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PACKER KUBEVIRT FIXES DEADLOCK THAT FROZE BUILDS

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A critical fix in the KubeVirt plugin removes a deadlock that was leaving Packer builds stuck waiting for DataVolumes that would never bind.

The packer-plugin-kubevirt team shipped a fix that enables immediate binding for DataVolumes [1], resolving a deadlock where builds would hang indefinitely. The root cause: final image DataVolumes were created without requesting immediate binding, forcing Packer to wait for a consumer that never arrived. This is the kind of production blocker that deserves immediate attention if you're building container images on Kubernetes. In parallel, gRPC picked up a critical security patch [2] addressing HTTP/2 frame flooding attacks in the nomad-connect-examples repository, bumping the library from 1.82.0 to 1.82.1. Meanwhile, routine dependency maintenance continues across the ecosystem, with setup-go [3] migrating to ESM in net-rpc-msgpackrpc. The KubeVirt fix is your priority today.

Quick answers

What shipped in HashiCorp on July 20, 2026?
A critical fix in the KubeVirt plugin removes a deadlock that was leaving Packer builds stuck waiting for DataVolumes that would never bind. In total, 1 commits and 3 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to HashiCorp on July 20, 2026?
2 developers shipped this update, including Anurag Sharma and dependabot.
What were the notable HashiCorp updates?
fix: immediate binding for dv, build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.82.0 to 1.82.1 in /grpc-checks, and [chore] : Bump actions/setup-go from 6.5.0 to 7.0.0 in the actions group.