macos-latest resolves to macos-12 while it is documented to refer to macos-14 #9663
Description
Description
The macos-latest runner image resolves to macos-12 (version 12.7.4) while it is documented to refer to macos-14.
Platforms affected
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
- GitHub Actions - Larger Runners
Runner images affected
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
- macOS 11
- macOS 12
- macOS 13
- macOS 13 Arm64
- macOS 14
- macOS 14 Arm64
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
Image version and build link
Version: 20240329.1
See also if need be: https://github.com/ocaml-sf/learn-ocaml/actions/runs/8621954279/job/23631973945?pr=597
Is it regression?
N/A
Expected behavior
According to https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories, we should get the Image: macos-14
Actual behavior
We get the Image: macos-12
And the build fails with:
xcbeautify: A full installation of Xcode.app 15.0 is required to compile
this software. Installing just the Command Line Tools is not sufficient.
Xcode 15.0 cannot be installed on macOS 12.
You must upgrade your version of macOS.
Error: xcbeautify: An unsatisfied requirement failed this build.
Repro steps
Push a commit in a repo's master branch with a following workflow such as:
name: macOS
on:
push:
branches:
- master
pull_request:
branches:
- '**'
jobs:
build:
name: Build learn-ocaml on macOS
runs-on: macos-latest
steps:
- name: Check out the repo
uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: MWE
run: |
set -ex
sw_vers
system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
uname -a
brew update
# homebrew fails to upgrade python due to unlinking failure
# (cf. https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/577 )
rm -f /usr/local/bin/2to3
rm -f /usr/local/bin/idle3
rm -f /usr/local/bin/pydoc3
rm -f /usr/local/bin/python3
rm -f /usr/local/bin/python3-config
rm -f /usr/local/bin/2to3-3.*
rm -f /usr/local/bin/idle3.*
rm -f /usr/local/bin/pydoc3.*
rm -f /usr/local/bin/python3.*
rm -f /usr/local/bin/python3.*-config
rm -f /usr/local/lib/libtcl8.6.dylib
rm -f /usr/local/lib/libtk8.6.dylib
rm -f /usr/local/bin/go
rm -f /usr/local/bin/gofmt
rm -f /usr/local/bin/node
rm -f /usr/local/bin/npm
rm -f /usr/local/bin/npx
rm -f -r /usr/local/include/node
rm -f -r /usr/local/share/doc/node
rm -f -r /usr/local/lib/node_modules
rm -f /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d
rm -f /usr/local/share/man/man1/node.1
rm -f /usr/local/share/systemtap
brew upgrade