Changes and Releases

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

• Mar 26, 2026 Developer Portal happa v1.72.1

  What’s Changed

  • Add ephemeral-storage resource requests and limits to fe-docs deployment by @marians in https://github.com/giantswarm/happa/pull/4708

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/happa/compare/v1.72.0...v1.72.1

• Mar 26, 2026 Developer Portal backstage v0.116.2

  Fixed

  • Fix false API version incompatibility errors caused by transient server failures during discovery.
  • Fix flaky generateUID uniqueness test by increasing minimum ID length. See ./docs/releases/v0.116.2-changelog.md for more information.
• Mar 26, 2026 Fleet Management kubectl-gs v5.1.0

  Changed

  • Migrate cluster.x-k8s.io API usage from v1beta1 to v1beta2. MachinePool CRD reference updated from exp.cluster.x-k8s.io to cluster.x-k8s.io.
  • Mark template app command as deprecated

  Added

  • Add deploy chart command.
• Mar 25, 2026 Fleet Management aws-load-balancer-controller-app v5.1.0

  Changed

  • Update chart icon URL to use Giant Swarm hosted SVG icon.
• Mar 25, 2026 Continuous Deployment flux-app v1.9.0

  Added

  • Flux own instance of the KSM with partly locked configuration to Flux resources alone.
• Mar 25, 2026 Developer Portal backstage v0.116.1

  Fixed

  • Fix MCP tool names containing dots breaking AI SDK validation. See ./docs/releases/v0.116.1-changelog.md for more information.
• Mar 25, 2026 Security rbac-operator v0.44.0

  Added

  • Add cluster-wide permissions for Kyverno PolicyExceptions (policyexceptions.kyverno.io) to the automation service account.
• Mar 25, 2026 Developer Portal backstage v0.116.0

  Added

  • Show auto-upgrade setting on HelmRelease details page.
  • Add row highlighting for selected node pool.

  Changed

  • Update Backstage to 1.49.2.
  • Refactor NFS migration: extract nav, user settings, scaffolder, home page, AI chat, kubernetes, api-docs, and app-level overrides into dedicated NFS modules.
  • Replace AI chat floating action button with a sidebar nav item that toggles the chat drawer.
  • Replace SelectedResourceDrawer with shared DetailsPane component from ui-react.
  • Move DetailsPane component and useDetailsPane hook from gs plugin to ui-react for reuse across plugins.
  • Use drawer mode for AI chat button in Flux resource cards.
  • Push right-anchored MUI drawers when AI chat drawer opens in persistent mode.

  Fixed

  • Fix false “Client outdated” warning for resources in older API versions.
  • Fix EntityReadmeCard height clipping when content doesn’t need expansion. See ./docs/releases/v0.116.0-changelog.md for more information.
• Mar 25, 2026 Others hello-world-app v3.0.0

  Changed

  • Update Helm chart values schema with additionalProperties: false on the root level.
• Mar 25, 2026 Fleet Management aws-efs-csi-driver v3.3.0

  Changed

  • Migrate chart metadata annotations to io.giantswarm.application.* format for both the app and bundle charts.
  • Use upstream Helm chart as a dependency instead of forking templates.
  • Update ABS config to replace .appVersion in Chart.yaml with version detected by ABS.

  Fixed

  • Use .Chart.AppVersion instead of .Chart.Version for OCIRepository tag.

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