Open
Description
Breaking changes
.NET 6 version will be removed from Windows and Ubuntu images
Target date
Image deployment will start on 2025-07-28 and will take 2-3 days
The motivation for the changes
According to our Software and image guidelines tools and versions have to be removed 6 months after they are deprecated or have reached end-of-life.
Possible impact
If your project depends on a pre-installed .NET 6 it can be broken.
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
To install any version in runtime you can use the following action\task:
https://github.com/actions/setup-dotnet for GH actions
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/tool/dotnet-core-tool-installer?view=azure-devops task for AzDO