# Current version documented anywhere?

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/current-version-documented-anywhere/3834>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [April 11, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/current-version-documented-anywhere/3834 "2013-04-11T20:33:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brian\_Akins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/brian_akins/32/298_2.png) [@Brian\_Akins](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Brian_Akins)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/current-version-documented-anywhere/3834/1 "2013-04-11T20:33:05Z")

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Turns out finding out what is the current version of chef is harder than  
one would think.  
googling “chef current version” isn’t very helpful and actually gives some  
old info about 10.18 first. Maybe it’s on [docs.opscode.com](http://docs.opscode.com), but I’m just  
overlooking it - it wouldn’t be the first time.

This came up because someone asked how to keep up with what is the latest  
release of chef without having to read through blog posts, etc. Is there  
an “official” up-to-date page that says the current version of chef is  
11.4.0 and the latest 10.x version is 10.24.0?

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**Author:** ![sme](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/sme/32/271_2.png) [@sme](https://discourse.chef.io/u/sme)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/current-version-documented-anywhere/3834/2 "2013-04-11T20:36:17Z")

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Hi Brian,

There's Chef::VERSION

Here's an example:

> <https://github.com/chef-boneyard/chef-client/blob/main/libraries/helpers.rb>

cheers,  
-sean

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Brian Akins [brian@akins.org](mailto:brian@akins.org) wrote:

> Turns out finding out what is the current version of chef is harder than one  
> would think.  
> googling "chef current version" isn't very helpful and actually gives some  
> old info about 10.18 first. Maybe it's on [docs.opscode.com](http://docs.opscode.com), but I'm just  
> overlooking it - it wouldn't be the first time.
> 
> This came up because someone asked how to keep up with what is the latest  
> release of chef without having to read through blog posts, etc. Is there an  
> "official" up-to-date page that says the current version of chef is 11.4.0  
> and the latest 10.x version is 10.24.0?

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**Author:** ![Mathieu\_Martin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/mathieu_martin/32/60_2.png) [@Mathieu\_Martin](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Mathieu_Martin)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/current-version-documented-anywhere/3834/3 "2013-04-11T20:36:56Z")

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The command line answer is

gem list -r “^chef$”  
\*\*\* REMOTE GEMS \*\*\*  
chef (11.4.0)

Not ideal, but it works!

Mat

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**Author:** ![Castleberry\_Bobby](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/castleberry_bobby/32/563_2.png) [@Castleberry\_Bobby](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Castleberry_Bobby)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/current-version-documented-anywhere/3834/4 "2013-04-11T20:45:12Z")

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There used to be a Release notes page on the wiki which gave you all the info on each version including key issues and notes but that appears to have been abandoned when we went to [docs.opscode.com](http://docs.opscode.com)[http://docs.opscode.com](http://docs.opscode.com). Any chance we could get something like that back opscode?

Here is the old page:  
[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Release+Notes](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Release+Notes)

Bobby Castleberry  
Sr. Systems Engineer  
Turner Broadcasting AMPT  
404-878-1708 Office  
404-661-8084 Cell

On Apr 11, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Mathieu Martin wrote:

The command line answer is

gem list -r “^chef$”  
\*\*\* REMOTE GEMS \*\*\*  
chef (11.4.0)

Not ideal, but it works!

Mat

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**Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/current-version-documented-anywhere/3834/5 "2013-04-11T20:45:43Z")

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Add a '-a' to that and you can also see the latest version 10 line.

`gem list -r -a "^chef$"`

Away from the command line, I've always had to look at the blog. I don't  
know of another location to see "latest".

--  
BK

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Mathieu Martin [webmat@gmail.com](mailto:webmat@gmail.com) wrote:

> The command line answer is
> 
> gem list -r "^chef$"  
> \*\*\* REMOTE GEMS \*\*\*  
> chef (11.4.0)
> 
> Not ideal, but it works!
> 
> Mat

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/mike/32/18_2.png) [@Mike](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/current-version-documented-anywhere/3834/6 "2013-04-11T20:48:44Z")

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You could also view the JIRA:  
[http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF#selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project%3Aversions-panel](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF#selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project%3Aversions-panel)

Click on a released version, then click "Release Notes", and you  
should get something like:  
[http://tickets.opscode.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=11407](http://tickets.opscode.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=11407)

-M

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 4:45 PM, BK Box [bk@theboxes.org](mailto:bk@theboxes.org) wrote:

> Add a '-a' to that and you can also see the latest version 10 line.
> 
> `gem list -r -a "^chef$"`
> 
> Away from the command line, I've always had to look at the blog. I don't  
> know of another location to see "latest".
> 
> --  
> BK
> 
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Mathieu Martin [webmat@gmail.com](mailto:webmat@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > The command line answer is
> > 
> > gem list -r "^chef$"  
> > \*\*\* REMOTE GEMS \*\*\*  
> > chef (11.4.0)
> > 
> > Not ideal, but it works!
> > 
> > Mat

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**Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/current-version-documented-anywhere/3834/7 "2013-04-11T23:54:26Z")

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Thanks to all.

It seems odd that there is not an easy to find page that says what the  
current released version of chef is. This comes the closest, I suppose:  
[http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF#selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project%3Aversions-panel](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF#selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project%3Aversions-panel)  
but I can’t see anyone stumbling upon that.

This came up because someone asked me about an error message and I noticed  
they were running an ancient version of chef-client that had a known bug. I  
realized there’s not really an easy for newbs page that has the current  
version(s) listed and a high level overview of the changes (even if  
linked).

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**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/current-version-documented-anywhere/3834/8 "2013-04-12T01:16:25Z")

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If you click through the distro/version/arch selection you can get the list of versions here: [http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/](http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/)

Hopefully we'll redesign that page soon and I'll try to keep this in mind when that happens.

--  
Daniel DeLeo

On Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Brian Akins wrote:

> Thanks to all.
> 
> It seems odd that there is not an easy to find page that says what the current released version of chef is. This comes the closest, I suppose: [http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF#selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project%3Aversions-panel](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF#selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project%3Aversions-panel) but I can't see anyone stumbling upon that.
> 
> This came up because someone asked me about an error message and I noticed they were running an ancient version of chef-client that had a known bug. I realized there's not really an easy for newbs page that has the current version(s) listed and a high level overview of the changes (even if linked).

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**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/current-version-documented-anywhere/3834/9 "2013-04-12T14:28:52Z")

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The link from [http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/](http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/) about manual install:  
[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installation](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installation) – “These directions  
cover the installation of the current release. The current release of Chef  
is 10.18.0”

FWIW, I get pinged about such things daily from folks on our teams – "why  
can’t I find such simple info on [opscode.com?!"](http://opscode.com?!%22)