Connectivity - Giant Swarm Changes and Releases

coredns-app release v1.30.1

Thu, 07 May 2026 18:01:42 +0000

Changed

Update coredns image to 1.14.3.

kong-app release v5.2.3

Thu, 07 May 2026 13:58:25 +0000

Fixed

Fix VPA updateMode to allow off, which is considered a boolean in yaml.

external-dns-app release v3.5.0

Tue, 05 May 2026 16:56:23 +0000

Changed

Update VPA updatePolicy.updateMode from deprecated Auto to Recreate.
Upgrade external-dns to v0.21.0.
Sync to upstream helm chart 1.21.1.
- Add namespaceOverride value to support deploying external-dns into a different namespace than the Helm release (useful for subchart usage).
- Add enableGatewayListenerSets value to opt into Gateway API ListenerSet resource support.
- Add sourceNamespace value (used with namespaced=true) to watch resources in a namespace different from the deployment namespace.
- Avoid creating cluster-scoped namespace RBAC when gatewayNamespace is set, reducing required permissions.
- Fix extraArgs map handling: boolean values now render as --flag / --no-flag and string values are properly quoted.
Use external-dns.namespace in VPA and NetworkPolicy resources.

k8s-dns-node-cache-app release v2.11.0

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:59:56 +0000

Added

Add configmap.log.enabled helm value to toggle CoreDNS query logging (default: false).

k8s-dns-node-cache-app release v2.10.0

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:01:24 +0000

Added

Make AAAA NOERROR configurable for IPv6.

external-dns-crossplane-resources release v0.2.0

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:42:19 +0000

Added

Add awsPartition value to support non-standard AWS partitions (e.g. China).
Add oidcDomain and oidcDomains values to support multiple OIDC providers; the IAM trust policy now iterates over all provided domains.
Add managed-by: external-dns-crossplane-resources tag to the IAM role.

Changed

Add io.giantswarm.application.audience: giantswarm annotation.
Migrate chart metadata annotations to io.giantswarm.application.* format.
Move required validation for awsPartition and accountID into named template helpers.
Replace deprecated app.giantswarm.io/branch, application.kubernetes.io/managed-by, and giantswarm.io/service-type labels with app.kubernetes.io/* equivalents.
Update chart description, icon, and owning team (cabbage).

Removed

Remove name, serviceType, project.branch, and project.commit values that were leftover hackathon scaffolding.
Remove hardcoded baseDomain-based OIDC provider URL; replaced by oidcDomain/oidcDomains.

coredns-app release v1.30.0

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:52:57 +0000

Added

Add coredns-adopter job to adopt default CoreDNS resources on EKS clusters (disabled by default).

kong-app release v5.2.2

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:23:48 +0000

Changed

Make VPA resource more flexible: updateMode, controlledValues, and mode are now configurable per container group; maxAllowed is supported for both proxy and controller containers.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.3.1

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:03:09 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream.
- Controller: Update image to v1.15.1.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.9.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.2.5

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:19:05 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream.
- Controller: Update image to v1.14.5.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.9.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.1.9

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:11:26 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream.
- Controller: Update image to v1.13.9.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.9.

coredns-app release v1.29.2

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:22:56 +0000

Changed

Update coredns image to 1.14.2.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.3.0

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:18:34 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream.
- Controller: Update image to v1.15.0.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.2.4

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:14:43 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream.
- Controller: Update image to v1.14.4.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.8.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.1.8

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:06:36 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream.
- Controller: Update image to v1.13.8.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.8.

kong-app release v5.2.1

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:09:28 +0000

Changed

Remove restriction when deploying VPA and HPA together.

gateway-api-app release v1.7.0

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:04:31 +0000

Changed

Upgrade Gateway API Inference Extension CRDs to v1.3.0
Restore Gateway API CRDs from v1.4.1 release.

k8s-dns-node-cache-app release v2.9.2

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:56:57 +0000

Changed

Upgrade application to version 1.26.7 (includes coredns 1.13.1)

ingress-nginx-app release v4.2.3

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:40:55 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#938)
- Controller: Update image to v1.14.3.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.7.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.1.7

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:25:56 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#937)
- Controller: Update image to v1.13.7.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.7.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.2.2

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:19:47 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#929)
- Controller: Update image to v1.14.2.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.6.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.1.6

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:10:43 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#930)
- Controller: Update image to v1.13.6.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.6.

coredns-app release v1.29.1

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:34:59 +0000

Changed

Update coredns image to 1.14.1.

coredns-app release v1.29.0

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:10:13 +0000

Changed

Update coredns image to 1.14.0.

gateway-api-app release v1.6.1

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:57:39 +0000

Changed

Upgrade Gateway API CRDs to v1.4.1

external-dns-app release v3.4.0

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:29:34 +0000

Changed

Sync to upstream helm chart 1.20.0.
- Add option to set annotationPrefix.
- Fixed the missing schema for .provider.webhook.serviceMonitor configs.
- Fixed incorrect indentation of selector labels under spec.template.spec.topologySpreadConstraints when topologySpreadConstraints is set.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.2.1

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:17:08 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#916)
- Controller: Update image to v1.14.1.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.5.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.1.5

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:19:48 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#917)
- Controller: Update image to v1.13.5.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.5.

coredns-app release v1.28.3

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:25:48 +0000

Changed

Update coredns image to 1.13.2.

external-dns-app release v3.3.0

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:24:28 +0000

Important changes

TXT registry record formatting has changed in this version. After upgrading, external-dns creates new TXT records, but existing (old) records will not be deleted automatically; manual cleanup by the operator is required.
The value .Values.provider has been deprecated in favour of .Values.provider.name.

