Changes and Releases

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

• Mar 18, 2025 CAPVCD releases releases cloud-director-30.1.0

  Changes compared to v30.0.0

  Components

  • cluster-cloud-director from v0.65.0 to v0.66.0
  • Kubernetes from v1.30.10 to v1.30.11
  • os-tooling from v1.23.1 to v1.24.0

  cluster-cloud-director v0.65.0…v0.66.0

  Changed

  • Chart: Update cluster to v2.2.0.

  os-tooling v1.23.1…v1.24.0

  Added

  • Added nvidia_runtime to allow running of GPU workloads

  Apps

  • capi-node-labeler from v1.0.1 to v1.0.2
  • cert-exporter from v2.9.4 to v2.9.5
  • cilium from v0.31.0 to v0.31.1
  • etcd-defrag from v1.0.1 to v1.0.2
  • etcd-kubernetes-resources-count-exporter from v1.10.1 to v1.10.3
  • k8s-audit-metrics from v0.10.1 to v0.10.2
  • net-exporter from v1.21.0 to v1.22.0
  • node-exporter from v1.20.1 to v1.20.2
  • observability-bundle from v1.9.0 to v1.11.0
  • security-bundle from v1.9.1 to v1.10.0
  • teleport-kube-agent from v0.10.3 to v0.10.4

  capi-node-labeler v1.0.1…v1.0.2

  Changed

  • Go: Update dependencies.

  cert-exporter v2.9.4…v2.9.5

  Changed

  • Go: Update dependencies.

  cilium v0.31.0…v0.31.1

  Changed

  • Upgrade Cilium to v1.16.7.

  etcd-defrag v1.0.1…v1.0.2

  Changed

  • Chart: Update dependency ahrtr/etcd-defrag to v0.25.0. (#17)

  etcd-kubernetes-resources-count-exporter v1.10.1…v1.10.3

  Changed

  • Go: Update dependencies.

  k8s-audit-metrics v0.10.1…v0.10.2

  Changed

  • Go: Update dependencies.

  net-exporter v1.21.0…v1.22.0

  Changed

  • Narrow down CiliumNetworkPolicy to allow desired traffic only.

  Removed

  • Remove NetworkPolicy resource and rely on CiliumNetworkPolicy only.

  node-exporter v1.20.1…v1.20.2

  Changed

  • Go: Update dependencies.

  observability-bundle v1.9.0…v1.11.0

  Changed

  • prometheus-operator will not check promql syntax for prometheusRules that are labelled observability.giantswarm.io/rule-type: logs
  • Upgrade alloy to chart 0.9.0.
    • Bumps alloy from to 1.5.1 to 1.7.1
  • Upgrade kube-prometheus-stack from 66.2.1 to 69.5.1
    • Bumps prometheus-operator to 0.80.1
    • Bumps prometheus to 3.0.1

  security-bundle v1.9.1…v1.10.0

  Added

  • Add e2e tests for the security-bundle and all is components

  Changed

  • Update kyverno (app) to v0.19.0.
  • Update kyverno-crds (app) to v1.13.0.
  • Update kyverno-policies (app) to v0.23.0.
  • Update edgedb (app) to v0.1.0.
  • Update falco (app) to v0.10.0.
  • Update trivy (app) to v0.13.2.

  teleport-kube-agent v0.10.3…v0.10.4

  Added

  • Add headless service on diag port 3000.

  Changed

  • Migrated to ABS
• Mar 18, 2025 CAPV releases releases vsphere-30.1.0

  Changes compared to v30.0.0

  Components

  • cluster-vsphere from v0.69.0 to v1.1.0
  • Kubernetes from v1.30.10 to v1.30.11
  • os-tooling from v1.23.1 to v1.24.0

  cluster-vsphere v0.69.0…v1.1.0

  Added

  • Add global.providerSpecific.templateSuffix to set a suffix on the VM template to use.

  Changed

  • Chart: Update cluster to v2.2.0.
  • Split cloud provider app into separate HelmReleases.

  os-tooling v1.23.1…v1.24.0

  Added

  • Added nvidia_runtime to allow running of GPU workloads

  Apps

  • capi-node-labeler from v1.0.1 to v1.0.2
  • cert-exporter from v2.9.4 to v2.9.5
  • cilium from v0.31.0 to v0.31.1
  • cloud-provider-vsphere from v1.12.0 to v2.0.1
  • etcd-defrag from v1.0.1 to v1.0.2
  • etcd-kubernetes-resources-count-exporter from v1.10.1 to v1.10.3
  • k8s-audit-metrics from v0.10.1 to v0.10.2
  • kube-vip added at v0.2.0
  • kube-vip-cloud-provider added at v0.3.0
  • net-exporter from v1.21.0 to v1.22.0
  • node-exporter from v1.20.1 to v1.20.2
  • observability-bundle from v1.9.0 to v1.11.0
  • security-bundle from v1.9.1 to v1.10.0
  • teleport-kube-agent from v0.10.3 to v0.10.4
  • vsphere-csi-driver added at v3.4.2

  capi-node-labeler v1.0.1…v1.0.2

  Changed

  • Go: Update dependencies.

