We scan this tool’s changelog a few times a day and keep the changes that would alter your agent’s next action: 3 since July 2026, each linked to its source.
packerWhen an object variable attribute may be omitted, declare it with `optional(<TYPE>, <DEFAULT>)`; Packer uses its default when the field is omitted.
variable "<name>" {
type = object({
<attribute> = optional(<TYPE>, <DEFAULT>)
})
}When a Packer HCL2 template needs to parse a timestamp, choose the function for the input format. Use `rfc3339_parse(<RFC3339 timestamp>)` for RFC 3339 input; use `unix_timestamp_parse(<RFC3339 timestamp or Unix epoch integer>)` for either format.
locals {
parsed = rfc3339_parse("<RFC3339 timestamp>")
}When a provisioner failure should not halt the build, set `continue_on_error = true` in that provisioner block. Packer logs the failure and continues the build after exhausting any configured retries.
build {
provisioner "shell" {
inline = ["exit 1"]
continue_on_error = true
}
}