# Chef 360 Platform 1.7.0 Released!

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-360-platform-1-7-0-released/24628>\
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**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-360-platform-1-7-0-released/24628 "2026-04-07T18:31:35Z")\
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We are delighted to announce the availability of version 1.7.0 of Chef 360 Platform.

## Overview

Chef 360 Platform 1.7.0 is a significant step toward enterprise readiness and production deployments, with a strong focus on reliability, security, and operational control.  
This release removes key adoption barriers for regulated and large-scale environments by introducing Bring Your Own Kubernetes (BYOK) and built-in disaster recovery (DR).

## New features

### Bring Your Own Kubernetes (BYOK)

You can now deploy Chef 360 Platform on customer-managed Kubernetes clusters, enabling organizations to run the platform within their own infrastructure and networking boundaries.

Key benefits:

- Full control over the underlying infrastructure environment
- Flexibility to deploy Chef 360 Platform in on-premises, cloud, or air-gapped environments
- Clear installation paths with pre-install checks and documented prerequisites

### Disaster recovery (DR)

Chef 360 Platform now includes built-in disaster recovery, eliminating the need for manual Kubernetes or YAML-based backup workflows.

Key capabilities:

- Dedicated disaster recovery section in the Admin Console
- UI-based configuration for:
  - Backup and snapshot schedules
  - Retention policies
  - External storage locations

- Visibility into backup health, including:
  - Recent runs
  - Success and failure status

## Bug fixes

You can now create organization names with hyphens (`-`).

## Skills

### Skill updates

- Courier Runner (1.5.14): Courier runner handles interpreter exit codes gracefully.
- Gohai (1.2.53): Improvements in skill configuration validation.
- InSpec Interpreter (1.0.20): System environment variables inherited by Chef InSpec at execution.
- Node Management Agent (1.1.13): Improvement in subnet mask detection for node attributes.

### Supported skill versions

This release supports the following skill versions.

| Skill | Skill name | Habitat package | Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Courier Runner | courier-runner | chef-platform/courier-runner | 1.5.14 |
| Gohai | chef-gohai | chef-platform/chef-gohai | 1.2.53 |
| InSpec Interpreter | inspec-interpreter | chef-platform/inspec-interpreter | 1.0.20 |
| Node Management Agent | node-management-agent | chef-platform/node-management-agent | 1.1.13 |
| Restart Interpreter | restart-interpreter | chef-platform/restart-interpreter | 1.0.15 |
| Shell Interpreter | shell-interpreter | chef-platform/shell-interpreter | 1.0.14 |
| Infra Client Interpreter | chef-client-interpreter | chef-platform/chef-client-interpreter | 1.0.15 |
| Ansible Interpreter | ansible-interpreter | chef-platform/ansible-interpreter | 0.1.9 |