# Chocolatey changelog

> The package manager for Windows.

- Vendor: Chocolatey Software
- Category: Developer Tools
- Official site: https://chocolatey.org
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/chocolatey)
- Harvested from: GitHub (chocolatey/choco)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### 2.7.3

- Date: 2026-06-10
- Version: 2.7.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/releases/tag/2.7.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/chocolatey/releases/2.7.3

- **fixed** — Corrupted package prevents new package installations

As part of this release we had [2 issues](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/milestone/86?closed=1) closed.

###### Bug Fix

- Corrupted package prevents new package installations.
  - See [#3875](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3875) by [Kylotan](https://github.com/Kylotan), resolved in [!3901](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3901) by [vexx32](https://github.com/vexx32).

###### Contributors

2 contributors made this release possible.

<a href="https://github.com/Kylotan"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1117104?v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor Kylotan" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/vexx32"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32407840?u=d8213fbf5ef964c29ef7cfda6497c9dddb38cca9&v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor vexx32" height="32" width="32"/></a> 
###### SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts
- `3ae5e9cc9cfa8347d243662006fc4e75936561cfb1c6605f6c37d81edf48fbc7	chocolatey-2.7.3.0.msi`
- `40778cc59245b3eb6ea5147aeef5bea5d577419e5abce22a224189740dc16db5	chocolatey.2.7.3.nupkg`
- `a4879a4260f162c029a318791cbd90a7d191ee9d815e9981bcfee6e433ec83a2	chocolatey.lib.2.7.3.nupkg`
- `561b4ea32936d794f2b938a9a5f00488d0a92116182bd8640a78728d06bbf9bf	chocolatey.v2.7.3.tar.gz`

### 1.4.6

- Date: 2026-05-12
- Version: 1.4.6
- Original notes: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/releases/tag/1.4.6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/chocolatey/releases/1.4.6

- **changed** — Update support branch bundled 7zip executables to v26.01

Read our [blog post](https://blog.chocolatey.org/2026/05/announcing-ccm-0160-cli-272-cli-146-cle-810-agent-410-gui-310-releases) about this release.

As part of this release we had [1 issue](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/milestone/85?closed=1) closed.

###### Dependency Change


- Update support branch bundled 7zip executables to v26.01.
  - See [__#3889__](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3889) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob) resolved in [__!3892__](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3892) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob).

__Contributors__

1 contributors made this release possible.

<a href="https://github.com/corbob"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30301021?v=4" alt="corbob" height="32" width="32"/></a>

### 2.7.2

- Date: 2026-05-12
- Version: 2.7.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/releases/tag/2.7.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/chocolatey/releases/2.7.2

- **changed** — Upgrade log4net to 3.3.1
- **changed** — Update bundled 7zip executables to v26.01

Read our [blog post](https://blog.chocolatey.org/2026/05/announcing-ccm-0160-cli-272-cli-146-cle-810-agent-410-gui-310-releases) about this release.

As part of this release we had [2 issues](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/milestone/84?closed=1) closed.

###### Dependency Changes

- Upgrade log4net to 3.3.1.
  - See [#3887](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3887) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob), resolved in [!3886](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3886) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob).
- Update bundled 7zip executables to v26.01.
  - See [#3888](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3888) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob).

###### Contributors

1 contributors made this release possible.

<a href="https://github.com/corbob"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30301021?v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor corbob" height="32" width="32"/></a>

### 2.7.1

- Date: 2026-04-01
- Version: 2.7.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/releases/tag/2.7.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/chocolatey/releases/2.7.1

- **fixed** — Linux docker container does not find choco.exe

As part of this release we had [1 issue](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/milestone/83?closed=1) closed.

###### Bug Fix

- Linux docker container (v2.7.0-linux) does not find choco.exe.
  - See [#3867](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3867) by [Montellese](https://github.com/Montellese), resolved in [!3869](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3869) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13).

###### Contributors

2 contributors made this release possible.

<a href="https://github.com/Montellese"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/75864?v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor Montellese" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/gep13"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1271146?u=abe1c7adac9206392a54628dd0332850241ba90d&v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor gep13" height="32" width="32"/></a>

### 1.4.5

- Date: 2026-03-18
- Version: 1.4.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/releases/tag/1.4.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/chocolatey/releases/1.4.5

- **security** — Update to version 2.11.0.20260219 of NuGet.Core
- **changed** — Update bundled 7zip executables to v26.00

As part of this release we had [4 issues](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/milestone/77?closed=1) closed.

