RFR: 8358538: Update GHA Windows runner to 2025

Magnus Ihse Bursie ihse at openjdk.org
Tue Jun 3 20:19:49 UTC 2025


On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 19:56:37 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

> GitHub is retiring the windows-2019 runner, starting with brownouts now, and complete removal in about a month. We need to upgrade to Windows 2022 or possible Windows 2025.

Also, for the record, fixing stuff like this for GHA where you have no control over the environment is painful. Like in, **P a i n f u l**. You could use it as a curse: "May all your future bugs be GHA problems" and it would put stuff like "May you burn in hell" to shame.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25628#issuecomment-2936972798


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