🧹 update the provider when its outdated

go.mod

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ toolchain go1.22.0
 replace github.com/zclconf/go-cty => github.com/nywilken/go-cty v1.13.3 // added by packer-sdc fix as noted in github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/issues/187
 
 require (
-	go.mondoo.com/cnquery/v10 v10.9.1
+	go.mondoo.com/cnquery/v10 v10.9.2-0.20240326161610-cd544f00a38c
 	go.mondoo.com/cnspec/v10 v10.9.1
 )
 

go.sum

@@ -1203,6 +1203,8 @@ go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3 v3.5.1/go.mod h1:IJHfcCEKxYu1Os13ZdwCwIUTUVGYTSAM3
 go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2 v2.305.1/go.mod h1:pMEacxZW7o8pg4CrFE7pquyCJJzZvkvdD2RibOCCCGs=
 go.mondoo.com/cnquery/v10 v10.9.1 h1:E0CHShKmq2ijX0AFSaFzrHqusm/6XmYc3EtwVp9Gi48=
 go.mondoo.com/cnquery/v10 v10.9.1/go.mod h1:aAcCZ6modg4DYeDTdeaeGtiQGbEjYExfjm6frUD3efY=
+go.mondoo.com/cnquery/v10 v10.9.2-0.20240326161610-cd544f00a38c h1:N5h8KrI9vmx/F5BMyQyRzM2lEM8VL2uxce5coj3CpsA=
+go.mondoo.com/cnquery/v10 v10.9.2-0.20240326161610-cd544f00a38c/go.mod h1:aAcCZ6modg4DYeDTdeaeGtiQGbEjYExfjm6frUD3efY=
 go.mondoo.com/cnspec/v10 v10.9.1 h1:0HNj9fOTwnpRzGAWa/HyfE+FA0CUVEMhaD3OT6sRywA=
 go.mondoo.com/cnspec/v10 v10.9.1/go.mod h1:co2pznLRIVElPeHd/XdoNSkpE0OsBWwaR25jzrnaSXo=
 go.mondoo.com/mondoo-go v0.0.0-20240312054001-2ab23a39b500 h1:HjtfupqfqKnDaK+XUXZC/3JyIwK09C3TFNggwReuDlY=

provisioner/provisioner.go

@@ -553,6 +553,18 @@ func (p *Provisioner) executeCnspec(ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator) erro
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+
+	updated, err := providers.TryProviderUpdate(provider, providers.UpdateProvidersConfig{
+		Enabled:         true,
+		RefreshInterval: 60 * 60,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		ui.Error("failed to update provider, fallback to existing one: " + err.Error())
+	} else {
+		ui.Message("successfully updated OS provider")
+		provider = updated
+	}
+
 	ui.Message("use OS provider version " + provider.Version + " (" + provider.Path + ")")
 
 	var res *scan.ScanResult