Chef Migrate release notes

Chef Migrate 1.2.32

Release date: TBD

Bug fixes

• Migration tool fails and corrupts install if chef-client is running
• Chef Client migration tool not working with legacy chef-client version (13,14)

New Features

• Support for arm/linux
• Chef Client GUI Installer Missing Scheduler Options
• Habitat path compatibility with Chef ICE packages: Migration tool now automatically supports both new (hab/pkgs/chef/hab/) and legacy (hab/pkgs/core/hab/) package path formats for seamless compatibility with all Chef ICE package versions

Known issues

• None

Legal

• Updated NOTICE.txt with the latest third-party attribution content received from the legal team.

Dependencies

• Upgraded Go toolchain from 1.26.1 to 1.26.3 to address known CVEs:
  • CVE-2026-39820
  • CVE-2026-27143
  • CVE-2026-42499
  • CVE-2026-32281
  • CVE-2026-33814
  • CVE-2026-32280
  • CVE-2026-32283
  • CVE-2026-33811
  • CVE-2026-39836
  • CVE-2026-27140
  • CVE-2026-42501
  • CVE-2026-39817
  • CVE-2026-33810
  • CVE-2026-39826
  • CVE-2026-39823
  • CVE-2026-39825
  • CVE-2026-32289
  • CVE-2026-32282
  • CVE-2026-27144
  • CVE-2026-39819
  • CVE-2026-32288

Chef Migrate 1.2.30

Release date: March 26, 2026

Bug fixes

• The chef-client -v command now correctly points to the new Habitat-based Chef Infra Client install when it’s installed with Chef Migrate and a previous Omnibus-based Chef Infra Client version is preserved with the --preserve-omnibus flag.
• Fixed Chef Infra Client 19 installation failures on multi-drive (for example, C:, D:, E:) Windows servers.
• Chef Migrate no longer fails when installing Chef Infra Client 19.x on a system with an existing Chef Automate installation. Previously, the install would fail and Chef Migrate would delete files related to Automate, for example /hab.

Known issues

• Don’t install Chef Infra Client 19.x on a system that already has Chef Automate running on it.

Legal

• Updated NOTICE.txt with the latest third-party attribution content received from the legal team.

Dependencies

• Upgraded Go toolchain from 1.24.12 to 1.26.1 to address known CVEs:
  • CVE-2026-27142
  • CVE-2025-68121
  • CVE-2025-61732