### Breaking changes

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Breaking changes

PHP 8.3.* version will be removed and PHP 8.4.* will be added from January 31,2025

Target date

Image deployment will start on January 27,2025 and will take 2-3 days

The motivation for the changes

Updating the PHP version to the latest i.e, 8.4*. Customers will be able to use the latest version.

Possible impact

If your projects depend on PHP 8.3.* they might be broken.

Platforms affected

• [X] Azure DevOps
• [X] GitHub Actions

Runner images affected

• [x] 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
• [X] Windows Server 2019
• [X] Windows Server 2022
• [X] Windows Server 2025

Mitigation ways

Customers should be able to use the latest version of PHP 8.4.* N/A

Originally posted by @RaviAkshintala in https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/11256

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