###### Dependency Changes

- [Security] Update to version 2.11.0.20260219 of NuGet.Core.
  - See [__#3852__](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3852) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob) resolved in [__!3847__](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3847) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob).
- Update bundled 7zip executables to v26.00.
  - See [__#3857__](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3857) by [AdmiringWorm](https://github.com/AdmiringWorm) resolved in [__!3859__](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3859) by [AdmiringWorm](https://github.com/AdmiringWorm).

###### Contributors

2 contributors made this release possible.

<a href="https://github.com/corbob"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30301021?v=4" alt="corbob" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/AdmiringWorm"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1474648?v=4" alt="AdmiringWorm" height="32" width="32"/></a>

### 2.7.0

- Date: 2026-03-17
- Version: 2.7.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/releases/tag/2.7.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/chocolatey/releases/2.7.0

- **changed** — Update bundled 7zip executables to v26.00
- **added** — Capture the source that was being used when searching for packages
- **fixed** — Handle passwords with non ASCII characters when interacting with authenticating sources

As part of this release we had [11 issues](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/milestone/82?closed=1) closed.

###### Dependency Change

- Update bundled 7zip executables to v26.00.
  - See [#3857](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3857) by [AdmiringWorm](https://github.com/AdmiringWorm), resolved in [!3858](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3858) by [AdmiringWorm](https://github.com/AdmiringWorm).

###### Enhancements

- Capture the source that was being used when searching for packages.
  - See [#3849](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3849) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13), resolved in [!3850](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3850) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13).

###### Bug Fix

- Chocolatey does not handle passwords with non ASCII characters when interacting with authenticating sources
  - See [#3600](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3600) by [pfremy](https://github.com/pfremy), resolved in [!3762](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3762) by [AdmiringWorm](https://github.com/AdmiringWorm).

###### Contributors

2 contributors made this release possible.

<a href="https://github.com/gep13"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1271146?v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor gep13" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/AdmiringWorm"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1474648?v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor AdmiringWorm" height="32" width="32"/></a>

### 2.6.0

- Date: 2025-12-01
- Version: 2.6.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/releases/tag/2.6.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/chocolatey/releases/2.6.0

- **fixed** — Paths for TMP and TEMP are no longer overridden when running refreshenv as SYSTEM
- **fixed** — Installing a new license no longer enables the chocolatey.licensed source if it was originally disabled
- **added** — Include software install path in choco info output
- **added** — Record and display the source location used to install package
- **changed** — Update tab completion script with new options added in Chocolatey Licensed Extension

As part of this release we had [117 commits](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/compare/2.5.1...2.6.0) which resulted in [11 issues](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/milestone/81?closed=1) being closed.

Read our [blog post](https://blog.chocolatey.org/2025/12/announcing-cle-260-cle-700-agent-300-guile-201-releases/) about this release.

###### Bug Fixes

- Paths for `TMP` & `TEMP` are overridden when running "refreshenv" as "SYSTEM".
  - See [#3681](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3681) by [michiexe](https://github.com/michiexe), resolved in [!3787](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3787) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob).
- Installing a new license enables `chocolatey.licensed` source even if it was originally disabled.
  - See [#3802](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3802) by [sync-by-unito[bot]](https://github.com/apps/sync-by-unito), resolved in [!3803](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3803) by [vexx32](https://github.com/vexx32).

###### Enhancements

- Include software install path in `choco info` output.
  - See [#1901](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/1901) by [Foadsf](https://github.com/Foadsf), resolved in [!3317](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3317) by [TheCakeIsNaOH](https://github.com/TheCakeIsNaOH), [!3801](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3801) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob).
- Record and display the source location used to install package.
  - See [#3804](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3804) by [DarwinJS](https://github.com/DarwinJS), resolved in [!3801](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3801) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob), [!3806](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3806) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob).
- Update tab completion script with new options added in Chocolatey Licensed Extension.
  - See [#3817](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3817) by [AdmiringWorm](https://github.com/AdmiringWorm), resolved in [!3818](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3818) by [AdmiringWorm](https://github.com/AdmiringWorm).

###### Contributors

8 contributors made this release possible.

<a href="https://github.com/michiexe"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/42840496?v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor michiexe" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/apps/sync-by-unito"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/64202?v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor sync-by-unito[bot]" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/Foadsf"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12762442?v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor Foadsf" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/DarwinJS"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11597190?v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor DarwinJS" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/AdmiringWorm"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1474648?v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor AdmiringWorm" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/corbob"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30301021?u=bd8009614da7d169028f0174b0da798f8d237c51&v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor corbob" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/vexx32"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32407840?u=d8213fbf5ef964c29ef7cfda6497c9dddb38cca9&v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor vexx32" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/TheCakeIsNaOH"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/38865330?u=4d84451434721990f6a45023e22debf1c4d79182&v=4" alt="Profile image for contributor TheCakeIsNaOH" height="32" width="32"/></a>

### 2.5.1

- Date: 2025-09-03
- Version: 2.5.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/releases/tag/2.5.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/chocolatey/releases/2.5.1

As part of this release we had [2 issues](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/milestone/79?closed=1) closed.

