Who contributed to HashiCorp on August 18, 2026?

2 developers shipped this update, including James Rasell and aayushsingh2502.

What were the notable HashiCorp updates?

jobspec2: Remove pointerOf function and use builtin new instead. (#28420), jobspec2: Remove pointerOf function and use builtin new instead, and workaround: add missing `kind` field to ApiConnectionDefinition (Web/2016-06-01).

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Nomad drops deprecated pointerOf, Pandora fixes Azure spec

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:56 UTC on August 18, 2026 · About HashiCorp

2 people shipped this

James Rasell @jrasell 2 cited

aayushsingh2502 @aayushsingh2502 2 cited

Nomad modernizes its jobspec compiler while Pandora backports a critical Azure API field.

HashiCorp's Nomad team is cleaning up the jobspec2 compiler, removing the deprecated pointerOf function in favor of Go's builtin new [1]. The change, part of PR #28420, simplifies code generation and reduces potential for pointer-related bugs [2]. Meanwhile, Pandora ships a workaround for a missing `kind` field in the Azure Web API's 2016-06-01 spec [3]. The omission dates back to a 2018 spec rewrite, and the patch restores support for kind=V2, which is "required for Logic App Standard workflows as V2 connections expose the connectionRuntimeUrl property" [4]. This is a small but meaningful fix for Terraform users managing Azure Logic Apps.

Action items

→ Review the Nomad jobspec2 pointerOf removal for any impact on your custom jobspecs hashicorp/nomad [monitor]
→ Test the Pandora fix against your Azure Logic App Standard configurations hashicorp/pandora [plan]

References

[1] jobspec2: Remove pointerOf function and use builtin new instead. (#28420) hashicorp/nomad
[2] jobspec2: Remove pointerOf function and use builtin new instead. ↗ hashicorp/nomad
[3] workaround: add missing `kind` field to ApiConnectionDefinition (Web/2016-06-01) ↗ hashicorp/pandora
[4] workaround: add missing `kind` field to ApiConnectionDefinition (Web/2016-06-01) (#5543) hashicorp/pandora

Quick answers

What shipped in HashiCorp on August 18, 2026?: Nomad modernizes its jobspec compiler while Pandora backports a critical Azure API field. In total, 2 commits and 2 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to HashiCorp on August 18, 2026?: 2 developers shipped this update, including James Rasell and aayushsingh2502.
What were the notable HashiCorp updates?: jobspec2: Remove pointerOf function and use builtin new instead. (#28420), jobspec2: Remove pointerOf function and use builtin new instead, and workaround: add missing `kind` field to ApiConnectionDefinition (Web/2016-06-01).

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