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Changes and Releases

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

  • CAPZ releases releases azure-34.2.0

    Changes compared to v34.1.1

    Components

    • cluster-azure from v5.3.0 to v5.4.1
    • cluster from v5.1.2 to v5.3.1
    • Flatcar from v4459.2.3 to v4459.2.4
    • Kubernetes from v1.34.5 to v1.34.7
    • os-tooling from v1.26.4 to v1.28.0

    cluster-azure v5.3.0…v5.4.1

    Changed

    • Apps: Enable rbac-bootstrap as a default HelmRelease app.

    cluster v5.1.2…v5.3.1

    Added

    • Apps: Add rbac-bootstrap as a default HelmRelease app with a default ClusterRoleBinding for giantswarm:giantswarm-admins.

    Changed

    • Apps: Use OCIRepository source for rbac-bootstrap HelmRelease.

    Fixed

    • Apps: Change rbac-bootstrap default role from read-all to view and add additional groups for token forwarded cases.

    Apps

    • azure-cloud-controller-manager from v2.0.0 to v2.1.0
    • azure-cloud-node-manager from v2.0.0 to v2.1.0
    • cert-exporter from v2.9.16 to v2.10.1
    • cilium from v1.4.1 to v1.4.3
    • coredns from v1.29.1 to v1.30.0
    • etcd-defrag from v1.2.4 to v1.2.6
    • k8s-dns-node-cache from v2.9.2 to v2.11.0
    • observability-bundle from v2.6.0 to v2.8.0
    • prometheus-blackbox-exporter from v0.5.1 to v0.7.0
    • security-bundle from v1.17.0 to v1.17.1

    azure-cloud-controller-manager v2.0.0…v2.1.0

    Changed

    • Migrate to App Build Suite (ABS).
    • Bump to upstream image v1.35.1

    Removed

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

    azure-cloud-node-manager v2.0.0…v2.1.0

    Changed

    • Migrate to App Build Suite (ABS).
    • Bump to upstream image v1.35.1

    Removed

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

    cert-exporter v2.9.16…v2.10.1

    Added

    • DaemonSet: Add VPA.

    Changed

    • Values: Tune resources.

    Fixed

    • Parse all PEM blocks in secrets and certificate files, not just the first one. This fixes false alerts when multiple certificates are concatenated (e.g. Kyverno webhook cert rotation).

    cilium v1.4.1…v1.4.3

    Changed

    coredns v1.29.1…v1.30.0

    Added

    • Add coredns-adopter job to adopt default CoreDNS resources on EKS clusters (disabled by default).

    Changed

    • Update coredns image to 1.14.2.

    etcd-defrag v1.2.4…v1.2.6

    Changed

    • Chart: Update dependency ahrtr/etcd-defrag to v0.39.0. (#86)
    • Chart: Update dependency ahrtr/etcd-defrag to v0.38.0. (#84)

    k8s-dns-node-cache v2.9.2…v2.11.0

    Added

    • Add configmap.log.enabled helm value to toggle CoreDNS query logging (default: false).
    • Make AAAA NOERROR configurable for IPv6.

    observability-bundle v2.6.0…v2.8.0

    Added

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

    Changed

    • Update kube-prometheus-stack to 20.1.0
    • 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

    prometheus-blackbox-exporter v0.5.1…v0.7.0

    Added

    • Add http_2xx_insecure module with insecure_skip_verify: true to support probing workload cluster API servers from the management cluster. The MC’s service account CA (http_2xx_k8sca) only covers the MC itself; workload clusters have their own CA which is not available to the blackbox exporter, making TLS verification impossible without this module.

