GitHub Actions Release notes from GitHub

19 releases · 7 this month

19 releases

Date	Release	Type
Sep 23	Node 20 is no longer available in GitHub Actionsunverified Deprecation	Deprecation
Sep 17	Ubuntu 26 generally available and latest migration GA	GA
Sep 17	Workflow execution protections in GitHub Actions generally available GA	GA
Sep 10	Control GitHub Actions cache access with cache-mode GA	GA
Sep 10	Xcode 27 runner image now runs on macOS 27 Preview	Preview
Sep 3	CodeQL 2.26.4 improves GitHub actions security detections Update	Update
Sep 3	GitHub Actions: Early September 2026 updates Update	Update
Aug 27	Actions retention will cover checks, workflow runs, and statuses Update	Update
Aug 20	Separate GitHub Actions path for GitHub Code Quality GA	GA
Aug 20	Windows 11 arm64 VS2026 image generally available GA	GA
Aug 19	CodeQL 2.26.3 improves GitHub Actions queries and JavaScript modeling Update	Update
Jul 30	Reference same-repository actions with self-repository syntax Update	Update
Jul 28	GitHub Actions holds potentially malicious workflows for approval Update	Update
Jul 16	Xcode 27 runner image now in public preview Preview	Preview
Jul 8	setup-java v5.5.0: signature verification, Kona JDK, and Maven fixes Update	Update
Jun 26	Read-only Actions cache for untrusted triggers Update	Update
Jun 25	Actions steps can now be run in parallel Update	Update
Jun 25	Red Hat Enterprise Linux runner images are now in public preview Preview	Preview
Jun 25	More control over your GitHub-hosted runners Update	Update

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Release-notes page	Site	Feed
Actions changelog github.blog	github.blog	RSS
Changelog github.blog	github.blog	RSS
Copilot changelog github.blog	github.blog	RSS
Copilot CLI releases github.com	github.com	RSS
Desktop release notes desktop.github.com	desktop.github.com	None
Enterprise Server release notes docs.github.com	docs.github.com	None
GitHub CLI releases github.com	github.com	RSS
Security changelog github.blog	github.blog	RSS