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Crossplanev2.4.0Orchestration & ManagementAug 20, 2026

ACTION 15CHECK 4PLAN 1OTHER 33View full analysis

A release with breaking operational changes, new runtime behavior, and correctness fixes. It also updates the Go toolchain and dependencies for security fixes, including changes that affect CLI publication, package operation, and resource deletion.

Action needed (15)

securityGo version and dependency security updates
Crossplane now builds and runs with a newer Go version to include standard library CVE fixes. The release also includes security updates to Crossplane's Go dependencies.
securityGo 1.25.10
Go was updated to 1.25.10 to fix standard library CVEs.
securitygolang.org/x/crypto v0.52.0
The golang.org/x/crypto module was updated to v0.52.0 for security fixes.
securitygolang.org/x/sys v0.44.0
The golang.org/x/sys module was updated to v0.44.0 for security fixes.
securitygolang.org/x/net v0.55.0
The golang.org/x/net module was updated to v0.55.0 for security fixes.
securitygithub.com/sigstore/cosign/v3 v3.0.6
The github.com/sigstore/cosign/v3 module was updated to v3.0.6 for security fixes.
securitygithub.com/sigstore/rekor v1.5.2
The github.com/sigstore/rekor module was updated to v1.5.2 for security fixes.
securitygithub.com/sigstore/timestamp-authority/v2 v2.1.0
The github.com/sigstore/timestamp-authority/v2 module was updated to v2.1.0 for security fixes.
securitygithub.com/sigstore/sigstore-go v1.2.0
The github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go module was updated to v1.2.0 for security fixes.
securityCombined grpc, x/net, and x/text security updates
Combined security updates were applied to grpc, x/net, and x/text.
securitygolang.org/x/net v0.56.0
The golang.org/x/net module was updated to v0.56.0 for security fixes.
securitygolang.org/x/text v0.39.0
The golang.org/x/text module was updated to v0.39.0 for security fixes.
securityVulnerable dependency updates
Vulnerable dependencies were updated for security fixes.
securitygithub.com/sigstore/sigstore-go v1.2.1
The github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go module was updated to v1.2.1 for security fixes.
securitygolang.org/x/mod v0.40.0
The golang.org/x/mod module was updated to v0.40.0 for security fixes.

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breakingCrossplane CLI publication location and binary name
Applies if you use the Crossplane CLI.
breakingspec.replicas behavior in DeploymentRuntimeConfig
Applies if DeploymentRuntimeConfig configures spec.replicas.
breakingNarrowed composed resource garbage collection
Applicability is not stated in the release notes.
+ 1 more on the release page

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deprecatedCrossplane v1.20 support endremoval planned in v2.5 (Nov 2026)
Applies when v2.5 is released in Nov 2026 and Crossplane v1.20 runs.

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Karmadav1.18.2Orchestration & ManagementJul 31, 2026

ACTION 2CHECK 8PLAN 4OTHER 65View full analysis

A broad operator-impacting maintenance release with security-related base image updates, API and configuration changes, scheduling capabilities, and deprecations and removals. Operators should review changed defaults and constraints and account for migration work affecting their configurations, APIs, and metrics.

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securityThe alpine base image update
The alpine base image is updated from alpine:3.23.4 to alpine:3.24.1 to address security concerns.
securityThe alpine base image update
The alpine base image is updated from alpine:3.23.3 to alpine:3.23.4 to address security concerns.

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breakingThe cluster lease duration flags, removed
Applies if you configure either --cluster-lease-duration or --cluster-lease-renew-interval-fraction.
breakingThe Estimator metric label value, removed
Applies if you use either estimating_plugin_execution_duration_seconds or estimating_plugin_extension_point_duration_seconds.
breakingThe Etcd.Local.InitImage configuration field, removed
Applies if you configure Etcd.Local.InitImage.
+ 5 more on the release page

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deprecatedThe ReplicaRequirements.resourceRequest field deprecationdeprecated since v1.18.0
Applies if you use ReplicaRequirements.resourceRequest.
deprecatedThe ComponentReplicaRequirements.resourceRequest field deprecationdeprecated since v1.18.0
Applies if you use ComponentReplicaRequirements.resourceRequest.
deprecatedThe NodeClaim.nodeAffinity field deprecationdeprecated since v1.18.0
Applies if you use NodeClaim.nodeAffinity.
+ 1 more on the release page

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Karmadav1.17.5Orchestration & ManagementJul 31, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 4PLAN 2OTHER 82View full analysis

A mixed maintenance and feature release with workload-affinity and anti-affinity support, encryption-at-rest capabilities, bug fixes, and updates to dependencies and default images. It also changes operational defaults and validation while deprecating or removing configuration flags and fields, so compatibility and configuration changes are part of the release.

