v1.16.2

2026-05-20T08:52:22Z00207eb6fdf98423363c82c8f0f20da6c5e4cd67d3123271111880481e9571fd
denial-of-servicedependency-upgradegologgingopaopen-policy-agentplugin-managerregressionrelease-notesvulnerability-fix

What happened

Open Policy Agent (OPA) release notes covering v1.13.2 through v1.16.2. Key security-relevant points: v1.16.2 updates the Go toolchain used to build OPA to Go 1.26.3 to address a number of Go standard-library vulnerabilities; v1.15.2 previously bumped Go to 1.26.2 for multiple security fixes; v1.13.2 updated Go to 1.25.7 to address GO-2026-4337. Functional fixes include a plugin-manager regression that could cause the service to hang on shutdown (v1.16.0 -> v1.16.1), logging/bundle download log loss fixes, and various feature additions and improvements. Users are advised to upgrade to the non-

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