Who contributed to HashiCorp on August 13, 2026?

8 developers shipped this update, including Surabhi-1605, sanikachavan5, taruntej-a, gdavison, ewbankkit, hc-github-team-es-release-engineering, SarahFrench, and hc-github-team-tf-core.

What were the notable HashiCorp updates?

v1.16.0-rc1, feat(feature-gates-phase-1): add raft-backed dynamic feature gate framework, and v1.17.0-alpha20260812.

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TERRAFORM 1.16 RC LANDS WITH PROVIDER STATE PERSISTENCE, CONSUL SHIPS DYNAMIC FEATURE GATES

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:57 UTC on August 13, 2026 · About HashiCorp

8 people shipped this

hc-github-team-es-release-engineering @hc-github-team-es-release-engineering 2 cited

Surabhi-1605 @Surabhi-1605 1 cited

sanikachavan5 @sanikachavan5 1 cited

taruntej-a @taruntej-a

gdavison @gdavison

ewbankkit @ewbankkit

SarahFrench @SarahFrench

hc-github-team-tf-core @hc-github-team-tf-core

Terraform 1.16.0-rc1 introduces planned private data storage for providers, while Consul deploys a Raft-backed framework to gate experimental features across cluster upgrades.

Terraform's release candidate [1] marks a significant shift in how provider-specific state flows across plan and apply cycles, solving a long-standing gap in multi-step workflows. The new terraform_data store block [1] gives operators a way to hold ephemeral and sensitive values across operations, alongside support for nested blocks as computed values. On the Consul side, the Raft-backed dynamic feature gate framework Phase 1 [2] solves a critical operational problem: "Consul has no first-class mechanism to ship experimental behavior in a release, let operators deliberately enable it after a controlled rollout, and automatically block it when the cluster has not yet fully upgraded." [2] This gates the API Gateway upstream-routing composition behavior and establishes the foundation for rolling out experimental features safely. The AWS provider continues steady infrastructure additions , expanding Bedrock agent core support and EKS control-plane customization options. Terraform 1.17.0-alpha20260812 [3] dropped overnight with enhancements to provider logging and fixes for pow/log panic conditions, while a security refactoring landed in Consul [4] ahead of broader architectural changes.

Action items

→ Test Terraform 1.16.0-rc1 in staging before production adoption hashicorp/terraform [plan]
→ Evaluate Consul feature gates for your experimental API Gateway rollout hashicorp/consul [plan]
→ Review AWS provider updates for EKS control-plane and Bedrock support hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws [monitor]

References

[1] v1.16.0-rc1 ↗ hashicorp/terraform
[2] feat(feature-gates-phase-1): add raft-backed dynamic feature gate framework ↗ hashicorp/consul
[3] v1.17.0-alpha20260812 ↗ hashicorp/terraform
[4] security: Refactoring hashicorp/consul

Quick answers

What shipped in HashiCorp on August 13, 2026?: Terraform 1.16.0-rc1 introduces planned private data storage for providers, while Consul deploys a Raft-backed framework to gate experimental features across cluster upgrades. In total, 54 commits, 16 pull requests, and 3 releases landed.
Who contributed to HashiCorp on August 13, 2026?: 8 developers shipped this update, including Surabhi-1605, sanikachavan5, taruntej-a, gdavison, ewbankkit, hc-github-team-es-release-engineering, SarahFrench, and hc-github-team-tf-core.
What were the notable HashiCorp updates?: v1.16.0-rc1, feat(feature-gates-phase-1): add raft-backed dynamic feature gate framework, and v1.17.0-alpha20260812.

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go 78 shipped

@hashicorp Aug 12

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@hashicorp Aug 10

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