[macOS] Go version 1.21.* will be removed from all macOS images on May 12, 2025.

[susmitamane]

Breaking changes

Removing Go 1.21.* from macOS-13, macOS-14 and macOS-15 images.

Target date

12th May, 2025. It may take 2-3 days to complete the deployment.

The motivation for the changes

As of the software support policy only 3 latest minor versions of go are supported i.e., Go 1.22.* , 1.23.* , 1.24.*.

Possible impact

If your builds depend on Go 1.21.* they can be broken

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• 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

https://github.com/actions/setup-go action for GH actions
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/tool/go-tool?view=azure-devops task for AzDO

[brwnt]

lost my credentials for my 2 keys for ios apple when i was forced to reset my account to factory and lost certificates , hoping somone can possibly help .

[susmitamane]

Deployment has been started for mentioned changes related to the Go 1.21.*.

[susmitamane]

The deployment has been completed with the above changes across all macOS images. Closing as completed.