Changes and Releases

Updates on Giant Swarm workload cluster releases, apps, UI improvements and documentation changes.

• Sep 3, 2026 Developer Portal backstage v0.218.1

  Fixed

  • (deps) Update dependency @giantswarm/k8s-types to v0.7.1 in #2210 by @renovate[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/backstage/compare/v0.218.0...v0.218.1

• Sep 3, 2026 AI Agents muster v5.7.15

  Fixed

  • (nancy) Remediate nancy findings in #1134 by @heraldbot[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/muster/compare/v5.7.14...v5.7.15

• Sep 3, 2026 Developer Portal backstage v0.218.0

  Added

  • (agent-platform) GPU capacity lists accelerator nodes only and marks the ones the serving layer will not place a model on in #2236 by @teemow

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/backstage/compare/v0.217.0...v0.218.0

• Sep 3, 2026 Observability kube-prometheus-stack-app v23.0.0

  Changed

  • Chart: Upgrade kube-prometheus-stack to v88.6.3, including:
    • prometheus-operator to v0.93.1
    • kube-state-metrics to v8.4.1
    • prometheus-node-exporter to v4.56.3
    • grafana to v12.11.2
• Sep 3, 2026 Observability prometheus-operator-app v23.0.0

  Changed

  • Chart: Upgrade kube-prometheus-stack to v88.6.3, including:
    • prometheus-operator to v0.93.1
    • kube-state-metrics to v8.4.1
    • prometheus-node-exporter to v4.56.3
    • grafana to v12.11.2
• Sep 3, 2026 Developer Portal backstage v0.217.0

  Added

  • (agent-platform) The Serve dialog starts from the model — cached weights select their preset, a directory without one needs an explicit, acknowledged preset and keeps its own source (#2229) in #2234 by @teemow

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/backstage/compare/v0.216.2...v0.217.0

• Sep 3, 2026 Fleet Management zot v2.9.1

  Changed

  • Update to Zot v2.1.20.
  • Added more trimming to the calculated value for the helm.sh/chart label.
• Sep 3, 2026 Observability loki-app v0.48.0

  Fixed

  • Keep the provider-kubernetes identity RBAC on uninstall, so the crossplane Objects can drop their finalizers instead of hanging.

  Added

  • Add gatewayRoute.requestMirror, an optional RequestMirror filter on gatewayRoute.additionalRules, plus the ReferenceGrant a cross-namespace backendRef needs. Disabled by default.
• Sep 3, 2026 Developer Portal backstage v0.216.2

  Changed

  • (deps) Update ai-sdk packages in #2235 by @renovate[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/backstage/compare/v0.216.1...v0.216.2

• Sep 3, 2026 Developer Portal backstage v0.216.1

  Changed

  • (deps) Update dependency @changesets/cli to v3 in #2211 by @renovate[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/backstage/compare/v0.216.0...v0.216.1

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