    Changed

    • Set priorityClassName to system-node-critical to ensure DaemonSet pods are scheduled even on full nodes.

    security-bundle v1.17.0…v1.17.1

    Added

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

    Changed

    • Update falco (app) to v0.11.2.
    • Update gel (app) to v1.0.2.
    • Update kubescape (app) to v0.0.6.
    • Update reports-server (app) to v0.1.3.
    • Update starboard-exporter (app) to v1.0.3.
    • Update trivy (app) to v0.14.2.
    • Update trivy-operator (app) to v0.12.2.
    • Migrate chart annotations to OCI-compatible format.
  • Developer Portal backstage v0.125.0

    Added

    • Persist AI chat conversations and add a conversation history page with rename, delete, batch delete, and pagination, plus a history view in the chat drawer.
    • Add a getDate tool to the AI chat agent for retrieving the current date and time.
    • Prune older tool outputs in AI chat once cumulative tool I/O exceeds a configurable budget (aiChat.pruning.reservedTokens, aiChat.pruning.minimumSavingsTokens).

    Changed

    • Report AI chat context size, output tokens, and cost by requesting token usage from OpenAI-compatible streaming responses (vLLM/KServe).
    • Clarify tool use in the muster system prompt to avoid calling internal tools via muster’s call_tool.

    Fixed

    • Re-observe the element when the ref target changes in useContainerDimensions.
    • Reject empty titles in PATCH /conversations/:id/title with HTTP 400. See ./docs/releases/v0.125.0-changelog.md for more information.
  • Developer Portal backstage v0.124.4

    Added

    • Make sidebar logo image height configurable via app.branding.logo.height.

    Fixed

  • Developer Portal backstage v0.124.3

    Added

    • Allow overriding the AI chat context window size via aiChat.contextWindow in app-config.

    Changed

    • Improve markdown table rendering in AI chat: tables are now horizontally scrollable with better cell spacing.

    Fixed

    • Cache-bust custom branding logo URLs so replaced logos appear immediately instead of being served stale from the browser cache. See ./docs/releases/v0.124.3-changelog.md for more information.
  • Developer Portal backstage v0.124.2

    Changed

    • Decouple custom branding from the gs-backend plugin so branding assets are served by a dedicated backend plugin and work without gs: config. See ./docs/releases/v0.124.2-changelog.md for more information.
  • Observability dashboards v4.21.3

    Added

    • Add envoy-vs-nginx-loadtesting and envoy-vs-kong-loadtesting dashboards to public org, split from the former envoy-gateway-loadtesting private dashboard

    Fixed

    • Fix metric comparability in envoy-vs-nginx-loadtesting: align downstream RPS (rate/aggregation), success rate window ([2m]→[5m]), and replace wrong Nginx upstream RPS metric; fix Nginx downstream latency unit (seconds→ms)
    • Fix metric comparability in envoy-vs-kong-loadtesting: align downstream RPS (rate/aggregation), fix success rate regex to correctly exclude 4xx/5xx codes
  • Developer Portal backstage v0.124.1

    Fixed

  • CAPVCD releases releases cloud-director-34.1.2

    Changes compared to v34.1.1

    Apps

    • cert-manager from v3.11.0 to v3.13.0

    cert-manager v3.11.0…v3.13.0

    Added

    • Add control plane node toleration to CA injector deployment.

    Changed

    • Upgrade cert-manager to v1.19.4.

    Removed

    • Remove PodSecurityPolicy (PSP) and related resources.
    • Remove Giant Swarm PSP to PSS migration logic.
  • CAPV releases releases vsphere-34.1.1

    Changes compared to v34.1.0

    Apps

    • cert-manager from v3.11.0 to v3.13.0

    cert-manager v3.11.0…v3.13.0

    Added

    • Add control plane node toleration to CA injector deployment.

    Changed

    • Upgrade cert-manager to v1.19.4.

    Removed

    • Remove PodSecurityPolicy (PSP) and related resources.
    • Remove Giant Swarm PSP to PSS migration logic.
  • CAPZ releases releases azure-34.1.1

    Changes compared to v34.1.0

    Apps

    • cert-manager from v3.11.0 to v3.13.0

    cert-manager v3.11.0…v3.13.0

    Added

    • Add control plane node toleration to CA injector deployment.

    Changed

    • Upgrade cert-manager to v1.19.4.

    Removed

    • Remove PodSecurityPolicy (PSP) and related resources.
    • Remove Giant Swarm PSP to PSS migration logic.