Changed

Use kubectl-apply-job when installing CRDs.
Upgrade external-dns to v0.20.0.
Update DNSEndpoints CRD.
Sync to upstream helm chart 1.19.0.
- Grant discovery.k8s.io/endpointslices permission only when using service source.
- Update RBAC for Service source to support EndpointSlices.
- Allow extraArgs to also be a map enabling overrides of individual values.
- Set defaults for automountServiceAccountToken and serviceAccount.automountServiceAccountToken to true in Helm chart values.
- Correctly handle txtPrefix and txtSuffix arguments when both are provided.
- Add ability to generate schema with helm plugin schema.
- Regenerate JSON schema with `helm-values-schema-json’ plugin.
- Added ability to configure imagePullSecrets via helm global value.
- Added options to configure labelFilter and managedRecordTypes via dedicated helm values.
- Allow templating serviceaccount.annotations keys and values, by rendering them using the tpl built-in function.
- Added support for extraContainers argument.
- Added support for setting excludeDomains argument.
- Added support for setting dnsConfig.
- Added support for webhook providers.
Restrict managed record types to A and CNAME.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.2.0

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 09:43:00 +0000

Added

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#903)
- Chart: Add volumes for webhook patch job.
- Chart: Add resize policy.
- Chart: Add controller.metrics.serviceMonitor.scrapeTimeout.

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#903)
- Controller: Update image to v1.14.0.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.4.
- Chart: Make extra init containers templatable.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.1.4

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:08:53 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#901)
- Controller: Update image to v1.13.4.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.4.
- Chart: Make service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-cross-zone-load-balancing-enabled overridable.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.0.7

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:53:19 +0000

Added

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#899)
- Chart: Add controller.service.trafficDistribution.

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#899)
- Controller: Update image to v1.12.8.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.4.
- Chart: Make service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-cross-zone-load-balancing-enabled overridable.

gateway-api-app release v1.6.0

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:22:55 +0000

Changed

Upgrade Gateway API Inference Extension CRDs to v1.1.0

gateway-api-app release v1.5.1

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:39:19 +0000

Changed

Upgrade Gateway API Inference Extension CRDs to v1.0.2

gateway-api-app release v1.5.0

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:11:11 +0000

Changed

Upgrade Gateway API CRDs to v1.4.0 We strongly suggest reading the upstream release notes.
Update install.backendtlspolicies value to standard
Add install.xmeshes value

gateway-api-app release v1.4.0

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:41:33 +0000

Changed

Upgrade Gateway API CRDs to v1.3.0 We strongly suggest reading the upstream release notes.
Remove install.backendlbpolicies value
Add install.xbackendtrafficpolicies and install.xlistenersets values

gateway-api-app release v1.3.0

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:05:33 +0000

Changed

Update appVersion to reflect versions of included Gateway API and Gateway API Inference Extension CRDs

Added

Add Gateway API Inference Extension v1.0.1 CRDs

coredns-app release v1.28.2

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:03:45 +0000

Changed

Update coredns image to 1.13.1.

coredns-app release v1.28.1

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:16:23 +0000

Changed

Add value to toggle creation of controlplane deployment.

coredns-app release v1.28.0

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:12:17 +0000

Changed

Update coredns image to 1.13.0.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.1.3

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:31:36 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#881)
- Controller: Update image to v1.13.3.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.3.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.0.6

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 07:26:00 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#878)
- Controller: Update image to v1.12.7.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.3.

k8s-dns-node-cache-app release v2.9.1

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:45:25 +0000

Changed

Update PolicyException apiVersion to v2.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.1.2

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:10:13 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#864)
- Controller: Update image to v1.13.2.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.2.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.0.5

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:36:02 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#867)
- Controller: Update image to v1.12.6.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.2.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.1.1

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 13:02:15 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#849)
- Controller: Update image to v1.13.1.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.1.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.0.4

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:06:30 +0000

Changed

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#848)
- Controller: Update image to v1.12.5.
- Kube Webhook CertGen: Update image to v1.6.1.

coredns-app release v1.27.0

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:45:27 +0000

Changed

Updated E2E tests to use apptest-framework v1.14.0
Update coredns image to 1.12.3.

ingress-nginx-app release v4.1.0

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:36:59 +0000

Added

Chart: Sync to upstream. (#833)
- Chart: Implement ServiceMonitor limits.
- Chart: Add service cluster IPs.
- Chart: Set automountServiceAccountToken in workloads.
- Chart: Add controller.service.trafficDistribution.
- Chart: Add controller.service.external.labels & controller.service.internal.labels.
- Chart: Add controller.admissionWebhooks.certManager.*.revisionHistoryLimit.
- Chart: Implement runtimeClassName.
- Chart: Add activeDeadlineSeconds.

Changed

Updated E2E tests to use apptest-framework v1.14.0
Chart: Sync to upstream. (#833)
- Controller: Update image to v1.13.0.