🚀 Version 0.26.0

What's Changed

0.26.0 (2026-09-25)

✨ Features

• gateway: route RFC 9728 metadata and expose MCP_RESOURCE_URL (#247) (b439391)
• release: pin operator image in tagged manifests (#248) (5d15513)

♻️ Improvements

• ci: migrate to goreleaser dockers_v2 (#243) (7c8ff61)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• controller: reconcile resources when namespace starts matching (#237) (93292f9)
• gateway: map guardrails failMode to closed/open (#244) (e71728e)
• release: pin operator image in install.yaml asset (#242) (432c9bd)

📚 Documentation

• gateway: document POST /mcp gating under MCP_EXPOSE (#246) (270874a)

📦 Installation

One-Command Installation (Recommended)

Install the operator and CRDs in one command using this release:

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/inference-gateway/operator/releases/download/v0.26.0/install.yaml

Or install the latest stable release:

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/inference-gateway/operator/releases/latest/download/install.yaml

GitOps / ArgoCD

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: inference-gateway-operator
  namespace: argocd
spec:
  project: default
  source:
    repoURL: https://github.com/inference-gateway/operator
    targetRevision: v0.26.0
    path: manifests
  destination:
    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
    namespace: inference-gateway-system
  syncPolicy:
    automated:
      prune: true
      selfHeal: true
    syncOptions:
      - CreateNamespace=true

Separate CRD Installation (Advanced)

# Install (or upgrade) only the CRDs
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/inference-gateway/operator/releases/download/v0.26.0/crds.yaml

# Then install the operator (install.yaml is idempotent and keeps the CRDs in sync)
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/inference-gateway/operator/releases/download/v0.26.0/install.yaml

Container Image

docker pull ghcr.io/inference-gateway/operator:0.26.0

Supported architectures: linux/amd64, linux/arm64.

✅ Verify the Installation

kubectl get pods -n inference-gateway-system
kubectl get crd | grep inference-gateway

For additional installation methods (custom namespace, namespace-scoped permissions, development setup), see the Installation guide.

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Full Changelog: v0.25.1...v0.26.0