Chef Client: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for Chef Client from Progress Software

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-04-10

What is Chef Client?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementChef Infra Client is an agent that runs locally on every node that is under management by Chef Infra Server. When Chef Infra Client runs, it performs all of the steps required for bringing a node into the expected state.
 

The entire lifecycle of Chef Client

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Chef Client. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
Chef Client (Progress Software) release, version and end-of-life information
XChef Client (Progress Software) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product Chef Client (Progress Software)
 

Facts and figures about Chef Client

Product
Chef Client
Vendor
Progress Software
Latest version
19.2.75
Number of releases
9
Number of versions
5265
Number of unstable versions
0
Number of versions affected by CVE
2099
Licence
Commercial
 
 

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