[All OSes] Go 1.19.x will be removed and 1.21.x set as default on February, 26

[mikhailkoliada]

Breaking changes

Go 1.19.x will be removed from all OSes and 1.21.x will be set as default.

Target date

Image deployment is starting on February 26 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.

Possible impact

If your builds depend on Go 1.19.x they can be broken.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• macOS 11
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Mitigation ways

https://github.com/actions/setup-go action for GH actions
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/tool/go-tool?view=azure-devops task for AzDO