# CloudNativePG v1.28.1

> Storage & Data · 2026-02-05

A maintenance release focused on correctness, reliability, and performance. It adds an Azure object store configuration requirement and includes operator-visible behavior fixes.

## Check if affected
- **[breaking]** Azure object store credential validation
  - Applies if you use Azure object store configurations with explicit credentials, such as a storage key or SAS token.
  - The operator now requires `storageAccount` in Azure object store configurations that use explicit credentials, such as a storage key or SAS token. It also enforces that `connectionString` is mutually exclusive with other authentication parameters.

## Other recorded changes
- 19 (defect_corrected 14, value_changed 4, added 1)

[Full analysis](https://ratatosk.io/en/releases/cloudnativepg/v1.28.1)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/releases/tag/v1.28.1)