Add macOS-13 (arm64) & macOS-14 (arm64) & macOS-15 (arm64) & macOS-26 (arm64) Image to Azure Pipelines

[Nathan-Molby]

Tool name

macos-13-arm64

Add or update?

• Add
• Update

Desired version

macos-13-arm64

Brief description of tool

The macos-13-arm64 image was briefly enabled last month for Azure Pipelines and ran Xcode tests roughly 3x faster and significantly more reliably than the macos-13 (x86) image.

Additionally, given that most iOS developers are using M1/M2/M3 chips, it would be great to be able to use the same architecture in the pipelines that our machines are using.

Accordingly, please re-enable the macos-13-arm64 image and commit to providing long-term support for an arm64 runner in order to support iOS developers using Azure Pipelines.

Platforms where you need the tool

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images where you need the tool

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• macOS 11
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

[qwertylolman]

Thumbs up, we really need this agent :(

[FuzzyKart]

Thumbs up! For the short period that we have used it, it's really boosted our work!

[mikhailkoliada]

cc @Steve-Glass @mmrazik to comment on this

[Steve-Glass]

macos-13-arm64 is not a supported macOS agent for Azure Pipelines. All supported macOS agents are documented here.

[Saratsin]

macos-13-arm64 is not a supported macOS agent for Azure Pipelines. All supported macOS agents are documented here.

That is the very reason why this change ticket was created. And such response with ticket closing is at least a bit rude.
@mikhailkoliada could you please re-open the ticket? I would be nice to at least consider a possibility of adding of the macOS-13-arm64 agent, or giving more relevant answer (not just stating the fact that it is absent)

[Nathan-Molby]

@Steve-Glass

We are aware that currently macos-13-arm64 is not supported on Azure Pipelines. The point of this ticket is to add it, or at least provide some clarity if an Arm64 image will ever be supported Azure Pipelines.

As discussed in the original post, having an Arm64 image provides many benefits to iOS developers. If Azure Pipelines does not plan on providing support for this image, we will have to switch to using GitHub Actions as the benefits for running on Arm64 are too big to ignore.

Please provide clarity on if Azure Pipelines will support an Arm64 image, and if so, a timeline for the release of that.

[qwertylolman]

Arm64 image provides many benefits to iOS developers

to be clear, not only for iOS developers but for Xamarin and Flutter developers as well.