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Helm v4.3.0-rc.1

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@scottrigby scottrigby released this 31 Aug 22:09
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v4.3.0-rc.1
2b3f680

Helm v4.3.0-rc.1 is a pre-release. It is to help gather feedback from the community as well as give users a chance to test Helm in staging environments before v4.3.0 is officially released.

The official changelog will come out with the v4.3.0 release. For now, you can see the commit changes from v4.2.4 here.

The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!

  • Join the discussion in Kubernetes Slack:
    • for questions and just to hang out
    • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via Zoom
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages

Installation and Upgrading

Download Helm v4.3.0-rc.1. The common platform binaries are here:

This release was signed with 208D D36E D5BB 3745 A167 43A4 C7C6 FBB5 B91C 1155 and can be found at @scottrigby keybase account. Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using gpg.

The Quickstart Guide will get you going from there. For upgrade instructions or detailed installation notes, check the install guide. You can also use a script to install on any system with bash.

Helm v3.22.0-rc.1

Helm v3.22.0-rc.1 Pre-release
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@scottrigby scottrigby released this 31 Aug 22:56
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v3.22.0-rc.1
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Helm v3.22.0-rc.1 is a pre-release. It is to help gather feedback from the community as well as give users a chance to test Helm in staging environments before v3.22.0 is officially released.

The official changelog will come out with the v3.22.0 release. For now, you can see the commit changes from v3.21.4 here.

The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!

  • Join the discussion in Kubernetes Slack:
    • for questions and just to hang out
    • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via Zoom
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages

Installation and Upgrading

Download Helm v3.22.0-rc.1. The common platform binaries are here:

This release was signed with 208D D36E D5BB 3745 A167 43A4 C7C6 FBB5 B91C 1155 and can be found at @scottrigby keybase account. Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using gpg.

The Quickstart Guide will get you going from there. For upgrade instructions or detailed installation notes, check the install guide. You can also use a script to install on any system with bash.

Helm v4.2.4

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@scottrigby scottrigby released this 13 Aug 15:33
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v4.2.4
3900f43

Helm v4.2.4 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!

  • Join the discussion in Kubernetes Slack:
    • for questions and just to hang out
    • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via Zoom
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages

Notable Changes

  • fix: Improve error reporting for helm template --debug with --show-only- #31185 by @kyokuping
  • fix: fetch logs from all containers in test pods- #32099 by @SebTardif
  • fix(provenance): check error return in Digest and encodeRelease- #32136 by @SebTardif
  • fix panic on repeated IsReachable calls- #32184 by @atkrad
  • fix: set [pull,push] scope when helm push to a registry(use token auth) - v4- #31211 by @kimsungmin1
  • Fix missing conflict retry with server-side apply- #32088 by @Kajot-dev
  • Properly format the extra field in gzipped packages- #31884 by @ouillie
  • Fix vanishing empty lines- #32327 by @matheuscscp
  • fix: pass registry client to downloader.Manager in upgrade- #32400 by @SetagGnaw
  • chore(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.80.0 to 1.82.1- for GO-2026-6061 #32450
  • fix: bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel to v1.44.0 for GO-2026-5158- #32521 by @TerryHowe

Installation and Upgrading

Download Helm v4.2.4. The common platform binaries are here:

This release was signed with 208D D36E D5BB 3745 A167 43A4 C7C6 FBB5 B91C 1155 and can be found at @scottrigby keybase account. Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using gpg.

The Quickstart Guide will get you going from there. For upgrade instructions or detailed installation notes, check the install guide. You can also use a script to install on any system with bash.

