# Habitat 0.79.0 Released!

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/habitat-0-79-0-released/18938>\
**Category:** Habitat Announcements\
**Created:** [April 10, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/habitat-0-79-0-released/18938 "2019-04-10T16:22:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![baumanj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/baumanj/32/2751_2.png) [@baumanj](https://discourse.chef.io/u/baumanj)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/habitat-0-79-0-released/18938/1 "2019-04-10T16:22:36Z")

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We are happy to announce the release of Habitat 0.78.0. 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 [Install Habitat](https://www.habitat.sh/docs/using-habitat/#install-habitat).

#### New Features & Enhancements

- Send target query param on pkg upload [#6366](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6366) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
- Add target param to pkg related APIs [#6368](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6368) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
- Add package deletion command [#6350](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6350) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
- Introduce NATS Streaming eventing to the Supervisor [#6218](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6218) ([christophermaier](https://github.com/christophermaier))
- Copies /etc/inputrc in studio if available [#5658](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/5658) ([rsertelon](https://github.com/rsertelon))
- Attempt to implement template debugging tool [#6114](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6114) ([qubitrenegade](https://github.com/qubitrenegade))

#### Behavioral Changes

- Remove uses of default\_cache\_key\_path [#6336](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6336) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
- Remove uses of core’s default\_cache\_key\_path [#6326](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6326) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
- Remove usage of habitat\_core::binlink::default\_binlink\_dir [#6315](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6315) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
- macOS still needs --interactive and --tty set [#6295](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6295) ([raskchanky](https://github.com/raskchanky))

#### Bug Fixes

- Fix positional args, tweak err handling for promote/demote/delete [#6379](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6379) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
- Properly pass CLI args to `hab origin key import`[#6363](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6363) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
- start supervisor outside of interactive powershell session in local windows studio [#6353](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6353) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- Revert “remove old content” feature [#6348](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6348) ([christophermaier](https://github.com/christophermaier))
- Remove offensively-named command in favor of updated version [#6343](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6343) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
- uninstall should not rename to existing directory on windows [#6322](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6322) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- Use POSIX `unset` rather than Busybox `env -u` for HAB\_STUDIO\_BINARY [#6318](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6318) ([christophermaier](https://github.com/christophermaier))
- windows docker studio should output sup log in color and without timestamp [#6312](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6312) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- turn off supervisor log coloring in local windows studio if ANSI is not supported [#6306](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6306) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- eliminate false error noise from windows launcher [#6313](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6313) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
- Use subshells and unset to actually unset environment variables [#6296](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6296) ([christophermaier](https://github.com/christophermaier))
- implement platform specific UI symbols [#6290](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6290) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))

#### Merged Pull Requests

- Tweak windows butterfly test setup [#6371](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6371) ([scotthain](https://github.com/scotthain))
- Add a welcome message when PRs are opened [#6356](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6356) ([raskchanky](https://github.com/raskchanky))
- Use curl to upload packages rather than pkg upload [#6365](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6365) ([scotthain](https://github.com/scotthain))
- Migrate to habitat rust rather than system rust [#6349](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6349) ([scotthain](https://github.com/scotthain))
- Update the website bundle to fix some security jazz [#6355](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6355) ([raskchanky](https://github.com/raskchanky))
- Simplify CLI definition for `hab svc load` command [#6327](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6327) ([christophermaier](https://github.com/christophermaier))
- Make Linux Kernel 2 validation just a little bit easier [#6297](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6297) ([christophermaier](https://github.com/christophermaier))
- Use sup-run instead of hab sup run in demo [#5746](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/5746) ([rsertelon](https://github.com/rsertelon))