v1.6.1

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image-factory 1.6.1 (2026-09-03)

Welcome to the v1.6.1 release of image-factory!

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/siderolabs/image-factory/issues.

Contributors

• Andrey Smirnov
• Maja Bojarska
• Noel Georgi
• Mateusz Urbanek
• Dmitrii Sharshakov
• Ivan Demchuk
• Oscar Wieman
• Sacha Weatherstone
• Utku Ozdemir

Changes

2 commits

• 4becd5d release(v1.6.1): prepare release
• e5ff748 fix: pull in Talos for the SBC/GRUB/EFI fix

Changes from siderolabs/go-debug

1 commit

• 44d6398 feat: support Go 1.27

Changes from siderolabs/pkgs

5 commits

• 2f03590 chore: update tools
• 2638a41 fix: preserve symlinks for libudev
• d72f498 feat: update kernel to 6.18.48
• 3a3fc4d feat: bump kernel to 6.18.47
• 8a1612e feat: expose more software as pkgs

Changes from siderolabs/talos

52 commits

• 09681e895 fix: correct the bug with overlay assets in ESP being dropped
• 9abd05af4 release(v1.14.0): prepare release
• ff772d64f chore: mark release as stable
• 5424dac73 test: relax OOM test conditions
• 9f6719422 fix: normalize image reference when passing to image verification flow
• 6ce58d308 fix: name diskSelector in UnattendedInstallConfig validation errors
• af4e11b50 test: isolate base OCI spec test in BGP CLOS runs
• ff56b6d66 chore: update tools and pkgs
• 8c8b9b45f fix: filter the output in talosctl
• 9777a1bb4 feat: talos containers run with imagegccontroller
• dd566c9c7 fix: container mount rshared propagation
• 2f8931768 refactor: don't skip container tests in short mode
• 2f0fdd11e fix: ctr machinedaccss allowed roles
• 64aef9053 feat: containers can connect to machined
• ce2148aa0 feat: impl. container mount controller
• 9105c5e1e feat: talos containers support for talosctl
• 36fd44677 feat: impl. container runtime controller
• afc09d418 refactor: make runner.runner context-native
• eff936cf0 feat: impl ContainerInstanceController
• 95abc8bff fix: filter out passed metadata in API proxying
• 10c4f1a8b fix: treat desired roles empty as error in Talos API access
• 807b692a1 fix: allow CSI volumes to be mounted with an SELinux context
• 6249f3f4e test: skip filemap heap test under race detector
• 87a031b7f test: libvirtd extensions
• e8b376365 fix: validate received kubeconfig
• abce4c937 fix: use os.Root in the talosctl extract path
• 1deae73dd fix: escape output in the talosctl dashboard
• 5b153233c chore: speed up unit-tests
• 3715ce908 fix: add checks for meta key in the API path
• 138958053 feat: update COSI to 1.16.3
• bdc7f3053 fix: preserve shared libs symlinks
• 7366edc90 chore: reduce verbosity of the grype scan
• c027a947f fix: exclude scheduler config from apiserver config version
• 544fc52cb feat: add host extension pre-shutdown hooks
• 1d911581d fix: route creation churning every 100ms
• baca68d0d fix: drop dead legacy registries init from worker generation
• dec9dc3dc chore: bump sigstore/rekor to v1.5.4
• dc9e7fea9 chore: add SPD5118 driver to squashfs
• ae4d8228e fix: keep the time sync boot timeout across a syncer restart
• 755900fcc fix: preserve special modes when extracting files
• 6c927a0ff fix: hostns etc mount
• 3cdd0e748 feat: bump kubernetes to 1.37.0
• 03c567929 refactor: log filter stays enabled on enter press
• b690b7ad5 fix: write the uploaded etcd snapshot atomically
• 25a366162 chore: update multipath notes
• 866db94f1 fix: drop gRPC client keepalive aggressive settings in the tracker
• 74e88bd57 feat: support host extension services
• e828fe80a fix: skip selinux label for read-only/detached/external mounts
• 1be6787a5 fix: capture packets correctly on VLANs
• d16d765f7 docs: update CRI customization example
• 1b31e1213 fix: use os.Root in the untar path
• 91a6af032 fix: enable additional SELinux permissions for Cilium

Dependency Changes

• github.com/siderolabs/go-debug v0.6.2 -> v0.6.3
• github.com/siderolabs/pkgs v1.14.0-10-g13c7afc -> v1.14.0-15-g2f03590
• github.com/siderolabs/talos 322de8bf2974 -> 09681e895fe6
• github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery 322de8bf2974 -> 09681e895fe6
• github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 -> v1.12.1

Previous release can be found at v1.6.0

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