github actions/runner-images win25-vs2026/20261030.294
Windows Server 2025 with Visual Studio 2026 (20261030) Image Update
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pre-release3 hours ago
Announcements
[Windows] The windows-11-arm image label will use Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 image in September 2026
[Windows] The Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available in GitHub Actions

🖥️ Actions Runner Image: Windows Server 2025

  • OS Version: 10.0.26100 Build 33674
  • Image Version: 20261030.294.1

📣 What's changed?

Added ➕

Category Tool name Current (20261030.294.1)
.NET Core Tools .NET Core SDK 8.0.133, 8.0.427, 9.0.123, 9.0.320, 10.0.114, 10.0.403
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.33, 9.0.22, 10.0.14
Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.33, 9.0.22, 10.0.14
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.33, 9.0.22, 10.0.14

Deleted ➖

Category Tool name Previous (20261021.278.1)
.NET Core Tools .NET Core SDK 8.0.132, 8.0.426, 9.0.122, 9.0.319, 10.0.113, 10.0.402
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.32, 9.0.21, 10.0.13
Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.32, 9.0.21, 10.0.13
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.32, 9.0.21, 10.0.13

Updated

Category Tool name Previous (20261021.278.1) Current (20261030.294.1)
OS Version 10.0.26100 Build 33650 10.0.26100 Build 33674
Language and Runtime PHP 8.5.11 8.5.12
Ruby 3.3.12 3.3.13
Package Management Chocolatey 2.7.4 2.7.5
Composer 2.10.3 2.11.0
Miniconda 26.9.3 (pre-installed on the image but not added to PATH) 26.9.4 (pre-installed on the image but not added to PATH)
Pipx 1.18.4 1.18.10
Vcpkg (build from commit 8c5c88430a) (build from commit d186940b2f)
Tools 7zip 26.04 26.05
azcopy 10.32.8 10.34.1
CMake 4.4.4 4.4.5
Git 2.56.0.windows.2 2.56.0.windows.4
Git LFS 3.8.0 3.8.1
Kubectl 1.37.1 1.37.2
Pulumi 3.270.0 3.273.0
CLI Tools AWS CLI 2.38.3 2.39.1
AWS SAM CLI 1.169.0 1.171.0
Azure DevOps CLI extension 1.0.9 1.0.10
GitHub CLI 2.103.0 2.103.3
Browsers and Drivers Google Chrome 156.0.8078.48 156.0.8078.80
Chrome Driver 156.0.8078.47 156.0.8078.80
Microsoft Edge 155.0.4283.62 156.0.4314.56
Microsoft Edge Driver 155.0.4283.62 156.0.4314.50
Mozilla Firefox 158.0.1 159.0
Selenium server 4.51.0 4.52.0
Cached Tools Node.js 24.22.1 24.22.2
Python 3.13.16, 3.14.9, 3.15.1 3.13.17, 3.14.10, 3.15.2
Ruby 3.3.12, 3.4.11, 4.0.7 3.3.13, 3.4.12, 4.0.9
Database tools MySQL 8.0.46.0 8.4.13.0
MongoDB Shell (mongosh) 2.13.0 2.14.1
PowerShell Tools PowerShell 7.6.7 7.6.9
PowerShell Tools >
Powershell Modules 		AWSPowershell 5.0.320 5.0.326

Java

Version Environment Variable
21.0.12+101.0 JAVA_HOME_21_X64
25.0.4+101.0 JAVA_HOME_25_X64
21.0.13+9.0 JAVA_HOME_21_X64
25.0.5+8.0 JAVA_HOME_25_X64

Visual Studio Enterprise 2026

Name Version Path
Visual Studio Enterprise 2026 18.11.12315.225 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Enterprise
Visual Studio Enterprise 2026 18.11.12328.437 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Enterprise

Visual Studio Enterprise 2026 > Workloads, components and extensions

Package Version
microsoft.net.runtime.android 10.1.1326.50504
microsoft.net.runtime.android.aot 10.1.1326.50504
microsoft.net.runtime.android.aot.net9 10.1.1326.50504
microsoft.net.runtime.android.net9 10.1.1326.50504
microsoft.net.runtime.ios 10.1.1326.50504
microsoft.net.runtime.ios.net9 10.1.1326.50504
microsoft.net.runtime.maccatalyst 10.1.1326.50504
microsoft.net.runtime.maccatalyst.net9 10.1.1326.50504
microsoft.net.runtime.mono.tooling 10.1.1326.50504
microsoft.net.runtime.mono.tooling.net9 10.1.1326.50504
microsoft.net.sdk.emscripten 10.1.1326.50504
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.10.0 18.11.12306.233
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.8.0 18.11.12306.233
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.SDK 18.11.12306.233
runtimes.ios 10.1.1326.50504
runtimes.ios.net9 10.1.1326.50504
runtimes.maccatalyst 10.1.1326.50504
runtimes.maccatalyst.net9 10.1.1326.50504
wasm.tools 10.1.1326.50504
microsoft.net.runtime.android 10.1.1426.52326
microsoft.net.runtime.android.aot 10.1.1426.52326
microsoft.net.runtime.android.aot.net9 10.1.1426.52326
microsoft.net.runtime.android.net9 10.1.1426.52326
microsoft.net.runtime.ios 10.1.1426.52326
microsoft.net.runtime.ios.net9 10.1.1426.52326
microsoft.net.runtime.maccatalyst 10.1.1426.52326
microsoft.net.runtime.maccatalyst.net9 10.1.1426.52326
microsoft.net.runtime.mono.tooling 10.1.1426.52326
microsoft.net.runtime.mono.tooling.net9 10.1.1426.52326
microsoft.net.sdk.emscripten 10.1.1426.52326
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.10.0 18.11.12324.64
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.8.0 18.11.12324.64
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.SDK 18.11.12324.64
runtimes.ios 10.1.1426.52326
runtimes.ios.net9 10.1.1426.52326
runtimes.maccatalyst 10.1.1426.52326
runtimes.maccatalyst.net9 10.1.1426.52326
wasm.tools 10.1.1426.52326

Android

Package Name Version
Android Emulator 37.2.12
Android SDK Platforms android-37.2-beta3 (rev 3)
android-37.2-beta2 (rev 2)
android-37.2-beta1 (rev 1)
android-37.2 (rev 1)
android-37.1 (rev 1)
android-37.0 (rev 2)
android-36.1 (rev 1)
android-36-ext19 (rev 1)
android-36-ext18 (rev 1)
android-36 (rev 2)
android-35-ext15 (rev 1)
android-35-ext14 (rev 1)
android-35 (rev 2)
android-34-ext8 (rev 1)
android-34-ext12 (rev 1)
android-34-ext11 (rev 1)
android-34-ext10 (rev 1)
android-34 (rev 3)
Android Emulator 37.2.13
Android SDK Platforms android-37.2-beta3 (rev 3)
android-37.2-beta2 (rev 2)
android-37.2-beta1 (rev 1)
android-37.2 (rev 2)
android-37.1 (rev 1)
android-37.0 (rev 2)
android-36.1 (rev 1)
android-36-ext19 (rev 1)
android-36-ext18 (rev 1)
android-36 (rev 2)
android-35-ext15 (rev 1)
android-35-ext14 (rev 1)
android-35 (rev 2)
android-34-ext8 (rev 1)
android-34-ext12 (rev 1)
android-34-ext11 (rev 1)
android-34-ext10 (rev 1)
android-34 (rev 3)

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