# Chef Workstation 26.0.18 Released!

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**Created:** [April 13, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-workstation-26-0-18-released/24640 "2026-04-13T15:56:42Z")\
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We are delighted to announce the availability of version 26.0.18 of Chef Workstation.

## Key features

- Chef Workstation 26 is built entirely on Chef Habitat. We aren't providing traditional Omnibus builds.
- Chef Workstation now uses Semantic Versioning (SemVer). Chef Workstation 26 supports Chef Infra Client 19 development, while Chef Workstation 25 supports Chef Infra Client 18.
- Chef Workstation 26 fully supports Chef Infra Client 19 development and deployment using Test Kitchen Enterprise (TKE) and Knife.
- Chef Workstation 26 uses standard licensing for commercial, community, and trial customers.
- Workstation behavior remains consistent on both Linux and Windows platforms.

## Chef Workstation tools

- All Workstation tools are released as Habitat packages.
- Habitat wrappers provide improved runtime isolation for each tool.
- Dependency management is streamlined within the Habitat ecosystem.
- Tool updates are faster and no longer require a full Workstation reinstall.

### Tool updates

- **Berkshelf** :

- **Chef CLI** :

- **Chef Infra Client** :

- **Chef InSpec** :

- **Chef Vault** :

- **Cookstyle** :

- **Fauxhai** :

- **Knife** :

- **Ohai** :

- **Test Kitchen Enterprise** :

### Removed tools

- The Chef Workstation App is no longer included in Chef Workstation.
- `mixlib-install` is no longer a Workstation component. Workstation now uses Chef Habitat to manage dependencies.
- The `chef-run` CLI is no longer a Workstation component. Use Agentless Mode in Chef Infra Client instead.

## Packages

- For this Chef Workstation version, we're only releasing Habitat packages of Workstation and not OS-native packages.

- This release has Habitat-based packages for the following platforms:

## Known issues

- Using custom gems or changing the Ruby path isn't supported in this release.
- The `knife google server create` command on Windows can fail during password reset if the GCEAgent initializes slowly (for example, on slow boot or low-resource machines).

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