Release v6.2.0-rc.1

Users can set the preferred storageClassName for platform databases with a fallback value to the cluster.defaultStorageClass.

Core application changes

App Name	Old Version	New Version	Notes
cert-manager	v1.20.3	v1.21.1	Updated
cloudnative-pg	0.28.3	0.29.0	Updated
istio-base	1.30.2	1.30.3	Updated
istio-cni	1.30.2	1.30.3	Updated
istio-gateway	1.30.2	1.30.3	Updated
istiod	1.30.2	1.30.3	Updated
keycloak	7.2.0	7.2.2	Updated
ztunnel	1.30.2	1.30.3	Updated

Internal component release notes

• https://github.com/linode/apl-api/releases/tag/v5.2.0
• https://github.com/linode/apl-console/releases/tag/v5.2.0

What's Changed

• ci: release action update by @j-zimnowoda in #3454
• docs: release procedure by @j-zimnowoda in #3455
• ci: improve the Deploy APL pipeline by @j-zimnowoda in #3457
• fix: default storageClasses by @j-zimnowoda in #3423
• chore(deps): bump the npm-dependencies group across 1 directory with 19 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #3462
• ci: leverage GH caching by @j-zimnowoda in #3463
• chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #3371
• chore(deps): bump helmfile/helmfile-action from 2.4.6 to 2.4.7 in the github-actions-dependencies group by @dependabot[bot] in #3440
• chore(deps): upgrade eslint major v10 by @CasLubbers in #3471
• ci: build on pr opened by @j-zimnowoda in #3475
• chore(deps): bump @babel/core from 7.29.7 to 8.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #3374
• ci: fix image tag naming by @j-zimnowoda in #3477
• ci: distingush between ref-name and head-ref by @j-zimnowoda in #3480
• ci: normalize gh user name by @j-zimnowoda in #3484
• fix(schema): don't mark generator-backed x-secret fields as required by @aweingarten in #3465
• chore(chart-deps): update istio to version 1.30.3 by @svcAPLBot in #3447
• chore(chart-deps): update keycloak to version 7.2.2 by @svcAPLBot in #3430
• chore(deps): bump the npm-dependencies group with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #3485
• chore(deps): bump actions/setup-node from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #3488
• chore(chart-deps): update cert-manager to version v1.21.1 by @svcAPLBot in #3481
• chore(chart-deps): update cloudnative-pg to version 0.29.0 by @svcAPLBot in #3405
• fix: ensure that default storageClass is used by databases by @j-zimnowoda in #3494

New Contributors

• @aweingarten made their first contribution in #3465

Full Changelog: v6.1.0...v6.2.0-rc.1