Open Policy Agent (OPA)
v1.13.0SecurityJan 29, 2026
OPA v1.13.0 adds a Decision Logger upload mode and a Rego built-in while broadening built-in input support. It also includes runtime and compiler fixes, performance work, and dependency updates; no security advisories or vulnerabilities are disclosed.
All 37 other recorded changesvalue changes 26 · fixes 5 · additions 3 · constraints 2 · removals 1
value changes (26)
- - cmd/fmt: Do not overwrite file on
fmtwithout changes ([#8222](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/issues/8222)) authored by @Loic-R - - ast: Improve type error message when referencing functions ([#6840](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/issues/6840)) authored by @sspaink
- - ast: Improved annotations parsing ([#8210](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8210)) authored by @anderseknert
- - ast: Reinstate zero-alloc paths in
Ref.([#8202](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8202)) authored by @anderseknertString() - - ast: Replace regex implementation in
IsVarCompatibleString([#8164](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8164)) authored by @anderseknert - - ast: Optimize
Set.andIntersect Set.([#8167](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8167)) authored by @thevilledevDiff - - ast: Optimize
Set.([#8172](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8172)) authored by @thevilledevUnion - - ast: Reduce allocations in
Expr.([#8204](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8204)) authored by @thevilledevMarshalJSON - - ast: Reduce allocations in
Rule.([#8205](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8205)) authored by @thevilledevMarshalJSON - - ast: Reduce allocations in
Term.([#8200](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8200)) authored by @thevilledevMarshalJSON - - ast: Reduce allocations in
With.([#8206](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8206)) authored by @thevilledevMarshalJSON - - perf:
String()implementations using appenders ([#8192](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8192)) authored by @anderseknert - - topdown: Avoid redundancy in builtinTrim ([#8237](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8237)) authored by @thevilledev
- - topdown: Eliminate closure allocations in Set and virtual doc enumeration ([#8242](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8242)) authored by @alex60217101990
- - topdown: Fast paths for
array.([#8177](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8177)) authored by @thevilledevreverse - - topdown: Optimize
json.andremove json.([#8193](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8193)) authored by @thevilledevfilter - - topdown: Optimize
objectbuilt-ins ([#8175](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8175)) authored by @thevilledev - - topdown: Optimize
unionbuilt-in ([#8173](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8173)) authored by @thevilledev - - topdown: Pre-alloc in various built-ins ([#8198](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8198)) authored by @thevilledev
- - topdown: Reduce allocs in float sum/product ([#8235](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8235)) authored by @thevilledev
- - topdown: Skip set copy in
getObjectKeysParam([#8176](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8176)) authored by @thevilledev - - deps: Switch to maintained
go.yaml library ([#8182](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8182)) authored by @mruegyaml. in/yaml/v3 - - build: bump golang from 1.25.5 to 1.25.6 ([#8224](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8224)) authored by @srenatus
- - build(deps): bump go.opentelemetry.io deps from 1.38.0/0.63.0 to 1.39.0/0.64.0
- - build(deps): bump klauspost/compress from v1.18.1 to v1.18.2 ([#8184](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8184)) authored by @srenatus because of redaction warning
- - build(deps): bump github.com/go-ini/ini from v1.67.0 to gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.1 ([#8208](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/issues/8208)) authored by @gabrpt
fixes (5)
- - profiler:
nil*Profilershould not reportEnabled()([#8256](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8256)) authored by @anderseknert - - ast:
Body.doesn't panic on empty body ([#8244](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8244)) authored by @srenatusString() - - ast: Type Checker recognizes when a variable has multiple assignments but is an undefined function ([#7463](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/issues/7463)) authored by @sspaink reported by @anderseknert
- - topdown: Fix issue where
numbers.built-in could erroneously returnrange_step undefinedvalue ([#8194](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8194)) authored by @thevilledev - - topdown: Re-introduce cancellation-awareness for
regex.built-in ([#8179](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/pull/8179)) authored by @srenatus from having been reverted in v1.12.1replace
additions (3)
- - cmd/test: Enable sorting JSON test results by duration ([#7444](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/issues/7444)) authored by @sspaink
- - rego: Add Data function to simplify adding data from map ([#5961](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/issues/5961)) authored by @majiayu000 reported by @anderseknert
- - topdown: Add
array.built-in function ([#8226](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/issues/8226)) authored by @anderseknertflatten
constraints (2)
- An
immediatetrigger mode has been added to the Decision Logger; enabled by setting thedecision_logs.[configuration option](https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/configuration#decision-logs) toreporting. trigger immediate. - - topdown: Support arrays as input for
json.([#6615](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/issues/6615)) authored by @sspaink reported by @mscudlikmatch_schema
removals (1)
- - topdown: Remove hard-coded missing key error in
strings.built-in ([#7931](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/issues/7931)) authored by @colinjlacy reported by @anderseknertrender_template
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