Upgrade GitHub Actions for Node 24 compatibility

[salmanmkc]

Warning

You may currently be seeing a warning like this in your workflow runs:

Node.js 20 actions are deprecated. The following actions are running on Node.js 20
and may not work as expected: actions/checkout@v4, actions/download-artifact@v4, actions/cache@v4, actions/upload-artifact@v4.
Actions will be forced to run with Node.js 24 by default starting June 2nd, 2026.
Please check if updated versions of these actions are available that support Node.js 24.
To opt into Node.js 24 now, set the FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24=true environment
variable on the runner or in your workflow file. Once Node.js 24 becomes the default, you
can temporarily opt out by setting ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION=true.
For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/

The exact actions listed will vary per workflow.

Upgrades GitHub Actions to versions that support Node 24, since Node 20 is reaching EOL in April 2026.

Changes

Action	Old Version(s)	New Version	Compare	Files
actions/cache	v4	v5	Diff	presubmit.yml
actions/checkout	v4	v6	Diff	postsubmit-miri.yml, postsubmit.yml, presubmit.yml
actions/download-artifact	v4	v8	Diff	postsubmit.yml
actions/setup-python	v5	v6	Diff	presubmit.yml
actions/upload-artifact	v4	v7	Diff	presubmit.yml

Context

Per GitHub's announcement, Node 20 is being deprecated and runners will default to Node 24 starting June 2nd, 2026.

• Node 20 EOL: April 2026
• Node 24 becomes default: June 2nd, 2026

Release Notes

Release notes for actions/checkout

v6.0.2

What's Changed

• Add orchestration_id to git user-agent when ACTIONS_ORCHESTRATION_ID is set by @TingluoHuang in Add orchestration_id to git user-agent when ACTIONS_ORCHESTRATION_ID is set actions/checkout#2355
• Fix tag handling: preserve annotations and explicit fetch-tags by @ericsciple in Fix tag handling: preserve annotations and explicit fetch-tags actions/checkout#2356

Full Changelog: actions/checkout@v6.0.1...v6.0.2

v6.0.1

What's Changed

• Update all references from v5 and v4 to v6 by @ericsciple in Update all references from v5 and v4 to v6 actions/checkout#2314
• Add worktree support for persist-credentials includeIf by @ericsciple in Add worktree support for persist-credentials includeIf actions/checkout#2327
• Clarify v6 README by @ericsciple in Clarify v6 README actions/checkout#2328

Full Changelog: actions/checkout@v6...v6.0.1

v6.0.0

What's Changed

• Update README to include Node.js 24 support details and requirements by @salmanmkc in Update README to include Node.js 24 support details and requirements actions/checkout#2248
• Persist creds to a separate file by @ericsciple in Persist creds to a separate file actions/checkout#2286
• v6-beta by @ericsciple in v6-beta actions/checkout#2298
• update readme/changelog for v6 by @ericsciple in update readme/changelog for v6 actions/checkout#2311

Full Changelog: https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v5.0.

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v5.0.1

What's Changed

• Port v6 cleanup to v5 by @ericsciple in Port v6 cleanup to v5 actions/checkout#2301

Full Changelog: actions/checkout@v5...v5.0.1

v4.3.1

What's Changed

• Port v6 cleanup to v4 by @ericsciple in Port v6 cleanup to v4 actions/checkout#2305

Full Changelog: actions/checkout@v4...v4.3.1

Release notes for actions/download-artifact

v8.0.1

What's Changed

• Support for CJK characters in the artifact name by @danwkennedy in Add regression tests for CJK characters actions/download-artifact#471
• Add a regression test for artifact name + content-type mismatches by @danwkennedy in Add a regression test for artifact name + content-type mismatches actions/download-artifact#472

Full Changelog: actions/download-artifact@v8...v8.0.1

v8.0.0

v8 - What's new

[!IMPORTANT]
actions/download-artifact@v8 has been migrated to an ESM module. This should be transparent to the caller but forks might need to make significant changes.

[!IMPORTANT]
Hash mismatches will now error by default. Users can override this behavior with a setting change (see below).

