Changes and Releases

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

• Feb 5, 2026 Observability loki-app v0.37.1

  Added

  • Add HTTPRouteFilter support for Gateway API routes.

  Changed

  • Refactor loki-gateway HTTPRoute template to use loki’s templating for naming.
• Feb 5, 2026 Developer Portal backstage v0.102.0

  Added

  • Show icon for entities if giantswarm.io/icon-url annotation is given.
  • Add ability to render APIs of type CRD.

  Changed

  • Update Backstage from 1.43.3 to 1.47.3 with Node.js 22/24 support, Jest 30 compatibility, and various plugin updates. See ./docs/releases/v0.102.0-changelog.md for more information.
• Feb 4, 2026 Security kyverno-app v0.24.0

  Changed

  • Update kyverno to upstream version v1.17.0.
• Feb 4, 2026 Security kyverno-policies v0.25.0

  Changed

  • Update to upstream Kyverno Policies version v1.17.0.
• Feb 4, 2026 Fleet Management aws-efs-csi-driver v3.2.0

  Changed

  • Upgrade upstream AWS EFS CSI Driver from v2.1.9 to v2.3.0.
  • Update sidecar images:
    • livenessprobe: v2.16.0 -> v2.17.0
    • csi-node-driver-registrar: v2.14.0 -> v2.15.0
    • csi-provisioner: v5.3.0 -> v6.1.0

  Added

  • Add controller.revisionHistoryLimit and node.revisionHistoryLimit for controlling rollback history.
  • Add controller.socketDirVolume.emptyDir for configuring CSI socket volume (sizeLimit, medium).
  • Add controller.fileSystemIdRefs.enabled for dynamic filesystem ID resolution from ConfigMap/Secret.
  • Add node.serviceAccount.disableMutation for disabling mutating permissions in security-sensitive environments.

  Security

  • Multiple CVE fixes in upstream (sidecars, openssl, Golang 1.25.5).
• Feb 3, 2026 Security auth-bundle v0.5.1

  Changed

  • Update Chart annotations with new format for OCI.
• Feb 3, 2026 Security rbac-bootstrap-app v0.2.3

  Changed

  • Changed ownership to Team Shield
  • Update the Chart annotations for OCI repositories.
• Feb 3, 2026 Developer Portal happa v1.71.11

  What’s Changed

  Other Changes

  • fix Policy Exception namespace in fe-docs by @pipo02mix in https://github.com/giantswarm/happa/pull/4695

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/giantswarm/happa/compare/v1.71.10...v1.71.11

• Feb 3, 2026 Observability tempo-app v0.10.0

  Added

  • Add Crossplane AWS support for automated S3 bucket provisioning.
• Feb 3, 2026 Observability mimir-app v0.24.0

  Added

  • Add Crossplane support for AWS S3 bucket provisioning with the following resources:
    • S3 Buckets for mimir, ruler, and alertmanager storage
    • BucketLifecycleConfiguration for automatic object expiration
    • BucketPublicAccessBlock for security hardening
    • BucketPolicy enforcing SSL/TLS connections
    • IAM Roles with IRSA (IAM Roles for Service Accounts) support
  • Crossplane resources support dynamic AWS account ID and OIDC provider discovery from cluster CRs
  • Tags from AWSCluster CR are automatically merged with user-provided tags
  • Observe-only mode for safe migration of existing resources

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