###### Bug Fix

- Unable to install additional packages in the Docker image due to addition of backports repository - see [__#3756__](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3756) by [LordAro](https://github.com/LordAro).

###### Dependency Change

- Update bundled 7zip executables to v25.01 - see [__#3767__](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3767) by [nagten](https://github.com/nagten) resolved in [__!3778__](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3778) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13).

###### Contributors

3 contributors made this release possible.

<a href="https://github.com/LordAro"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4007992?v=4" alt="LordAro" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/nagten"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/68544113?v=4" alt="nagten" height="32" width="32"/></a> <a href="https://github.com/gep13"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1271146?u=abe1c7adac9206392a54628dd0332850241ba90d&v=4" alt="gep13" height="32" width="32"/></a>

### 1.4.4

- Date: 2025-09-03
- Version: 1.4.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/releases/tag/1.4.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/chocolatey/releases/1.4.4

As part of this release we had [1 issue](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/milestone/80?closed=1) closed.

###### Dependency Change

- Update bundled 7zip executables to v25.01 - see [__#3779__](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3779) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13) resolved in [__!3780__](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3780) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13).

###### Contributors

1 contributors made this release possible.

<a href="https://github.com/gep13"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1271146?v=4" alt="gep13" height="32" width="32"/></a>

### 2.5.0

- Date: 2025-07-09
- Version: 2.5.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/releases/tag/2.5.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/chocolatey/releases/2.5.0

Read our [blog post](https://blog.chocolatey.org/2025/07/chocolatey-cli-250-highlights/) about this release.

As part of this release we had [41 issues](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/milestone/74?closed=1) closed.

> [!NOTE]
> 
> The new `--include-headers` option as well as some of the expanded tab completions will not fully function with Chocolatey Licensed Extension. See our [tracking issue](https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey-licensed-issues/issues/431) for more information.

###### Features

- Add `choco license` command.
  - See [#2829](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/2829) by [mkevenaar](https://github.com/mkevenaar), resolved in [!2847](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/2847) by [JPRuskin](https://github.com/JPRuskin).
- Add `choco support` command.
  - See [#3668](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3668) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13), resolved in [!3676](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3676) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13).

###### Bug Fixes

- Execution of the `refreshenv` command incorrectly removes `%` (percent) characters from environment variable values.
  - See [#1664](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/1664) by [johnyesberg](https://github.com/johnyesberg), resolved in [!1678](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/1678) by [MPagel](https://github.com/MPagel), [!3688](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3688) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13).
- `choco upgrade` command fails with error message `The string is missing the terminator: '.` when `useRememberedArgumentsForUpgrades` feature is enabled.
  - See [#2410](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/2410) by [BlythMeister](https://github.com/BlythMeister), resolved in [!2804](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/2804) by [BlythMeister](https://github.com/BlythMeister), [!3705](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3705) by [AdmiringWorm](https://github.com/AdmiringWorm).
- Chocolatey CLI outputs errors/warnings when validating a license file with `--limit-output` option enabled.
  - See [#2851](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/2851) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob), resolved in [!2857](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/2857) by [corbob](https://github.com/corbob).
- Execution of the `refreshenv` command fails when an environment variables contains a `|` (pipe) character.
  - See [#3294](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3294) by [notexactlyawe](https://github.com/notexactlyawe), resolved in [!3688](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3688) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13).
- Incorrect environment variable name being used in documentation and in the template generated by the `choco new` command.
  - See [#3685](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3685) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13).
- Unable to list template information via the `choco template` command when template name includes capital letters.
  - See [#3694](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/3694) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13), resolved in [!3732](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3732) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13), [!3736](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3736) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13).

###### Improvements

- Throw error (with suggestion on how to fix) when usage of `-v` option in conjunction with a version number is detected.
  - See [#123](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/123) by [ferventcoder](https://github.com/ferventcoder), resolved in [!3730](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3730) by [AdmiringWorm](https://github.com/AdmiringWorm).
- Expand the `ChocolateyTabExpansion.ps1` file with completions for multiple Chocolatey CLI commands.
  - See [#669](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/669) by [ferventcoder](https://github.com/ferventcoder), resolved in [!3725](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/pull/3725) by [gep13](https://github.com/gep13), [!3728](ht

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