# Nomad v2.0.5

- Product: Nomad (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nomad)
- Vendor: HashiCorp
- Date: 2026-08-13
- Version: v2.0.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/releases/tag/v2.0.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nomad/releases/v2.0.5

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- **removed** — Remove the DriverNetwork.Hash method from the plugin/drivers package
- **changed** — Update Go to v1.26.5
- **changed** — Change Nomad native service check IDs to use SHA256
- **added** — Add -json-output and -t flags to nomad job plan for structured plan output
- **changed** — Add the issuing Nomad client's node ID to the metadata of Consul tokens created via workload identity
- **changed** — Derive Consul check IDs from SHA256 instead of SHA1
- **changed** — Remove the requirement that a variable validation error_message be a full English sentence
- **added** — Add plan_apply_pipeline configuration to allow the leader to have more outstanding Raft writes when evaluating plans
- **changed** — Change rendezvous hashes to use SHA256
- **added** — Add run_on_first_render option to change_script to execute scripts on the initial template render via the task Poststart lifecycle hook
- **fixed** — Fix a bug where the startup banner would display the wrong node ID for servers after restart
- **fixed** — Fix a bug where the client allocation endpoints returned a 500 error instead of a 404 when the allocation's node could not be found
- **fixed** — Fix a bug where nodes could not sync allocations placed on them after being moved to a different node pool
- **fixed** — Fix a bug where nomad operator root keyring remove would not accept an abbreviated key ID
- **fixed** — Fix issue where deleted allocations may remain running
- **fixed** — Fix a bug where a client could panic after an alloc is GC'd
- **fixed** — Fix a bug where the client would not remount the secret and private tmpfs after a restart
- **fixed** — Fix a bug where the previous allocation watcher would retry forever when the server returned a permanent error during data migration
- **fixed** — Fix a bug where evals blocked on missing CSI volumes would not unblock
- **fixed** — Fix garbage collection to respect threshold for deployments

BREAKING CHANGES:

* plugin: The `DriverNetwork.Hash` method has been removed from the `plugin/drivers` package. [[GH-28342](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28342)]

IMPROVEMENTS:

* build: Update Go to v1.26.5 [[GH-28260](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28260)]
* checks: Nomad native service check IDs are now SHA256 [[GH-28361](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28361)]
* cli: add `-json-output` and `-t` flags to `nomad job plan` for structured plan output [[GH-27369](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/27369)]
* consul: Added the issuing Nomad client's node ID to the metadata of Consul tokens created via workload identity [[GH-28133](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28133)]
* consul: Check IDs are now derived from SHA256 instead of SHA1 [[GH-28362](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28362)]
* jobspec: Removed the requirement that a variable validation `error_message` be a full English sentence, allowing messages written in any language [[GH-28246](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28246)]
* planner: Added plan_apply_pipeline configuration that allows the leader to have more outstanding Raft writes when evaluating plans [[GH-28249](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28249)]
* services: rendezvous hashes are now SHA256 [[GH-28363](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28363)]
* template: Add `run_on_first_render` option to `change_script` to execute scripts on the initial template render via the task Poststart lifecycle hook. [[GH-27819](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/27819)]

BUG FIXES:

* agent: Fixed a bug where the startup banner would display the wrong node ID for servers after restart [[GH-28276](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28276)]
* api: Fixed a bug where the client allocation endpoints returned a 500 error instead of a 404 when the allocation's node could not be found [[GH-28261](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28261)]
* auth: Fixed a bug where nodes could not sync allocations placed on them after being moved to a different node pool [[GH-28110](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28110)]
* cli: Fixed a bug where `nomad operator root keyring remove` would not accept an abbreviated key ID [[GH-24148](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/24148)]
* client: Fix issue where deleted allocations may remain running [[GH-28394](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28394)]
* client: Fixed a bug where a client could panic after an alloc is GC'd [[GH-28187](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28187)]
* client: Fixed a bug where the client would not remount the secret and private tmpfs after a restart [[GH-28345](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28345)]
* client: Fixed a bug where the previous allocation watcher would retry forever when the server returned a permanent error during data migration [[GH-28191](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28191)]
* csi: Fixed a bug where evals blocked on missing CSI volumes would not unblock [[GH-28275](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28275)]
* deployments: Fix garbage collection to respect threshold [[GH-28225](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28225)]
* docker: Fixed a bug where tasks could execute outside of their assigned cpuset range [[GH-28272](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28272)]
* drivers/java: Fixed a bug where the Java driver did not correctly decode the `work_dir` option [[GH-28330](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/28330)]
* jobspec: Fixed a bug where a negative `cores` value in a task's resource block was accepted during job validation and registration [[GH-10511](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/10511)]
* quota (Enterprise): Fixed a bug where disabling the use of cores in a quota would block the ability to use either cores or CPU in a job
* scheduler: Ensure deployment IDs are not written to an evaluation when the generated deployment is not persisted to state due to plan apply retries [[GH-28307

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