# GitHub Actions Runner Images ubuntu-26.04 — lifecycle date releaseDate is now 2026-09-17

For GitHub Actions Runner Images ubuntu-26.04, product is github-actions-runner-images; field changed is releaseDate; new value is 2026-09-17; detected is 2026-09-21, recorded from its source on 2026-09-21; source re-checked 2026-10-26.

- **Product:** github-actions-runner-images
- **Product label:** GitHub Actions Runner Images
- **Release cycle:** ubuntu-26.04 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Field changed:** releaseDate _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **New value:** 2026-09-17 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Detected:** 2026-09-21 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> {"name":"ubuntu-26.04","codename":null,"label":"Ubuntu 26.04","releaseDate":"2026-09-17"

## Source

- https://endoflife.date/api/v1/products/github-actions-runner-images

Last verified: 2026-10-26. Review by: 2026-11-09.
Part of [Software end-of-life date changes — which dates moved and what they were before](https://referencesource.org/software-eol-change-feed/).