Announcements
[macOS] Default Xcode on macOS 26 Tahoe will be set to Xcode 26.2 on January 26th
[macOS] The macOS 14 Sonoma based runner images will begin deprecation on July 6th and will be fully unsupported by November 2nd for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
[all OSs] Updating Azure PowerShell Module version to 14.6.0 on January 26th, 2026.
[macOS] DOTNET_ROOT environment variable variable will be removed on January 12th, 2026
[Ubuntu-22.04, macOS-14, Windows-2022] Android SDK platforms and build tools older than version 34 will be removed on January 12th, 2026.
[all OSs] Python 3.9 will be removed; Python 3.12 will become the default on Windows images on January 12th, 2026.
[all OSs] Android NDK 26 will be removed, Android NDK 27 will be used by default on January 12th, 2026.
[macOS] Deprecation of simulator runtimes for Xcode 16.3 and older on macOS 15 on January 12th, 2026.
macOS 26 (Tahoe) is now available as a public beta in GitHub Actions

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: macOS 26

📣 What's changed?

Category	Tool name	Previous (20260106.0138.1)	Current (20260112.0151.1)
Package Management	Vcpkg	2025 (build from commit e3db8f65d2)	2025 (build from commit fafcc0e93b)
Utilities	azcopy	10.31.0	10.31.1
Tools	AWS CLI	2.32.29	2.32.32
Browsers	Google Chrome	143.0.7499.170	143.0.7499.193
	Google Chrome for Testing	143.0.7499.169	143.0.7499.192
	ChromeDriver	143.0.7499.169	143.0.7499.192
	Microsoft Edge	143.0.3650.96	143.0.3650.139
	Microsoft Edge WebDriver	143.0.3650.96	143.0.3650.139

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