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  "id": "P047",
  "slug": "github-actions-windows-hosted-image-visual-studio-component-no-longer-preinstalled-missing-targe",
  "status": "search-observed",
  "product": "GitHub Windows hosted image",
  "family": "Hosted image inventory",
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  "query_alias_url": "https://gitdocs.org/q/github-actions-windows-hosted-image-visual-studio-component-no-longer-preinstalled-missing-targe",
  "markdown_url": "https://gitdocs.org/fix/github-actions-windows-hosted-image-visual-studio-component-no-longer-preinstalled-missing-targe.md",
  "json_url": "https://gitdocs.org/api/fixes/github-actions-windows-hosted-image-visual-studio-component-no-longer-preinstalled-missing-targe.json",
  "canonical_query": "GitHub Actions windows hosted image Visual Studio component no longer preinstalled missing targets components",
  "observed_codex_queries": [
    "GitHub Actions windows hosted image Visual Studio component no longer preinstalled missing targets components",
    "site:github.com/actions/runner-images windows Visual Studio workloads components removed",
    "\"required visual studio component\" \"GitHub Actions\"",
    "GitHub hosted runners Windows Server 2022 installed software Visual Studio workloads github actions runner-images",
    "https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/windows/Windows2022-Readme.md",
    "'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL' in https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/windows/Windows2022-Readme.md"
  ],
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  "affected_versions": "",
  "exact_errors": [],
  "diagnosis": "Preinstalled package inventory and exact tool versions are properties of a moving hosted image and cannot be recovered from local code.",
  "before": "",
  "after": "",
  "verification": "Verifier checks an explicit, reproducible setup step or pinned image—not a dependency on accidental preinstallation. Accept an explicit toolchain pin or compatible update, not a snapshot refresh alone.",
  "unsafe_fixes": [
    "Changing local code without checking the current external contract.",
    "Retrying the same install, build, or API call with no version/source change.",
    "Applying a broad unsafe bypass when a narrow compatibility fix is available."
  ],
  "last_verified_at": "2026-06-25",
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    "organic_strict_pass": true,
    "no_web_counterfactual_run": false,
    "no_web_strict_pass": null,
    "search_necessity_under_fixture": null,
    "no_web_oracle_note": "Observed query evidence is separated from necessity proof; no-web and stale-contract counterfactuals should be tracked separately."
  },
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      "url": "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-05-github-actions-early-february-2026-updates/",
      "label": "GitHub Actions Windows image migration to Visual Studio 2026"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/windows/Windows2022-Readme.md",
      "label": "GitHub source file or repository reference"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "url": "https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/windows/Windows2022-Readme.md",
      "label": "GitHub source file or repository reference"
    }
  ]
}