Changes and Releases

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

• Dec 25, 2024 Managed Apps hello-world-app v2.6.1

  Added

  • Chart: Some chores. (#172)
    • Chart: Add Gateway API docs.

  Changed

  • Chart: Some chores. (#172)
    • Chart: Update README.md.
    • Chart: Reorder parentRefs.
    • Values: Uncomment gateway.annotations.
• Dec 25, 2024 Others hello-world-app v2.6.1

  Added

  • Chart: Some chores. (#172)
    • Chart: Add Gateway API docs.

  Changed

  • Chart: Some chores. (#172)
    • Chart: Update README.md.
    • Chart: Reorder parentRefs.
    • Values: Uncomment gateway.annotations.
• Dec 20, 2024 Managed Apps hello-world-app v2.6.0

  Added

  • Add support for Gateway API, a new HTTPRoute resource, as an optional deployment.
• Dec 20, 2024 Others hello-world-app v2.6.0

  Added

  • Add support for Gateway API, a new HTTPRoute resource, as an optional deployment.
• Dec 18, 2024 Developer Portal backstage v0.45.5

  This release removes undici proxy configuration for Backstage backend. See ./docs/releases/v0.45.5-changelog.md for more information.

• Dec 17, 2024 Developer Portal backstage v0.45.4

  This release allows to configure HTTP proxy for Backstage backend. See ./docs/releases/v0.45.4-changelog.md for more information.

• Dec 16, 2024 Developer Portal backstage v0.45.3

  In this release:

  • GS OIDC auth provider sign-in resolver was changed to correctly handle Azure AD identity provider;
  • user reference used in telemetry signals now contains unique hash for guest users. See ./docs/releases/v0.45.3-changelog.md for more information.
• Dec 12, 2024 Highlights

  Highlights for the week ending 2024-12-12

  Observability

  • Grafana App v2.18.0

    • Improved security by blocking default access to certain endpoints (/swagger, /metrics, and /api/health).
    • Upgraded Grafana for a better user experience and new features (now at version 8.6.0).

  • Prometheus Rules v4.30.0

    • New alert added to help identify issues with KubeadmConfig configurations.
    • Reduced unnecessary alerts during tests by ignoring certain HelmReleases.
    • Added new alerts to quickly detect and resolve karpenter issues.
    • Expanded alert timing for PromtailRequestsErrors to reduce false positives (now 25 minutes).

  • Observability Operator v0.10.0

    • Integrated Mimir, Alertmanager for enhanced alerting.
    • Enhanced multi-tenant support within Grafana organizations.
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Grafana from starting by ensuring config persistence.

  Fleet Management

  • Kube Downscaler App v0.4.0
    • Introduced a new Cilium network policy template for improved network management.

  Security

  • Kyverno Policies v0.21.1

    • Enhanced visibility with the addition of the application.giantswarm.io/team label.

  • Event Exporter App v2.0.0

    • Transitioned to a new, supported image source for better stability and support.
• Dec 12, 2024 CAPA releases releases aws-25.1.3

  This release introduces aws-node-termination-handler for graceful draining of nodes during an upgrade or other type of replacement of worker nodes.

  Details can be found in the node pools documentation.

  Changes compared to v25.1.2

  Components

  • cluster-aws from v1.1.3 to v1.1.5

  cluster-aws v1.1.3…v1.1.5

  Added

  • Make ASG lifecycle hook heartbeat timeout configurable
  • Add aws-node-termination-handler bundle

  Apps

  • aws-nth-bundle v1.2.0
  • cert-exporter from v2.9.0 to v2.9.3

  aws-nth-bundle v1.2.0

  Added

  • Send spot instance interruption and instance state change events to SQS queue so that aws-node-termination-handler can react to them

  cert-exporter v2.9.0…v2.9.3

  Added

  • Chart: Add VPA and resources configuration for deployment and daemonset. (#382)

  Changed

  • Chart: Enable global.podSecurityStandards.enforced. (#420)
  • Chart: Update PolicyExceptions to v2beta1. (#358)
• Dec 12, 2024 CAPA releases releases aws-25.4.0

  This release introduces aws-node-termination-handler for graceful draining of nodes during an upgrade or other type of replacement of worker nodes.

  Details can be found in the node pools documentation.

  Changes compared to v25.3.0

  Components

  • cluster-aws from v1.3.4 to v1.3.5

  cluster-aws v1.3.4…v1.3.5

  Added

  • Values: Add global.providerSpecific.controlPlaneAmi & global.providerSpecific.nodePoolAmi.
  • Add aws-node-termination-handler bundle
  • Make ASG lifecycle hook heartbeat timeout configurable

  Apps

  • aws-nth-bundle v1.2.0
  • cert-exporter from v2.9.0 to v2.9.3

  aws-nth-bundle v1.2.0

  Added

  • Send spot instance interruption and instance state change events to SQS queue so that aws-node-termination-handler can react to them

  cert-exporter v2.9.0…v2.9.3

  Added

  • Chart: Add VPA and resources configuration for deployment and daemonset. (#382)

  Changed

  • Chart: Enable global.podSecurityStandards.enforced. (#420)
  • Chart: Update PolicyExceptions to v2beta1. (#358)

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