Announcements
[Ubuntu, macOS, Windows] Go 1.24 will be removed from the tool-cache and the default Go version will be updated to 1.26 starting November 18, 2026
[Ubuntu] `ubuntu-latest` label will use Ubuntu 26.04 in November 2026
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm64 are now generally available
[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

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Ubuntu 26.04

📣 What's changed?

Category	Tool name	Current (20261111.196.1)
.NET Tools	.NET Core SDK	11.0.100

Category	Tool name	Previous (20261101.186.1)	Current (20261111.196.1)
Package Management	Homebrew	7.0.11	7.0.13
Package Management	Vcpkg	(build from commit 9a5dfef5d1)	(build from commit 2ec0f1747d)
Project Management	Gradle	9.8.2	9.9.1
Tools	Ansible	2.21.5	2.21.6
	Bazel	9.3.1	9.3.2
	Bicep	0.48.1	0.49.2
	CodeQL Action Bundle	2.27.3	2.27.4
	Docker-Buildx	0.38.1	0.38.2
	Git	2.56.0	2.56.1
	nvm	0.40.8	0.41.0
	yq	4.54.1	4.54.3
CLI Tools	AWS CLI	2.39.3	2.40.0
	AWS SAM CLI	1.171.0	1.172.1
	Azure CLI	2.91.0	2.92.0
	Google Cloud CLI	591.0.0	593.0.0
PHP Tools	Composer	2.11.1	2.11.2
Rust Tools	Rustup	1.29.2	1.29.3
Browsers and Drivers	Google Chrome	156.0.8078.79	157.0.8103.50
	ChromeDriver	156.0.8078.80	157.0.8103.50
	Chromium	156.0.8078.0	157.0.8103.0
	Microsoft Edge	156.0.4314.58	157.0.4341.46
	Microsoft Edge WebDriver	156.0.4314.58	157.0.4341.46
	Mozilla Firefox	159.0	160.0
.NET Tools	.NET Core SDK	8.0.133, 8.0.427, 9.0.123, 9.0.320, 10.0.114, 10.0.403	8.0.134, 8.0.428, 9.0.124, 9.0.321, 10.0.115, 10.0.404
Cached Tools	Go	1.26.10	1.26.11
PowerShell Tools	PowerShell	7.6.9	7.6.10

Version	Environment Variable
~~11.0.32+1~~	~~JAVA_HOME_11_X64~~
11.0.33+10	JAVA_HOME_11_X64

Name	Version
~~bind9-dnsutils~~	~~1:9.20.24-1ubuntu0.4~~
bind9-dnsutils	1:9.20.24-1ubuntu0.5

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