v0.3.0

What's Changed

• feat(Makefile): add tls and webhook installation support to makefile by @AvineshTripathi in #146
• Update Test_README file with small format change by @Karthik-K-N in #145
• docs: add installation steps for deploy-full target by @AvineshTripathi in #147
• docs: add controller metrics reference by @OneUpWallStreet in #153
• doc: update release notes for checking image promotion by @ajaysundark in #149
• Add link checker to fix broken links in markdown by @farazmd in #140
• fix NodeReadinessGates KEP number - KEP-5233 by @Priyankasaggu11929 in #156
• Add node events for taint operations (TaintAdded, TaintRemoved, TaintAdopted) by @Priyankasaggu11929 in #158
• feat: constrained impersonation for secure node status updates by @ali-a-a in #143
• Add Podman support by @Karthik-K-N in #157
• feat: support static pod installation flow for control-plane nodes by @ajaysundark in #162
• [NRR] add CEL validation for taint key format against Kubernetes qualified name rule by @Priyankasaggu11929 in #155
• cve fix: update otel sdk to 1.40.0 by @ajaysundark in #170
• Fix linter and bump goclangci-lint version by @ajaysundark in #168
• Bump golang version to address vulnerabilities by @ajaysundark in #169
• Add NPD (node problem detector) variant for security-agent-readiness example by @Priyankasaggu11929 in #154
• Update manager.yaml to modify nodeSelector and tolerations by @rohitkbc in #129
• Improve security posture pruning unnecessary rbac by @ajaysundark in #172
• propagate context and use merge patch in bootstrap completion tracking by @aramase in #173
• add graceful shutdown and propagate context in readiness-condition-reporter by @aramase in #174
• Make NodeReadinessRule spec fields immutable to prevent security issues by @Priyankasaggu11929 in #164
• prepare release v0.3.0 by @ajaysundark in #175

New Contributors

• @farazmd made their first contribution in #140
• @ali-a-a made their first contribution in #143
• @rohitkbc made their first contribution in #129
• @aramase made their first contribution in #173

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.3.0

v0.2.0

What's Changed

Features & Enhancements

• Add webhook as kustomize component (#122)
• Enable metrics manifests (#79)
• Use status.patch api for node updates (#104)
• Mark controller as system-cluster-critical to prevent eviction (#108)
• Enhance Dockerfiles and bump Go module version (#113)
• Add build-installer make target to create CRD and install manifests (#95, #93)
• Add a pull request template (#110)

Bug Fixes

• Fix dev-container: disable moby in newer version of debian (#127)
• Add missing boilerplate headers in metrics.go (#119)
• Update path to logo in README (#115)

Code Cleanup & Maintenance

• Remove unused globalDryRun feature (#123, #130)
• Bump versions for devcontainer and golangci-kal (#132)

Documentation & Examples

• Document NoExecute taint risks and add admission warning (#120)
• Updates on getting-started guide and installation docs (#135, #92)
• Add example for security agent readiness (#101)
• Managing CNI-readiness with node-readiness-controller and switch reporter to daemonset (#99, #116)
• Update cni-patcher to use registry.k8s.io image (#96)
• Add video demo (#114) and update heptagon logo (#109)
• Remove stale docs/spec.md (#126)

New Contributors

• @pehlicd made their first contribution in #110
• @OneUpWallStreet made their first contribution in #126
• @knechtionscoding made their first contribution in #127
• @sats-23 made their first contribution in #113
• @GGh41th made their first contribution in #130
• @ketanjani21 made their first contribution in #120

Full Changelog: v0.1.1...v0.2.0

v0.1.1

What's Changed

Bug or Regression

• Fix race condition where deleting a rule could leave taints stuck on nodes (#84)
• Ensure new node evaluation results are persisted to rule status (#87]

Documentation

• Add/update Concepts documentation (enforcement modes, dry-run, condition reporting) (#74)
• Add v0.1.0 release notes to docs (#76)

Contributors

• @ajaysundark

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.1.1

v0.1.0

What's Changed

• Initial implementation of the Node Readiness Controller.
• Support for NodeReadinessRule API (readiness.node.x-k8s.io/v1alpha1).
• Defines custom readiness rules for k8s nodes based on node conditions.
• Manages node taints to prevent scheduling until readiness rules are met.
• Includes modes for bootstrap-only and continuous readiness enforcement.
• Readiness condition reporter for reporting component health.

New Contributors

• @ajaysundark made their first contribution in #12
• @Yuan-prog made their first contribution in #10
• @Karthik-K-N made their first contribution in #14
• @Priyankasaggu11929 made their first contribution in #18
• @sreeram-venkitesh made their first contribution in #31
• @Hii-Himanshu made their first contribution in #21
• @AvineshTripathi made their first contribution in #53
• @Serafeim-Katsaros made their first contribution in #67
• @arnab-logs made their first contribution in #65

Full Changelog: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-readiness-controller/commits/v0.1.0