Changes and Releases

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

• Mar 4, 2026 AI Agents klaus v0.0.39

  What’s Changed

  • feat: notify downstream repos on release via repository_dispatch by @teemow in https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus/pull/92

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus/compare/v0.0.38...v0.0.39

• Mar 4, 2026 AI Agents klaus-personalities sre/v0.1.1

  What’s Changed

  • chore: pin toolchain and plugin versions instead of latest by @teemow in https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus-personalities/pull/2

  New Contributors

  • @teemow made their first contribution in https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus-personalities/pull/2

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus-personalities/commits/sre/v0.1.1

• Mar 4, 2026 AI Agents klaus-toolchains go/v0.1.2

  What’s Changed

  • Bump klaus base image from 0.0.37 to 0.0.38 by @teemow in https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus-toolchains/pull/3

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus-toolchains/compare/go/v0.1.1...go/v0.1.2

• Mar 4, 2026 AI Agents muster v0.1.11

  What’s Changed

  • fix(ci): prevent auto-release from conflicting with manual releases by @teemow in https://github.com/giantswarm/muster/pull/392
  • Fix auto-release workflow YAML syntax error by @teemow in https://github.com/giantswarm/muster/pull/393

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/muster/compare/v0.1.10...v0.1.11

• Mar 4, 2026 AI Agents klaus v0.0.38

  What’s Changed

  • fix(ci): prevent auto-release from conflicting with manual releases by @teemow in https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus/pull/79
  • fix(ci): restore goreleaser-action to v7 by @teemow in https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus/pull/81
  • feat: read /etc/klaus/SOUL.md and append to system prompt by @teemow in https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus/pull/88
  • Fix auto-release workflow YAML syntax error by @teemow in https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus/pull/90

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus/compare/v0.0.37...v0.0.38

• Mar 4, 2026 AI Agents klaus-toolchains go/v0.1.1

  What’s Changed

  • Bump klaus base image from 0.0.32 to 0.0.37 by @teemow in https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus-toolchains/pull/2

  New Contributors

  • @teemow made their first contribution in https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus-toolchains/pull/2

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/klaus-toolchains/compare/go/v0.1.0...go/v0.1.1

• Mar 3, 2026 CAPV releases releases vsphere-34.1.0

  Changes compared to v34.0.0

  Components

  • cluster-vsphere from v4.1.2 to v4.1.4
  • Flatcar from v4459.2.2 to v4459.2.3
  • Kubernetes from v1.34.3 to v1.34.5
  • os-tooling from v1.26.3 to v1.26.4

  cluster-vsphere v4.1.2…v4.1.4

  Changed

  • HelmReleases: Reduce hard-coded default interval from 10m to 5m.
  • Values: Enable management cluster registry cache for gsoci.azurecr.io.

  Apps

  • cert-exporter from v2.9.15 to v2.9.16
  • cert-manager from v3.9.4 to v3.11.0
  • chart-operator-extensions from v1.1.2 to v1.1.3
  • cilium from v1.3.4 to v1.4.1
  • cilium-servicemonitors from v0.1.3 to v0.1.4
  • coredns-extensions from v0.1.2 to v0.1.3
  • etcd-defrag from v1.2.3 to v1.2.4
  • etcd-k8s-res-count-exporter from v1.10.12 to v1.10.14
  • k8s-dns-node-cache from v2.9.1 to v2.9.2
  • kube-vip from v0.2.0 to v0.3.0
  • metrics-server from v2.7.0 to v2.8.0
  • net-exporter from v1.23.0 to v1.23.1
  • node-exporter from v1.20.10 to v1.20.11
  • observability-bundle from v2.5.0 to v2.6.0
  • observability-policies from v0.0.3 to v0.0.4
  • priority-classes from v0.3.0 to v0.3.1
  • security-bundle from v1.16.1 to v1.17.0
  • teleport-kube-agent from v0.10.7 to v0.10.8
  • vertical-pod-autoscaler from v6.1.1 to v6.1.2
  • vertical-pod-autoscaler-crd from v4.1.1 to v4.1.2

  cert-exporter v2.9.15…v2.9.16

  Changed

  • Go: Update dependencies.

  cert-manager v3.9.4…v3.11.0

  Added

  • Add Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) support for webhook pods.
  • Add io.giantswarm.application.audience and io.giantswarm.application.managed chart annotations for Backstage visibility.
  • Add PodLogs for log collection.

