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PUBLISHER UPDATE · PACKER-1.14.2
PACKER-1.14.2 release notes and known issues
v1.14.2
Scope: HashiCorp Packer. This update record adds version, fix and known-issue context. Its publication date is not a lifecycle boundary.
Summary
1.14.2 (September 9, 2025) ✨ Features HCP Certificate Authentication Support – by @JenGoldstrich ( #13435 ) Adds support for the HCP_CRED_FILE environment variable and removes restrictions on HCP_CLIENT_ID and HCP_CLIENT_SECRET when connecting builds to an HCP Packer registry. Upgrade Node.js to v22 – by @LeahMarieBush ( #13450 ) Updates the Node.js version used for Packer website builds. 🐛 Bug Fixes fix(winrm): catch cmd err from winrm – by @anurag5sh in ( #298 ) Improved reliability by catching WinRM remote shell failures during provisioning PowerShell wrapper cleanup – by @kp2099 ( #13451 ) Removed the unused $result variable from the wrapper string. fix tests for shell and shell-local – by @kp2099 in ( #300 ) Acceptance test fixes for shell and shell-local 🛠 Improvements Added workflow-dispatch and set PACKER_ACC_BUILDERS for acceptance tests – by @kp2099 ( #13444 ) Improved spacing in hcl2template error messages – by @sbraz ( #13453 ) Added callouts for HashiCorp-maintained plugins moving to releases.hashicorp.com – by @BrianMMcClain ( #13438 ) 📦 Dependencies Bump github.com/ulikunitz/xz from 0.5.10 → 0.5.14 – by @dependabot ( #13459 ) Bump golang.org/x/oauth2 from 0.13.0 → 0.27.0 – by @dependabot ( #13460 ) Bump github.com/ulikunitz/xz from 0.5.10 → 0.5.15 – by @kp2099 ( #13461 ) Bump github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk from 0.6.2 → 0.6.3 – by @kp2099 ( #13462 ) 👩💻 New Contributors @LeahMarieBush made their first contribution in #13450 🎉
Improvements and security content
- 1.14.2 (September 9, 2025) ✨ Features HCP Certificate Authentication Support – by @JenGoldstrich ( #13435 ) Adds support for the HCP_CRED_FILE environment variable and removes restrictions on HCP_CLIENT_ID and HCP_CLIENT_SECRET when connecting builds to an HCP Packer registry. Upgrade Node.js to v22 – by @LeahMarieBush ( #13450 ) Updates the Node.js version used for Packer website builds. 🐛 Bug Fixes fix(winrm): catch cmd err from winrm – by @anurag5sh in ( #298 ) Improved reliability by catching WinRM remote shell failures during provisioning PowerShell wrapper cleanup – by @kp2099 ( #13451 ) Removed the unused $result variable from the wrapper string. fix tests for shell and shell-local – by @kp2099 in ( #300 ) Acceptance test fixes for shell and shell-local 🛠 Improvements Added workflow-dispatch and set PACKER_ACC_BUILDERS for acceptance tests – by @kp2099 ( #13444 ) Improved spacing in hcl2template error messages – by @sbraz ( #13453 ) Added callouts for HashiCorp-maintained plugins moving to releases.hashicorp.com – by @BrianMMcClain ( #13438 ) 📦 Dependencies Bump github.com/ulikunitz/xz from 0.5.10 → 0.5.14 – by @dependabot ( #13459 ) Bump golang.org/x/oauth2 from 0.13.0 → 0.27.0 – by @dependabot ( #13460 ) Bump github.com/ulikunitz/xz from 0.5.10 → 0.5.15 – by @kp2099 ( #13461 ) Bump github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk from 0.6.2 → 0.6.3 – by @kp2099 ( #13462 ) 👩💻 New Contributors @LeahMarieBush made their first contribution in #13450 🎉
Known issues
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Affected products and versions
Products
- HashiCorp Packer
Affected versions
- 1.14.2
- 0.5.10
- 0.5.14
- 0.13.0
- 0.27.0
- 0.5.15
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
Fixed versions or updates
- No fixed version is stated in this record.
Recommended action
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