# Habitat 0.19.0 Released

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/habitat-0-19-0-released/12265>\
**Category:** Chef Habitat\
**Created:** [March 11, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/habitat-0-19-0-released/12265 "2017-03-11T04:50:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![tashadrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@tashadrew](https://discourse.chef.io/u/tashadrew)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/habitat-0-19-0-released/12265/1 "2017-03-11T04:50:21Z")

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We are delighted to announce the release of Habitat 0.19.0. As usual, we have a number of new features as well as bug fixes, so please read on for all the details. If you just want the binaries, head on over to our downloads page: [https://www.habitat.sh/docs/get-habitat/](https://www.habitat.sh/docs/get-habitat/) Thanks again for using Habitat!

## Features & Enhancements

- hab pkg binlink needs some improvements [#1360](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/1360)
- [hab/install.sh] Attempt to use both wget & curl before failing. [#1940](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1940) ([fnichol](https://github.com/fnichol))
- Added support for installing habitat from a semi-qualified version number [#1929](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1929) ([eeyun](https://github.com/eeyun))

## Bug fixes

- Can’t serialize TOML: values must be emitted before tables [#1908](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/1908)
- Builder-worker job status fails to send [#1854](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/1854)
- Unable to use `pkgPathFor` helper [#1773](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/1773)
- Nodes can become duplicated in the Gossip Ring [#899](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/899)
- traverse full path of exported toml key path [#1937](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1937) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- [[plan-build.sh](http://plan-build.sh)] Fix a `last\_build.env` formatting regression. [#1931](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1931) ([fnichol](https://github.com/fnichol))
- Fix TOML serialize for package default\_cfg [#1914](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1914) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
- eachAlive does not support `as |member|` style syntax [#1903](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1903) ([smurawski](https://github.com/smurawski))
- fix windows docker studio and point FS\_ROOT to the system drive by default [#1899](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1899) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))

## Merged pull requests

- Remove Optimizely [#1912](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1912) ([cwebberOps](https://github.com/cwebberOps))
- Rename the vault to the originsrv [#1936](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1936) ([adamhjk](https://github.com/adamhjk))
- Update builder-scheduler datastore [#1932](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1932) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
- release stable linux and mac builds to bintray and depot via travis on release tag push [#1928](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1928) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- deploy windows cli to stable bintray on version tag push [#1926](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1926) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- test pr for release tag [#1925](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1925) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- Fix $PATH in build to include transitive dependencies [#1924](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1924) ([smacfarlane](https://github.com/smacfarlane))
- Fixed environment variable in Windows tutorial [#1919](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1919) ([davidwrede](https://github.com/davidwrede))
- copy and upload harts as they are built instead of in bulk to avoid unwanted harts [#1918](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1918) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- update appveyor readme badge and reencrypt bintray api key for account switch [#1917](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1917) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- build all release packages and upload to acceptance on master merges [#1916](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1916) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- Use `as |thing|` form for all `\#each` examples [#1911](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1911) ([smith](https://github.com/smith))
- fix error: no default toolchain configured in appveyor [#1910](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1910) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- improve appveyor rust build caching to match travis [#1909](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1909) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- Appveyor artifacts for all windows HARTs and CLI zip and upload to depot on PR merge [#1905](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1905) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- Minor edits to homepage hero banner [#1902](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1902) ([magwalk](https://github.com/magwalk))
- Add advertising widget to hero banner on homepage [#1901](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1901) ([magwalk](https://github.com/magwalk))
- Suitability improvements [#1897](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1897) ([bodymindarts](https://github.com/bodymindarts))
- Fix deadlock in job server [#1894](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1894) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
- Fix minor grammar and style errors. [#1893](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1893) ([phiggins](https://github.com/phiggins))
- disallows indexing of the acceptance site [#1891](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1891) ([eeyun](https://github.com/eeyun))
- corrected travis env var value [#1888](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1888) ([eeyun](https://github.com/eeyun))
- Release doc update [#1887](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1887) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
- Bump version to 0.19.0-dev [#1886](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1886) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
- This now passes shellcheck… [#1883](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/1883) ([eeyun](https://github.com/eeyun))

## Closed issues

- Failed to parse TOML: invalid number at line 1 when doing docker run [#1915](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/1915)
- Transitive dependencies not added to path [#1895](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/1895)
- Add pkg\_bind\_required and pkg\_bind\_optional feature to plan [#1868](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/1868)
- Create Smoke Test Hook [#1867](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/1867)
- Refactor Vault persistence layer from Redis to PostgreSQL [#1858](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/1858)
- Add reverse dependency graph to builder depot [#1850](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/1850)
- Extend hab-spider to be able to do builds [#1849](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/issues/1849)