# Chef Client 14.1 Released!

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-client-14-1-released/13032>\
**Category:** Chef Release Announcements\
**Created:** [May 8, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-client-14-1-released/13032 "2018-05-08T13:02:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![thommay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@thommay](https://discourse.chef.io/u/thommay)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-client-14-1-released/13032/1 "2018-05-08T13:02:20Z")

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Ohai Chefs!

We’re happy to announce the release of Chef v14.1!

# Release Highlights

## Windows Task

The `windows_task` resource has been entirely rewritten. This resolves a  
large number of bugs, including being able to correctly set the start  
time of tasks, proper creation and deletion of tasks, and improves  
Chef’s validation of tasks. The rewrite will also solve the idempotency  
problems that users have reported.

## Ubuntu 18.04

We’re now testing Chef on Ubuntu 18.04, which means that downloads are available there too!

## build\_essential

The `build_essential` resource no longer requires a name, similar to the `apt_update` resource.

## Ignore Failure

The `ignore_failure` property takes a new argument, `:quiet`, to  
suppress the error output when the resource does in fact fail.

## This release of Chef Client 14 resolves a number of regressions in 14.0

- On Windows, the installer now correctly re-extracts files during repair mode
- Fix a number of issues relating to use with Red Hat Satellite
- Git fetch now prunes remotes before running
- Fix locking and unlocking packages with apt and zypper
- Ensure we don’t request every remote file when running with lazy loading enabled
- The sysctl resource correctly handles missing keys when used with `ignore_error`
- –recipe-url apparently never worked on Windows with local files. Now it does.

# Ohai Release Notes 14.1:

## Configurable DMI Whitelist

The whitelist of DMI IDs is now user configurable using the  
`additional_dmi_ids` configuration setting, which takes an Array.

## Shard plugin

The Shard plugin has been returned to a default plugin rather than an  
optional one. To ensure we work in FIPS environments, the plugin will  
use SHA256 rather than MD5 in those environments.

## SCSI plugin

A new plugin to enumerate SCSI devices has been added. This plugin is optional.

# Get the Build

As always, you can download binaries directly from [downloads.chef.io](https://downloads.chef.io/chef/14.1.1) or by using the new `mixlib-install` command line utility available in ChefDK 0.19.6 or greater.

```auto
$ mixlib-install download chef -v 14.1.1

```

Alternatively, you can install Chef using one of the following command options:

```auto
# In Shell
$ curl https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -P chef -v 14.1.1

# In Windows Powershell
. { iwr -useb https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.ps1 } | iex; install -project chef -version 14.1.1

```

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**Author:** ![MattRay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/mattray/32/47_2.png) [@MattRay](https://discourse.chef.io/u/MattRay)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-client-14-1-released/13032/2 "2018-05-10T07:11:12Z")

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ARM build here: [https://leastresistance.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/chef-14-arm-on-the-beaglebone-black/](https://leastresistance.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/chef-14-arm-on-the-beaglebone-black/)