Merge pull request #9666 from chef/eol_release_warning

Add a warning to the end of the chef run for EOL releses

2 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/client.rb b/lib/chef/client.rb
index eceed0aa7e..769d1a4989 100644
--- a/lib/chef/client.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/client.rb
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ class Chef
         # keep this inside the main loop to get exception backtraces
         end_profiling
 
+        warn_if_eol
+
         # rebooting has to be the last thing we do, no exceptions.
         Chef::Platform::Rebooter.reboot_if_needed!(node)
       rescue Exception => run_error
@@ -324,6 +326,19 @@ class Chef
     #
 
     # @api private
+    def warn_if_eol
+      require_relative "version"
+
+      # We make a release every year so take the version you're on + 2006 and you get
+      # the year it goes EOL
+      eol_year = 2006 + Gem::Version.new(Chef::VERSION).segments.first
+
+      if Time.now > Time.new(eol_year, 5, 01)
+        logger.warn("This release of #{Chef::Dist::PRODUCT} became end of life (EOL) on May 1st #{eol_year}. Please update to a supported release to receive new features, bug fixes, and security updates.")
+      end
+    end
+
+    # @api private
     def configure_formatters
       formatters_for_run.map do |formatter_name, output_path|
         if output_path.nil?
diff --git a/spec/unit/client_spec.rb b/spec/unit/client_spec.rb
index 37b7f30ad2..8553c52b79 100644
--- a/spec/unit/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/client_spec.rb
@@ -307,6 +307,22 @@ describe Chef::Client do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "eol release warning" do
+    it "warns when running an EOL release" do
+      stub_const("Chef::VERSION", 15)
+      allow(Time).to receive(:now).and_return(Time.new(2021, 5, 1, 5))
+      expect(logger).to receive(:warn).with(/This release of.*became end of life \(EOL\) on May 1st 2021/)
+      client.warn_if_eol
+    end
+
+    it "does not warn when running an non-EOL release" do
+      stub_const("Chef::VERSION", 15)
+      allow(Time).to receive(:now).and_return(Time.new(2021, 4, 31))
+      expect(logger).to_not receive(:warn).with(/became end of life/)
+      client.warn_if_eol
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "authentication protocol selection" do
     context "when FIPS is disabled" do
       before do