What's Next

  • 4.3.0 and 3.22.0 are the next minor releases scheduled for September 9, 2026

Changelog

  • Minimal fix to build failure from #31211. 3900f43 (Scott Rigby)
  • fix: bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel to v1.44.0 for GO-2026-5158 (#32521) f7c6e8f (Terry Howe)
  • chore(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.80.0 to 1.82.1 035a2c3 (dependabot[bot])
  • fix: pass registry client to downloader.Manager in upgrade f76a5f4 (Gates Wang)
  • Apply suggestions 5a7c6c7 (Will Noble)
  • Properly format the extra field in gzipped packages 2281848 (Will Noble)
  • Fix missing conflict retry with server-side apply (#32088) 2c979a1 (Jakub Jaruszewski)
  • Potential fix for pull request finding 2bd2c66 (kimsungmin1)
  • fix(registry): resolve golangci-lint issues in token-auth tests 183a540 (kimsm28)
  • chore: go mod tidy after rebase on main 08d8da1 (kimsm28)
  • fix(registry): use plain-http registry in token-auth scope test 9655b5a (kimsm28)
  • Update pkg/registry/client.go 430dfac (Terry Howe)
  • test: improve client_scope_test.go to avoid data races and brittle assertions 9569605 (kimsm28)
  • fix typos in withScopeHint function comment 63f2b68 (kimsm28)
  • fix registry test failures by adjusting DockerRegistryHost and auth server listener management f7488c0 (kimsm28)
  • fix variable naming requestUrl -> requestURL 8fe78fb (kimsm28)
  • fix typo, remove unnecessary code, fix to avoid to use the assertion in http hanlder d0670d2 (kimsm28)
  • change suite.Nil, suite.NotNill to more proper function(suite.NoError, suite.Error) 804256e (kimsungmin1)
  • change client_scope_test.go to use httptest d79bceb (kimsungmin1)
  • fix typo d34fcd9 (kimsungmin1)
  • remove freeport dependency 9fbd190 (kimsungmin1)
  • add newline in license header 9275661 (kimsungmin1)
  • fix scope when helm push to a registry that use token auth fef91f3 (kimsungmin1)
  • fix panic on repeated IsReachable calls e89ce68 (Mohammad Abdolirad)
  • fix(provenance): check error return in Digest ff1ac83 (Sebastien Tardif)
  • fix: address review feedback 4b4dedb (Sebastien Tardif)
  • fix: fetch logs from all containers in test pods 7c80103 (Sebastien Tardif)
  • chore: rename savedErr to clear its specific purpose ecc9cd2 (Jeaeun Kim)
  • chore: fix lint f6211ba (Jeaeun Kim)
  • chore: store err separately for clarity 3507ea5 (Jeaeun Kim)
  • chore: Improve error reporting for helm template --debug with --show-only 211ffae (Jeaeun Kim)
  • Address review comments 51a9837 (Matheus Pimenta)
  • Fix vanishing empty lines 83a8b70 (Matheus Pimenta)

Full Changelog: v4.2.3...v4.2.4

Helm v3.21.4

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@scottrigby scottrigby released this 14 Aug 14:55
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v3.21.4
813176c

Helm v3.21.4 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!

  • Join the discussion in Kubernetes Slack:
    • for questions and just to hang out
    • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via Zoom
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages

Notable Changes

  • fix(engine): prevent Files.Lines panic on empty file (backport to v3)- #32303 by @mahesh-sadupalli
  • fix(provenance): migrate to ProtonMail/go-crypto to resolve GO-2026-5932- #32463 by @karan-vk
  • [dev-v3 backport] fix: bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel@v1.44.0 for GO-2026-5158- #32535 by @scottrigby
  • [dev-v3 backport] deps: bump google.golang.org/grpc@v1.82.1 for GO-2026-6061- #32536 by @scottrigby
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.53.0 to 0.54.0- (includes golang.org/x/text v0.40.0 to fix GO-2026-5970) #32308

Installation and Upgrading

Download Helm v3.21.4. The common platform binaries are here:

This release was signed with 208D D36E D5BB 3745 A167 43A4 C7C6 FBB5 B91C 1155 and can be found at @scottrigby keybase account. Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using gpg.

