{
  "slug": "opentofu-v1-13-includes-early-linting-work-a1e6ef97148d",
  "title": "OpenTofu v1.13 includes early linting work",
  "tools": [
    "opentofu"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-09-30T13:57:49.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-09-30T13:57:49.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When applying built-in lint checks to a configuration, run `tofu validate -lint=all` from its directory. Linting is experimental, and findings appear as warnings.",
    "examples": [
      "tofu validate -lint=all"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.13",
      "Availability: Experiment",
      "-lint=all: Opts in to linting; accepts a comma-separated list of rule or group identifiers. `all` selects all rules. Identifiers are case-sensitive; unknown identifiers are ignored.",
      "Prerequisite: Use OpenTofu v1.13 or later; the documented core lint rules are marked as introduced in v1.13.",
      "Prerequisite: `tofu validate` requires an initialized working directory with referenced plugins and modules installed. Initialize without accessing the configured backend with `tofu init -backend=false`.",
      "Prerequisite: Linting is experimental and opt-in; detected issues are shown as warning diagnostics.",
      "The release describes the linting work as very early."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Apply built-in linting checks to an OpenTofu configuration.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.13.0",
    "https://opentofu.org/docs/v1.13/cli/commands/validate/",
    "https://opentofu.org/docs/v1.13/language/linting/"
  ],
  "rank": 0.95047,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3-rejudge+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave1-20261014",
    "verdict_id": "wave1-20261014:wave1-20261014-36bd46517cedef26-2:rescue",
    "evidence_hash": "edacf3a1289367b9eb2bfc902102938724aa12cfde7376f9fa56671084249350"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "7bc98c9473c884506b0d93f13130f5402498df75bba4fb9f22758271912bef80",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave1-20261014:rescue",
    "reason": "Rescue path: first rejected only because the extracted card lacked usage; judged again on the enriched card, 3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.95 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.60 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}