Drivers Selenium server 4.49.0 4.50.0
Mozilla Firefox 156.0 157.0
Cached Tools Python 3.10.21, 3.11.16, 3.12.14, 3.13.15, 3.14.7 3.10.22, 3.11.17, 3.12.15, 3.13.16, 3.14.8
PowerShell Tools >
PowerShell Modules
Microsoft.Graph 2.40.0 2.41.0

Installed apt packages

Name Version
libgbm-dev 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
libssl-dev 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15
libgbm-dev 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.4
libssl-dev 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.16

For comprehensive list of software installed on this image please click here.

Ubuntu 22.04 (20261004) Image Update

Pre-release

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Announcements
[Ubuntu] ubuntu-latest label will use Ubuntu 26.04 in November 2026
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm64 are now generally available
[Ubuntu] The Ubuntu 22 based runner images will begin deprecation on September 17th and will be fully unsupported by April 17th for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm is now available as a public preview

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Ubuntu 22.04

  • OS Version: 22.04.5 LTS
  • Kernel Version: 6.8.0-1064-azure
  • Image Version: 20261004.315.1
  • Systemd version: 249.11-0ubuntu3.22

📣 What's changed?

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20260927.309.1) Current (20261004.315.1)
Package Management Homebrew 7.0.6 7.0.7
Pipx 1.17.6 1.17.11
Vcpkg (build from commit 07f4812200) (build from commit 19780d9cdf)
Project Management Maven 3.9.16 3.10.0
Tools Docker-Buildx 0.37.1 0.37.2
Heroku 11.10.1 11.11.0
Kustomize 5.8.1 5.8.2
OpenSSL 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.29 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.30
Pulumi 3.265.0 3.267.0
Terraform 1.16.4 1.16.5
yq 4.53.6 4.54.1
CLI Tools AWS CLI 2.37.4 2.37.9
GitHub CLI 2.101.0 2.102.0
Google Cloud CLI 586.0.0 587.0.0
Netlify CLI 27.10.0 27.10.2
OpenShift CLI 4.22.15 4.22.16
Vercel CLI 60.1.3 62.2.0
Rust Tools Cargo 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rustdoc 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust Tools >
Packages
Cargo clippy 0.1.98 0.1.99
Rustfmt 1.9.0 1.10.0
Browsers and Drivers Google Chrome 154.0.8037.57 154.0.8037.97
ChromeDriver 154.0.8037.57 154.0.8037.92
Microsoft Edge 154.0.4258.37 154.0.4258.53
Microsoft Edge WebDriver 154.0.4258.37 154.0.4258.53
Selenium server 4.49.0 4.50.0
Mozilla Firefox 156.0 157.0
Cached Tools Python 3.10.21, 3.11.16, 3.12.14, 3.13.15, 3.14.7 3.10.22, 3.11.17, 3.12.15, 3.13.16, 3.14.8
PowerShell Tools >
PowerShell Modules
Microsoft.Graph 2.40.0 2.41.0

Android

Package Name Version
NDK 27.3.13750724 (default)
28.2.13676358
29.0.14206865
NDK 27.3.13750724 (default)
29.0.14206865
30.0.16248370

Android > Environment variables

Name Value
ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME /usr/local/lib/android/sdk/ndk/29.0.14206865
ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME /usr/local/lib/android/sdk/ndk/30.0.16248370

Installed apt packages

Name Version
libssl-dev 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.29
libssl-dev 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.30

For comprehensive list of software installed on this image please click here.

Ubuntu 22.04 Arm64 (20261004) Image Update

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Announcements
[Ubuntu] ubuntu-latest label will use Ubuntu 26.04 in November 2026
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm64 are now generally available
[Ubuntu] The Ubuntu 22 based runner images will begin deprecation on September 17th and will be fully unsupported by April 17th for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm is now available as a public preview

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Ubuntu 22.04

  • OS Version: 22.04.5 LTS
  • Kernel Version: 6.8.0-1064-azure
  • Image Version: 20261004.149.1
  • Systemd version: 249.11-0ubuntu3.22

📣 What's changed?

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20260927.143.1) Current (20261004.149.1)
Package Management Homebrew 7.0.6 7.0.7
Pipx 1.17.6 1.17.11
Tools Docker-Buildx 0.37.1 0.37.2
Kustomize 5.8.1 5.8.2
OpenSSL 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.29 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.30
Pulumi 3.265.0 3.267.0
Terraform 1.16.4 1.16.5
yq 4.53.6 4.54.1
CLI Tools AWS CLI 2.37.4 2.37.9
GitHub CLI 2.101.0 2.102.0
Google Cloud CLI 586.0.0 587.0.0
Netlify CLI 27.10.0 27.10.2
OpenShift CLI 4.22.15 4.22.16
Vercel CLI 60.1.3 62.2.0
Rust Tools Cargo 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rustdoc 1.98.1 1.99.0
Rust Tools >
Packages
Cargo clippy 0.1.98 0.1.99
Rustfmt 1.9.0 1.10.0
Browsers and Drivers Selenium server 4.49.0 4.50.0
Mozilla Firefox 156.0 157.0
Cached Tools Python 3.10.21, 3.11.16, 3.12.14, 3.13.15, 3.14.7 3.10.22, 3.11.17, 3.12.15, 3.13.16, 3.14.8
PowerShell Tools >
PowerShell Modules
Microsoft.Graph 2.40.0 2.41.0

Installed apt packages

Name Version
libssl-dev 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.29
libssl-dev 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.30

For comprehensive list of software installed on this image please click here.

