Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24

Fix

The change affects only the runtime that executes JavaScript actions, not your app's Node version (still chosen with actions/setup-node).

Workflow authors: bump to Node 24 majors, e.g. actions/checkout@v5+, actions/setup-node@v5+, actions/cache@v5.

Action maintainers:

# action.yml, before
runs:
  using: node20
  main: dist/index.js
# after
runs:
  using: node24
  main: dist/index.js

then publish a new release. Self-hosted: upgrade the runner and move off macOS <=13.4 and ARM32.

Symptom

Jobs show an annotation:

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/checkout@v4, ...

Setting ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION=true no longer keeps Node 20. A JavaScript action that relied on Node 20 behaviour breaks.

Cause

GitHub deprecated Node 20 for JavaScript actions (Node 20 EOL April 2026). Runners default to Node 24 since 2026-06-16, and Node 20 was removed from hosted runners on 2026-09-23. The ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION opt-out is gone. Actions whose action.yml says using: node20 are run on Node 24 with the warning above. Node 24 does not support macOS 13.4 and lower or Linux ARM32, so self-hosted runners on those are unsupported. Node 24 actions need runner v2.327.1 or later.

Verify

The job summary no longer has the Node.js 20 annotation. Locally, grep -rn 'using: node20' action.yml returns nothing.

Sources

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Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24

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Cause

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