GitHub Actions: macOS 14 runner image retirement

Takes effect

2 Nov 2026

Published

4 Oct 2026

The macOS 14 runner image will be retired on November 2, 2026. To raise awareness of the upcoming removal, jobs using macOS 14 will temporarily fail during the following scheduled brownout periods: October 5, 14:00 UTC to October 6, 00:00 UTC October 12, 14:00 UTC to October 13, 00:00 UTC October 16, 14:00 UTC to October 17, 00:00 UTC October 19, 14:00 UTC to October 20, 00:00 UTC October 23, 14:00 UTC to October 24, 00:00 UTC October 26, 14:00 UTC to October 27, 00:00 UTC October 29, 14:00 UTC to October 30, 00:00 UTC October 30, 14:00 UTC to October 31, 00:00 UTC This deprecation includes the following labels: macos-14 macos-14-large macos-14-xlarge During the lead-up to retirement, GitHub may reduce macOS 14 runner capacity, which could result in longer queue times for jobs that continue to use these labels. What you need to do Update your workflow files to use one of the following macOS arm64 labels: macos-latest ( macos-26 ) macos-15 macos-latest-xlarge ( macos-2

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