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breakingControllerPriorityQueue promotion to beta and default enablement
ControllerPriorityQueue is promoted to beta and enabled by default.

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breakingThe --etcd-init-image flag, removed from karmadactl init
Applies if you use the --etcd-init-image flag.
breakingnamespace validation for spec.resourceSelectors
Applies if you use PropagationPolicy or OverridePolicy.
breakingDistinct GroupByLabelKey values in WorkloadAffinity
Applies if you configure WorkloadAffinity.
+ 1 more on the release page

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deprecatedEtcd.Local.InitImage deprecationdeprecated since v1.17.0 · removal date not announced
Applies if you configure Etcd.Local.InitImage in Karmada Init Configuration.
deprecatedDeprecation of cluster lease flagsdeprecated since v1.17.0 · removal date not announced
Applies if you use --cluster-lease-duration or --cluster-lease-renew-interval-fraction.

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Karmadav1.16.8Orchestration & ManagementJul 31, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 4PLAN 2OTHER 104View full analysis

A mixed maintenance and feature release with bug fixes, new APIs and capabilities, performance and instrumentation improvements, dependency updates, and deprecated field removals. Operators should review the removed fields and the updated dependency, while the release also adds multi-component scheduling, configurable initialization, eviction queue support, and new workload interpreters.

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securitymediumThe github.com/vektra/mockery dependency update
The github.com/vektra/mockery dependency was bumped to v3.5.5 to address security concerns identified by GO-2025-3900.

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breakingThe external etcd fields CAData, CertData, and KeyData, removed
Applies if you configure CAData, CertData, or KeyData.
breakingThe init command's default component images
Applies if you run the init command.
breakingA 32s default timeout for the member cluster client
Applies if you use the member cluster client.
+ 1 more on the release page

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deprecatedThe --etcd-init-image flag, deprecatedremoval date not announced
Applies if you use --etcd-init-image.
breakingThe Prometheus metric labels cluster and cluster_name, replaced by member_clusterremoval planned in 1.18
Applies if you use the cluster or cluster_name metric labels.

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KubeVirtv1.9.0Orchestration & ManagementJul 30, 2026

ACTION 2CHECK 9PLAN 2OTHER 138View full analysis

A broad operator-facing release with fixes, behavior changes, new capabilities, API and feature-gate maturity changes, deprecations, and component updates. It also includes security updates for CVE-2026-35469, GHSA-pc3f-x583-g7j2, and CVE-2026-33186, along with a symlink-traversal fix and a security dependency update.

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securitycriticalThe grpc dependency, updated
grpc is updated to 1.79.3 to remediate CVE-2026-33186.
securityhighThe github.com/moby/spdystream dependency, updated
The github.com/moby/spdystream dependency is updated from v0.5.0 to v0.5.1 to address CVE-2026-35469 (GHSA-pc3f-x583-g7j2).

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breakingStricter network interface binding admission
Applies if you configure network interface bindings.
breakingThe Template feature gate, enabled by default
Applies if you enable the Template feature gate.
breakingThe ephemeral hotplug volume metric and alert, removed
Applies if you use the ephemeral hotplug volume metric.
+ 6 more on the release page

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deprecatedcgroup v1 support, deprecatedremoval date not announced
Applies if you run with cgroup v1 support.
deprecatedLegacy VM creation recording rules and metrics, deprecated
Applies if you use kubevirt_vm_created_total or kubevirt_vm_created_by_pod_total.

