OpenTofu v1.13.8 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Component: opentofu · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-04.
OpenTofu v1.13.8 delivers essential bug fixes, restoring the `-v` command-line flag alias and resolving a panic issue triggered by invalid state encryption configurations. This patch release ensures improved CLI stability and reliable error handling during configuration parsing.
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Ensure your command-line scripts utilizing the `-v` short option for version checks now function as expected without errors.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
This patch release focuses strictly on stability improvements and regression fixes, ensuring consistent user experience without altering product capabilities.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Upgrade pipelines and infrastructure runners to v1.13.8 to prevent CLI parsing regressions and avoid unexpected panics with state encryption setups.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (2)
- The -v short option now again works as an alias for the version command and --version option, fixing an unintended regression in v1.13.0.
- Fixed panic when provided invalid state encryption configuration.