Add macOS 14 (Sonoma) Runner Image

[Steve-Glass]

Tool name

macOS 14

Tool license

TBD

Add or update?

• Add
• Update

Desired version

Beta

Approximate size

No response

Brief description of tool

No response

URL for tool's homepage

No response

Provide a basic test case to validate the tool's functionality.

No response

Platforms where you need the tool

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images where you need the tool

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• macOS 11
• macOS 12
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Can this tool be installed during the build?

No response

Tool installation time in runtime

No response

Are you willing to submit a PR?

No response

[Steve-Glass]

This issue a placeholder and will be updated after WWDC 2023.

[fumoboy007]

Hi, is there an existing issue tracking the graduation of macOS 13 to GA (a.k.a. macos-latest)?

[mrackwitz]

With the release candidate available for Sonoma, what's the timeline to be made available as a GitHub Actions runner?

[mikhailkoliada]

Hello, no earlier than the official release comes out, we do not provide betas/rcs

[Robertorosmaninho]

Hello! Following @mrackwitz question,now that the official release is available for Sonoma, what's the timeline to be made available as a GitHub Actions runner?

[paulofierro]

Hi folks, it's been 2 weeks since Sonoma dropped. Any news on this front?

[ecnepsnai]

3 weeks since Sonoma was released. Could we please get an update or at least a confirmation that this is being worked on?

[Amnell]

Will this be a repetition of #6426 where it took more than 6 months from public release from Apple until an image was available at GitHub?

[paulofierro]

Quoting @Steve-Glass from 7 months ago when discussing why it took 6 months to get a macOS 13 runner and how things will improve:

Our team is not aware of any hardware compatibility requirements that would prevent us from prioritizing and providing the macOS 14 runner image in a timely manner.

Granted, it's "only" been a month, but we're now looking at alternatives. It's frustrating that this seems to happen with every new version of macOS. Its not like they're a surprise.

[BenjaminBhuyanYoung]

Is there any timeline for macOS 14/Sonoma?

[RyosukeCla]

Is there any progress for macOS 14/Sonoma?

[Andrewangeta]

Any timeline on when macOS Sonoma will be supported? Kinda getting long in the tooth here.

[dvosscricut]

me too, I can't even run Xcode 14.2 on Sonoma, I'm stuck at Xcode 15! Would be really helpful if GitHub action runners could match!

[mrackwitz]

@dvosscricut Xcode 15.0.1 is available on the latest macOS 13 runners. (You don't need Sonoma anymore to run Xcode 15, at least ever since the RC)

[mikhailkoliada]

As of #9254 and #9255 OS14 is now available!

[svaldetero]

@mikhailkoliada Do we have an item to follow or a way to know about Azure Devops availability? It is checked in the issue description above but I get ##[warning]An image label with the label macOS-14 does not exist. when I try to use it.

[mariusfanu-metrobank]

+1

[filipw]

The issue says:

Platforms where you need the tool

[x] Azure DevOps
[x] GitHub Actions

This was closed as completed, but the announcement only mentions GitHub Actions, and not ADO

Platforms affected

[ ] Azure DevOps
[x] GitHub Actions

I think it should be reopened until Azure DevOps support is added.

[billnbell2]

When is beta going to be released for Mac OS 14 on M1/M2 chips? I see the roadmap but no dates? Are we getting closer to a date?

https://ch1n2.wordpress.com/2022/09/19/how-to-deploy-an-ssis-project-via-azure-devops/

[3a4oT]

The issue says:

Platforms where you need the tool
[x] Azure DevOps
[x] GitHub Actions

This was closed as completed, but the announcement only mentions GitHub Actions, and not ADO

Platforms affected
[ ] Azure DevOps
[x] GitHub Actions

I think it should be reopened until Azure DevOps support is added.

Agree! Can we please get an update for Azure DevOps?

[muellnes]

Included with #8971

[jtromo]

@muellnes #8971 is for adding ARM64 runners and this ticket is for a general macOS 14 image so it seems appropriate to keep this open.

