# Rook v1.20.8

> Storage & Data · 2026-09-29

A maintenance release focused on operational behavior and correctness. It adds an immutability constraint for RGW zone pool references and removes obsolete daemons associated with deleted nodes.

## Check if affected
- **[breaking]** Immutable RGW pool references in zones
  - Applicability is not stated in the release notes.
  - The `rgw` component now enforces immutability for pool references in the zone.
- **[breaking]** Removal of crash collector and exporter daemons for deleted nodes
  - Applicability is not stated in the release notes.
  - The core component removes crash collector and exporter daemons for deleted nodes.

## Other recorded changes
- 8 (value_changed 6, default_changed 1, constraint_changed 1)

[Full analysis](https://ratatosk.io/en/releases/rook/v1.20.8)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/rook/rook/releases/tag/v1.20.8)