The Quickstart Guide will get you going from there. For upgrade instructions or detailed installation notes, check the install guide. You can also use a script to install on any system with bash.

What's Next

  • 4.3.0 and 3.22.0 are the next minor releases scheduled for September 9, 2026

Changelog

  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.53.0 to 0.54.0 (#32308) 813176c (dependabot[bot])
  • [dev-v3 backport] deps: bump google.golang.org/grpc@v1.82.1 for GO-2026-6061 b6aa8b1 (Scott Rigby)
  • fix: bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel@v1.44.0 for GO-2026-5158 57ce7ae (Scott Rigby)
  • fix(provenance): migrate to ProtonMail/go-crypto to resolve GO-2026-5932 ab71449 (Karan V)
  • fix(engine): prevent Files.Lines panic on empty file 955dfab (Mahesh Sadupalli)

Full Changelog: v3.21.3...v3.21.4

Helm v4.2.3

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@mattfarina mattfarina released this 09 Jul 20:56
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v4.2.3

Helm v4.2.3 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!

  • Join the discussion in Kubernetes Slack:
    • for questions and just to hang out
    • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via Zoom
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages

Installation and Upgrading

Download Helm v4.2.3. The common platform binaries are here:

The Quickstart Guide will get you going from there. For upgrade instructions or detailed installation notes, check the install guide. You can also use a script to install on any system with bash.

What's Next

  • 4.2.4 and 3.21.4 are the next patch releases scheduled for August 12, 2026
  • 4.3.0 and 3.22.0 are the next minor releases scheduled for September 9, 2026

Changelog

  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.53.0 to 0.54.0 43e8b7f (Terry Howe)

Helm v3.21.3

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@mattfarina mattfarina released this 09 Jul 21:20
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v3.21.3

Helm v3.21.3 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!

  • Join the discussion in Kubernetes Slack:
    • for questions and just to hang out
    • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via Zoom
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages

Installation and Upgrading

Download Helm v3.21.3. The common platform binaries are here:

The Quickstart Guide will get you going from there. For upgrade instructions or detailed installation notes, check the install guide. You can also use a script to install on any system with bash.

What's Next

  • 4.2.4 and 3.21.4 are the next patch releases scheduled for August 12, 2026
  • 4.3.0 and 3.22.0 are the next minor releases scheduled for September 9, 2026

Changelog

  • Apply suggestions from code review 1ad6e68 (Benoit Tigeot)
  • fix: drop containerd v1 dep to resolve govulncheck CVEs 037733e (Benoit Tigeot)
  • chore(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd from 1.7.32 to 1.7.33 d3e178b (dependabot[bot])

Helm v3.21.2

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@gjenkins8 gjenkins8 released this 20 Jun 04:36
v3.21.2
1259634

Helm v3.21.2 is a patch release to correct bump the Kubernetes client libraries (client-go, etc) to match the expected Kubernetes v1.36 release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!

  • Join the discussion in Kubernetes Slack:
    • for questions and just to hang out
    • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via Zoom
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages

Notable Changes

  • Update Kubernetes client libraries to v1.36

Installation and Upgrading

Download Helm v3.21.2. The common platform binaries are here:

This release was signed by @gjenkins8 with key BF88 8333 D96A 1C18 E268 2AAE D79D 67C9 EC01 6739, which can be found at https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/BF888333D96A1C18E2682AAED79D67C9EC016739. Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using gpg.

The Quickstart Guide will get you going from there. For upgrade instructions or detailed installation notes, check the install guide. You can also use a script to install on any system with bash.

What's Next

  • 3.21.3 will contain only bug fixes.
  • 3.22.0 is the next (and final) Helm 3 feature release

Changelog

  • chore(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 2 updates 1259634 (dependabot[bot])
  • fixes b52e276 (Matheus Pimenta)
  • chore(deps): bump the k8s-io group across 1 directory with 2 updates 3342dbf (dependabot[bot])

Full Changelog: v3.21.1...v3.21.2

Helm v4.2.2

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@gjenkins8 gjenkins8 released this 17 Jun 20:50
v4.2.2
b05881c

Helm v4.2.2 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!