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wasmCloudv2.5.0Orchestration & ManagementJun 30, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 1OTHER 21View full analysis

Version v2.5.0 adds runtime and WIT/API capabilities and includes correctness and dependency updates. The release also enables wasip3 by default and includes a quinn-proto fix for RUSTSEC-2026-0185.

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securityhighThe quinn-proto security fix
The quinn-proto dependency fix ships in wasmCloud v2.5.0 and addresses RUSTSEC-2026-0185.

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breakingDefault wasip3 enablement with wasmtime 46
Applies if your workloads use wasip3.

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wasmCloudv2.4.0Orchestration & ManagementJun 17, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 1OTHER 11View full analysis

wasmCloud v2.4.0 adds operator capabilities and configuration options while correcting runtime and tooling behavior. It also changes supported platform behavior and updates dependencies associated with Rust security advisories, so platform-specific users and deployments using the affected crates are most directly concerned.

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securityThe postgres crates, updated for Rust security advisories
The postgres crates are updated for RUSTSEC-2026-0178, RUSTSEC-2026-1079, and RUSTSEC-2026-0180. This dependency update ships in wasmCloud v2.4.0.

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breakingwebgpu disabled for s390
Applicability is not stated in the release notes.

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Daprv1.18.0Orchestration & ManagementJun 10, 2026

ACTION 8CHECK 6PLAN 1OTHER 108View full analysis

A substantial operator-facing release adds workflow and MCP capabilities alongside control-plane, API, component, and lifecycle changes. It also includes security fixes, dependency and default updates, and compatibility constraints that affect upgrade planning and configuration review.

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securitymediumThe golang.org/x/image dependency update for GO-2026-4962
golang.org/x/image is updated to v0.39.0 for GO-2026-4962.
securityThe durabletask-go and pgx dependency updates
durabletask-go is updated to v0.12.1, and pgx is updated as part of the vulnerability fixes.
breakingThe WorkflowsRemoteActivityReminder default, enabled
WorkflowsRemoteActivityReminder is enabled by default. Cross-app workflow activity results are delivered through Scheduler reminders unless the setting is changed.
breakingThe HotReload default, enabled
HotReload is enabled by default for Components, Subscriptions, MCPServers, Configurations, HTTPEndpoints, Resiliencies, and WorkflowAccessPolicies.
breakingSidecar probe defaults
Sidecar probe defaults now give liveness more time before a kubelet restart, at about 230 seconds, while readiness responds more quickly.
breakingThe HotReload default, enabled in v1.18
HotReload is enabled by default in v1.18.
breakingLiveness and readiness probe defaults
The default liveness probe is widened, and the readiness probe default is tightened.
breakingChanged sidecar probe defaults
Sidecar probe defaults now set liveness to be more lenient, at about 230 seconds before a kubelet restart, and readiness to be tighter, at about 3 seconds for the control plane and 5 seconds for daprd.

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securityService invocation path traversal ACL bypass fix
Applies if you use service invocation.
breakingThe MCPServerResource and WorkflowAccessPolicy feature gates, removed
Applies if you configure the MCPServerResource or WorkflowAccessPolicy feature gates.
breakingThe Sentry Ed25519 workload identity key rollback constraint
Applicability is not stated in the release notes.
+ 3 more on the release page

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deprecatedThe ScheduleJobAlpha1 alpha RPCs, deprecated
Applies if you use ScheduleJobAlpha1.

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KEDAv2.20.0Orchestration & ManagementJun 1, 2026

CHECK 7PLAN 1OTHER 70View full analysis

This release adds scalers, configuration options, metrics, authentication modes, and compatibility improvements. Operators with custom RBAC need to account for the Kubernetes events API migration, and users of removed scaler settings need to update their configurations.

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securityCredential headers on cross-host redirects and HTTPS downgrades
Applicability is not stated in the release notes.
breakingScaledObject name length validation
Applies when a ScaledObject name exceeds 63 characters.
breakingPositive unprocessedEventThreshold values
Applies if you configure a non-positive unprocessedEventThreshold.
+ 4 more on the release page

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deprecatedThe buildId, selectAllActive, and selectUnversioned settings, deprecated
Applies if you configure buildId, selectAllActive, or selectUnversioned.

