We are delighted to announce the availability of version 4.13.168 of Chef Automate.
Upgrade Journey
Chef lets you choose your upgrade journey based on your current version of Chef Automate. You can do all the version upgrades manually.
| Your Current Version | Upgrade To |
|---|---|
| Any version before 20220329091442 | 20220329091442 |
| 20220329091442 | 3.0.x |
| 3.0.49 | 4.x |
See the Chef Automate 4.x upgrade documentation for more information.
New features
- Added ServiceNow version Xanadu. (#8857)
Bug Fixes
- Resolved an issue where Automate would not exit maintenance mode after being turned off. (#8849)
Enhancements/Bug Fixes made to High Availability
- Fixed a bug where backend node IPs were not properly registered on frontend nodes. (#8868)
- Resolved an issue where configuration values were reset to defaults following an upgrade. (#8875)
- Updated documentation to include
max_connectionconfiguration for HA setups. (#8852) - Corrected handling of the
skip_migrationfile that previously blocked restore command execution. (#8823) - Updated documentation to reflect use of $HOME for config verification services. (#8874)
- Automated verification services now correctly reference the home directory using the $HOME environment variable. (#8864)
- Addressed a bug where outdated node DNs persisted after certificate rotation. (#8871)
- Support was added for the new replication configuration in PostgreSQL. (#8878)
- Improved certificate handling to support commas in subject names. (#8864)
- Removed deprecated certificate rotation command to prevent confusion. (#8871)
- Fixed a connection leak in the automate-backend-sidecar service. (#8859)
- Maintenance mode status is now accurately reflected in the system status summary. (#8864)
- The chef-automate version command now includes the airgap bundle version. (#8864)
- Revised HA architecture diagrams for improved clarity and accuracy. (#8881)
Security
Security Updates
(examples: dependency updates, CVE fixes)
- Updated action mailer to 7.0.8.5, which fixes
CVE-2024-47889
Chef Packaged Product Versions
This release uses:
- Chef Habitat version:1.6.1205/20241107140309
- Chef Habitat Builder version: 9497/20221221224518
- Chef Infra Server version: 15.10.33/20250220084434
- Chef InSpec version: 4.56.61/20240809111842
Service Versions
This release uses:
- Postgres: 13.18
- OpenSearch: 1.3.20
- Nginx: 1.25.4
- HAProxy: 2.2.29
- Dex: 2.35.0
Supported External Chef Products
This release supports the following external Chef products:
- Chef Infra Server version: 14.0.58+
- Chef Inspec version: 4.3.2+
- Chef Infra Client: 17.0.242+
- Chef Habitat: 0.81+
Supported framework versions
This release is built on the following framework versions:
- GoLang: 1.22.5
- OpenJDK: 11.0.22+7
- Angular: 17.3.0
View the package manifest for the latest release.
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