# Chef 12 Server Changes

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-12-server-changes/5653>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [August 20, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-12-server-changes/5653 "2014-08-20T03:08:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilindo\_Foster1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rilindo\_Foster1](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Rilindo_Foster1)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-12-server-changes/5653/1 "2014-08-20T03:08:05Z")

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Has there been details to what to expect from Chef 12 Server, such as breaking changes or architecture updates? I about to finish consolidating our current Chef environment (which should be done by next mont), so I am trying to decide whether to move to the latest Chef 11 release or bypass it and wait until Chef 12 is release in October.

- Rilindo

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**Author:** ![adamhjk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/adamhjk/32/190_2.png) [@adamhjk](https://discourse.chef.io/u/adamhjk)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-12-server-changes/5653/2 "2014-08-20T17:08:43Z")

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We will have some announcements about it relatively soon - I don't mean to  
be coy, but some of what we're doing we just can't talk about (because,  
well, reasons - they'll be super clear when we talk about it.)

The tl;dr - you are totally safe to use the latest Chef 11 and upgrade to  
12, there won't be any back-compat breaking changes, but there will be some  
new functionality.

Best,  
Adam

On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Rilindo Foster \<  
[Rilindo.Foster@exlibrisgroup.com](mailto:Rilindo.Foster@exlibrisgroup.com)\> wrote:

> Has there been details to what to expect from Chef 12 Server, such as  
> breaking changes or architecture updates? I about to finish consolidating  
> our current Chef environment (which should be done by next mont), so I am  
> trying to decide whether to move to the latest Chef 11 release or bypass it  
> and wait until Chef 12 is release in October.
> 
> - Rilindo