Makefile targets have changed: Introduced gardener-setup, gardener-restore, gardener-local-mcm-up, non-gardener-setup, non-gardener-restore, non-gardener-local-mcm-up. Users can also directly use the scripts which are used by these makefile targets.
The provider-azure extension does now support shoot clusters with Kubernetes version 1.28. You should consider the [Kubernetes release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.28.md) before upgrading to 1.28.
updated image csi-registrar -> `v2.9.0`
Added `errorCode` field in the `LastOperation` struct. This should be implemented only for the `CreateMachine` call in the `triggerCreationFlow`. This field will be utilized by Cluster autoscaler to do early backoff
Update `k8s.io/client-go` from `v0.26.3` to `v0.26.4` to resolve panic on health-checking special shoots.
A new make target is introduced to add license headers.
updated image snapshot-controller -> `v6.3.1`
Always set the `vmType` in cloud-provider configuration files.
Force drain and delete volume attachments for nodes un-healthy due to `ReadOnlyFileSystem` and `NotReady` for too long
updated image csi-resizer -> `v1.9.1`
`provider-azure` extension now supports [Shoot Force Deletion](https://github.com/gardener/gardener/blob/master/docs/usage/shoot_operations.md#force-deletion).
The following golang dependencies have been upgraded :
- `gardener/gardener` to `v1.80.3`
- `k8s.io/*` to `v0.28.2`
- `sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime` to `v0.16.2`
An issue causing nil pointer panic on scaleup of the machinedeployment along with trigger of rolling update, is fixed
New metrics introduced:
- api_request_duration_seconds -> tracks time taken for successful invocation of provider APIs. This metric can be filtered by provider and service.
- driver_request_duration_seconds -> tracks total time taken to successfully complete driver method invocation. This metric can be filtered by provider and operation.
- driver_requests_failed_total -> records total number of failed driver API requests. This metric can be filtered by provider, operations and error_code.
Added a new metric that will allow to get the number of stale (due to unhealthiness) machines that are getting terminated
updated image livenessprobe -> `v2.11.0`
VM types with azure accelerated networking now work out-of-the-box with calico's ebpf dataplane.
Removed dead metrics code and refactored the remaining metrics code
Remove dependency to specific calico and cilium versions.
`provider-azure` no longer supports Shoots or Seeds with Кubernetes version < 1.24.
Bump `k8s.io/*` deps to v0.27.2
Bastion instances now use the latest ubuntu server 22.04 LTS version
The default `machine-safety-orphan-vms-period` has been reduced from 30m to 15m.
Add readiness check for snapshot validation webhook
status.Status now captures underline cause, allowing consumers to introspect the error returned by the provider. WrapError() function could be used to wrap the provider error
Release Notes: