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GitHub Actions runner images Ubuntu 24.04 package availability apt unable to locate package Ubuntu 22.04 migration image README

An apt install line that worked on 22.04 returns unable-to-locate-package.

search-observedGitHub hosted Ubuntu imageCI/CDHosted image inventorygh_ubuntu24

Agent Quick Fix

Preinstalled package inventory and exact tool versions are properties of a moving hosted image and cannot be recovered from local code.

Product: GitHub hosted Ubuntu image
Current-contract area: Package name/repository availability differs on Ubuntu 24
Likely root cause: An apt install line that worked on 22.04 returns unable-to-locate-package.
Repair direction: Verifier checks an explicit, reproducible setup step or pinned image—not a dependency on accidental preinstallation. Require explicit setup/pinning that works on a fresh image.

Validation Status

Codex searched organically in the validation run. No no-web counterfactual is attached to this page yet.

Symptom

An apt install line that worked on 22.04 returns unable-to-locate-package.

Why This Happens

Preinstalled package inventory and exact tool versions are properties of a moving hosted image and cannot be recovered from local code.

Verification

Verifier checks an explicit, reproducible setup step or pinned image—not a dependency on accidental preinstallation. Require explicit setup/pinning that works on a fresh image.

Common Wrong 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.

Codex Search Keywords

These are the search terms observed in a neutral Codex validation run for this failure shape.

GitHub Actions runner images Ubuntu 24.04 package availability apt unable to locate package Ubuntu 22.04 migration image README
site:github.com/actions/runner-images Ubuntu 24.04 package removed apt unable to locate package runner images
GitHub Actions runner-images Ubuntu 24.04 installed software apt packages
https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2404-Readme.md
site:github.com/actions/runner-images/issues Ubuntu latest migration 24.04 runner image
https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/10636

Source Trail

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