Direct downloads

To support direct uploads in actions/upload-artifact, the action will no longer attempt to unzip all downloaded files. Instead, the action chec

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v7.0.0

v7 - What's new

[!IMPORTANT]
actions/download-artifact@v7 now runs on Node.js 24 (runs.using: node24) and requires a minimum Actions Runner version of 2.327.1. If you are using self-hosted runners, ensure they are updated before upgrading.

Node.js 24

This release updates the runtime to Node.js 24. v6 had preliminary support for Node 24, however this action was by default still running on Node.js 20. Now this action by default will run on Node.js 24.

What's Changed

• U

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v6.0.0

What's Changed

BREAKING CHANGE: this update supports Node v24.x. This is not a breaking change per-se but we're treating it as such.

• Update README for download-artifact v5 changes by @yacaovsnc in Update README for download-artifact v5 changes actions/download-artifact#417
• Update README with artifact extraction details by @yacaovsnc in Update README with artifact extraction details actions/download-artifact#424
• Readme: spell out the first use of GHES by @danwkennedy in https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/pull

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v5.0.0

What's Changed

• Update README.md by @nebuk89 in Update README.md actions/download-artifact#407
• BREAKING fix: inconsistent path behavior for single artifact downloads by ID by @GrantBirki in fix: inconsistent path behavior for single artifact downloads by ID actions/download-artifact#416

v5.0.0

🚨 Breaking Change

This release fixes an inconsistency in path behavior for single artifact downloads by ID. If you're downloading single artifacts by ID, the output path may change.

What Changed

Previous

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Release notes for actions/cache

v5.0.3

What's Changed

• Bump @actions/cache to v5.0.5 (Resolves: https://github.com/actions/cache/security/dependabot/33)
• Bump @actions/core to v2.0.3

Full Changelog: actions/cache@v5...v5.0.3

v5.0.2

v5.0.2

What's Changed

When creating cache entries, 429s returned from the cache service will not be retried.

v5.0.1

[!IMPORTANT]
actions/cache@v5 runs on the Node.js 24 runtime and requires a minimum Actions Runner version of 2.327.1.

If you are using self-hosted runners, ensure they are updated before upgrading.

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v5.0.1

What's Changed

• fix: update @actions/cache for Node.js 24 punycode deprecation by @salmanmkc in fix: update @actions/cache for Node.js 24 punycode deprecation actions/cache#1685
• prepare release v5.0.1 by @salmanmkc in prepare release v5.0.1 actions/cache#1686

v5.0.0

What's Cha

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v5.0.0

[!IMPORTANT]
actions/cache@v5 runs on the Node.js 24 runtime and requires a minimum Actions Runner version of 2.327.1.

If you are using self-hosted runners, ensure they are updated before upgrading.

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What's Changed

• Upgrade to use node24 by @salmanmkc in Upgrade to use node24 actions/cache#1630
• Prepare v5.0.0 release by @salmanmkc in Prepare v5.0.0 release actions/cache#1684

Full Changelog: actions/cache@v4.3.0...v5

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v4.3.0

What's Changed

• Add note on runner versions by @GhadimiR in Add note on runner versions actions/cache#1642
• Prepare v4.3.0 release by @Link- in Prepare v4.3.0 release actions/cache#1655

New Contributors

• @GhadimiR made their first contribution in Add note on runner versions actions/cache#1642

Full Changelog: actions/cache@v4...v4.3.0

Release notes for actions/setup-python

v6.2.0

What's Changed

Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade dependencies to Node 24 compatible versions by @salmanmkc in Upgrade @actions dependencies to Node 24 compatible versions actions/setup-python#1259
• Upgrade urllib3 from 2.5.0 to 2.6.3 in /__tests__/data by @dependabot in Bump urllib3 from 2.5.0 to 2.6.0 in /__tests__/data actions/setup-python#1253 and Bump urllib3 from 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 in /__tests__/data actions/setup-python#1264

Full Changelog: actions/setup-python@v6...v6.2.0

v6.1.0

What's Changed

Enhancements:

• Add support for pip-install input by @gowridurgad in