macOS 15 (20250928) Image Update

Announcements
[macOS] The macOS 13 Ventura based runner images will begin deprecation on September 22nd and will be fully unsupported by December 4th for GitHub and ADO
[macOS] The additional macOS 15 Sonoma Intel-based image will be available in GitHub Actions
macOS 26 (Tahoe) is now available as a public beta in GitHub Actions
[macOS] Deprecation of 4 tools on November 3rd.

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🖥️ Actions Runner Image: macOS 15

• OS Version: macOS 15.6.1 (24G90)
• Kernel Version: Darwin 24.6.0
• Image Version: 20250928.1958

📣 What's changed?

Added ➕

Category	Tool name	Current (20250928.1958)
Miscellaneous	Tcl/Tk	8.6.17

Java

Version	Environment Variable
25.0.0+36.0	JAVA_HOME_25_X64

Updated

Category	Tool name	Previous (20250917.1898)	Current (20250928.1958)
Language and Runtime	Node.js	22.19.0	22.20.0
	PHP	8.4.12	8.4.13
Package Management	Composer	2.8.11	2.8.12
	Homebrew	4.6.11	4.6.14
	Vcpkg	2025 (build from commit 8d25d5e456)	2025 (build from commit 2e6fcc4457)
Project Management	Gradle	9.0.0	9.1.0
Utilities	GitHub CLI	2.79.0	2.80.0
Tools	AWS CLI	2.30.4	2.31.3
	CodeQL Action Bundle	2.23.0	2.23.1
	SwiftFormat	0.57.2	0.58.1
Browsers	Google Chrome	140.0.7339.186	140.0.7339.214
	Google Chrome for Testing	140.0.7339.82	140.0.7339.207
	ChromeDriver	140.0.7339.82	140.0.7339.207
	Microsoft Edge	140.0.3485.66	140.0.3485.94
	Microsoft Edge WebDriver	140.0.3485.66	140.0.3485.94
	Mozilla Firefox	143.0	143.0.1
Cached Tools	Node.js	22.19.0	22.20.0
Rust Tools	Cargo	1.89.0	1.90.0
	Rust	1.89.0	1.90.0
	Rustdoc	1.89.0	1.90.0
Rust Tools > Packages	Clippy	0.1.89	0.1.90

Xcode

Version	Build	Path	Symlinks
26.0	17A324	/Applications/Xcode_26.app	/Applications/Xcode_26.0.0.app /Applications/Xcode_26.0.app
26.1 (beta)	17B5025f	/Applications/Xcode_26.1_beta.app	/Applications/Xcode_26.1.0.app /Applications/Xcode_26.1.app
26.0.1	17A400	/Applications/Xcode_26.0.1.app	/Applications/Xcode_26.0.app

Xcode > Installed SDKs

SDK	SDK Name	Xcode Version
macOS 26.0	macosx26.0	26.0
iOS 26.0	iphoneos26.0	26.0
Simulator - iOS 26.0	iphonesimulator26.0	26.0
tvOS 26.0	appletvos26.0	26.0
Simulator - tvOS 26.0	appletvsimulator26.0	26.0
watchOS 26.0	watchos26.0	26.0
Simulator - watchOS 26.0	watchsimulator26.0	26.0
visionOS 26.0	xros26.0	26.0
Simulator - visionOS 26.0	xrsimulator26.0	26.0
DriverKit 25.0	driverkit25.0	26.0
macOS 26.0	macosx26.0	26.0.1
macOS 26.1	macosx26.1	26.1
iOS 26.0	iphoneos26.0	26.0.1
iOS 26.1	iphoneos26.1	26.1
Simulator - iOS 26.0	iphonesimulator26.0	26.0.1
Simulator - iOS 26.1	iphonesimulator26.1	26.1
tvOS 26.0	appletvos26.0	26.0.1
tvOS 26.1	appletvos26.1	26.1
Simulator - tvOS 26.0	appletvsimulator26.0	26.0.1
Simulator - tvOS 26.1	appletvsimulator26.1	26.1
watchOS 26.0	watchos26.0	26.0.1
watchOS 26.1	watchos26.1	26.1
Simulator - watchOS 26.0	watchsimulator26.0	26.0.1
Simulator - watchOS 26.1	watchsimulator26.1	26.1
visionOS 26.0	xros26.0	26.0.1
visionOS 26.1	xros26.1	26.1
Simulator - visionOS 26.0	xrsimulator26.0	26.0.1
Simulator - visionOS 26.1	xrsimulator26.1	26.1
DriverKit 25.0	driverkit25.0	26.0.1
DriverKit 25.1	driverkit25.1	26.1

Miscellaneous > Environment variables

Name	Value
PARALLELS_DMG_URL	https://download.parallels.com/desktop/v26/26.0.1-57243/ParallelsDesktop-26.0.1-57243.dmg
PARALLELS_DMG_URL	https://download.parallels.com/desktop/v26/26.1.0-57287/ParallelsDesktop-26.1.0-57287.dmg

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