Puppet Enterprise (PE) 2023.1 and 2021.7.3 LTS Release Announcement

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May 2, 2023, 5:14:21 PM5/2/23
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The latest releases for Puppet Enterprise – 2023.1 and 2021.7.3 LTS – are now available!


These releases represent the latest updates in the Puppet Enterprise (PE) 2023 and 2021 streams, following the releases of  PE 2023.0 and PE 2021.7.2 LTS in January 2023. These new, backward-compatible releases contain fixes and performance upgrades for existing features, but no feature additions.. 


For a detailed list of enhancements and fixes in PE 2023.1, see the release notes.

For a detailed list of enhancements and fixes in PE 2021.7.3, see the release notes.



For security and vulnerability announcements, see CVE content.

 

Performance enhancements in these releases: 

  • Improved performance when querying PuppetDB

  • Improved performance for several functions in the Puppet language

  • More reliable warnings when updating Puppet Server


Deprecation of Pure JavaScript Open Notation (PSON) for serializing data in Puppet 7


Resolved issues in these releases: 

  • Tasks page is available following a software update

  • Enabling the lockless code deploy feature no longer causes performance issues in PuppetDB catalog compilation

  • Performance issue with Puppet agent runtimes is resolved

  • Certificates and keys can be backed up and restored by specifying the certs scope

  • Updates implemented to help users enter valid URLs

  • Timeouts can be specified for SAML authentication

  • User-defined temporary directory is honored during PE restore operations

  • Issue that caused an unexpected increase in CPU usage is resolved


Additional issues resolved in PE 2023.1, related to new features in 2023.0:

  • Scheduled task jobs run successfully without a defined timeout

  • Timeout and concurrency values for scheduled tasks can be viewed and edited in the console

  • When tasks are rerun in the console, timeout and concurrency attributes are preserved

  • Access rights for remote users can be revoked and reinstated from the console


Security fixes in both releases:

  • CVE-2023-1894

  • CVE-2023-26048

 

 

Download PE 2023.1 from the Download Puppet Enterprise webpage.

Download PE 2021.7.3 from the Puppet Release Information & Downloads webpage.


As a current Puppet Enterprise user, you can update to this new version as part of your annual subscription. To successfully update PE, update infrastructure components first and then update agents. For detailed instructions, see Upgrading Puppet Enterprise.


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