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Changes and Releases

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

  • CAPA releases releases aws-26.4.2

    Changes compared to v26.4.1

    Components

    • cluster-aws from v1.3.8 to v1.3.9

    cluster-aws v1.3.8…v1.3.9

    Added

    • Add ingress rule in nodes Security Group to allow access to the Cilium Relay when using ENI mode.
  • CAPA releases releases aws-27.5.2

    Changes compared to v27.5.1

    Components

    • cluster-aws from v1.3.8 to v1.3.9

    cluster-aws v1.3.8…v1.3.9

    Added

    • Add ingress rule in nodes Security Group to allow access to the Cilium Relay when using ENI mode.
  • CAPA releases releases aws-28.5.3

    Changes compared to v28.5.2

    Components

    • cluster-aws from v1.3.8 to v1.3.9

    cluster-aws v1.3.8…v1.3.9

    Added

    • Add ingress rule in nodes Security Group to allow access to the Cilium Relay when using ENI mode.
  • CAPA releases releases aws-29.6.2

    Changes compared to v29.6.1

    Components

    • cluster-aws from v2.6.1 to v2.6.2

    cluster-aws v2.6.1…v2.6.2

    Added

    • Add ingress rule in nodes Security Group to allow access to the Cilium Relay when using ENI mode.
  • Highlights

    Highlights for the week ending 2025-03-06

    Fleet Management

    • Cluster AWS version 3.1.0

      • Updated to cluster version 2.1.1 and introduced an option to disable the AWS Node Termination Handler.

    • Cluster vSphere version 0.69.0

      • Simplified configuration defaults and updated to the latest cluster version.

    Security

    • Kyverno App version 0.19.0

      • Updated to Kyverno v1.13.4, enhancing policy specifications and security contexts.

    • Kyverno Policies UX version 0.8.0

      • Improved enforcement settings and added protection for AzureCluster objects.

    Connectivity

    Continuous Deployment

    • App Operator version 7.1.0
      • Improved app management by ensuring ‘cordon-until’ annotation expires automatically.

    Observability

    Others

  • Dashboards dashboards v4.2.0

    Added

    • Add Envoy Gateway dashboards
  • Observability dashboards v4.2.0

    Added

    • Add Envoy Gateway dashboards
  • CAPV releases releases vsphere-30.0.0

    Changes compared to v29.3.0

    Components

    • cluster-vsphere from v0.68.1 to v0.69.0
    • Flatcar from v4081.2.1 to v4152.2.1
    • Kubernetes from v1.29.13 to v1.30.10

    cluster-vsphere v0.68.1…v0.69.0

    Changed

    • Remove requirement for pods and services as they are defaulted by the values schema.
    • Chart: Update cluster to v2.1.1.
    • Chart: Enable coredns-extensions and etcd-defrag.

    Apps

    • capi-node-labeler from v0.5.0 to v1.0.1
    • cert-exporter from v2.9.3 to v2.9.4
    • cert-manager from v3.8.2 to v3.9.0
    • cilium from v0.25.2 to v0.31.0
    • coredns from v1.23.0 to v1.24.0
    • coredns-extensions v0.1.2
    • etcd-defrag v1.0.1
    • etcd-k8s-res-count-exporter from v1.10.0 to v1.10.1
    • external-dns from v3.1.0 to v3.2.0
    • k8s-audit-metrics from v0.10.0 to v0.10.1
    • metrics-server from v2.4.2 to v2.6.0
    • node-exporter from v1.20.0 to v1.20.1
    • vertical-pod-autoscaler from v5.3.1 to v5.4.0
    • vertical-pod-autoscaler-crd from v3.1.2 to v3.2.0

    capi-node-labeler v0.5.0…v1.0.1

    Changed

    • Main: Improve sleep. (#125)
    • Go: Update go.mod and .nancy-ignore. (#123)

    cert-exporter v2.9.3…v2.9.4

    Changed

    • Repository: Some chores. (#418)
    • Go: Update go.mod and .nancy-ignore. (#437)

    cert-manager v3.8.2…v3.9.0

    Added

    • Adds new sync method based on Vendir to sync from upstream

    Changed

    • Updates Cert-manager Chart to Upstream 1.16.2

    cilium v0.25.2…v0.31.0

    Changed

    • Upgrade Cilium to v1.16.6.
    • Move provider specific custom CNI configuration to subchart.
    • Improve security defaults for:
      • Hubble UI
      • Hubble Relay
      • Cilium Operator

    Removed

    • Delete defaultPolicies and extraPolicies templates.

    coredns v1.23.0…v1.24.0

    Changed

    • Update coredns image to 1.12.0.
    • Disable HPA Memory target.
    • Increase threshold for HPA CPU target to 80%.

    coredns-extensions v0.1.2

    Added

    • Add VPA for CoreDNS deployments.
    • Add value to enable or disable VPA resources.

    Changed

    • Push App to the default-catalog.
    • Publish App in giantswarm-catalog.

    etcd-defrag v1.0.1

    Added

    • Chart: Add moveLeader. (#11)

    Changed

    • Chart: Update dependency ahrtr/etcd-defrag to v0.24.0. (#16)
    • Values: Rename cluster into useClusterEndpoints. (#8)

    etcd-k8s-res-count-exporter v1.10.0…v1.10.1

    Changed

    • Set readOnlyRootFilesystem to true in the container security context.
    • Update Kyverno PolicyExceptions to v2beta1.
    • Go: Update go.mod and .nancy-ignore. (#242)

    external-dns v3.1.0…v3.2.0

    Changed

    • Update architect-orb and ATS.
    • Add DNSEndpoints as a source for DNS records.

    k8s-audit-metrics v0.10.0…v0.10.1

    Changed

    • Update Kyverno PolicyExceptions to v2beta1.
    • Go: Update go.mod and .nancy-ignore. (#248)

    metrics-server v2.4.2…v2.6.0

    Added

    • Add VPA setting for metrics-server.

    Changed

    • Upgrade metrics-server to v0.7.2.
    • Chart: Update PolicyExceptions to v2beta1. (#226)

    node-exporter v1.20.0…v1.20.1

    Changed

    • Update Kyverno PolicyExceptions to v2beta1.
    • Go: Update go.mod. (#322)

    vertical-pod-autoscaler v5.3.1…v5.4.0

    Changed

    • Chart: Update Helm release vertical-pod-autoscaler to v10.0.0 (#335)

    vertical-pod-autoscaler-crd v3.1.2…v3.2.0

    Changed

    • Chart: Sync to upstream. (#126)
  • Observability Platform fluent-logshipping-app v5.4.0

    Changed

    • Allow to tune kube filter’s buffer size
  • Observability fluent-logshipping-app v5.4.0

    Changed

    • Allow to tune kube filter’s buffer size