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Daprv1.18.2Orchestration & ManagementJul 21, 2026

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A maintenance release that corrects runtime, workflow, actor, metrics, component, and sidecar defects. It adds Kafka configuration and health-check capabilities and includes two security-related dependency upgrades.

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securitymediumgithub.com/go-chi/chi/v5 updated for CVE-2025-69725
github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 is updated to v5.2.4, which resolves CVE-2025-69725.
securitymediumgo.mongodb.org/mongo-driver and github.com/dapr/components-contrib updates
go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver is updated to v1.17.7, and the github.com/dapr/components-contrib dependency is bumped to v1.18.3. The change carries advisory CVE-2026-2303.
breakingConflict errors for workflow instance IDs
Create requests for workflow instance IDs are rejected with a conflict error that names the blocking child workflow.

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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.
A security fix addresses a path traversal ACL bypass in service invocation.
breakingThe MCPServerResource and WorkflowAccessPolicy feature gates, removed
Applies if you configure the MCPServerResource or WorkflowAccessPolicy feature gates.
The MCPServerResource and WorkflowAccessPolicy feature gates are removed.
breakingThe Sentry Ed25519 workload identity key rollback constraint
Applicability is not stated in the release notes.
Dapr 1.18 introduces Ed25519 workload identity keys, and Sentry persists the Ed25519-keyed CA in the dapr-trust-bundle secret. Direct rollback from 1.18 to 1.17.6 or earlier is not supported.
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deprecatedThe ScheduleJobAlpha1 alpha RPCs, deprecated
Applies if you use ScheduleJobAlpha1.
The alpha RPCs, including ScheduleJobAlpha1, are deprecated in this release but remain fully functional.

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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.
The actor drainOngoingCallTimeout constraint is corrected for values that meet or exceed the daprd-side placement dissemination timeout, which defaults to 30 seconds. This fix ships in Dapr v1.17.7.

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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.
Invalid processMode values are rejected at initialization time.

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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.

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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.
Publishing with rawPayload=true to a CloudEvents-wrapped topic is rejected with a clear error. The constraint ships in this release.
breakingStructural validation for .jsonschema topics
Applies if you configure .jsonschema.
Topics configured with .jsonschema compile a goavro codec at initialization and validate payloads with NativeFromTextual at publish time. Invalid schemas fail fast at startup, and the validation change ships in this release.

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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.
IPv6 host literal parsing in net/url was corrected to prevent unexpected URL routing or SSRF when applications parse user-supplied URLs.
breakingConfiguration stateRetentionPolicy schema
Applies if you configure stateRetentionPolicy.
The Configuration CRD schema now uses type: string for all stateRetentionPolicy fields, matching the metav1.Duration serialization format.

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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.
Placement authorization for Dapr actor types is updated.
securityCloudflare worker vulnerability fix
Applies if you use the Cloudflare worker.
A vulnerability affecting the Cloudflare worker is fixed.
breakingScheduler resources removed from the Helm chart
Applies if you use the Helm chart.
The Helm chart now completely removes scheduler resources instead of scaling them to zero.

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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.
The alpha Bulk PubSub APIs are deprecated in favor of the stable Bulk PubSub APIs. This includes the alpha endpoint /v1.0-alpha1/publish/bulk/<pubsub-name>/<topic>, BulkPublishEventAlpha1, and the OnBulkTopicEventAlpha1 app callback; the stable forms are /v1.0/publish/bulk/<pubsub-name>/<topic>, BulkPublishEvent, and OnBulkTopicEvent.
deprecatedThe OnBulkTopicEventAlpha1 callback, deprecated
Applies if you use OnBulkTopicEventAlpha1.
Alpha paths remain functional but are deprecated in favor of stable APIs.

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