Terraform 1.17 graduates policy-as-code out of experimental

On October 21, 2026, HashiCorp shipped Terraform 1.17.0, which makes Terraform Policy generally available in the CLI with no experimental build or dedicated flag, and adds the -minimal-refresh planning option plus variables in provider requirements. For IaC teams, it is the moment to decide: adopt native policy in the plan, or stick with OPA/Conftest and Sentinel.