helm/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator 1.0.1 on Artifact Hub

⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ Important: Strimzi 1.0.1 supports only the new v1 CRD API. The older v1beta2, v1beta1, and v1alpha1 APIs are no longer supported. Before upgrading to Strimzi 1.0.1, make sure to convert all custom resources and upgrade the CRDs.

Main changes since 1.0.0

Entity Operator cross-namespace watching is now controlled by the STRIMZI_ENTITY_OPERATOR_WATCHED_NAMESPACE_ENABLED environment variable in the Cluster Operator.
This feature is now disabled by default.
If you have watchedNamespace configured in your Kafka CR's Entity Operator sections and it differs from the cluster namespace, you must set STRIMZI_ENTITY_OPERATOR_WATCHED_NAMESPACE_ENABLED=true in the Cluster Operator deployment:
```
env:
  - name: STRIMZI_ENTITY_OPERATOR_WATCHED_NAMESPACE_ENABLED
    value: "true"
```
Fixes CVE-2026-55225
Fixes CVE-2026-55226

Upgrading from Strimzi 0.51.0

See the documentation for upgrade instructions. Make sure to follow the CRD upgrade instructions!

Container images

The following container images are part of this release:

Name	Image
Operators	`quay.io/strimzi/operator@sha256:9c32dfe22d8602f43e8d8780706fbf65f023bcde3cef272688f35d1eead2640f`
Apache Kafka 4.1.0	`quay.io/strimzi/kafka@sha256:b7da827ad38b199877387893a6cdf381d4eddae92854141eefe4a7a3b31c3b8f`
Apache Kafka 4.1.1	`quay.io/strimzi/kafka@sha256:1c4811ff5ac8368a44327e24431775602fe9e008c20a45814858776c348658c8`
Apache Kafka 4.1.2	`quay.io/strimzi/kafka@sha256:39bce6f044fe43c62b1355b4e855866899685f316db15cd25a27f7f37fffa99f`
Apache Kafka 4.2.0	`quay.io/strimzi/kafka@sha256:8cbd25d7bb132cc64fde7ac8460a5e4198fc67deadfd1bef5430866a7befbe47`
Strimzi Bridge	`quay.io/strimzi/kafka-bridge@sha256:dcec1c978f4174c101b78fd290a698fad89f83439c9a868bbbd9c9750b146fdf`
Kaniko executor	`quay.io/strimzi/kaniko-executor@sha256:ca8838eb04f394cd3ae6268d70dd9bc7852c5c603aa30ae6aff407c2c5a29639`
Maven Builder	`quay.io/strimzi/maven-builder@sha256:101291b64945417a01d152d12803bc8b42a4d8c9b4735b61957c4c99e4ae9f35`
Buildah builder	`quay.io/strimzi/buildah@sha256:3ac4d8fde6eca2ad837dc5258390f5ea704949b0539c77a394eb33a63c806b97`