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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Mesheryctl News (> v0.8.0) |
| 3 | +subheading: Updates to the Meshery CLI since the latest release |
| 4 | +date: 2025-10-27 |
| 5 | +author: Matthieu Evrin |
| 6 | +categories: |
| 7 | + - releases |
| 8 | + - mesheryctl |
| 9 | +redirect_from: /blog/mesheryctl-2025-10-latest-news |
| 10 | +published: true |
| 11 | +--- |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +Since the latest release, many contributors have improved Meshery's CLI experience, reliability, testing, and internal organization. We would like to thank them all. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +## New features |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +- **Model:** Two new subcommands were added. |
| 18 | + - Init: Generates a folder structure and guides the user through model creation. |
| 19 | + - Build: Creates an OCI-compliant package from the model files. |
| 20 | +- **Environment:** Moved from experimental to promoted. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +## Enhancements |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +- **Schema-driven development:** Added to enforce consistency across Meshery's components. |
| 25 | +- **UX & ergonomics:** |
| 26 | + - Clearer system messages. |
| 27 | + - Improved help text and better error messages across commands. |
| 28 | +- **List output & pagination:** |
| 29 | + - Refactored list table output. |
| 30 | + - Many list commands now use pagination and shared fetch/list helpers. |
| 31 | +- **Refactor & code quality:** |
| 32 | + - Moved registry utilities to meshkit. |
| 33 | + - Improved error output across commands. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +## Fixes |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +- Improved stability with fixes that prevent panics. |
| 38 | +- Improved error handling across CLI commands. |
| 39 | +- Increased test coverage and reliability. |
| 40 | +- Ensured component search queries are escaped. |
| 41 | +- Fixed status codes and return errors where appropriate to provide better feedback to end users. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +## Testing & CI |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +- Significant investment in BATS-based e2e coverage and helper tooling (BATS libs, reusable functions, local-run helpers). |
| 46 | +- CI stabilizations: fixed flaky workflows, upgraded the Go toolchain and linters, and streamlined mesheryctl CI steps. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +## Chores & documentation |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +- Repository renames from layer5/* to meshery/*. |
| 51 | +- Continued meshkit migration. |
| 52 | +- Improved documentation CLI documentation. |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +## Upgrade notes |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +- Updated references/hooks to meshery/meshsync and meshery/meshery-operator. |
| 57 | +- Tooling: Go 1.24. |
| 58 | +- Tablewriter v1.0.x output differences may affect scripts that parse CLI output. |
| 59 | + |
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