Ubuntu 24.04 included .NET version has a lower version than 22.04

[johan-lindqvist]

Description

The specification for installed software on the 22.04 ubuntu image has these .NET versions of the SDK installed:

.NET Core SDK: 6.0.428, 7.0.410, 8.0.404

And the 24.04 ubuntu image only has:

.NET Core SDK: 8.0.111

Is the 24.04 image supposed to have an older version pre-installed?

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• 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
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2025

Image version and build link

20250105.1.0

Is it regression?

No

Expected behavior

The newer runner image should have a newer version of included software

Actual behavior

The newer runner image has a lower version of included software

Repro steps

N/A

[hemanthmanga]

Hi @johan-lindqvist, Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We are looking into this issue and will update you on this issue after investigating.