  • Join the discussion in Kubernetes Slack:
    • for questions and just to hang out
    • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via Zoom
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages

Notable Changes

  • Revert: Fixed a race condition in WaitForDelete where the status observer canceled the watch too early, causing intermittent failures when running a full test suite #32214

Installation and Upgrading

Download Helm v4.2.2. The common platform binaries are here:

This release was signed by @gjenkins8 with key BF88 8333 D96A 1C18 E268 2AAE D79D 67C9 EC01 6739, which can be found at https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/BF888333D96A1C18E2682AAED79D67C9EC016739. Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using gpg.

The Quickstart Guide will get you going from there. For upgrade instructions or detailed installation notes, check the install guide. You can also use a script to install on any system with bash.

What's Next

  • 4.2.3 and 3.21.2 are the next patch releases scheduled for July 8, 2026
  • 4.3.0 and 3.22.0 are the next minor releases scheduled for September 9, 2026

Changelog

  • Revert "fix(kube): prevent spurious early exit in WaitForDelete during informer sync" b05881c (George Jenkins)

Full Changelog: v4.2.1...v4.2.2

Helm v4.2.1

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@scottrigby scottrigby released this 12 Jun 15:06
v4.2.1
d591a19

Helm v4.2.1 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!

  • Join the discussion in Kubernetes Slack:
    • for questions and just to hang out
    • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via Zoom
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages

Notable Changes

  • Fixed data race detected by -race flag when concurrent goroutines (upgrade + rollback, install + uninstall) both call GetWaiterWithOptions on the same FailingKubeClient instance #31925
  • Fixed helm command success messages writing to stderr instead of stdout. Now correctly outputing to stdout #32056
  • Fixed Helm 4 emitting "unable to find exact version" when using version range constraints #31757
  • Fixed a race condition in WaitForDelete where the status observer canceled the watch too early, causing intermittent failures when running a full test suite #32081
  • Bumped golang.org/x/net to v0.55.0 to address GO-2026-5026 #32153
  • Fixed SDK errors by upgrading dependencies: cli-utils 1.2.1, controller-runtime 0.24.1 and k8s 1.36.1 #32128
  • Dependency updates

Installation and Upgrading

Download Helm v4.2.1. The common platform binaries are here:

This release was signed with 208D D36E D5BB 3745 A167 43A4 C7C6 FBB5 B91C 1155 and can be found at @scottrigby keybase account. Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using gpg.

The Quickstart Guide will get you going from there. For upgrade instructions or detailed installation notes, check the install guide. You can also use a script to install on any system with bash.

What's Next

  • 4.2.2 and 3.21.2 are the next patch releases scheduled for July 8, 2026
  • 4.3.0 and 3.22.0 are the next minor releases scheduled for September 9, 2026

