# Chef 0.7.2 Release

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-7-2-release/1182>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [June 24, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-7-2-release/1182 "2009-06-24T14:38:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arjuna\_Christensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Arjuna\_Christensen](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Arjuna_Christensen)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-7-2-release/1182/1 "2009-06-24T14:38:33Z")

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ohai,

I’ve just tagged and released Chef 0.7.2. This was a maintenance  
release, but I’m glad we managed to fix a few of the important bugs  
that slipped through into 0.7.0.

Release Notes - Chef - Version 0.7.2

\*\* Bug  
\* [CHEF-166] - chef-server-slice rake install does not pick up  
merb-core dependency correctly  
\* [CHEF-299] - chef client running under runit does not restart  
\* [CHEF-348] - chef-server-slice version isn’t tied to chef-  
server when loaded  
\* [CHEF-355] - Test chef::rest, chef::couchdb for remote DoS due  
to BigDecimal  
\* [CHEF-359] - Using chef-server-slice results in exceptions.rb  
"superclass mismatch for class Exceptions"  
\* [CHEF-360] - rake tasks should copy roles  
\* [CHEF-362] - undefined method `sync=’ for “/var/log/chef/  
server.log”:String (NoMethodError)  
\* [CHEF-367] - node run\_list is empty when running chef-client  
with a json file specifying run\_list  
\* [CHEF-369] - chef-indexer pid and permissions  
\* [CHEF-372] - chef-client and chef-solo will fail to run ohai if  
the node\_name is explicitly configured.  
\* [CHEF-376] - Roles don’t save.  
\* [CHEF-383] - Cookies have limit of 4K.  
\* [CHEF-386] - ‘rake roles’ doesn’t update json files from ruby  
files  
\* [CHEF-387] - deleting a role generates a 500 error in the web  
interface  
\* [CHEF-396] - 4k cookie limit with nginx+passenger

\*\* Improvement  
\* [CHEF-361] - Init service provider currently doesn’t start a  
service when the ‘restart’ action is called if the service is not  
already running.  
\* [CHEF-363] - we should kick out logged in openids if they  
become unauthorized  
\* [CHEF-368] - Chef README in the GitHub repo is outdated!  
\* [CHEF-370] - prettify /status view of uptime  
\* [CHEF-373] - include specs in chef gem  
\* [CHEF-374] - drop outdated contrib/

\*\* New Feature  
\* [CHEF-274] - Add support for multiple named queues on a single  
stompserver  
\* [CHEF-381] - Ruby Block Resource

I’ve opened a new version on JIRA for 0.7.4 which is targeted for two  
weeks from now, so feel free to pick up tickets marked as unknown or  
0.7.4 and supply patches!

–  
AJ Christensen, Software Engineer  
Opscode, Inc.  
E: [aj@opscode.com](mailto:aj@opscode.com)