Chef Habitat 2.0.488 Released!

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We are delighted to announce the availability of version 2.0.488 of Chef Habitat.

Improvements

  • Entering the interactive Docker-based Habitat Studio with hab studio enter -D now works on Windows container hosts older than Windows Server 2025. Note that you must run in process isolation mode, not hyperv isolation mode. process isolation is the default on Windows Server SKUs and hyperv is the default on client SKUs. To force hab studio enter to use process isolation mode, set $ENV:HAB_DOCKER_OPTS to '--isolation process'.
  • Updated several downstream dependencies that addressed various security vulnerabilities.
  • The HAB_AUTH_TOKEN environment variable is now applied to the install hook environment.

Bug fixes

  • The hab license accept command no longer prompts the user to accept the license.

  • The hab pkg build command no longer errors with the Remove-Item command when deleting directories on Windows Server 2019.

    While this fix applies to code in the Habitat build system, individual package plan files may still be susceptible. To fix plan files failing to delete directories with Remove-Item on Windows Server 2019, use cmd.exe /c RMDIR /S /Q "$my_directory" instead of Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$my_directory".

  • Fixed an edge case where the hab pkg uninstall command could error stating that a Habitat Supervisor can't be reached.

Backward incompatibilities

  • The base channel is now the default channel for all origins, not just the core origin. Habitat package downloads no longer pull from the stable channel by default.