v1.18.0

1.18.0 (2026-08-20)

Build System or External Dependencies

• deps: bump golang.org/x/image from 0.38.0 to 0.41.0 (#1782) (ab0df60)
• deps: Bump submodules and dependencies (#1783) (2b40269)
• deps: Bump submodules and dependencies (#1797) (b8b46a5)

Features

• add auto vm init/start on first finch run (#1751) (48c9a8b)
• gate vmnet behind config, use vzNAT for vz and socket_vmnet for qemu (ff1346b)
• use vzNAT for vz networking, gate socket_vmnet behind config for qemu (#1749) (ff1346b)

Bug Fixes

• credhelper fixups (#1785) (2299129)
• macOS: prevent self-referential ~/.aws/.aws symlink (#1778) (01fd081)

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