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Volcanov1.15.0Orchestration & ManagementJun 1, 2026

ACTION 4CHECK 2OTHER 83View full analysis

A feature and operational-hardening release that adds alpha scheduling capabilities, new scheduler and Helm configuration, and fixes scheduler and integration stability issues. Operators should review Kubernetes and DRA compatibility requirements, the changed DRA default, and the disclosed denial-of-service and Prometheus security fixes.

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securitymediumPrometheus dependency update for GHSA-vffh-x6r8-xx99
Updates github.com/prometheus/prometheus to address stored XSS advisory GHSA-vffh-x6r8-xx99.
securitymediumAdmission webhook request body limits
The admission webhook now limits request bodies, fixing the denial-of-service risk identified by CVE-2026-44247 and GHSA-8wxp-xxp2-rcgx.
breakingDRA scheduling integration default
DRA scheduling integration is enabled by default.
breakingDRA scheduling integration default behavior
DRA scheduling integration is enabled by default to align with Kubernetes 1.34 and later behavior. Set predicate.DynamicResourceAllocationEnable to false to disable it.

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breakingOpt-in SchedulingGatesQueueAdmission
Applies if you enable SchedulingGatesQueueAdmission.
breakingOpt-in gang-aware preemption and reclamation
Applies if you configure gangPreempt and gangReclaim and do not configure preempt or reclaim.

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Karmadav1.18.0Orchestration & ManagementMay 30, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 9OTHER 35View full analysis

A feature and maintenance release that adds overflow scheduling and scheduling overcommit protection, along with API, default, constraint, metric, and flag changes. It also includes a security-related alpine base-image update and numerous defect corrections.

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securityThe alpine base image update
The alpine base image has changed from alpine:3.23.3 to alpine:3.23.4 to address security concerns.

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breakingThe overflowAffinities field
Applies if you configure overflowAffinities.
breakingStricter clusterTolerations operator validation
Applies if you set spec.placement.clusterTolerations with Lt or Gt.
breakingThe operator's default verbosity level
Applies if you run the operator.
+ 6 more on the release page

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Crossplanev2.3.0Orchestration & ManagementMay 21, 2026

ACTION 14CHECK 3OTHER 20View full analysis

Crossplane v2.3.0 combines breaking API naming and path changes with new operator capabilities and correctness fixes. It also updates several Go dependencies and the Go toolchain, which matters to API consumers and builds that depend on the affected packages.

Action needed (14)

securityThe github.com/cloudflare/circl dependency, updated to v1.6.3
The github.com/cloudflare/circl module is updated to v1.6.3 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe google.golang.org/grpc dependency, updated to v1.79.3
The google.golang.org/grpc module is updated to v1.79.3 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp dependency, updated to v1.43.0
The go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp module is updated to v1.43.0 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 dependency, updated to v5.17.1
The github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 module is updated to v5.17.1 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 dependency, updated to v4.1.4
The github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 module is updated to v4.1.4 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe github.com/sigstore/cosign/v3 dependency, updated to v3.0.5
The github.com/sigstore/cosign/v3 module is updated to v3.0.5 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe github.com/docker/cli dependency, updated to v29.2.0+incompatible
The github.com/docker/cli module is updated to v29.2.0+incompatible in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe github.com/sigstore/timestamp-authority/v2 dependency, updated to v2.0.6
The github.com/sigstore/timestamp-authority/v2 module is updated to v2.0.6 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe Go toolchain, updated to 1.25.9
The Go toolchain is updated to 1.25.9 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe github.com/moby/spdystream dependency, updated to v0.5.1
The github.com/moby/spdystream module is updated to v0.5.1 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 dependency, updated to v5.18.0
The github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 module is updated to v5.18.0 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe github.com/in-toto/in-toto-golang dependency, updated to v0.11.0
The github.com/in-toto/in-toto-golang module is updated to v0.11.0 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe golang.org/x/net dependency, updated to v0.53.0
The golang.org/x/net module is updated to v0.53.0 in Crossplane v2.3.0.
securityThe Go toolchain, updated to 1.25.10
The Go toolchain is updated to 1.25.10 in Crossplane v2.3.0 to fix standard library CVEs.

