Changes and Releases
Updates on Giant Swarm workload cluster releases, apps, UI improvements and documentation changes.
Added
- Use
release-<provider> chart name for Release versions (major >= 35) in template cluster command for all providers (CAPA, CAPZ, VSphere, Cloud Director, EKS). - Omit
global.release.version from user config for Release versions, as it is baked into the chart.
Changed
- Upgrade Alloy upstream chart from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0 (CHANGELOG)
- This bumps the version of Alloy from 1.12.0 to 1.13.0 (CHANGELOG)
Changed
- Upgraded upstream chart from 6.49.0 to 6.53.0 - see changelog for more information.
- This upgrades Loki from 3.6.3 to 3.6.5
Added
- 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.
Added
- Add AWS Cluster Role Identity resource with cluster roles, automation service accounts, and user groups for default namespace management.
- Add
io.giantswarm.application.audience and io.giantswarm.application.managed chart annotations for Backstage visibility.
Changed
- Migrate chart metadata annotations to OCI-compatible format.
Changed
- Migrate to App Build Suite (ABS) for building and publishing Helm charts.
Added
- Add
io.giantswarm.application.audience and io.giantswarm.application.managed chart annotations for Backstage visibility. - Push to the
default catalog.
Changed
- Use AppVersion for image tag defaulting.
- Migrate chart metadata annotations to OCI-compatible format.
Added
- Add Inspect/Troubleshoot with AI button.
Changed
Added
- Add MCP client cache with TTL-based eviction for persistent connections across requests.
- Add muster-specific system prompt with tool discovery and calling conventions.
Fixed