github actions/runner-images win25/20250915.28
Windows Server 2025 (20250915) Image Update
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latest release: win22/20250915.36
pre-release7 hours ago
Announcements
[Windows, Ubuntu] CMake will be upgraded to latest version on September 15
[Ubuntu & Windows] Four tools scheduled for deprecation on November 3, 2025
Windows-latest workflows will use Windows Server 2025 image in GH
[Windows-2022] Openssl version will be updated to version 3.5.2 on 2025-10-10
[Windows 2022] MongoDB 5.x version will be removed from Windows 2022 image on 2025-10-06 and will be updated to 7.x version.

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Windows Server 2025

  • OS Version: 10.0.26100 Build 6584
  • Image Version: 20250915.28.1

📣 What's changed?

Added ➕

Category Tool name Current (20250915.28.1)
Cached Tools Go 1.25.1
.NET Core Tools .NET Core SDK 8.0.120, 8.0.317, 8.0.414, 9.0.110, 9.0.305
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.20, 9.0.9
Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.20, 9.0.9
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.20, 9.0.9

Deleted ➖

Category Tool name Previous (20250907.19.1)
.NET Core Tools .NET Core SDK 8.0.119, 8.0.316, 8.0.413, 9.0.109, 9.0.304
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.19, 9.0.8
Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.19, 9.0.8
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.19, 9.0.8

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20250907.19.1) Current (20250915.28.1)
OS Version 10.0.26100 Build 4946 10.0.26100 Build 6584
Windows Subsystem for Linux (Default, WSLv2) 2.5.10.0 2.6.1.0
Language and Runtime Kotlin 2.2.10 2.2.20
Package Management Vcpkg (build from commit b1e15efef6) (build from commit 6f24dbf7cf)
Tools azcopy 10.30.0 10.30.1
Bazel 8.4.0 8.4.1
CMake 3.31.6 4.1.1
Kubectl 1.34.0 1.34.1
Pulumi 3.193.0 3.195.0
CLI Tools AWS CLI 2.28.25 2.30.1
AWS SAM CLI 1.143.0 1.144.0
GitHub CLI 2.78.0 2.79.0
Browsers and Drivers Google Chrome 140.0.7339.81 140.0.7339.128
Chrome Driver 140.0.7339.80 140.0.7339.82
Microsoft Edge 140.0.3485.54 140.0.3485.66
Microsoft Edge Driver 140.0.3485.54 140.0.3485.66
Database tools MongoDB Shell (mongosh) 2.5.7 2.5.8
PowerShell Tools PowerShell 7.4.11 7.4.12
PowerShell Tools >
Powershell Modules 		AWSPowershell 5.0.49 5.0.55

Visual Studio Enterprise 2022

Name Version Path
Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 17.14.36414.22 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise
Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 17.14.36429.23 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise

Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 > Workloads, components and extensions

Package Version
Component.VisualStudio.GitHub.Copilot 17.14.36414.12
microsoft.net.runtime.android 9.0.825.36511
microsoft.net.runtime.android.aot 9.0.825.36511
microsoft.net.runtime.android.aot.net8 9.0.825.36511
microsoft.net.runtime.android.net8 9.0.825.36511
microsoft.net.runtime.ios 9.0.825.36511
microsoft.net.runtime.ios.net8 9.0.825.36511
microsoft.net.runtime.maccatalyst 9.0.825.36511
microsoft.net.runtime.maccatalyst.net8 9.0.825.36511
microsoft.net.runtime.mono.tooling 9.0.825.36511
microsoft.net.runtime.mono.tooling.net8 9.0.825.36511
microsoft.net.sdk.emscripten 9.0.12.35301
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.8.0 17.14.36331.10
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.9.0 17.14.36331.10
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.SDK 17.14.36331.10
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.IntelliCode 17.14.36414.12
runtimes.ios 9.0.825.36511
runtimes.ios.net8 9.0.825.36511
runtimes.maccatalyst 9.0.825.36511
runtimes.maccatalyst.net8 9.0.825.36511
wasm.tools 9.0.825.36511
Component.VisualStudio.GitHub.Copilot 17.14.36427.11
microsoft.net.runtime.android 9.0.925.41916
microsoft.net.runtime.android.aot 9.0.925.41916
microsoft.net.runtime.android.aot.net8 9.0.925.41916
microsoft.net.runtime.android.net8 9.0.925.41916
microsoft.net.runtime.ios 9.0.925.41916
microsoft.net.runtime.ios.net8 9.0.925.41916
microsoft.net.runtime.maccatalyst 9.0.925.41916
microsoft.net.runtime.maccatalyst.net8 9.0.925.41916
microsoft.net.runtime.mono.tooling 9.0.925.41916
microsoft.net.runtime.mono.tooling.net8 9.0.925.41916
microsoft.net.sdk.emscripten 9.0.12.41804
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.8.0 17.14.36427.11
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.9.0 17.14.36427.11
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.SDK 17.14.36427.11
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.IntelliCode 17.14.36427.11
runtimes.ios 9.0.925.41916
runtimes.ios.net8 9.0.925.41916
runtimes.maccatalyst 9.0.925.41916
runtimes.maccatalyst.net8 9.0.925.41916
wasm.tools 9.0.925.41916

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