Steampipe CLI v0.21.0 - Add support for rate limiting, and memory limits
Oct 02, 2023cli

Whats new?

  • Define rate and concurrency limits for plugin execution. (#3746)
  • Define multiple instances of a plugin version using a plugin connection config block. (#3807)
  • The maximum memory used by plugins and the CLI can now be specified either in plugin instance definitions or the new plugin options block. (#3807)
  • New introspection tables steampipe_plugin and steampipe_plugin_limiter containing all configured plugin instances and limiters. (#3746)
  • New introspection table steampipe_server_settings populated with server settings data during service startup. (#3462)
  • Running plugin install with no arguments installs all referenced plugins. (#3451)
  • New --output flag for plugin list cmd allows selection between json and table output. (#3368)
  • Each plugin directory ncontains a version.json which can be used to recompose the global plugin versions.json if it is missing or corrupt. (#3492)
  • Typing .cache in interactive prompt shows the current value of cache. (#2439)
  • Steampipe commands bypass plugin requirement check if installed plugin is locally built. (#3643)
  • New skip-config flag disables writing of default plugin config during plugin installation. (#3531, #2206)
  • Logs are now written to file instead of console. (#2916)
  • When plugin startup fails, report useful message in the CLI. (#3732)
  • Users are warned to not have mod.sp files in home directory. (#2321)
  • Updated messaging when service is started on an unavailable port. (#623)
  • Log files are rotated if the process is active across date boundaries. (#125, #3825)
  • Listen hosts may be selected when starting steampipe service. (#3505)
  • Initialisation behaviour for the sample options has been changed: always copy a sample file (default.spc.sample), but only overwrite the default.spc file with the sample content if the existing file has not been modified. (#3431)
  • Validation for the workspace profile cache settings. (#3646)
  • Support OCI registries requiring authentication. (#2819)
  • Compiled with Go 1.21. (#3763)

Bug fixes

  • Plugin manager shutdown stalling intermittently due to deadlocks. (#3818)
  • Temporary tables dropped in interactive prompt when pool connections recycled. (#3781,#3543)
  • service start was not listening on network by default. (#3593)
  • Multi line logs from plugins not rendered correctly in plugin logs. (#3678)
  • .inspect panicking for long column descriptions. (#3709)
  • Interactive prompt crashing when there is a code panic. (#3713)
  • Incorrect zsh completion instructions.
  • Steampipe should not create export files for cancelled control runs. (#3578)
  • BuildFullResourceName not validating non empty arguments. (#3601)
  • Spinner not showing when exporting check results. (#3577)
  • stdin was consumed by query command even if there are arguments. (#1985)
  • When exporting multiple benchmarks, results now merged the results into a single export. (#2380)
  • Raise warning when pseudo-resources are ignored because of named HCL resources. (#1328)
  • Database reinstalled unnecessarily if any FDW files were missing. (#2040)
  • Improved error message when steampipe fails to parse a mod definition file because mod block does not exist. (#1198)
  • Only install-dir and workspace flags should be global flags. All other flags should only apply to specific command. (#3542)
  • Passing an empty list for list variables was not working. (#2094)
  • Show deprecation warning for version field in require block of mod definition.
  • Temporary directories were not always being cleaned up after plugin commands.
  • plugin list returned nothing if no plugins were installed. (#3927)

Deprecations and migrations

  • Table steampipe_connection_state renamed to steampipe_connection
  • Removed migration and backward compatibility of data files from v0.13.0. (#3517)
  • Removed deprecated workspace-chdir flag. (#3925)
  • Migrated from cloud.steampipe.io to pipes.turbot.com. (#3724)
  • Removed support for plugins which do not support multiple connections (i.e. using SDK < v4.0.0).
  • Deprecated terminal options.