Workload cluster release vsphere-31.1.0 for CAPV

Jul 31, 2025 CAPV releases releases vsphere-31.1.0

Changes compared to v31.0.0

Components

cluster-vsphere from v1.4.0 to v1.5.0
Kubernetes from v1.31.9 to v1.31.11

cluster-vsphere v1.4.0…v1.5.0

Changed

Chart: update cluster to v2.5.0.
Chart: Update kube-vip to v0.9.2.

Apps

capi-node-labeler from v1.1.1 to v1.1.2
cert-exporter from v2.9.7 to v2.9.8
cilium from v1.2.1 to v1.2.2
coredns from v1.25.0 to v1.26.0
etcd-defrag from v1.0.5 to v1.0.6
etcd-k8s-res-count-exporter from v1.10.5 to v1.10.6
k8s-audit-metrics from v0.10.4 to v0.10.5
k8s-dns-node-cache from v2.8.1 to v2.9.0
node-exporter from v1.20.3 to v1.20.4
security-bundle from v1.11.0 to v1.12.0
teleport-kube-agent from v0.10.5 to v0.10.6

capi-node-labeler v1.1.1…v1.1.2

Changed

Go: Update dependencies.

cert-exporter v2.9.7…v2.9.8

Changed

Go: Update dependencies.

cilium v1.2.1…v1.2.2

Changed

Upgrade Cilium to v1.17.6.
Updated E2E tests to use apptest-framework v1.14.0
Increase Cilium operator resource limits.

Removed

Remove deprecated “partial” mode from Kube Proxy Replacement options.

coredns v1.25.0…v1.26.0

Changed

Update coredns image to 1.12.2.

etcd-defrag v1.0.5…v1.0.6

Changed

Chart: Update dependency ahrtr/etcd-defrag to v0.29.0. (#43)

etcd-k8s-res-count-exporter v1.10.5…v1.10.6

Changed

Go: Update dependencies.

k8s-audit-metrics v0.10.4…v0.10.5

Changed

Go: Update dependencies.

k8s-dns-node-cache v2.8.1…v2.9.0

Changed

Upgrade application to version 1.26.4 (includes coredns 1.11.3)
Increase ServiceMonitor’s scrapping interval to 1m.
Remove obsolete PSPs

node-exporter v1.20.3…v1.20.4

Changed

Go: Update to v1.24.5.

security-bundle v1.11.0…v1.12.0

Changed

Update trivy-operator (app) to v0.11.1.
Update trivy (app) to v0.14.0.
Update falco (app) to v0.10.1.
Update cloudnative-pg (app) to v0.0.10.
Update starboard-exporter (app) to v0.8.2.
Updated E2E tests to use apptest-framework v1.14.0

teleport-kube-agent v0.10.5…v0.10.6

Changed

AppVersion upgrade to 17.5.4