The runner image `ubuntu-latest` image will be switching from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04 as specified in https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/10636. > Rollout will begin on December 5th and will complete on January 17th, 2025. Breaking changes Ubuntu 24.04 is ready to be the default version for the "ubuntu-latest" label in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps. This PR moves us to explicitly use `ubuntu-24.04` to ensure compatibility and to allow explicit upgrades in the future.