microsoft/azure-pipelines-agent v4.244.1 on GitHub

Features

Add .NET 8 target framework for building the agent (#4943)
Add Red Hat based distros to supported list (#4946)
Parser changes for test results (#4974)

Bugs

Fix inputs trimming for variables (#4940)
Add the credential environment configuration to the Git checkout command (#4965)
Bump node version (#4968)
Fix Node runner deprecation check (#4969)
Fix the release pipeline (#4983)
Add AlmaLinux to the list of supported OS for .NET 8 (#4986)

Misc

Add telemetry publisher about Knob values per Job request (#4945)
Localization update (#4967)
Add libicu74 to installdependencies.sh to account for Ubuntu 24 (#4973)
re-add net6.json for vsts extension compat (#4980)

Agent Downloads

	Package	SHA-256
Windows x64	vsts-agent-win-x64-4.244.1.zip	b7125c147610b83f5fe90b5b8f4570091f753345b85c9d239f64dfbce67575f9
Windows x86	vsts-agent-win-x86-4.244.1.zip	03e4ede473b429b5e6207b3a2a0e81d674a07ba57ef846093706edb12759d9b8
macOS x64	vsts-agent-osx-x64-4.244.1.tar.gz	c13dd6f49a9261476e005360dd53577664941df848df8c5f11b439df25bb8222
macOS ARM64	vsts-agent-osx-arm64-4.244.1.tar.gz	21e487421c0395e492fded50302a0e1c9495a71776a8b652fb37acec7f2e6c04
Linux x64	vsts-agent-linux-x64-4.244.1.tar.gz	6a3ceac136fd0157bd0ab5317b8f8c357fb5cbef74a03398c102d28817e6e868
Linux ARM	vsts-agent-linux-arm-4.244.1.tar.gz	893e90b48d206c4f1170735cbac980be7e2b1a71623e78cd3f7fe8e120942983
Linux ARM64	vsts-agent-linux-arm64-4.244.1.tar.gz	809e466edad95d917fdcdd2aafda7f6593f4268143d07ffbac43f5f5f92d82e5
Linux musl x64	vsts-agent-linux-musl-x64-4.244.1.tar.gz	96983af5a73a348ecdafa533414c312000566b0117d78ab0569a76ecefe2582c
Linux musl ARM64	vsts-agent-linux-musl-arm64-4.244.1.tar.gz	218915f2676d2ea3b985411db09a2b9fd5859fa28dff1dd96eecdf95157a5c61

After Download:

Windows x64

C:\> mkdir myagent && cd myagent
C:\myagent> Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem ; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$HOME\Downloads\vsts-agent-win-x64-4.244.1.zip", "$PWD")

Windows x86

C:\> mkdir myagent && cd myagent
C:\myagent> Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem ; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$HOME\Downloads\vsts-agent-win-x86-4.244.1.zip", "$PWD")

macOS x64

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-osx-x64-4.244.1.tar.gz

macOS ARM64

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-osx-arm64-4.244.1.tar.gz

Linux x64

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-linux-x64-4.244.1.tar.gz

Linux ARM

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-linux-arm-4.244.1.tar.gz

Linux ARM64

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-linux-arm64-4.244.1.tar.gz

Alpine x64

Note: Node 6 does not exist for Alpine.

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-linux-musl-x64-4.244.1.tar.gz

Alpine ARM64

Note: Node 6 does not exist for Alpine.

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-linux-musl-ARM64-4.244.1.tar.gz

Alternate Agent Downloads

Alternate packages below do not include Node 6 & 10 and are only suitable for users who do not use Node 6 & 10 dependent tasks.
See notes on Node version support for more details.

	Package	SHA-256
Windows x64	pipelines-agent-win-x64-4.244.1.zip	d0416383cc2a861704f8cbf1050d0e62032d69838196c274f0425de67d8ad479
Windows x86	pipelines-agent-win-x86-4.244.1.zip	f25572cd2bd7233620d999e0c6b863858570838c316a591e2e77e35a09b3c48d
macOS x64	pipelines-agent-osx-x64-4.244.1.tar.gz	4936918494e50ffde4cc37a40ae17bb8b9004f907264a7150c99f087030ddaa3
macOS ARM64	pipelines-agent-osx-arm64-4.244.1.tar.gz	8c6b40f5ab81f78e3ee59c7f351868bad4f8dea6cc95c24c763bdde321f840d3
Linux x64	pipelines-agent-linux-x64-4.244.1.tar.gz	0f12891eadbe875b33e25a40f9c9e6428de2a4f8f407e143b4910a25c56d0fed
Linux ARM	pipelines-agent-linux-arm-4.244.1.tar.gz	e86ec2747a2b105fda73bedbcadb0ebbc6d58bd88d23a20afce757eb198f35d7
Linux ARM64	pipelines-agent-linux-arm64-4.244.1.tar.gz	720ef4170744ee9385569a76c93b2a6da6fcf5e0a84303ff617ab11bacc4f212