Docker `latest` tag is deprecated and is being removed entirely

[toast-gear]

We are deprecating the latest tag and subsequently removing it from DockerHub. Please adjust your environment to use the OS specific latest image.

Rationale
We are introducing a second runner image based on 22.04. This creates maintaining a latest tag difficult as it means having to switch over OS versions at essentially a random time potentially breaking users environments. Instead we will maintain a latest image on a per OS basis so end users can switch over to the newer image in their own time in a controlled manner.

[gthomson31]

Is it possible to update the version of Node in the Base image - Snyk flagging up vulnerabilities in current base

[kevholmes]

@gthomson31 Node.js isn't included in the base image by default, or are you referring to what's packaged with Ubuntu 20/22? Our team is using https://github.com/actions/setup-node to install whatever version is required by a workflow at exec time. That Action works in the rootless dind image, also.

[gthomson31]

Yeah think it must be Ubuntu that its complaining about - its a strange error as even on investigating the image I couldn't see any mention of Node either so not sure why snyk scanning throws this up.

[toast-gear]

It comes from the actions/runner software, you'd need to raise an issue in that repository

[evandam]

Hey @toast-gear, I'm just curious what this means for RunnerDeployment defaults? If the latest tag is being deprecated, what will the default value be for spec.template.spec.image? Curious if it will be updated to ubuntu-22.04 or even something like ubuntu-latest which mimics GitHub's runs-on convention, or will just be a required field with no default.

[pimguilherme]

Hi! We are using this image: summerwind/actions-runner:ubuntu-20.04

But it yields this warning when we execute the runner:

2023-02-03 16:37:43.817  NOTICE --- WARNING LATEST TAG HAS BEEN DEPRECATED. SEE GITHUB ISSUE FOR DETAILS:
2023-02-03 16:37:43.818  NOTICE --- https://github.com/actions/actions-runner-controller/issues/2056

Is thisa as expected? This is not the 'latest' tag, but I suppose it's the latest runner software for ubuntu-20.04, so that we don't have to auto update it every time it boots.. but I am not sure this is a problem

Thanks!

[DoNotResuscitate]

@pimguilherme I am using image: ghcr.io/actions/actions-runner-controller/actions-runner:ubuntu-20.04 and don't have the message