v1.8.1

ZTF-Orchestrator v1.8.1 - Native Foundation Deploy validation hardening

Release date: 2026-09-04

Summary

v1.8.1 is a patch release for the Native Foundation Deploy controlled UAT path.
It aligns the runtime, UI, workflow templates, operator documentation, and
release metadata around the hardened Dell AHV HCI validation behavior.

Highlights

• Adds the native-foundation-deploy workflow as a first-class operator entry
  point for controlled UAT Dell AHV HCI deployment intent.
• Exposes the expected deployment inputs in the workflow UI, including runner
  identity, image repository details, AOS/AHV image source/version/checksum
  fields, Dell iDRAC node details, Prism Element validation details, and dry-run
  evidence controls.
• Adds browse/upload controls for Foundation image source selection while
  keeping artifacts explicitly operator supplied.
• Hardens dry-run validation so placeholder site, cluster, node, image, and
  repository values fail before mutating adapter execution.
• Keeps unsupported FCA Dell HCI deployment paths fail-closed.

Security and support boundary

• Secrets continue to be handled through credential references; release assets
  and documentation do not require publishing cleartext iDRAC, Prism Element, or
  repository credentials.
• Native Foundation Deploy remains a controlled UAT path. The release does not
  claim Nutanix or Dell production certification, nor does it convert planning
  validation into evidence of a completed live deployment.
• Mutating adapter execution remains gated by explicit controlled UAT readiness,
  runner, evidence, and authorization controls.

Validation

Recommended release validation:

• python -m pytest tests/test_release_integrity.py -q
• Focused Native Foundation Deploy dry-run validation tests.
• npm audit --audit-level=high
• npm run build
• git diff --check

What's Changed

• Improve script execution modal by @VirtuArchitect in #76
• Replace image and add dashboard description in README by @VirtuArchitect in #78
• Replace image in README.md by @VirtuArchitect in #79
• Add native Foundation Dell iDRAC UAT deploy gate by @VirtuArchitect in #77
• Add native Foundation deployment form validation by @VirtuArchitect in #80
• Release v1.8.1 native foundation validation by @VirtuArchitect in #81

Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.8.1