macOS 14 (20241022) Image Update

Announcements
[macOS] OpenSSL 1.1 will be removed and OpenSSL 3 will be the default for all macOS images from November 4
[macOS] Python 3.9 and 3.10 will be removed from macOS13 arm64 and macOS14 arm64 on November 18.
[macOS] The macOS 12 Actions runner image will begin deprecation on 10/7/24 and will be fully unsupported by 12/3/24 for GitHub and ADO
[macOS] Support policy changes; Xcode 14 and 16 will be removed from macOS 14 on November 4
macOS 15 (Sequoia) is now available as a public beta in GitHub Actions

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🖥️ Actions Runner Image: macOS 14

• OS Version: macOS 14.7 (23H124)
• Kernel Version: Darwin 23.6.0
• Image Version: 20241022.254

📣 What's changed?

Added ➕

Category	Tool name	Current (20241022.254)
Cached Tools	Node.js	22.10.0

Updated

Category	Tool name	Previous (20241014.202)	Current (20241022.254)
Language and Runtime	Perl	5.38.2	5.40.0
Package Management	Bundler	2.5.21	2.5.22
	Homebrew	4.4.0	4.4.2
	RubyGems	3.5.21	3.5.22
Utilities	bazelisk	1.22.0	1.22.1
	GitHub CLI	2.58.0	2.59.0
Tools	AWS CLI	2.18.5	2.18.11
	AWS SAM CLI	1.125.0	1.126.0
	CodeQL Action Bundle	2.19.1	2.19.2
	Fastlane	2.224.0	2.225.0
	Xcbeautify	2.11.0	2.14.1
Browsers	Google Chrome	129.0.6668.101	130.0.6723.59
	Google Chrome for Testing	129.0.6668.100	130.0.6723.58
	ChromeDriver	129.0.6668.100	130.0.6723.58
	Microsoft Edge	129.0.2792.89	130.0.2849.46
	Microsoft Edge WebDriver	129.0.2792.91	130.0.2849.50
	Mozilla Firefox	131.0.2	131.0.3
Rust Tools	Cargo	1.81.0	1.82.0
	Rust	1.81.0	1.82.0
	Rustdoc	1.81.0	1.82.0
Rust Tools > Packages	Clippy	0.1.81	0.1.82

Java

Version	Environment Variable
8.0.422+5.1	JAVA_HOME_8_X64
11.0.24+8	JAVA_HOME_11_X64
17.0.12+7	JAVA_HOME_17_X64
21.0.4+7.0 (default)	JAVA_HOME_21_X64
8.0.432+6	JAVA_HOME_8_X64
11.0.25+9	JAVA_HOME_11_X64
17.0.13+11	JAVA_HOME_17_X64
21.0.5+11.0 (default)	JAVA_HOME_21_X64

Xcode

Version	Build	Path	Symlinks
16.1 (beta)	16B5029d	/Applications/Xcode_16.1_beta_3.app	/Applications/Xcode_16.1.0.app /Applications/Xcode_16.1.app
16.1	16B40	/Applications/Xcode_16.1_Release_Candidate.app	/Applications/Xcode_16.1.0.app /Applications/Xcode_16.1.app

Xcode > Installed Simulators

OS	Simulators
iOS 18.1	iPhone 14 iPhone 14 Plus iPhone 14 Pro iPhone 14 Pro Max iPhone 15 iPhone 15 Plus iPhone 15 Pro iPhone 15 Pro Max iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Plus iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone SE (3rd generation) iPad (10th generation) iPad Air (5th generation) iPad Air 11-inch (M2) iPad Air 13-inch (M2) iPad mini (6th generation) iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation) iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (6th generation) iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)
iOS 18.1	iPhone 14 iPhone 14 Plus iPhone 14 Pro iPhone 14 Pro Max iPhone 15 iPhone 15 Plus iPhone 15 Pro iPhone 15 Pro Max iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Plus iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone SE (3rd generation) iPad (10th generation) iPad Air (5th generation) iPad Air 11-inch (M2) iPad Air 13-inch (M2) iPad mini (6th generation) iPad mini (A17 Pro) iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation) iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (6th generation) iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)

Android

Package Name	Version
NDK	26.3.11579264 (default) 27.1.12297006
NDK	26.3.11579264 (default) 27.2.12479018

Android > Environment variables

Name	Value
ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME	/Users/runner/Library/Android/sdk/ndk/27.1.12297006
ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME	/Users/runner/Library/Android/sdk/ndk/27.2.12479018

For comprehensive list of software installed on this image please click here.