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breakingThe Crossplane API dependency path, renamed
Applies if you build external consumers of Crossplane APIs.
breakingThe common API package, moved
Applies if you use the common APIs from crossplane-runtime.
breakingThe v1.Resource* types, renamed
Applies if you use the old v1.Resource* types.

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Daprv1.17.7Orchestration & ManagementMay 15, 2026

CHECK 1OTHER 19View full analysis

Dapr v1.17.7 is a corrective release focused on workflow, scheduler, actor, networking, and pub/sub reliability defects. It also adds workflow payload metrics, changes scheduler defaults, adds a scheduler flag, and updates github.com/dapr/kit.

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breakingThe actor drainOngoingCallTimeout constraint
Applies if an application supplies an actor drainOngoingCallTimeout that meets or exceeds the daprd-side placement dissemination timeout, which defaults to 30 seconds.

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wasmCloudv2.1.0Orchestration & ManagementMay 7, 2026

CHECK 1OTHER 14View full analysis

A maintenance release with correctness fixes, dependency updates, and new deployment and plugin capabilities. It also removes the obsolete canary-v2 identifier.

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breakingThe canary-v2 canary identifier, removed
Applies if you configure canary-v2.

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wasmCloudv2.0.7Orchestration & ManagementMay 5, 2026

CHECK 1OTHER 12View full analysis

A maintenance release with corrected HTTP and workload behavior, dependency updates, and toolchain maintenance. It also removes canary-v2 in favor of canary.

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breakingThe canary-v2 configuration, removed in favor of canary
Applies if you configure canary-v2.

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Daprv1.16.13Orchestration & ManagementApr 15, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 1OTHER 5View full analysis

Dapr v1.16.13 includes a security-relevant Go dependency update and correctness fixes. The release also changes scheduler reliability and Pulsar pub/sub processing behavior.

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securityThe Go version update
The Go version is updated from 1.25.8 to 1.25.9 in v1.16.13.

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breakingprocessMode initialization validation
Applies if you configure processMode.

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wasmCloudv2.0.3Orchestration & ManagementApr 14, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 1PLAN 1OTHER 10View full analysis

This release adds Kubernetes-native service routing and related CRD fields, changes Helm behavior, fixes a NATS subscriber initialization race, and retires the runtime-gateway path. Operators using the deprecated gateway configuration need to account for the routing change and removed chart behavior.

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breakingThe default chart tag is removed
The default tag is removed, so the chart uses chart.yaml's appVersion.

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breakingNative Kubernetes Service routing replaces runtime-gateway
Applies if you use runtime-gateway.

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deprecatedThe Helm gateway section is deprecated
Applies if you configure gateway.

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Daprv1.16.12Orchestration & ManagementMar 30, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 2OTHER 4View full analysis

A maintenance release with a security-relevant gRPC dependency upgrade, Pulsar Avro and JSON schema handling corrections, and a Scheduler cluster recovery fix. It also adds raw payload topic metadata and updates Avro payload conversion and CloudEvents schema registration.

Action needed (1)

securitycriticalThe google.golang.org/grpc dependency and CVE-2026-33186 resolution
The affected google.golang.org/grpc dependency is upgraded to a version that resolves CVE-2026-33186. The fix ships in this release.

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breakingRejected rawPayload=true publishing to CloudEvents-wrapped topics
Applies if rawPayload is set for a CloudEvents-wrapped topic.
breakingStructural validation for .jsonschema topics
Applies if you configure .jsonschema.

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KubeVirtv1.8.0Orchestration & ManagementMar 24, 2026

CHECK 7PLAN 4OTHER 98View full analysis

A broad operator-facing feature and maintenance release with API and behavior changes, dependency updates, deprecations, and removals. Monitoring and configuration changes include recording-rule and feature-gate updates, alongside scheduling and security-related behavior changes; no security advisories are reported.