Changelog

  • fix: protect FailingKubeClient.RecordedWaitOptions from data race (#31925) d591a19 (Terry Howe)
  • fix: route registry client output to stdout instead of stderr (#32056) 2a9fcae (Terry Howe)
  • chore(deps): bump oras.land/oras-go/v2 from 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 ffa5bd6 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.52.0 to 0.53.0 9f9dbaf (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.43.0 to 0.44.0 64a2891 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.37.0 to 0.38.0 e54a4a2 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.36.1 to 4.36.2 acb762b (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.36.0 to 4.36.1 768586d (dependabot[bot])
  • fix(version): avoid false range detection on prerelease x/X eabfae5 (Benoit Tigeot)
  • fix(version): version range || can has no space e3fd51f (Benoit Tigeot)
  • feat: report in debug the version we select with version range arg 1e47395 (Benoit Tigeot)
  • fix: prevent warning when using version range constraints a33e239 (Benoit Tigeot)
  • fix(kube): always propagate context.Canceled in WaitForDelete fa06d44 (Terry Howe)
  • fix(kube): prevent spurious early exit in WaitForDelete during informer sync 360d483 (Terry Howe)
  • chore(deps): bump github.com/tetratelabs/wazero from 1.11.0 to 1.12.0 7651edf (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.51.0 to 0.52.0 b132e7e (dependabot[bot])
  • fix(deps): bump golang.org/x/net to v0.55.0 to address GO-2026-5026 eee491a (Terry Howe)
  • chore(deps): bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 9.2.0 to 9.2.1 3e3c575 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.35.5 to 4.36.0 c4ce2bb (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump actions/stale from 10.2.0 to 10.3.0 3892dc2 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.35.4 to 4.35.5 c4bbb62 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.50.0 to 0.51.0 a0d7f16 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.35.3 to 4.35.4 8a3de05 (dependabot[bot])
  • fix(upstream): upgrade to cli-utils 1.2.1, controller-runtime 0.24.1 and k8s 1.36.1 57a4803 (Matheus Pimenta)
  • chore(deps): bump github.com/fluxcd/cli-utils from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 b33ae02 (dependabot[bot])

Full Changelog: v4.2.0...v4.2.1

Helm v3.21.1

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@scottrigby scottrigby released this 12 Jun 14:51
v3.21.1
c56dd00

Helm v3.21.1 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!

  • Join the discussion in Kubernetes Slack:
    • for questions and just to hang out
    • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via Zoom
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages

Notable Changes

  • Fixed nil pointer panic that could happen with helm template in ClientOnly flows. Now correctly returns a template error #31920
  • Bumped golang.org/x/net to v0.55.0 to address GO-2026-5026 #32152
  • Bumped Go from 1.25 to 1.26 #32168
  • Dependency version updates

Installation and Upgrading

Download Helm v3.21.1. The common platform binaries are here:

This release was signed with 208D D36E D5BB 3745 A167 43A4 C7C6 FBB5 B91C 1155 and can be found at @scottrigby keybase account. Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using gpg.

The Quickstart Guide will get you going from there. For upgrade instructions or detailed installation notes, check the install guide. You can also use a script to install on any system with bash.

What's Next

  • 4.2.2 and 3.21.2 are the next patch releases scheduled for July 8, 2026
  • 4.3.0 and 3.22.0 are the next minor releases scheduled for September 9, 2026

Changelog

  • fix(action): avoid nil REST client getter panic when installing CRDs c56dd00 (sergiochan)
  • fix(registry): keep credentials on plain-HTTP fallback with oras-go v2.6.1 702529f (Terry Howe)
  • chore(deps): bump oras.land/oras-go/v2 from 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 178e120 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.52.0 to 0.53.0 dcf35f8 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.43.0 to 0.44.0 44aff8b (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.37.0 to 0.38.0 ae2f31f (dependabot[bot])
  • Update .github/env 402225f (Terry Howe)
  • ci: bump golangci-lint to v2.11.3 for go 1.26 00eac21 (Terry Howe)
  • chore: bump go to 1.26 bec346a (Terry Howe)
  • chore(deps): bump github.com/lib/pq from 1.11.2 to 1.12.3 58b6ccf (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 30b9f51 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd from 1.7.30 to 1.7.32 858aa47 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 from 3.4.0 to 3.5.0 1af25d4 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump github.com/mattn/go-shellwords from 1.0.12 to 1.0.13 97e4bc3 (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.51.0 to 0.52.0 29bdd1b (dependabot[bot])
  • fix(deps): bump golang.org/x/net to v0.55.0 to address GO-2026-5026 bad6cd4 (Terry Howe)
  • chore(deps): bump k8s.io/klog/v2 from 2.130.1 to 2.140.0 75c2e9b (dependabot[bot])
  • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.35.0 to 0.37.0 cd4dac3 (dependabot[bot])

Full Changelog: v3.21.0...v3.21.1

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