Tekton
v1.18.0CI/CD & App DeliveryOct 29, 2026
A maintenance release adds a step error-handling option and includes correctness fixes, stricter label immutability, and routine dependency updates. It also fixes published image timestamps, Tekton bundle parsing, and early cleanup for child pipelines.
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breakingImmutable controller-managed labels
Applies if you set
tekton.,dev/pipeline tekton., ordev/pipelineTask tekton..dev/pipelineRun The controller-managed labels
tekton.,dev/pipeline tekton., anddev/pipelineTask tekton.are immutable once set. Users cannot change them when updating adev/pipelineRun PipelineRunorTaskRun.
All 19 other recorded changesvalue changes 15 · fixes 3 · additions 1
value changes (15)
- * :bug: fix: bump plumbing ko image to Go 1.27.3 (#10937)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump the all group in /tekton with 4 updates (#10921)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump github.com/jenkins-x/go-scm from 1.16.6 to 1.17.1 (#10913)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.57.0 to 0.58.0 (#10908)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump the all group in /tekton with 4 updates (#10892)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.72.0 to 0.72.1 (#10886)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 from 2.8.2 to 2.9.0 (#10883)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.23.0 to 0.24.0 (#10881)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump github.com/jenkins-x/go-scm from 1.16.5 to 1.16.6 (#10868)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump the all group in /tekton with 5 updates (#10867)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump github.com/tektoncd/pipeline from 1.16.0 to 1.17.0 in /test/custom-task-ctrls/wait-task-beta (#10865)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.71.0 to 0.72.0 (#10858)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump github.com/jenkins-x/go-scm from 1.16.4 to 1.16.5 (#10856)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump github.com/jenkins-x/go-scm from 1.16.3 to 1.16.4 (#10839)
- * :hammer: build(deps): bump the all group in /tekton with 5 updates (#10838)
fixes (3)
- * :bug: release: set SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH so published images get a real creation timestamp (#10860) Published images now carry a real creation timestamp (the release commit's), instead of inheriting the base image's.
- * :bug: fix: Fix truncation of large Tekton bundles resolved from OCI images, which could cause the bundle to fail to parse. (#10395)
- * :bug: fix early PVC cleanup for pipelines-in-pipelines child-pipelines (#9727)
additions (1)
- * :sparkles: Add option continueAndFail on step.onError (#10536) Step onError now supports continueAndFail, which continues executing subsequent steps but fails the TaskRun after all steps complete.
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