dify-0.38.0-rc2

Release v0.38.0-rc2

This release introduces the new Dify Agent from Dify 1.16.x, enables collaboration mode, and adds Gateway API support for modern traffic routing in Kubernetes.

What's Changed

• Add opt-in Gateway API HTTPRoute support to Dify chart (#419) @somaz94
• Add agent backend and local sandbox (#422, #430) @BorisPolonsky
• Migrate pluginDaemon.auth.difyApiKey to api.auth.internalApiKey (#423) @BorisPolonsky
• Update architecture documentation for collaboration mode (#424, #425, #426, #431) @BorisPolonsky
• Add optional apiWebsocket for workflow collaboration (#427) @BorisPolonsky
• Default localSandbox image tag to Chart.AppVersion (#428) @BorisPolonsky
• Cover agentBackend/localSandbox in CI image prep and fix Redis tag (#429) @BorisPolonsky
• Update architecture documentation for Ingress/Gateway API (#431, #432) @BorisPolonsky
• Add agentBackend ESO integration (#434, #435) @BorisPolonsky
• Bump GitHub Actions to Node 24-compatible majors (#436) @BorisPolonsky
• Stabilize OTEL collector in CI under Dify 1.16 load (#437) @BorisPolonsky
• Bump chart version to 0.38.0-rc1 and app version to 1.16.1 (#433) @BorisPolonsky
• Fix externalS3 IAM credentials and pathStyle propagation (#438, #439) @rcarvalhoxavier
• Allow direct access without nginx when routing via HTTPRoute (#440, #443) @BorisPolonsky
• Warn in NOTES.txt when obsolete pluginDaemon.auth.difyApiKey is still set (#444) @BorisPolonsky
• Bump chart version to 0.38.0-rc2 (#445) @BorisPolonsky

Breaking Changes

pluginDaemon.auth.difyApiKey no longer takes effect and has been migrated to api.auth.internalApiKey:

# before
pluginDaemon:
  auth:
    difyApiKey: "your-key"
# after
api:
  auth:
    internalApiKey: "your-key"

New Contributors

• @somaz94 made their first contribution in #419
• @rcarvalhoxavier made their first contribution in #438

Full Changelog: dify-0.37.0...dify-0.38.0-rc2