Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 26.04 - Q2 2026 Edge Release (Including CUDA)

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Hey Everyone!

An updated edge image is being released for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and a brand new Ubuntu 26.04 image is now available.

This release is available under the edge tag.

They are also available as dated tags if you wish to pin.

ubuntu-2204:2026.05.1

ubuntu-2404:2026.05.1

ubuntu-2604:2026.05.1

Note: Edge-only dated tags will automatically redirect to the current published image once the new images are rolled out.

What’s New

Standard Update

Ubuntu 26.04

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute) is now available as a machine image for the first time.

CUDA

CUDA-enabled edge images have been updated. For guidance on utilizing these images, please refer to our documentation on: Using the GPU execution environment - CircleCI

New in this release: CUDA 13 images now include versions 13.1 and 13.2, with 13.2 set as the default.

Example


version: 2.1

workflows:

  main:

    jobs:

      - build

jobs:

  build:

    machine:

      image: ubuntu-2404:edge

    steps:

      - checkout

      - run: echo "Do some things"

Software Versions

Notes:

  • Google Chrome is not available on arm images

  • Some software will have more than one version installed, in those cases the default is shown.

Ubuntu 22.04

Software Old version (2025.09.1) New version (2026.05.1)
aws-cli 2.30.6 2.34.45
containerd 1.7.27 2.2.3
Docker 28.4.0 29.4.2
Docker Compose 2.39.2 5.1.3
Firefox 143.0 150.0.2
Google Cloud SDK 538.0.0 562.0.0
Go 1.25.0 1.26.2
Google Chrome 140.0.7339.185 148.0.7778.96
Gradle 8.14 9.5.0
Ant 1.10.15 1.10.15
OpenJDK 21.0.8 21.0.10
Leiningen 2.12.0 2.12.0
Maven 3.9.11 3.9.15
Node.js 22.19.0 24.15.0
npm 10.9.3 11.12.1
pyenv 2.6.7 2.6.28
Python 3.13.7 3.14.4
Ruby 3.4.6 4.0.3
sbt 1.11.6 1.12.11
yq 4.47.2 4.53.2

Ubuntu 24.04

Software Old version (2025.09.1) New version (2026.05.1)
aws-cli 2.30.6 2.34.45
containerd 1.7.27 2.2.3
Docker 28.4.0 29.4.2
Docker Compose 2.39.2 5.1.3
Firefox 143.0 150.0.2
Google Cloud SDK 538.0.0 562.0.0
Go 1.25.0 1.26.2
Google Chrome 140.0.7339.185 148.0.7778.96
Gradle 8.14 9.5.0
Ant 1.10.15 1.10.15
OpenJDK 21.0.8 21.0.10
Leiningen 2.12.0 2.12.0
Maven 3.9.11 3.9.15
Node.js 22.19.0 24.15.0
npm 10.9.3 11.12.1
pyenv 2.6.7 2.6.28
Python 3.13.7 3.14.4
Ruby 3.4.6 4.0.3
sbt 1.11.6 1.12.11
yq 4.47.2 4.53.2

Ubuntu 26.04

Software Version
aws-cli 2.34.45
containerd 2.2.3
Docker 29.4.2
Docker Compose 5.1.3
Firefox 150.0.2
Google Cloud SDK 562.0.0
Go 1.26.2
Google Chrome 148.0.7778.96
Gradle 9.5.0
Ant 1.10.15
OpenJDK 21.0.11-ea
Leiningen 2.12.0
Maven 3.9.15
Node.js 24.15.0
npm 11.12.1
pyenv 2.6.28
Python 3.14.4
Ruby 4.0.3
sbt 1.12.11
yq 4.53.2

CUDA 11

Software Old version (2025.09.1) New version (2026.05.1)
NVIDIA Driver 580.82.07 595.71.05
CUDA (current) 11.8 11.8
Available CUDA versions 11.8 11.8

Additional tools updated: aws-cli, containerd, Docker, Docker Compose, Firefox, Google Cloud SDK, Go, Google Chrome, Gradle, OpenJDK, Maven, Node.js, npm, pyenv, Python, Ruby, sbt, yq

CUDA 12

Software Old version (2025.09.1) New version (2026.05.1)
NVIDIA Driver 580.82.07 580.159.03
CUDA (current) 12.9 12.9
Available CUDA versions 12.5, 12.6, 12.8, 12.9 12.5, 12.6, 12.8, 12.9

Additional tools updated: aws-cli, containerd, Docker, Docker Compose, Firefox, Google Cloud SDK, Go, Google Chrome, Gradle, OpenJDK, Maven, Node.js, npm, pyenv, Ruby, sbt, yq

CUDA 13

Software Old version (2025.09.1) New version (2026.05.1)
NVIDIA Driver 580.82.07 580.159.03
CUDA (current) 13.0 13.2
Available CUDA versions 13.0 13.0, 13.1, 13.2

Additional tools updated: aws-cli, containerd, Docker, Docker Compose, Firefox, Google Cloud SDK, Go, Google Chrome, Gradle, OpenJDK, Maven, Node.js, npm, pyenv, Ruby, sbt, yq

Job rejected due to not a valid resource class with machine image ubuntu-2404:2026.02.2