Breaking changes

Node.js version 16 will be removed from macOS13 and macOS13 arm64 images.

Target date

Rollout of the change will start on November, 25 and will take 3-4 days.

The motivation for the changes

As of the software support policy only 3 latest versions of go are supported i.e., Node.js 18, 20, 22.

Possible impact

If your builds depend on Node.js 16 they can be broken.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Mitigation ways

Nothing is required, if you are using the Node Tool Installer task (for Azure DevOps) and the setup-node action (for GitHub Actions) both will still download a version you specify if it is available in the versions-manifest.json file.