# Open Policy Agent (OPA) v1.20.0

> Security · 2026-08-27

This release adds opt-in Rego language capabilities and coverage tooling while tightening remote schema fetching. It also includes correctness and performance improvements without broad mandatory migration work.

## Action needed
- **[breaking]** `allow_net` restriction on remote JSON Schema `$ref` fetching
  - In OPA v1.20.0, `allow_net` restricts remote JSON Schema `$ref` fetching from `json.match_schema` and `json.verify_schema`.

## Other recorded changes
- 50 (value_changed 24, defect_corrected 18, added 8)

[Full analysis](https://ratatosk.io/en/releases/opa/v1.20.0)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/releases/tag/v1.20.0)