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breakingNetwork attachment definition get permissions in the virt-controller ClusterRole, removed
Applicability is not stated in the release notes.
breakingStop requests for paused VMIs, rejected
Applies if you run paused VMIs.
breakingThe EnableVirtioFsConfigVolumes feature, graduated to GA
Applies if you use the EnableVirtioFsConfigVolumes feature gate.
+ 4 more on the release page

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deprecatedThe DisableMDEVConfiguration feature gate, deprecatedremoval date not announced
Applies if you use the DisableMDEVConfiguration feature gate.
deprecatedThe kubevirt_vmi_migration_data_total_bytes metric, deprecated
Applies if you use the kubevirt_vmi_migration_data_total_bytes metric.
deprecatedThe MultiArchitecture feature gate, deprecated
Applies if you use the MultiArchitecture feature gate.
+ 1 more on the release page

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Daprv1.17.2Orchestration & ManagementMar 19, 2026

ACTION 3CHECK 2OTHER 22View full analysis

A maintenance release with disclosed Go standard-library security fixes, a Go toolchain upgrade, and a required manual Configuration CRD update. It also adds RavenDB state-store registration and correctness and performance fixes across pub/sub, scheduling, service invocation, workflows, actors, conversation components, state stores, and Sentry.

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securityhighGo toolchain upgrade to 1.25.8
The Go toolchain was upgraded from 1.24.13 to 1.25.8 across all modules and Docker images in the repository.
securitymediumGO-2026-4603 and escaped meta content URLs
html/template now escapes URLs in meta content attribute actions, addressing potential cross-site scripting via crafted URLs.
securitylowGO-2026-4602 and os.FileInfo root boundaries
os.FileInfo can no longer escape from a Root to access files outside the intended directory boundary.

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securityhighGO-2026-4601 and IPv6 host literal parsing
Applies if you use net/url.
breakingConfiguration stateRetentionPolicy schema
Applies if you configure stateRetentionPolicy.

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KubeVirtv1.6.4Orchestration & ManagementMar 16, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 2OTHER 16View full analysis

A maintenance release with a disclosed security fix, an indication rename for Windows VSS handling, and correctness, behavior, and observability updates. Most changes require no operator action beyond upgrading.

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securityhighCVE-2025-47913 remediation
The release adds a replace directive that points golang/x/crypto to the patched openshift/golang-crypto module to remediate CVE-2025-47913.

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breakingQuiesceFailed indication renamed to QuiesceTimeout
Applies if you use Windows VSS.
breakingDefaultVirtWebhookClient{QPS,Burst} values aligned
Applicability is not stated in the release notes.

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Karmadav1.17.0Orchestration & ManagementFeb 28, 2026

CHECK 4PLAN 3OTHER 34View full analysis

A feature and maintenance release adds workload affinity and anti-affinity scheduling, operator and API capabilities, and Helm encryption at rest. It also includes controller and scheduler fixes, dependency and image updates, and deprecations and removals.

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breakingnamespace validation for spec.resourceSelectors
Applies if you use PropagationPolicy or OverridePolicy.
breakingStricter GroupByLabelKey validation in WorkloadAffinity
Applies if you configure GroupByLabelKey in WorkloadAffinity.
breakingUpdated default Kubernetes and ETCD images
Applicability is not stated in the release notes.
+ 1 more on the release page

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deprecatedThe --cluster-lease-duration flag, deprecatedremoval date not announced
Applies if you use --cluster-lease-duration.
deprecatedThe --cluster-lease-renew-interval-fraction flag, deprecatedremoval date not announced
Applies if you use --cluster-lease-renew-interval-fraction.
deprecatedEtcd.Local.InitImage in Karmada Init Configuration, deprecatedremoval date not announced
Applies if you configure Etcd.Local.InitImage in Karmada Init Configuration.

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Daprv1.17.0Orchestration & ManagementFeb 27, 2026

ACTION 9CHECK 3PLAN 2OTHER 151View full analysis

A broad feature release adds workflow, component, API, authentication, tracing, configuration, CLI, and observability capabilities, alongside defect fixes and dependency updates. It also deprecates the alpha Bulk PubSub APIs and alpha application callback and includes security fixes.