  cert-exporter v2.9.4…v2.9.5

  Changed

  • Go: Update dependencies.

  cilium v0.31.0…v0.31.1

  Changed

  • Upgrade Cilium to v1.16.7.

  cloud-provider-vsphere v1.12.0…v2.0.1

  Changed

  • Remove subcharts in order to deploy only the vSphere CPI (at upstream version v1.30.0).

  etcd-defrag v1.0.1…v1.0.2

  Changed

  • Chart: Update dependency ahrtr/etcd-defrag to v0.25.0. (#17)

  etcd-kubernetes-resources-count-exporter v1.10.1…v1.10.3

  Changed

  • Go: Update dependencies.

  k8s-audit-metrics v0.10.1…v0.10.2

  Changed

  • Go: Update dependencies.

  kube-vip v0.2.0

  Added

  • Initial release which tracks upstream version 0.8.4.

  kube-vip-cloud-provider v0.3.0

  Added

  • Initial release which tracks upstream version 0.0.10.

  Changed

  • Run container with a read-only filesystem.

  net-exporter v1.21.0…v1.22.0

  Changed

  • Narrow down CiliumNetworkPolicy to allow desired traffic only.

  Removed

  • Remove NetworkPolicy resource and rely on CiliumNetworkPolicy only.

  node-exporter v1.20.1…v1.20.2

  Changed

  • Go: Update dependencies.

  observability-bundle v1.9.0…v1.11.0

  Changed

  • prometheus-operator will not check promql syntax for prometheusRules that are labelled observability.giantswarm.io/rule-type: logs
  • Upgrade alloy to chart 0.9.0.
    • Bumps alloy from to 1.5.1 to 1.7.1
  • Upgrade kube-prometheus-stack from 66.2.1 to 69.5.1
    • Bumps prometheus-operator to 0.80.1
    • Bumps prometheus to 3.0.1

  security-bundle v1.9.1…v1.10.0

  Added

  • Add e2e tests for the security-bundle and all is components

  Changed

  • Update kyverno (app) to v0.19.0.
  • Update kyverno-crds (app) to v1.13.0.
  • Update kyverno-policies (app) to v0.23.0.
  • Update edgedb (app) to v0.1.0.
  • Update falco (app) to v0.10.0.
  • Update trivy (app) to v0.13.2.

  teleport-kube-agent v0.10.3…v0.10.4

  Added

  • Add headless service on diag port 3000.

  Changed

  • Migrated to ABS

  vsphere-csi-driver v3.4.2

  Added

  • Add upstream chart at v3.3.0.

  Changed

  • Correct kubectl image tag.

  Removed

  • Remove superfluous update script.
• Mar 18, 2025 Developer Portal backstage v0.55.0

  In this release, layout of deployments and clusters pages was changed. Now it allows to add filters for a table. See ./docs/releases/v0.55.0-changelog.md for more information.

• Mar 17, 2025 Security trivy-app v0.13.4

  Changed

  • Add API capabilities check for Kyverno PolicyExceptions before switching to v2.
• Mar 17, 2025 Security trivy-app v0.13.3

  Changed

  • Make livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds configurable.
• Mar 17, 2025 Security rbac-operator v0.42.0

  Added

  • Added support for read-all-customer-groups bindings.

  Changed

  • Change ownership to Team Shield
• Mar 14, 2025 Others hello-world-app v2.8.0

  Changed

  • Add HTTP->HTTPS redirect in the HTTPRoute CR.
• Mar 13, 2025 Observability silence-operator v0.13.0
  • Added option to use Service Account token to be used of Alertmanager authentication.

  Fixed

  • Replace Alertmanager RoundTripper with custom NewRequest.
  • Fix CVE-2024-45338 by updating golang.org/x/net to v0.33.0
• Mar 13, 2025 CAPVCD releases releases cloud-director-30.0.0

  Changes compared to v29.3.2

  Components

  • cluster-cloud-director from v0.64.2 to v0.65.0
  • Flatcar from v4081.2.1 to v4152.2.1
  • Kubernetes from v1.29.13 to v1.30.10

  cluster-cloud-director v0.64.2…v0.65.0

  Changed

  • 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)
• Mar 13, 2025 Developer Portal backstage v0.54.1

  This release fixes the sorting behavior for version columns by changing alphanumeric sorting to semver-aware sorting. See ./docs/releases/v0.54.1-changelog.md for more information.

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