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macos-13 runner label retired 2025-12-04; macos-latest is arm64, so use macos-15-intel for x86_64 jobs

github-actionsmacos-13macos-15-intel#github-actions#macos#runners#intel
Fix
# before
runs-on: macos-13
# after: architecture-agnostic
runs-on: macos-15          # arm64
# after: you need Intel
runs-on: macos-15-intel    # x86_64, new label

Larger runners: macos-15-large / macos-latest-large (Intel), macos-15-xlarge (arm64).

Symptom

Matrix jobs with runs-on: macos-13 never start or fail. Swapping in macos-latest silently changes the build architecture from x86_64 to arm64, so Intel wheels/binaries disappear from releases.

Cause

GitHub retired the macOS 13 runner image (labels macos-13, macos-13-large, macos-13-xlarge) by 2025-12-04, after brownouts in November 2025. macos-13 was the last standard free Intel macOS label. macos-latest is arm64. GitHub says it will stop supporting x86_64 on macOS after the macOS 15 image retires in fall 2027.

Verify

Add - run: uname -m and check for x86_64 on the Intel leg and arm64 elsewhere.

Sources

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