v2.3.0

Note

Release Date: 2026-08-03

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix: use concrete tag types for hcl2 codegen by @tenthirtyam in #777
• fix: improve clone validation errors and nil-result handling by @tenthirtyam in #768
• fix: prevent artifact cleanup from crashing the rpc boundary on destroy failure by @tenthirtyam in #799

✨ Enhancements

• feat: add remote ovf/ova source support by @tenthirtyam in #580
• feat: add local ovf/ova source support by @tenthirtyam in #751
• feat: add content library source support by @tenthirtyam in #772
• feat: add support for boot delay by @tenthirtyam in #773
• feat: add datastore data source by @tenthirtyam in #776
• feat: add datastore cluster data source by @tenthirtyam in #778
• feat: add host data source by @tenthirtyam in #779
• feat: add compute cluster data source by @tenthirtyam in #780
• feat: add resource pool data source by @tenthirtyam in #781
• feat: add network data source by @tenthirtyam in #782
• feat: add content library data source by @tenthirtyam in #783
• feat: add content library item data source by @tenthirtyam in #784

📄 Documentation

• docs: native project documentation by @tenthirtyam in #744
• docs: fix syntax errors by @tenthirtyam in #752
• docs: add release verification by @tenthirtyam in #754
• docs: restructure ovf_source and storage configuration by @tenthirtyam in #756
• docs: address accidentals by @tenthirtyam in #757
• docs: example label for export options by @tenthirtyam in #760
• docs: align communicator options by @tenthirtyam in #774
• docs: update navigation for data sources by @tenthirtyam in #785
• docs: update windows customization json example by @tenthirtyam in #789

🧹 Chores

• Codebase Cleanup / Maintenance

  • chore: prepare development cycle by @tenthirtyam in #738
  • refactor: extract ovf deploy logic by @tenthirtyam in #755
  • refactor: rename context param by @tenthirtyam in #761
  • refactor: precompile ovf sanitize regexes by @tenthirtyam in #762
  • refactor: replace sensitive-vars test with mapstructure decode by @tenthirtyam in #763
  • refactor: assert trailing output format by @tenthirtyam in #764
  • fix: fix name and url typo in clone test by @tenthirtyam in #765
  • refactor: improve ovf url credential redaction in error messages by @tenthirtyam in #766
  • refactor: tighten clone prepare and credential sanitization tests by @tenthirtyam in #767
  • refactor: standardize test credentials in url sanitization tests by @tenthirtyam in #769
  • refactor: avoid aliased datastore ref pointers in drs fallback by @tenthirtyam in #770
  • refactor: share multi-disk sdrs placement helper by @tenthirtyam in #771
  • refactor: extract shared datasource common helpers by @tenthirtyam in #775
  • refactor: consolidate simulator test harness by @tenthirtyam in #786
  • refactor: move acceptance-test environment helpers by @tenthirtyam in #788
  • refactor: acceptance tests coverage by @tenthirtyam in #793

• Dependencies / Toolchain

  • chore(deps): bump go to v1.26.4 by @tenthirtyam in #742
  • chore(deps): bump hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk from v0.6.8 to v0.6.10 by @tenthirtyam in #741, #795
  • chore(deps): bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from v0.54.1 to v0.55.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #748
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/net from v0.54.0 to v0.57.0 by @tenthirtyam in #753
  • chore(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from v1.79.3 to v1.82.1 by @tenthirtyam in #791
  • chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 6.0.3 to 7.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #740, #797
  • chore(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 6.4.0 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #746, #787
  • chore(deps): bump actions/setup-python from 6.2.0 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #745, #796
  • chore(deps): bump actions/labeler from 6.1.0 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #759, #798
  • chore(deps): bump actions/stale from 10.3.0 to 11.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #758, #800
  • chore(deps): bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 9.2.1 to 9.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #750
  • chore(deps): bump goreleaser/goreleaser-action from 7.2.2 to 7.2.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #749

Full Changelog: v2.2.0...v2.3.0