# Chef Infra Client 16.12.3 Released!

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-16-12-3-released/19730>\
**Category:** Chef Release Announcements\
**Created:** [April 3, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-16-12-3-released/19730 "2021-04-03T03:38:24Z")\
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Hey Everyone,

Happy late Friday (at least for those of us in PST). Hot on the heels of our Chef Infra Client 15.16.7 release earlier today we have a nice new release of Chef Infra Client 16.12.3. This release includes an updated InSpec agent, several resource improvements, and improved platform detection. Be sure to give it a try.

## What's new in 16.12:

### Chef InSpec

Chef InSpec has been updated from 4.28 to 4.29.3.

#### New Features

- The JSON metadata pass through configuration has been moved from the Automate reporter to the JSON Reporter.

#### Bug Fixes

- The apt resource now correctly fetches all package repositories using the `-name` flag in an environment where ZSH is the user's default shell.
- Updates how InSpec profiles are created with GCP or AWS providers so they use `inputs` instead of `attributes`.

### Resource Improvements

#### service and chef\_client\_launchd

The `service` and `chef_client_launchd` resources on macOS now use the full path to `launchctl` to avoid potential failures. Thanks [@krackajak](https://github.com/krackajak)!

#### file

Verifiers in the `file` resource are only run if the content actually changes. This can significantly speed execution of Chef Infra Client when no actual changes occur. Thanks [@joshuamiller01](https://github.com/joshuamiller01)!

#### mount

The mount resource now properly handles NFS mounts with a root of `/`. Thanks for reporting this [@eheydrick](https://github.com/eheydrick) and thanks for the fix [@ramereth](https://github.com/ramereth)!

### powershell\_script and dsc\_script

Our embedded PowerShell libraries have been updated for improved execution of PowerShell and DSC code on Windows systems.

### Improved System Detection

Ohai has been updated to better detect system configuration details:

- Ohai now detects Chef Infra Clients running in the Effortless pattern at `node['chef_packages']['chef']['chef_effortless']`.
- Windows packages installed for the current user are now detected in addition to system wide package installations. Thanks [@jaymzh](https://github.com/jaymzh)!
- `Sangoma Linux` is now detected as part of the `rhel` platform family. Thanks [@hron84](https://github.com/hron84)!
- Docker is now properly detected even if it's running on a virtualized system. Thanks [@jaymzh](https://github.com/jaymzh)!
- Alibaba Cloud Linux is now detected as platform `alibabalinux` and platform family `rhel`.

### Security

Upgraded OpenSSL on macOS hosts to 1.1.1k, which resolves the following CVEs:

- [CVE-2021-3450](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3450)
- [CVE-2021-3449](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3449)

# Get the Build

As always, you can download binaries directly from [downloads.chef.io](https://downloads.chef.io/products/infra?v=16.12.3) or by using the `mixlib-install` command-line utility:

```auto
$ mixlib-install download chef -v 16.12.3

```

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

```auto
# In Shell
$ curl https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -P chef -v 16.12.3
# In Windows Powershell
. { iwr -useb https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.ps1 } | iex; install -project chef -version 16.12.3

```

If you want to give this version a spin in Test Kitchen, create or add the following to your `kitchen.yml` file:

```auto
provisioner:
  product_name: chef
  product_version: 16.12.3

```

Enjoy,  
Tim