Run Puppet Bolt on RHEL 10/Windows 11 and a new plan_context function in Bolt 5.0.1

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Perforce release banner for Puppet Bolt. Title reads "Bolt 5.0.1". Subtitle reads "Determine if a plan is running, run on Windows 11 or RHEL 10, and more now available in the latest Bolt release!"
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First published on 2026-01-15 at: https://dev.to/puppet/run-bolt-on-rhel-10windows-11-and-a-new-plancontext-function-in-bolt-501-15lo

You can now install Bolt 5.0.1 which brings a new plan_context function to get information about whether a plan is running in Bolt or Puppet Enterprise. Windows 11 and RHEL 10 support were also added!

⚠️ Note: RHEL 10 package is available for Puppet Enterprise (PE) customers.

You can see details on the changes in the official release notes for Bolt 5.0.1.

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