- **HCP Certificate Authentication Support**– by @JenGoldstrich ([#13435](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/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](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13450))
Updates the Node.js version used for Packer website builds.
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## 🐛 Bug Fixes
- **PowerShell wrapper cleanup**– by @kp2099 ([#13451](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13451))
Removed the unused `$result` variable from the wrapper string.
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## 🛠 Improvements
- Added workflow-dispatch and set `PACKER_ACC_BUILDERS` for acceptance tests – by @kp2099 ([#13444](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13444))
- Improved spacing in `hcl2template` error messages – by @sbraz ([#13453](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13453))
- Added callouts for HashiCorp-maintained plugins moving to [releases.hashicorp.com](https://releases.hashicorp.com) – by @BrianMMcClain ([#13438](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13438))
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## 📦 Dependencies
- Bump `github.com/ulikunitz/xz` from **0.5.10 → 0.5.14**– by @dependabot ([#13459](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13459))
- Bump `golang.org/x/oauth2` from **0.13.0 → 0.27.0**– by @dependabot ([#13460](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13460))
- Bump `github.com/ulikunitz/xz` from **0.5.10 → 0.5.15**– by @kp2099 ([#13461](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13461))
- Bump `github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk` from **0.6.2 → 0.6.3**– by @kp2099 ([#13462](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13462))
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## 👩💻 New Contributors
- @LeahMarieBush made their first contribution in [#13450](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13450) 🎉
karthik P
5 months ago