Ubuntu 26.04 (20260906) Image Update

Announcements
[Ubuntu] PostgreSQL is now available on the Ubuntu Arm64 images
[Ubuntu] Podman will be downgraded on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 runner images
[Ubuntu] The Ubuntu 22 based runner images will begin deprecation on September 17th and will be fully unsupported by April 17th for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm is now available as a public preview

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🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Ubuntu 26.04

• OS Version: 26.04.1 LTS
• Kernel Version: 7.0.0-1012-azure
• Image Version: 20260906.129.1
• Systemd version: 259.5-0ubuntu3.4

📣 What's changed?

Updated

Category	Tool name	Previous (20260831.124.1)	Current (20260906.129.1)
Package Management	Homebrew	6.0.20	6.0.22
	Pipx	1.17.1	1.17.2
	Vcpkg	(build from commit 30ef65cad9)	(build from commit 04a9d8e521)
Tools	Docker-Buildx	0.36.1	0.37.0
	Minikube	1.38.1	1.39.0
CLI Tools	AWS CLI	2.36.35	2.36.40
	AWS SAM CLI	1.165.0	1.166.1
	Azure CLI	2.89.1	2.90.0
	Azure CLI (azure-devops)	1.0.7	1.0.8
	GitHub CLI	2.98.0	2.100.0
	Google Cloud CLI	582.0.0	583.0.0
Rust Tools	Cargo	1.98.0	1.98.1
	Rust	1.98.0	1.98.1
	Rustdoc	1.98.0	1.98.1
	Rustup	1.29.0	1.29.1
Browsers and Drivers	Google Chrome	152.0.7977.64	152.0.7977.82
	ChromeDriver	152.0.7977.64	152.0.7977.82
	Microsoft Edge	152.0.4191.53	152.0.4191.66
	Microsoft Edge WebDriver	152.0.4191.53	152.0.4191.66
	Mozilla Firefox	154.0.1	155.0
Cached Tools	Go	1.26.7	1.26.8

Installed apt packages

Name	Version
gnupg2	2.4.8-4ubuntu3
openssh-client	1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.5
ssh	1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.5
gnupg2	2.4.8-4ubuntu3.1
openssh-client	1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.6
ssh	1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.6

For comprehensive list of software installed on this image please click here.