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securityGo cryptography dependency updates
The x/(net/sync/crypto) dependencies are bumped, and dvsekhvalnov/jose2go is pinned.
securityGo vulnerability fix
A vulnerability in Go is fixed.
securityRoot-only UID check
The UID check now checks only the root UID.
securityHTTP path matching and invocation auto-registration
HTTP path matching is fixed to address a cardinality leak, and invocation auto-registration is supported.
securityThe golang.org/x/crypto dependency, updated
The golang.org/x/crypto dependency is bumped.
securityThe github.com/docker/docker dependency, updated
The github.com/docker/docker dependency is bumped.
securitySecurity fixes
Security fixes ship in the release.
securityThe github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 dependency, updated
The github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 dependency is bumped.
securityNATS vulnerability fix
A vulnerability in NATS is fixed.

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securityPlacement authorization for Dapr actor types
Applies if you use Placement.
securityCloudflare worker vulnerability fix
Applies if you use the Cloudflare worker.
breakingScheduler resources removed from the Helm chart
Applies if you use the Helm chart.

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deprecatedAlpha Bulk PubSub APIs and app callback deprecation
Applies if you use /v1.0-alpha1/publish/bulk/<pubsub-name>/<topic>, BulkPublishEventAlpha1, or OnBulkTopicEventAlpha1.
deprecatedThe OnBulkTopicEventAlpha1 callback, deprecated
Applies if you use OnBulkTopicEventAlpha1.

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Crossplanev2.2.0Orchestration & ManagementFeb 17, 2026

ACTION 7CHECK 2OTHER 41View full analysis

A release with breaking changes to package installation and package-cache side-loading, alongside new operator capabilities and ordinary defect corrections. It also includes security-tagged dependency updates, but no advisory identifiers or vulnerability details are provided.

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securitySecurity update for golang.org/x/crypto
The golang.org/x/crypto module was updated to v0.45.0 as a security update.
securitySecurity update for github.com/go-chi/chi/v5
The github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 module was updated to v5.2.4 as a security update.
securitySecurity update for github.com/sigstore/cosign/v3
The github.com/sigstore/cosign/v3 module was updated to v3.0.4 as a security update.
securitySecurity update for github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2
The github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 module was updated to v2.4.1 as a security update.
securitySecurity update for github.com/sigstore/rekor
The github.com/sigstore/rekor module was updated to v1.5.0 as a security update.
securitySecurity update for github.com/sigstore/sigstore
The github.com/sigstore/sigstore module was updated to v1.10.4 as a security update.
securitySecurity update for github.com/quic-go/quic-go
The github.com/quic-go/quic-go module was updated to v0.57.0 as a security update.

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breakingInput CRD installation from Function packages
Applies if you use Function packages and Input CRDs.
breakingPackage cache structure
Applicability is not stated in the release notes.

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KEDAv2.19.0Orchestration & ManagementFeb 2, 2026

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A feature and maintenance release that adds scaler and authentication capabilities, updates scaler behavior and status reporting, and corrects several defects. It also replaces a deprecated dependency and removes the NATS Streaming scaler.

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breakingThe NATS Streaming scaler, removed
Applies if you use the NATS Streaming scaler.

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Knativeknative-v1.19.9Orchestration & ManagementJan 28, 2026

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A release with a breaking observability change that replaces OpenCensus support with OpenTelemetry. It also fixes sub-second precision in metric reporting.

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breakingOpenCensus support removed in favor of OpenTelemetry
Applies if you use OpenCensus.

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Knativeknative-v1.21.0Orchestration & ManagementJan 27, 2026

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A focused operator-facing release combining feature, compatibility, metrics, and defect fixes. The broader changelog is largely dependency housekeeping rather than additional operational changes.

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breakingThe kn.queueproxy.app.duration metric, renamed
Applies if you use kn.queueproxy.app.duration.
breakingThe kn.queueproxy.depth metric, renamed
Applies if you use kn.queueproxy.depth.
breakingService traffic ownership validation
Applicability is not stated in the release notes.

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Fluidv1.0.8Orchestration & ManagementOct 31, 2025

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This release combines operator-facing additions with enforced defaults and restrictions, defect fixes, and dependency and image updates. New support includes native sidecar injection, ThinRuntime metadata configuration, and additional storage client types.

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breakingRestricted service account permissions
Service account permissions are restricted. The sample file samples/juicefs/read_job.yaml is included.

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breakingRemoval of the redundant SYS_ADMIN capability from runtime engines
Applies if you use runtime engines.

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