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k0rdent 1.7.0 Release Notes#

Release date: January 29, 2026

Components Versions#

Provider Name Version
Cluster API v1.12.2
Cluster API Provider AWS v2.10.0
Cluster API Provider Azure v1.21.1
Cluster API Provider Docker v1.11.3
Cluster API Provider GCP v1.10.0
Cluster API Provider Infoblox v0.1.0
Cluster API Provider IPAM v1.1.0-rc.1
Cluster API Provider k0smotron v1.10.1
Cluster API Provider OpenStack (ORC) v0.13.0-mirantis.0 (v2.1.0)
Cluster API Provider vSphere v1.15.1
Projectsveltos v1.1.1
k0s (control plane runtime) 1.32.8
cert-manager (charts) v1.19.2

Highlights#

  • k0rdent Cluster Manager (KCM):

    • Proxy configuration Support: Proxy settings can now be set, which enables all providers to communicate through proxy
    • CAPK provider support: CAPK provider templates are now a part of k0rdent

  • Observability (KOF):

    • Grafana in KOF is now disabled by default see Using KOF without Grafana
    • KOF Tracing now uses VictoriaTraces instead of Jaeger
    • KOF Multi-tenancy is now supported with new kof-tenant-id label

  • Platform & Dependency Updates:

    • Cluster API upgraded to v1.12.2
    • Cluster API vSphere provider upgraded to v1.15.1

Upgrade Notes#

No specific upgrade instructions for this release.

Note

Notice that Grafana is now disabled by default in KOF

Changelog#

New Features#

  • feat(controller): add global proxy settings (#2323) by @zerospiel
  • feat: add CAPK provider template (#2312) by @eromanova
  • feat: add e2e tests for pausing of service set reconciliation (#2237) by @kylewuolle
  • feat: add kubevirt standalone and hosted cluster templates (#2351) by @eromanova
  • feat: remove v1alpha1 api version (#2338) by @Kshatrix
  • feat: support to override deployment settings in default ProviderTemplates (#2279) by @eromanova
  • feat: Disable Grafana (#684) by @denis-ryzhkov
  • feat: replace Jaeger with VictoriaTraces (#679) by @AndrejsPon00
  • feat: automate VMUser credential provisioning per cluster (#699) by @AndrejsPon00
  • feat: add cluster name label automatically to ClusterDeployment resources (#703) by @AndrejsPon00

Notable Fixes#

  • fix(cleanup): delete cld objects after servicesets (#2350) by @zerospiel
  • fix(tests): skip provider config overwrite when empty (#2292) by @eromanova
  • fix: add configmap read permissions for user-facing roles (#2274) by @Kshatrix
  • fix: add namespace validation for services (#2282) by @kylewuolle
  • fix: added the upgradePaths string slice back for backward compatibility and marked it as deprecated. (#2251) by @kylewuolle
  • fix: define default network configuration in KubeVirt templates (#2365) by @eromanova
  • fix: mark CRDs with helm-keep annotation where possible (#2337) by @Kshatrix
  • fix: only set the service to failed if it's not in deployed state (#2322) by @kylewuolle
  • fix: profile spec equality check to consider defaults (#2270) by @wahabmk
  • fix: remove self-management cluster selector labels (#2315) by @wahabmk
  • fix: run ksm tests via test config (#2342) by @wahabmk
  • fix: validate only diff during object updates (#2265) by @eromanova
  • fix: add metrics-server to resolve metric errors in KOF UI in local environment (#655) by @AndrejsPon00
  • fix: update kind clusters creation with squid proxy (#694) by @gmlexx
  • fix: prevent SANs checking error (#695) by @gmlexx
  • fix: npm security audit (#697) by @gmlexx
  • fix: update default storage values to align with the default retention (#696) by @gmlexx
  • fix: upgrade opentelemetry operator and collector to 0.143.0 (#706) by @gmlexx
  • fix: increase default CPU limit for collectors, k0s collector affinity (#710) by @gmlexx
  • fix: CPUThrottlingHigh and KubeletPodStartUpLatencyHigh rules expressions (#711) by @gmlexx
  • fix: move PKI_PATH to defaultCR env (#713) by @gmlexx
  • fix: MCS valuesFrom has no namespace, helm v3 warns, helm v4 fails (#717) by @denis-ryzhkov
  • fix: prevent k0s-collector crashes caused by values merge issue (#719) by @AndrejsPon00

References#