2024 GitHub Actions macOS runner image roadmap

[Steve-Glass]

Breaking changes

Updates to the macOS runner image release cycle were published today, along with the macOS 14 announcement. In addition, the roadmap for calendar year 2024 has been presented below. This announcement will be updated with links to public roadmap objectives as they become publicly available.

Target date

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The motivation for the changes

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Possible impact

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Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• macOS 11
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Mitigation ways

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[dpogue]

One question that doesn't seem to be addressed anywhere (and I realize this was just published today and doesn't have all the details): When macOS-14 becomes latest, does that mean all macOS runners will move to M1 instances, or will macOS-14 be available on Intel-based runners?

[mariusfanu-metrobank]

@dpogue according to the announcement macOS-14 agents will run exclusively on M1 vCPUs

The macOS 14 runner image is now available for GitHub hosted runners. Workflows executed on this image will run exclusively on the 3 vCPU M1 runner announced earlier today.

[mariusfanu-metrobank]

@Steve-Glass is there any timeline for macOS-14 to be deployed on Azure DevOps?

[bvaughan527]

@Steve-Glass is there any timeline for macOS-14 to be deployed on Azure DevOps?

I have the same question. It would be great to have the macos-14 build agent available in Azure DevOps.

[3a4oT]

+1 regarding Azure DevOps. It's a blocker for our team