GitHub runner image announcements

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GitHub runner image announcements

Open announcements from actions/runner-images. Rows naming an image this repository runs on sort first and carry it in Affects.

Announced	Kind	Affects	Announcement
2026-08-20	🆕 new	windows-11-arm	[Windows] The windows-11-arm image label will use Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 image in September 2026
2026-08-31	🆕 new	—	[Ubuntu] PostgreSQL is now available on the Ubuntu Arm64 images
2026-08-27	🆕 new	—	[Ubuntu] Podman will be downgraded on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 runner images
2026-08-25	🆕 new	—	[Windows] Docker installation will be removed from Windows ARM images
2026-08-25	🆕 new	—	[Windows] Docker will be updated to version 29.7.2 on x64 Windows images
2026-08-19	🆕 new	—	[Windows] The Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available in GitHub Actions
2026-07-16	🆕 new	—	[macOS] Xcode 27 is now available as a public preview
2026-07-07	🆕 new	—	[macOS] Default Xcode on macOS 26 Tahoe will be set to Xcode 26.6 on 2026.07.21
2026-06-16	🔴 retirement	—	[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
2026-06-11	🆕 new	—	[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm is now available as a public preview
2026-06-11	🆕 new	—	[Windows] Windows 11 Arm with Visual Studio 2026 is now available as a public preview
2026-01-11	🔴 retirement	—	[macOS] The macOS 14 Sonoma based runner images will begin deprecation on July 6th and will be fully unsupported by November 2nd for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps

A runs-on: value is the one dependency in a workflow that nothing bumps automatically, so a retirement lands as a failing build unless it is acted on here. Rows marked 🔴 with an entry under Affects are the ones with a deadline.

Images this repository tracks: macos-26, macos-26-intel, ubuntu-26.04, ubuntu-26.04-arm, windows-11-arm, windows-2025

This issue closes on its own once GitHub has closed every open announcement.

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