Windows Desktop 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 (20260924) Image Update

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Announcements
[Windows] The windows-11-arm image label will use Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 image in September 2026
[Windows] The Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available in GitHub Actions

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Windows 11 Enterprise

  • OS Version: 10.0.26200 Build 9457
  • Image Version: 20260924.168.1

📣 What's changed?

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20260920.164.1) Current (20260924.168.1)
Language and Runtime PHP 8.4.25 8.4.26
Package Management Pipx 1.17.5 1.17.6
Vcpkg (build from commit 5f96cd15fd) (build from commit e143402b55)
Tools CodeQL Action Bundle 2.27.0 2.27.1
Pulumi 3.263.0 3.264.0
CLI Tools AWS CLI 2.36.49 2.37.1
Browsers and Drivers Google Chrome 153.0.8010.53 154.0.8037.58
Chrome Driver 153.0.8010.52 154.0.8037.57
Microsoft Edge 153.0.4234.48 154.0.4258.37
Microsoft Edge Driver 153.0.4234.48 154.0.4258.32
Mozilla Firefox 156.0 156.0.1
Cached Tools Node.js 22.23.2 22.23.3
PowerShell Tools >
Powershell Modules
AWSPowershell 5.0.302 5.0.306

Visual Studio Enterprise 2026

Name Version Path
Visual Studio Enterprise 2026 18.10.12210.168 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Enterprise
Visual Studio Enterprise 2026 18.10.12217.157 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Enterprise

For comprehensive list of software installed on this image please click here.

Ubuntu Slim (20260925) Image Update

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Announcements
[Ubuntu] ubuntu-latest label will use Ubuntu 26.04 in November 2026
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm64 are now generally available
[Ubuntu] The Ubuntu 22 based runner images will begin deprecation on September 17th and will be fully unsupported by April 17th for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm is now available as a public preview

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Ubuntu-Slim

  • OS Version: 24.04.5 LTS
  • Image Version: 20260925.9.1
  • Systemd version: 255.4-1ubuntu8.17

📣 What's changed?

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20260922.6.5) Current (20260925.9.1)
Package Management Pipx 1.17.5 1.17.6
CLI Tools AWS CLI 2.36.50 2.37.4
Google Cloud CLI 585.0.0 586.0.0

Installed apt packages

Name Version
curl 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.13
sudo 1.9.15p5-3ubuntu5.24.04.2
xvfb 2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.6
curl 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.15
sudo 1.9.15p5-3ubuntu5.24.04.3
xvfb 2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.8

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xcode-27-arm64 (20260928) Image Update

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Announcements
[macOS] Xcode 27 is now available as a public preview
[macOS] Default Xcode on macOS 26 Tahoe will be set to Xcode 26.6 on 2026.07.21
[macOS] The macOS 14 Sonoma based runner images will begin deprecation on July 6th and will be fully unsupported by November 2nd for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: macOS 27

  • OS Version: macOS 27.0 (26A428)
  • Kernel Version: Darwin 27.0.0
  • Image Version: 20260928.0222.1

📣 What's changed?

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20260921.0210.1) Current (20260928.0222.1)
Language and Runtime Ruby 3.4.10 3.4.11
Package Management Homebrew 7.0.4 7.0.6
Pipx 1.17.4 1.17.6
Vcpkg 2026 (build from commit 5f96cd15fd) 2026 (build from commit 07f4812200)
Project Management Gradle 9.7.1 9.8.0
Utilities gpg (GnuPG) 2.5.22 2.5.24
Tools AWS CLI 2.36.49 2.37.4
CodeQL Action Bundle 2.27.0 2.27.1
Browsers Google Chrome 153.0.8010.53 154.0.8037.58
Google Chrome for Testing 153.0.8010.52 154.0.8037.57
ChromeDriver 153.0.8010.52 154.0.8037.57
Microsoft Edge 153.0.4234.48 154.0.4258.37
Microsoft Edge WebDriver 153.0.4234.48 154.0.4258.37
Mozilla Firefox 156.0 156.0.1
Cached Tools Ruby 3.4.10 3.4.11
Node.js 22.23.2 22.23.3

For comprehensive list of software installed on this image please click here.