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GitHub Changelog

GitHub announces several important updates including the migration to `ubuntu-24` runner image starting December 5, 2024, the retirement of Ubuntu 20 hosted runner image by April 1, 2025, and the deprecation of Artifact actions v3 with scheduled brownouts in January 2025. Additionally, there are updates to network allow lists for self-hosted runners and Azure private networking due to the upcoming GA of Immutable Actions, which will be stored in the GitHub Container Registry.

The latest GitHub and GitHub Copilot SOC reports are now available

actions/cache v1-v2 and actions/toolkit cache package closing down

Updates to the network allow list for self-hosted runners and Azure private networking