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## 1.11.0 (Upcoming )
## 1.10.3 (April 22, 2024 )
### NOTES:
* **Breaking Change** : Support for loading single-component plugins has been removed from Packer. [GH-12785 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12785 )
* **Breaking Change** : Support for loading plugin binaries following
the naming convention of packer-plugin-name has been dropped. Packer will now only load
plugins stored under PACKER_PLUGIN_PATH using the expected namespaced
directory and CHECKSUM files. This change drops support for loading plugin
binaries in Packer's executable directory or a template's current working
directory. [GH-12828 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12828 )
```shell
/Users/dev/.packer.d/plugins
└── github.com
└── hashicorp
└── happycloud
├── packer-plugin-happycloud_v0.0.1_x5.0_darwin_arm64
└── packer-plugin-happycloud_v0.0.1_x5.0_darwin_arm64_SHA256SUM
```
### NOTES
* A LICENSE.txt file has been added to the Packer release artifacts.
[12981 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12931 )
### IMPROVEMENTS:
* core: Move to predictable plugin loading schema - Packer will now only load
plugins stored under PACKER_PLUGIN_PATH using the expected namespaced
directory and CHECKSUM files.
[GH-12828 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12828 )
* core: Remove support loading single-component plugins.
[GH-12785 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12785 )
* core: Packer now considers development binaries when evaluating plugin
version constraints. This work allows users to use binaries with versions
reported as "x.y.z-dev" to be used with the Packer `required_plugins`
block. [GH-12828 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12828 )
Given the specified version constraint only versions greater than or equal to 1.1.0 will be considered.
```hcl
amazon = {
source = "github.com/hashicorp/amazon"
version = ">= 1.1.0"
}
```
If a development binary is installed, Packer will use it if:
1. It is the highest compatible version installed.
2. There is no final plugin version with the same version number installed alongside it.
```shell
/Users/dev/.packer.d/plugins
└─ github.com
└─ hashicorp
└── amazon
├── packer-plugin-amazon_v1.1.0_x5.0_darwin_arm64
├── packer-plugin-amazon_v1.1.0_x5.0_darwin_arm64_SHA256SUM
├── packer-plugin-amazon_v1.1.1-dev_x5.0_darwin_arm64
└── packer-plugin-amazon_v1.1.1-dev_x5.0_darwin_arm64_SHA256SUM
```
Version 1.1.1-dev of the Amazon plugin will match the specified version constraint and be used for executing the Packer build.
### FEATURES
* Packer users can now track Packer version and plugin versions used for each
build artifact in HCP Packer.
[GH-12891 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12891 )
[GH-12910 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12910 )
[GH-12923 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12923 )
[GH-12926 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12926 )
If, however, a 1.1.1 release version of the plugin is available, it will have precedence over the development binary.
### SECURITY
* Bump github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 to address GHSA-c5q2-7r4c-mv6g.
[GH-12928 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12928 )
* Bump golang.org/x/net to v0.24.0 to address GO-2024-2687.
[GH-12924 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12924 )
```shell
/Users/dev/.packer.d/plugins
└─ github.com
└─ hashicorp
└── amazon
├── packer-plugin-amazon_v1.1.1-dev_x5.0_darwin_arm64
├── packer-plugin-amazon_v1.1.1-dev_x5.0_darwin_arm64_SHA256SUM
├── packer-plugin-amazon_v1.1.1_x5.0_darwin_arm64
└── packer-plugin-amazon_v1.1.1_x5.0_darwin_arm64_SHA256SUM
```
### BUG FIXES
* cmd/fmt: Display information error when Packer `fmt` fails due to HCL2
parsing error. [GH-12870 ](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12870 )
## 1.10.2 (March 6, 2024)