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Hipcheck 3.12.0 Release

Hipcheck 3.12.0 is out! Featuring support for SemVer constraints for plugins, a new --arch flag for hc ready, support for managing the plugin cache with hc cache plugin, and more. With 3.12.0, Hipcheck now requires glibc 2.35 or newer on x86 Linux hosts.

Written by Andrew Lilley Brinker

Posted on March 14, 2025

Hipcheck 3.11.0 Release

The Hipcheck 3.11.0 release features a variety of quality-of-life improvements for users, especially around reporting and diagnosing configuration errors. This includes an overhauled hc ready command, better configuration error types and printed error messages, updates to english-language analysis explanations, a more informative JSON output format, and more. This release also features multiple internal refactors and CI updates described in a separate subsection for those interested.

Written by Julian Lanson

Posted on February 21, 2025

Hipcheck's Ramp of Maximum Configurability

Hipcheck offers different levels of configurability, to provide you with an easy and useful Day 0 experience while also empowering full control over what analyses run and how they're scored.

Written by Andrew Lilley Brinker

Posted on February 11, 2025

Hipcheck 3.10.0 Release

The Hipcheck team has released version 3.10.0. This release features two improvements to the "query protocol" that defines how plugins in Hipcheck communicate, a new env macro for policy files, and a start on human-readable explanations when a package doesn't pass policy.

Written by Andrew Lilley Brinker

Posted on January 31, 2025

Hipcheck 3.9.1 Release

Hipcheck 3.9.1 introduces some bugfixes related to the auto-installer and binary releases, as well as some improvements to target resolution.

Written by Julian Lanson

Posted on January 8, 2025

Hipcheck 3.9.0 Release

Introducing Hipcheck 3.9.0, with bugfixes for plugin downloading and a new Git commit and diff parser.

Written by Andrew Lilley Brinker

Posted on December 20, 2024

Hipcheck 3.8.0 Release

Introducing Hipcheck 3.8.0, with stable support for third-party plugins, a suite of initial plugins, and a lot of polish for the plugin user experience.

Written by Andrew Lilley Brinker

Posted on December 11, 2024