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v1.16.6Orchestration & Management
Jan 9, 2026

OTHER 3

Dapr v1.16.6 is a maintenance release focused on operator-visible correctness and runtime behavior. The release also includes a heading without additional change detail.

All 3 other recorded changesfixes 2 · constraints 1

fixes (2)

  • The injector now only logs success and records metrics when patch operations are generated (len(patchOps) > 0), ensuring we only report successful injections when an actual sidecar injection happens.
  • The error log no longer prints during successful initialization.

constraints (1)

  • Only check for root (UID 0) and allow all other UIDs to run Dapr.
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