# Chef Infra Client 18.8.46 Released!

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-18-8-46-released/24326>\
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**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-18-8-46-released/24326 "2025-10-15T19:30:29Z")\
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We are delighted to announce the availability of version 18.8.46 of Chef Infra Client.

## Windows support

There's a known issue affecting this release on Windows nodes. Don't install this version on Windows.

Contact your support team if you have any questions.

## Improvements

- Chef Infra Client has improved performance when building large arrays of cookbooks. Thanks [@dafyddcrosby](https://github.com/dafyddcrosby)! [#15274](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/15274)
- We updated knife-ec-backup to include cookbooks with a frozen status. Before, this led to Chef Infra Server upgrades that didn't include frozen cookbooks. [#15217](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/15217)

## Resource updates

- We fixed the ohai resource where a nil value could be assigned to the plug-in path in the reload action. [#15229](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/15229)

- We fixed a bug in the chocolatey\_installer resource that always downloaded the installer from Choco and ignored the custom URL option. [#15306](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/15306)

- We updated the apt\_repository resource with the following changes:

## Packaging

- We aren't releasing an AIX package for this release.
- We added a software bill of materials (SBOM) to all builds. [#15317](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/15317) [#15319](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/15319)
- We removed old .NET version 5 DLL files from the build. We now use .NET 8 and these files now come directly from the chef-powershell gem. [#15190](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/15190)
- We added Black Duck workflows to scan for security vulnerabilities. [#15093](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/15093)

## Security

- We updated the activesupport gem to address CVE-2023-22796. [#15298](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/15298)

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## Get the Build

As always, you can download binaries from [chef.io/downloads](https://www.chef.io/downloads/) or by using the `mixlib-install` command-line utility:

```auto
$ mixlib-install download chef -v 18.8.46

```

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 18.8.46
# In Windows Powershell
. { iwr -useb https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.ps1 } | iex
```