Announcements
[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

📣 What's changed?

Version	Environment Variable
25.0.0+36.0	JAVA_HOME_25_X64

Category	Tool name	Previous (20250921.36.1)	Current (20250929.44.1)
Language and Runtime	Node	22.19.0	22.20.0
Language and Runtime	PHP	8.4.11	8.4.13
Package Management	Vcpkg	(build from commit 29ff5b8131)	(build from commit d56a38a1f9)
Tools	CodeQL Action Bundle	2.23.0	2.23.1
	Git	2.51.0.windows.1	2.51.0.windows.2
	Pulumi	3.197.0	3.198.0
	R	4.4.2	4.5.1
CLI Tools	AWS CLI	2.30.5	2.31.3
CLI Tools	GitHub CLI	2.79.0	2.80.0
Rust Tools	Cargo	1.89.0	1.90.0
	Rust	1.89.0	1.90.0
	Rustdoc	1.89.0	1.90.0
Rust Tools > Packages	Clippy	0.1.89	0.1.90
Browsers and Drivers	Google Chrome	140.0.7339.186	140.0.7339.208
	Chrome Driver	140.0.7339.185	140.0.7339.207
	Microsoft Edge	140.0.3485.81	140.0.3485.94
	Microsoft Edge Driver	140.0.3485.81	140.0.3485.94
Cached Tools	Node.js	22.19.0	22.20.0
.NET Core Tools	nbgv	3.7.115+d31f50f4d1	3.8.118+69b3e0b5a0
PowerShell Tools > Powershell Modules	AWSPowershell	5.0.59	5.0.65

Version	ServiceName	ServiceStatus	ServiceStartType
~~7.0.23.0~~	~~MongoDB~~	~~Stopped~~	~~Disabled~~
7.0.24.0	MongoDB	Stopped	Disabled

Name	Version	Path
~~Visual Studio Enterprise 2022~~	~~17.14.36511.14~~	~~C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise~~
Visual Studio Enterprise 2022	17.14.36518.9	C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise

Package	Version
~~Component.Microsoft.VisualStudio.LiveShare.2022~~	~~1.0.5949~~
~~Component.VisualStudio.GitHub.Copilot~~	~~17.14.36510.44~~
~~Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Azure.Compute.Emulator~~	~~17.14.36510.44~~
~~Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Embedded~~	~~17.14.36510.44~~
~~Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.Azure~~	~~17.14.36322.40~~
~~Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop~~	~~17.14.36015.10~~
~~Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop~~	~~17.14.36331.10~~
~~Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetCrossPlat~~	~~17.14.36015.10~~
~~Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb~~	~~17.14.36015.10~~
~~Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.Node~~	~~17.14.36015.10~~
Component.VisualStudio.GitHub.Copilot	17.14.36517.7
ComponentGroup.Microsoft.NET.AppModernization	17.14.36518.2
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Azure.Compute.Emulator	17.14.36517.7
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Embedded	17.14.36517.7
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.Azure	17.14.36518.2
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop	17.14.36518.2
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop	17.14.36517.7
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetCrossPlat	17.14.36518.2
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb	17.14.36518.2
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.Node	17.14.36517.7

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