[Ubuntu] Go version 1.21 will be removed from the images on 2025-06-13 and updated to the latest version 1.24 ,setting it as the default. #12176
Description
Breaking changes
Go 1.21 will be removed and the latest version, 1.24, will be added and set as the default on 2025-06-13 for Windows and Ubuntu 22 & 24 images.
Target date
Image deployment will start on 2025-06-09 and will take 2-3 days.
The motivation for the changes
As of the software support policy only 3 latest versions of Go are supported.
Possible impact
Go 1.24.x version will be set as default for Ubuntu 22 & 24
Platforms affected
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions
Runner images affected
- Ubuntu 22.04
- Ubuntu 24.04
- macOS 13
- macOS 13 Arm64
- macOS 14
- macOS 14 Arm64
- macOS 15
- macOS 15 Arm64
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2025
Mitigation ways
https://github.com/actions/setup-go action for GH actions
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/tool/go-tool?view=azure-devops task for AzDO