Changes and Releases

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

• Oct 29, 2026 Developer Portal backstage v3.27.7

  Development and CI/CD

  • (deps) Update node.js to v24.22.2 by @renovate[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/backstage/compare/v3.27.6...v3.27.7

• Oct 28, 2026 Fleet Management kubectl-gs v5.11.22

  Fixed

  • (deps) Update k8s modules to v0.37.2 in #2253 by @renovate[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/kubectl-gs/compare/v5.11.21...v5.11.22

• Oct 28, 2026 AI Agents klausctl v0.5.36

  Fixed

  • (deps) Update module github.com/giantswarm/selfupdate-cosign to v0.3.17 in #432 by @renovate[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/klausctl/compare/v0.5.35...v0.5.36

• Oct 28, 2026 AI Agents agent-platform v4.173.10

  Changed

  • (deps) Update gsoci.azurecr.io/giantswarm/agent-manager docker tag to v2.17.16 in #1246 by @renovate[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/agent-platform/compare/v4.173.9...v4.173.10

• Oct 28, 2026 Security dex-app v3.4.20

  Fixed

  • Revert “chore(deps): update gsoci.azurecr.io/giantswarm/dex docker tag to v2.46.1” in #546 by @stone-z

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/dex-app/compare/v3.4.19...v3.4.20

• Oct 28, 2026 CAPA releases releases aws-35.4.0

  Changes compared to v35.3.0

  Components

  • cluster-aws from v10.5.0 to v10.6.0

  cluster-aws v10.5.0…v10.6.0

  Added

  • Add global.nodePools.<pool>.replicas for Karpenter node pools to keep a fixed number of nodes (static node pool). This is a tech preview of the alpha Karpenter StaticCapacity feature and requires a release with Karpenter v1.14.1 and the matching aws-resolver-rules-operator.
  • Add global.nodePools.<pool>.limits.nodes to cap the number of nodes of a Karpenter node pool.
  • Add the Balanced consolidation policy for Karpenter node pools.

  Fixed

  • Default limits.cpu and limits.memory of Karpenter node pools separately, so setting only one of them no longer renders the other one empty.

  Apps

  • karpenter from v2.5.0 to v2.6.0

  karpenter v2.5.0…v2.6.0

  Added

  • Add ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus permission to the Karpenter IAM role, which Karpenter requires since v1.12 for its interruption health checks.

  Changed

  • Update upstream Karpenter and its CRDs to v1.14.1. This might roll nodes because Karpenter v1.12 bumps the EC2NodeClass hash version from v4 to v5, which can mark existing nodes as drifted.
  • Enable the StaticCapacity feature gate (NodePool.spec.replicas) in the karpenter chart defaults, as already done in karpenter-bundle. The feature is still alpha upstream, and we offer it as tech preview.
• Oct 28, 2026 Security kyverno-policies v0.28.13

  Changed

  • (deps) Update dependency architect to v10.16.5 in #489 by @renovate[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/kyverno-policies/compare/v0.28.12...v0.28.13

• Oct 28, 2026 Developer Portal backstage v3.27.6

  Development and CI/CD

  • (deps) Update dependency @backstage-community/plugin-github-actions to v1.5.1 by @renovate[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/backstage/compare/v3.27.5...v3.27.6

• Oct 28, 2026 AI Agents klausctl v0.5.35

  Fixed

  • (deps) Update module github.com/giantswarm/selfupdate-cosign to v0.3.16 in #431 by @renovate[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/klausctl/compare/v0.5.34...v0.5.35

• Oct 28, 2026 Fleet Management kubectl-gs v5.11.21

  Fixed

  • (deps) Update module github.com/giantswarm/pagekit to v0.3.2 in #2251 by @renovate[bot]

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/kubectl-gs/compare/v5.11.20...v5.11.21

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