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@rackerchris rackerchris released this 30 Sep 22:09
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Genestack release-2026.3.0

Release notes generated from the exact git diff release-2026.2.0.2..release-2026.3.0.

  • Release notes: docs/release-2026.3.0.md
  • Product matrix: docs/product-matrix-2026.3.0.md
  • Reno note files included: 34
  • Commit-history supplement groups included: 23

Highlights

  • Updated 24 OpenStack service charts to the 2026.1 series, including Barbican, Cinder, CloudKitty, Designate, Freezer, Glance, Heat, Horizon, Ironic, Keystone, Libvirt, Magnum, Manila, Neutron, Nova, Octavia, Placement, Trove, and Zaqar.
  • Added and documented a standardized ops-tools suite for OVN/Neutron consistency checks, orphan instance and qdisk discovery, image UUID migration, rogue pod scanning, and Octavia/OVN validation.
  • Added Barbican SoftHSM2 and PKCS#11 HSM support, including brownfield simple_crypto KEK handling and secret-managed KEK deployment flows.
  • Improved Redis and Redis Sentinel observability through native OpenTelemetry receiver coverage and new Grafana dashboards.
  • Added OpenTelemetry httpcheck monitoring for OpenStack APIs and new dashboards for API URL availability, cert-manager, MetalLB, CoreDNS, and Kubernetes control plane metrics.
  • Added Neutron VPNaaS with OVN deployment documentation and Kube-OVN SSL-aware Neutron and Octavia installer behavior.
  • Added Octavia heartbeat key generation to replace the static default health-manager heartbeat key.
  • Added QonoS deployment support and operational documentation.
  • Improved Trove enablement, guest image handling, replica workflows, backup behavior, and database access documentation.
  • Added Ironic monitoring integration and 2026.1-series upgrade notes.

Product Matrix

The generated product matrix includes 24 chart changes in this release. See docs/product-matrix-2026.3.0.md for the complete version table.

Detailed Notes

See docs/release-2026.3.0.md for the full per-service release notes, upgrade notes, known issues, security notes, and supplemental commit-history details.