Changes and Releases

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

  • Changes compared to v29.2.0

    Components

    • cluster-cloud-director from v0.64.0 to v0.64.2
    • Flatcar from v3975.2.2 to v4081.2.1
    • Kubernetes from v1.29.12 to v1.29.13

    cluster-cloud-director v0.64.0…v0.64.2

    Added

    • Add components.containerd to the schema and values.

    Changed

    • Make CPI helmrelease catalog configurable.

    Apps

    • cilium from v0.25.1 to v0.25.2
    • prometheus-blackbox-exporter from v0.4.2 to v0.5.0
    • security-bundle from v1.8.2 to v1.9.1
    • vertical-pod-autoscaler from v5.3.0 to v5.3.1
    • vertical-pod-autoscaler-crd from v3.1.1 to v3.1.2

    cilium v0.25.1…v0.25.2

    Changed

    prometheus-blackbox-exporter v0.4.2…v0.5.0

    Changed

    • Harden security context to pass PSS compliance.

    Removed

    • Remove PSP resources.

    security-bundle v1.8.2…v1.9.1

    Breaking changes

    Note: When upgrading to this security-bundle version with Falco enabled, the Falco App will fail to upgrade due to a breaking change in the upstream chart. To finish the upgrade, disable, then re-enable the Falco App by setting apps.falco.enabled=[false|true] in the security-bundle user values Config Map.

    Changed

    • Update trivy-operator (app) to v0.10.3.
    • Update trivy (app) to v0.13.1.
    • Update kyverno (app) to v0.18.1.
    • Update kyverno-crds (app) to v1.12.0.
    • Update kyverno-policies (app) to v0.21.0.
    • Update starboard-exporter (app) to v0.8.0.
    • Update falco (app) to v0.9.1.

    vertical-pod-autoscaler v5.3.0…v5.3.1

    Changed

    • Chart: Update Helm release vertical-pod-autoscaler to v9.9.1. (#333)

    vertical-pod-autoscaler-crd v3.1.1…v3.1.2

    Changed

    • Chart: Sync to upstream. (#124)
  • Changes compared to v29.2.0

    Components

    • cluster-vsphere from v0.68.0 to v0.68.1
    • Flatcar from v3975.2.2 to v4081.2.1
    • Kubernetes from v1.29.12 to v1.29.13

    cluster-vsphere v0.68.0…v0.68.1

    Added

    • Add components.containerd to the schema and values.

    Changed

    • Update example manifest.
    • Make cloud-provider-vsphere HelmRelease catalog configurable.
    • Update kube-vip to 0.8.9.
    • Update kube-vip static pod manifest with CIDR.

    Apps

    • cilium from v0.25.1 to v0.25.2
    • cloud-provider-vsphere from v1.11.0 to v1.12.0
    • prometheus-blackbox-exporter from v0.4.2 to v0.5.0
    • security-bundle from v1.8.2 to v1.9.1
    • vertical-pod-autoscaler from v5.3.0 to v5.3.1
    • vertical-pod-autoscaler-crd from v3.1.1 to v3.1.2

    cilium v0.25.1…v0.25.2

    Changed

    cloud-provider-vsphere v1.11.0…v1.12.0

    Added

    • Add Renovate to track new tags.
    • Update kube-vip helm chart to 0.6.2.
    • Update kube-vip to 0.8.4.
    • Add initContainer to CSI node registrar container to wait for CRD to be registered.

    prometheus-blackbox-exporter v0.4.2…v0.5.0

    Changed

    • Harden security context to pass PSS compliance.

    Removed

    • Remove PSP resources.

    security-bundle v1.8.2…v1.9.1

    Breaking changes

    Note: When upgrading to this security-bundle version with Falco enabled, the Falco App will fail to upgrade due to a breaking change in the upstream chart. To finish the upgrade, disable, then re-enable the Falco App by setting apps.falco.enabled=[false|true] in the security-bundle user values Config Map.

    Changed

    • Update trivy-operator (app) to v0.10.3.
    • Update trivy (app) to v0.13.1.
    • Update kyverno (app) to v0.18.1.
    • Update kyverno-crds (app) to v1.12.0.
    • Update kyverno-policies (app) to v0.21.0.
    • Update starboard-exporter (app) to v0.8.0.
    • Update falco (app) to v0.9.1.

    vertical-pod-autoscaler v5.3.0…v5.3.1

    Changed

    • Chart: Update Helm release vertical-pod-autoscaler to v9.9.1. (#333)

    vertical-pod-autoscaler-crd v3.1.1…v3.1.2

    Changed

    • Chart: Sync to upstream. (#124)
  • Added

    • Add AutomatedException feature.

    Changed

    • Disable logger development mode to avoid panicking
    • Disable PSPs and CRD install job.
  • Added

    • Add AutomatedException feature.

    Changed

    • Disable logger development mode to avoid panicking
    • Disable PSPs and CRD install job.
  • In this release:

    • TYPE column in clusters list view was changed to show management/workload cluster icon;
    • CLUSTER APP column was added to clusters list. See ./docs/releases/v0.48.0-changelog.md for more information.
  • Fixed

    • Fix datasource for the new Cluster Overview dashboard.
  • Changed

    • Update DNS dashboard to include memory requests.
    • Added Cluster Overviewdashboard.

    Fixed

    • fix alloy mixins generation
    • fix alloy mixins
    • fix Alloy / Logs Overview dashboard.
  • Changed

    • Chart: Update Helm release vertical-pod-autoscaler to v9.9.1. (#333)
  • Changed

    • Chart: Update Helm release vertical-pod-autoscaler to v9.9.1. (#333)
  • In this release:

    • configurable home page was added;
    • on the cluster details page, information about the installation was moved from a dedicated widget into the About widget. See ./docs/releases/v0.47.0-changelog.md for more information.