0.79.0

Watch Improvements

A big feature this time around is the added support for the metadata api via #1137. This is a variant api that only returns the ObjectMeta and TypeMeta to reduce network load, and has a low-level watch analogue available at Api::watch_metadata. Most users will generally want an infinite watch stream rather than the low-level method, so kube::runtime::metadata_watcher has been added as a direct analogue of watcher via #1145. The dynamic_watcher example shows how to switch between the two to get up and running.

The watcher also emits warnings now when HTTP 403s are encountered from Kubernetes, as this usually indicates a non-transient misconfiguration that must be fixed on the administrator side with RBAC.

Finally, there is work in progress on shared streams via WatchStreamExt from #1131 under an unstable feature.

What's Changed

Added

• Client: expose default_namespace() by @jpmcb in #1123
• Add support for metadata API by @mateiidavid in #1137
• Runtime: Add WatchStreamExt::subscribe by @danrspencer in #1131
• Introduce support for persistent metadata watches by @mateiidavid in #1145

Changed

• Bump Rust MSRV to 1.63.0 by @mateiidavid in #1146

Fixed

• Config: make cluster/users/clusters optional by @goenning in #1120
• Add better logging for watcher errors by @clux in #1134
• kubeconfig: deserialize null vectors as default by @goenning in #1142

New Contributors

• @jpmcb made their first contribution in #1123
• @ianstanton made their first contribution in #1127
• @mateiidavid made their first contribution in #1137

Full Changelog: 0.78.0...0.79.0