## Announcement
The upcoming release will be a **Major Version Upgrade** with support for Open Search. Chef Automate will not automatically upgrade to the major upgrade. Click [here](https://www.chef.io/blog/chef-automate-is-moving-to-opensearch) to know more.

## Upgrade Journey

Chef lets you choose your **Upgrade Journey** based on your current version of Chef Automate. You have to manually upgrade to the major versions.

| Your Current Version | Upgrade To |
| -------------------- | ---------- |
| Any version before 20220329091442| 20220329091442|
| 20220329091442| 3.0.x|

Click [here](https://docs.chef.io/automate/major_upgrade/) to know more.

## Improvements
- The Check-In history in node details will have an improved look and feel on desktop dashboard ([#6702](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6702)).
- Included opt-in telemetry for Profiles search, Data Feed, Data Lifecycle, Identity Management, Access Management, and Node Management ([#6840](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6840), [#6863](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6863), [#6864](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6864), [#6903](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6903), [#6913](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6913), [#6917](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6917)).


## Compliance Profile Updates
- Compliance profiles are updated to version 1.0.0/20220422141333, which includes the following profile changes:
> STIG Windows 2012R2 v3 release 1  
> STIG Windows 2016 2.1.0  
> CIS Windows 2012R2 2.5.0  
> CIS Windows 2012 2.3.0  
> Mac OS 11 1.2.0  
> Microsoft IIS  
> Windows 2016 1.3.0  
> CIS Windows 2019 1.2.1  
> Ubuntu 20.04 1.1.0  
> CIS Oracle Database 19c (Linux) 1.0.0  
> CIS AWS Linux 2 2.0.0  
> CIS Oracle Database 12c 3.0.0  
> RHEL 7 3.1.1  
> RHEL 8 1.0.1  
> Centos 8 1.0.1  
> Centos 7 3.1.2  
> RHEL 6 3.0.0  
> Ubuntu 18.04 2.1.0  
> Debian Linux 9 1.0.1  
> Windows 10 H2 1.10.0  
> Centos 6 3.0.0  
> Oracle Linux 7 3.1.1  
> Oracle 18c 1.0.0  
> STIG RHEL8 1.2.0  
> CIS MSSQL Server 2016 v1.3.0  
> IS MSSQL Server 2019 v1.2.0  

## Bug Fixes
- The Infinite render loop in check-in history on the desktop dashboard has been fixed ([#6756](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6756)).
- The 0-byte file download of Compliance Reports in Chrome/Edge has been fixed ([#6824](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6824)).
- The visualization of the check-in time of nodes in the Nodes tab under Infra Server has been fixed([#6858](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6858)).

## Maintenance
- Updated Inspec version to 4.56.22 ([#6958](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6958))

## Security

### Security Improvements
(examples: new security configurations)
- Enable Strict Transport Security header for Automate services ([#6846](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6846))

## Chef Packaged Product Versions

This release uses:
- Chef Habitat version: 1.6.181/20201030172917
- Chef Habitat Builder version: 9978/20211221122808
- Chef Infra Server version: 14.13.42/20220228221324
- Chef InSpec version: 4.56.22/20220423215911

## Service Versions

This release uses:
- Postgres: 13.5
- ElasticSearch: 6.8.23
- Nginx: 1.21.3
- Haproxy: 2.2.2

## Supported External Chef Products

This release supports the following external chef products:
- Chef Infra Server version: 14.0.58+
- Chef Inspec version: 4.3.2+
- Chef Infra Client: 17.0.242+
- Chef Habitat: 0.81+

View the [package manifest](https://packages.chef.io/manifests/current/automate/latest_semver.json) for the latest release.