[Windows] Go version 1.20 and 1.21 will be removed from the images on 2025-05-09 and 1.24 will be set as default.

[RaviAkshintala]

Breaking changes

Go 1.20 and 1.21 will be removed and 1.24 will be set as default on 2025-05-09 from Windows 2019, 2022 and 2025 Images.

Target date

Image deployment will start on 2025-05-09 and will take 2-3 days.

The motivation for the changes

As of the software support policy only 3 latest versions of Go are supported.

Possible impact

Go 1.24.x version will be set as default for windows 2019, 2022 and 2025.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2025

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