  Fixed

  • Fix controller Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) resource syntax.

  chart-operator-extensions v1.1.2…v1.1.3

  Changed

  • Migrate Chart.yaml annotations to new format as per https://docs.giantswarm.io/reference/platform-api/chart-metadata/

  cilium v1.3.4…v1.4.1

  Changed

  • Upgrade Cilium to v1.19.1.
  • Upgrade Cilium to v1.19.0.
  • Update chart icon to use Giant Swarm-hosted Cilium icon.
  • Upgrade Cilium to v1.18.7.

  cilium-servicemonitors v0.1.3…v0.1.4

  Changed

  • Migrate chart metadata annotations

  etcd-defrag v1.2.3…v1.2.4

  Changed

  • Chart: Update dependency ahrtr/etcd-defrag to v0.37.0. (#78)

  etcd-k8s-res-count-exporter v1.10.12…v1.10.14

  Changed

  • Migrate to App Build Suite (ABS) for Helm chart building.
  • Go: Update dependencies.

  Removed

  • Removed PodSecurityPolicy.
  • Removed global.podSecurityStandards.enforced helm value.
  • Removed resource.psp helm value.

  k8s-dns-node-cache v2.9.1…v2.9.2

  Changed

  • Upgrade application to version 1.26.7 (includes coredns 1.13.1)

  kube-vip v0.2.0…v0.3.0

  Changed

  • Improve Chart.yaml metadata and management.
  • PolicyException: Use Kyverno-native API instead of Giant Swarm abstraction.
  • DaemonSet: Ensure leading v when defaulting to .Chart.AppVersion.

  metrics-server v2.7.0…v2.8.0

  Changed

  • Upgrade metrics-server to v0.8.1.
  • Change team annotation in Chart.yaml to OpenContainers format (io.giantswarm.application.team).

  net-exporter v1.23.0…v1.23.1

  Removed

  • Removed PodSecurityPolicy.
  • Removed global.podSecurityStandards.enforced helm value.

  node-exporter v1.20.10…v1.20.11

  Changed

  • Migrate to App Build Suite (ABS) for building and publishing Helm charts.

  Fixed

  • Removed duplicated app label which is already added by the selector helper.

  observability-bundle v2.5.0…v2.6.0

  Added

  • Add KSM metrics for Gateway API resources

  observability-policies v0.0.3…v0.0.4

  Changed

  • Rename app to observability-policies
  • Change team annotation in Chart.yaml to OpenContainers format (io.giantswarm.application.team).

  priority-classes v0.3.0…v0.3.1

  Fixed

  • Sanitize Chart.Version used in labels. This is needed because flux apapends the digest to the version using the + character which is not allowed in labels.

  security-bundle v1.16.1…v1.17.0

  Changed

  • Update kyverno (app) to v0.23.0.
  • Update kyverno-crds (app) to v1.16.0.
  • Update reports-server (app) to v0.1.0.
  • Update cloudnative-pg (app) to v0.0.13.
  • Update kubescape (app) to v0.0.5.
  • Update starboard-exporter (app) to v1.0.2.

  teleport-kube-agent v0.10.7…v0.10.8

  Added

  • Add io.giantswarm.application.audience and io.giantswarm.application.managed chart annotations for Backstage visibility.

  Changed

  • Migrate chart metadata annotations to OCI-compatible format.

  vertical-pod-autoscaler v6.1.1…v6.1.2

  Fixed

  • Pushed helm chart to OCI repository.

  vertical-pod-autoscaler-crd v4.1.1…v4.1.2

  Fixed

  • Pushed helm chart to OCI repository.
• Mar 3, 2026 Observability observability-bundle v2.7.0

  Added

  • Add KSM metrics for Envoy Gateway resources.
  • Add application.giantswarm.io/team annotation from HelmReleases as label to KSM emitted metrics.

  Changed

  • Change team annotation in Chart.yaml to OpenContainers format (io.giantswarm.application.team).
  • Update alloy-app to 0.17.1
  • Update kube-prometheus-stack to 20.0.0
  • Update prometheus-operator-crd to 20.0.0
• Mar 3, 2026 Observability alloy-app v0.17.1

  Changed

  • Upgrade Alloy upstream chart from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1 (CHANGELOG)
    • This bumps the version of Alloy from 1.13.0 to 1.13.2 (CHANGELOG)
• Mar 3, 2026 Observability dashboards v4.18.0

  Fixed

  • Fix memory usage calculation in nodes-overview and cluster-overview dashboards by using node_memory_MemAvailable_bytes instead of node_memory_MemFree_bytes, which incorrectly excluded cached/buffered memory from free memory

  Changed

  • Update DNS dashboard
    • Add new node and pod filters
    • Update variables description and query to use coredns_build_info as label source
    • Remove cache prefetch panel since the metric is gone
    • Fix DNS dashboard log panels
  • Kube-Builder Operators dashboard: add a logs datasource selector

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