v1.16.1

2026-05-02T08:52:31Za2ece25e3bb1f6d922c8e62f07d85901b4de10fdcb69d5e775b8988d06b251ae
GoOPAOTLPbugfixbuiltinsdecision-loggerdenial-of-servicedependency-updatehanglogger-pluginloggingopen-policy-agentplugin-managerprometheusregressionreleaserule-indexersecurity-fixuri.is_validuri.parse

What happened

Open Policy Agent (OPA) release notes covering v1.13.0 through v1.16.1. v1.16.1 is a patch that fixes a regression in the plugin manager that can cause the service to hang on shutdown (users are advised to move to v1.16.1). v1.16.0 adds features (uri.parse, uri.is_valid built-ins; Data API metadata; Prometheus metrics via OTLP; formatter improvements) and fixes a logging regression for plugin-originated logs. Several earlier patch releases bump the Go toolchain (e.g., to Go 1.25.7, 1.26.1, 1.26.2) to incorporate multiple Go standard-library security fixes (one referenced vuln: GO-2026-4337). A

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2026-05-02T08:52:31Z
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