# Rook v1.20.7

> Storage & Data · 2026-09-02

A maintenance release with operational behavior improvements, CSI compatibility updates, and new external-cluster and deployment capabilities. It includes CSI 3.17.1 for AES256K compatibility and updates to cluster reconciliation, election handling, security initialization, OSD error reporting, and manager module behavior.

## Other recorded changes
- 7 (value_changed 6, added 1)

[Full analysis](https://ratatosk.io/en/releases/rook/v1.20.7)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/rook/rook/releases/tag/v1.20.7)