VERSION 3.16.0 *in this release*
✨ *new features* - Bolt will now retry a task once when running over PCP as part of a plan, if the task errors with plan-already-finished. 🔧 *bug fixes* - Bolt no longer removes variables from a plan's scope when invoking a custom Puppet language function that invokes a run_* function from a parallelize() block. - Bolt will now attempt to restore Ruby environment variables like GEM_HOME and GEM_PATH when running over the local transport with bundled-ruby set to false. VIEW FULL RELEASE NOTES <https://github.com/puppetlabs/bolt/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md> *in the works* - Further changes and improvements to the way scripts are loaded. *nuts and bolts* Each month, we'll highlight a different Bolt feature and cover the details on what it is, why you might want to use it, and how it can be used in your workflows. August's highlighted feature is: *BoltSpec*! *What is BoltSpec?* BoltSpec is a library of helpers that ships with Bolt. It is intended to be used with RSpec, a testing tool, to write unit tests for your plans. Specifically, BoltSpec's helpers let you test the behavior of your plans without the need to connect to targets. *Why should I use BoltSpec?* Because plans can include complex logic that automates different jobs, it's important to test that the plan behaves as you expect. BoltSpec lets you easily write tests for your plans so you can test their behavior in development and catch any errors before your plans are used in production. Also, because BoltSpec stubs out Bolt functions that connect to targets, you don't need to worry about provisioning containers or VMs to run these tests. *How do I use BoltSpec?* Using BoltSpec is as easy as installing and configuring rspec-puppet for your module or project, and then adding a couple lines to your tests' configuration file. If you already develop Puppet modules using the Puppet Development Kit (PDK), then most of this is already done for you. Going over all the details of using BoltSpec to test your plans is a little much for an email. So if you're interested in testing your plans, why not check out our new Testing Plans <https://puppet.com/docs/bolt/latest/testing_plans.html> documentation? VIEW THE DOCUMENTATION <https://puppet.com/docs/bolt/latest/testing_plans.html> [image: Tw] <https://twitter.com/puppetize> [image: Yt] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPfMWIY-qNbLhIrbZm2BFMQ> [image: In] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/puppet/> *Bolt Documentation <https://puppet.com/docs/bolt/latest/bolt.html>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAK-b3Dv0gFbwfML2vLjW3o935i%2BVPS7AUS-JoPF3f0z7uwyKbA%40mail.gmail.com.
