GitHub Actions Runner Images end of life dates
The support dates the endoflife.date record (community-maintained) holds for GitHub Actions Runner Images, read on 30 Sep 2026: when security support ends for each version (cycle), when active support ends, and extended support where the record shows it. Below them, what Cyber Essentials, the Essential Eight, CIS Controls v8, PCI DSS and NIST SP 800-53 ask of a version past its end.
- Oldest version still in support
- windows-2022 (Windows Server 2022), security support to no end date announced
- Next end date
- macos-14-arm64, security support ends 2 Nov 2026
- Vendor's own notice
- no vendor policy link in the record; each version below links its own notice where the record carries one, and the vendor notice is authoritative
- Record
- GitHub Actions Runner Images
- Kind
- managed service
- Versions in the record
- 21
- Versions past vendor support
- 3
- Essential Eight class
- an application outside the priority classes: Patch applications asks for its removal once no longer supported at ML3; at ML1 and ML2 no held Essential Eight clause turns on it.
- Source
- endoflife.date/github-actions-runner-images, community-maintained, MIT licence, read 30 Sep 2026; sources
GitHub Actions Runner Images versions and their support dates
as at 30 Sep 2026| Cycle | Released | Active support ends | Security support ends | Extended support ends | On the read date | Vendor notice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu-26.04-arm64 Ubuntu 26.04 Arm64 | 17 Sep 2026 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| ubuntu-26.04 Ubuntu 26.04 | 17 Sep 2026 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| windows-11-vs2026-arm64 Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 | 20 Aug 2026 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| windows-11-arm64 Windows 11 Arm64 | 20 Aug 2026 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| windows-2025-vs2026 Windows Server 2025 | 7 May 2026 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| macos-26 macOS 26 | 26 Feb 2026 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| macos-26-arm64 macOS 26 Arm64 | 26 Feb 2026 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| ubuntu-slim Ubuntu Slim | 22 Jan 2026 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| windows-2025 Windows Server 2025 | 10 Apr 2025 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| macos-15-arm64 macOS 15 Arm64 | 10 Apr 2025 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| macos-15 macOS 15 | 10 Apr 2025 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| ubuntu-22.04-arm64 Ubuntu 22.04 Arm64 | 3 Sep 2024 | 17 Sep 2026 | 17 Apr 2027 | none in the record | security fixes only | notice | |
| ubuntu-24.04-arm64 Ubuntu 24.04 Arm64 | 24 Jun 2024 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| ubuntu-24.04 Ubuntu 24.04 | 14 May 2024 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| macos-14-arm64 macOS 14 Arm64 | 1 Apr 2024 | 6 Jul 2026 | 2 Nov 2026 | none in the record | ends within 90 days | notice | |
| macos-14 macOS 14 | 1 Apr 2024 | 6 Jul 2026 | 2 Nov 2026 | none in the record | ends within 90 days | notice | |
| macos-13 macOS 13 | 24 Apr 2023 | 19 Sep 2025 | 4 Dec 2025 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| ubuntu-22.04 Ubuntu 22.04 | 9 Aug 2022 | 17 Sep 2026 | 17 Apr 2027 | none in the record | security fixes only | notice | |
| macos-12 macOS 12 | 13 Jun 2022 | 7 Oct 2024 | 3 Dec 2024 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| windows-2022 Windows Server 2022 | 16 Nov 2021 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | notice | |
| ubuntu-20.04 Ubuntu 20.04 | 2 Jun 2020 | 15 Jan 2025 | 15 Apr 2025 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record |
A version this table does not list is not in the record: the finder reads it as unknown, never supported. The dates are the record's own; nothing here states a date the record does not hold.
What the schemes ask of a version past its end
- Cyber Essentials
- software on in-scope devices licensed and supported by the vendor, meaning it still receives security updates; unsupported software removed or segregated (SU.1, SU.4). Cyber Essentials Plus: removed, or isolated with compensating controls (PM-02).
- Essential Eight
- An application outside the priority classes: Patch applications asks for its removal once no longer supported at ML3; at ML1 and ML2 no held Essential Eight clause turns on it.
- CIS Controls v8, Safeguard 2.2
- only software that still receives vendor support may be marked authorised; unsupported software kept for the mission needs a recorded exception with compensating controls and the acceptance of the remaining risk; support status checked at least monthly.
- PCI DSS 12.3.4
- hardware and software reviewed at least every 12 months: that vendors still supply timely security fixes, end-of-life announcements documented, and a remediation plan for outdated technology approved by senior management.
- NIST SP 800-53 SA-22
- system components replaced when support is no longer available from the developer, vendor or manufacturer, or alternative sources of continued support provided.