Argo CD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, has announced the release of version v2.9.0. This release includes a total of 368 contributions from 144 contributors, with 73 new features and 59 bug fixes.

Features

• Retry logic for Kubernetes client
• Grace period for repository errors
• Examples added to help output for admin.go file
• Examples added to help output for argocd_server.go file
• ‘Both’ option added for uibannerposition
• PKCE authentication flow for web logins
• Example added for generate-allow-list command
• Examples added to help output for get KEYID command
• Examples added to help output for “gpg_list” command
• Examples added to help output for remaining “create PROJECT ROLE-NAME” commands
• Examples added to argocd proj role cli family
• Admin-app-example added to cli
• Project flag added to avoid permission denied errors on 404
• Notification secrets exposed for request payload templating
• Git requests made configurable
• Write back added to application informer
• Print stderr output from command even on success
• Examples added to help output for “list PROJECT” command
• Examples added to help output for “gpg add” command
• Recursive Helm Values files detection in UI
• Rate limited queue implemented
• Examples added to help output for remaining “get APPNAME” commands
• Repocred-list-example added to cli
• Cluster-list-example added to cli
• Examples added to help output for “delete PROJECT ROLE-NAME” command
• Examples added to projectwindows.go
• Iammanager.keikoproj.io/Iamrole health check added
• Examples added to help output for “generate-spec PROJECT” command
• Repo-example added to cli
• Examples added to help output for “set APPNAME” command
• Examples added to help output for “logs APPNAME” command
• Example added to argocd relogin command
• Examples added to help output for all “argocd proj” commands
• Example added to help output for bcrypt command
• fromYaml and fromYamlArray toYaml functions added to appset
• Example added to help output for app actions command
• Examples added to help output for remaining “argocd account” commands
• Examples added to help output for remaining “argocd repocreds” commands
• Example added to help output for context command
• Individual e2e tests retried in CI
• ignoreApplicationDifferences added to appset
• PushSecret health status and force-sync action implemented
• AnsibleJob CRD health checks implemented
• Patches field added to Kustomize
• Support for AzureDevops Webhooks added to appset
• Dynamic rebalancing of clusters across shards implemented
• Tree option added to output flag for app sync, app wait, and app rollback commands
• Automatically apply extension configs without restarting API-Server
• Patch_ms and setop_ms timings added to reconciliation logs
• Button added for wrapping lines in pod logs viewer
• Option added to output flag for app get and app resources commands for tree view
• Appset preserve labels and global preserve fields added
• Haproxy metrics enabled through helm Chart
• Shorthand flags added for follow and container in app logs command
• ARGOCD_CLUSTER_CACHE_LIST_PAGE_BUFFER_SIZE environment variable added
• RBAC validation command now takes either namespace or policy-file
• Timezone added to projectwindows list
• Dark theme improvements in UI
• Auto-sync now handles ‘another operation is already in progress’ error
• ApplicationSet now deletes Application status
• Various bug fixes and improvements implemented

For the full changelog and more information, please visit the release-2.8…v2.9.0 comparison.

Argo CD, a declarative continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, has announced the release of release candidate version v2.9.0-rc2. Argo CD enables users to manage their Kubernetes applications through GitOps, providing a streamlined and efficient approach to continuous delivery of infrastructure.

The new v2.9.0 is set to introduce several new features and improvements to Argo CD. Some of the notable additions in the release candidates include:

• Support for ignoring application differences in appset
• Health status and force-sync action for PushSecret
• AnsibleJob CRD health checks
• Kustomize patches field
• Support for AzureDevops Webhooks in appset
• Dynamic rebalancing of clusters across shards
• Tree view option in output flag for app sync, app wait, and app rollback
• Automatic application of extension configs without restarting API-Server
• Addition of patch_ms and setop_ms timings to reconciliation logs
• Button for wrapping lines in pod logs viewer in the UI
• Tree view option in output flag for app get and app resources CLI commands
• Support for preserving labels and global fields in appset
• Enablement of haproxy metrics through Helm Chart
• Shorthand flags for follow and container in app logs
• Additional environment variable for cluster cache list page buffer size
• Improved RBAC support for discovery/sync
• Addition of Dott to users
• Upgraded notification engine
• Support for extra attributes for opentelemetry
• Parallel execution of refresh from UI
• Topic filter for Gitlab SCM in appset
• Timeout option for update cluster info
• Support for apply out of sync flag only in CLI
• Support for AzureDevops Webhooks
• SCM Provider option for Gitlab generator to filter shared projects from subgroups projects
• Short revision in ARGOCD_APP_REVISION_SHORT env variable
• Integration of kubelogin capability to argocd-k8s-auth
• Alias application as apps for consistency with notifications engine
• Restriction of SCM provider URLs
• Autosync_enabled field in the argocd_app_info gauge
• Support for self-signed TLS/Certificates for Gitlab SCM Provider
• Respect RBAC for resource exclusions/inclusions

In addition to these new features, the rc2 release candidate includes various bug fixes and improvements.

For a complete list of changes and enhancements being introduced in v2.9.0, users can refer to the full changelogs of v2.9.0-rc1 and v2.9.0-rc2.