Visual Studio on build runner image `windows-latest` soon to expire.

[acnicholls]

Description

from windows-latest in one of my repos.

Platforms affected

• [ ] Azure DevOps
• [X] GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• [ ] GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• [ ] Ubuntu 20.04
• [ ] Ubuntu 22.04
• [ ] Ubuntu 24.04
• [ ] macOS 12
• [ ] macOS 13
• [ ] macOS 13 Arm64
• [ ] macOS 14
• [ ] macOS 14 Arm64
• [ ] macOS 15
• [ ] macOS 15 Arm64
• [ ] Windows Server 2019
• [X] Windows Server 2022

Image version and build link

Runner Image
  Image: windows-2022
  Version: 20241201.2.0
  Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/win22/20241201.2/images/windows/Windows2022-Readme.md
  Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/win22%2F20241201.2

Is it regression?

not yet

Expected behavior

visual studio on a build image would not expire

Actual behavior

visual studio on the build image will soon expire

Repro steps

1. load .Net framework repo and build it with devenv.
2. devenv startup reports upcoming expiry
3. see, warning.....report it.

[kishorekumar-anchala]

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We are looking into this issue and will update you on this issue after investigating

cc @acnicholls

[kishorekumar-anchala]

Hi @acnicholls ,

I request you , could you please check now . the new version is available with the latest rollout. thank you !.

[kishorekumar-anchala]

Hi @acnicholls , Could you please confirm on this ?

[acnicholls]

Hi @acnicholls , Could you please confirm on this ?

I can confirm that a workflow with windows-latest still has this issue. I started this workflow after reading the email with your comment

[kishorekumar-anchala]

HI @acnicholls ,

Could you please check again? The new version will be automatically rolled out once the upstream release is available.

[acnicholls]

I can confirm that it still does it. it's at 20 days now tho.

[kishorekumar-anchala]

@acnicholls -

The new version will be rolled out automatically, and the license will be renewed seamlessly at that time. If you need further clarification?