[Windows 19 and 22] Ruby version 3.0 will be removed from Windows images on 2025-06-06 and 3.3 will be set as default.

[hemanthmanga]

Breaking changes

Removing Ruby version 3.0 and 3.3 will be set as default on 2025-06-06 from windows-19 and windows-22 images.

Target date

Image deployment will start on 2025-06-02 and will take 2-3 days

The motivation for the changes

As of the software support policy only 3 latest versions of Ruby are supported i.e., Ruby 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

Possible impact

If your builds depend on Node.js 16 they can be broken

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• 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

Customers should be able to use the latest Ruby versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.3