[jtromo]

Note that Apple will start requiring Xcode 15 or later April 19 which requires macOS 14 so this is going to be a deal breaker for any iOS developers using Azure DevOps.

ITMS-90725: SDK version issue - This app was built with the iOS 16.2 SDK. Starting April 29, 2024, all iOS and iPadOS apps must be built with the iOS 17 SDK or later, included in Xcode 15 or later, in order to be uploaded to App Store Connect or submitted for distribution.

[mariusfanu-metrobank]

@jtromo Xcode 15.0 until Xcode 15.2 can still run on macOS 13, so this should not be a blocker. Xcode 15.3 will require macOS 14

See below from release notes from specific Xcode version:

Xcode 15 requires a Mac running macOS Ventura 13.5 or later.
Xcode 15.2 requires a Mac running macOS Ventura 13.5 or later.
Xcode 15.3 beta 3 requires a Mac running macOS Sonoma 14 or later.

[jtromo]

Thanks. Looks like manually selecting Xcode 15.2 on macOS-13 works.

[mariusfanu-metrobank]

Hello @Steve-Glass is there any update about when should we expect to see macOS 14 available in Azure DevOps? While contacting Azure DevOps support, we are being redirected to post our questions here to GitHub 🤷‍♂️

@mikhailkoliada closed this ticket but functionality was delivered only partially as Azure DevOps support is still missing.

[3a4oT]

Hey all, #9459 was merged, but it doesn't include the Azure Pipelines runners update. Who can help us and at least provide an ETA?

[nbevans]

Thanks. Looks like manually selecting Xcode 15.2 on macOS-13 works.

How? macos-latest on ADO doesn't have Xcode 15 at all for me. Doing a ls in the /Applications directory only shows Xcode 13 and 14 versions.

[nbevans]

Right well this is like really messed up. Apparently using macos-latest on ADO is broken and doesn't actually use macos-13. If I manually choose macos-13 instead of macos-latest, I get Xcode 15:

Turns out this is documented:

This makes no sense having an alias of "macos-latest" which doesn't actually to defacto map to whatever is the latest macos image

But at least I learnt a lesson: never trust and avoid all use of any latest image aliases in Azure DevOps.

[tentom]

I am trying to fix a pipeline that last run successfully on Azure devops the 2024.03.28. But apparently something has changed and the exact sane commit is no longer compiling in the pipeline. Running on a local M1 Mac on MacOS 14.3.1 works in both release and debug builds. Xcode version is 15.3.

Not having the latest and greatest from Apple is asking for trouble when it comes to development.. and the long delay between Apple releases and the .net ecosystem updates is a real struggle with lots of troubleshooting.

[Baza207]

So it seems like macOS 14 non-arm runners released the other with no notice or information. Are we going to get any info on if we'll see the same roadmap as GitHub on DevOps (#9255) or just continued radio silence and random unannounced updates?

https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/macos-14/20240422.1

[muzimuzhi]

@Baza207 I think the linked release macos-14/20240422.1 is specifically for macOS 14 larger runner, as can be seen from its assets.

Non-arm macOS 14 larger runners are documented in
https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-larger-runners/about-larger-runners#about-macos-larger-runners
and more or less announced with
https://github.blog/changelog/2024-04-01-macos-14-sonoma-is-generally-available-and-the-latest-macos-runner-image/

[Baza207]

@muzimuzhi Oh interesting point, thanks for the links. 🙇‍♂️

I did try it in our Azure DevOps pipeline quickly on Friday and it found an agent and ran on Xcode 15.3 (our tests failed, but the agent was there running macOS 14), which previously we weren't able to do with large or xLarge agents. I just used the macos-14 agent name as well, not macos-14-large. Could have been a fluke, but we'll see when I'm able to test a bit more. 🤷‍♂️

[Baza207]

@muzimuzhi Found the DevOps link. The ones you listed I think are the ones references in #9255 when they (incorrectly) closed all these issues.

Here's the link for DevOps users: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/hosted?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml#software

[Siedlerchr]

Here is also the announcements from Azure Devops itself, unfortunately still no arm runners. Just the x86_64 with sonomo https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/release-notes/features-timeline-released