v2.15.0 Release - 04/03/2025

Linux amd64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.15.0/skaffold-linux-amd64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

Linux arm64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.15.0/skaffold-linux-arm64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

macOS amd64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.15.0/skaffold-darwin-amd64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

macOS arm64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.15.0/skaffold-darwin-arm64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

Windows
https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.15.0/skaffold-windows-amd64.exe

Docker image
gcr.io/k8s-skaffold/skaffold:v2.15.0

Note: This release comes with a new config version, v4beta13. To upgrade your skaffold.yaml, use skaffold fix. If you choose not to upgrade, skaffold will auto-upgrade as best as it can.

Highlights:

New Features and Additions:

• feat(helm): add depBuild and template flags to HelmDeployFlags schema #9696
• feat: allow ValuesFile from GCS #9182

Fixes:

• fix: fix lifecycle version in go.mod #9774
• fix: port-forward error logs failed to port forward (#9728) #9759
• fix(verify): use container name from configuration in verify tests #9753
• fix: gcb builder incorrectly assumes target project from worker pool project #9725
• fix: port-forward error logs failed to port forward #9728
• fix: kustomize render should workwith inline patches #9732
• fix(helm): Fix helm package installation order #9693
• fix(helm): Fix helm package installation order (#9693) #9709
• fix: (helm) Add expand env template for dependsOn, fix concurrent installation (#9689) #9707
• fix(helm): Add expand env template for dependsOn, fix concurrent installation #9689

Docs, Test, and Release Updates:

• chore: Fix BuildContextCompressionLevel description, output the level #9688
• chore: update dockerfile and integration skaffold dependencies #9776
• chore: Update go deps for 2.15 release #9773
• chore: bump go version to 1.24.1 #9772
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.12 to 3.28.13 #9767
• chore: bump github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 from 4.5.1 to 4.5.2 #9763
• chore: bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.6.1 to 4.6.2 #9761
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.11 to 3.28.12 #9760
• chore: bump golang.org/x/net from 0.33.0 to 0.36.0 in /examples/grpc-e2e-tests/service #9758
• chore: bump github.com/containerd/containerd from 1.7.25 to 1.7.27 #9756
• chore: bump rack from 2.2.11 to 2.2.13 in /integration/examples/ruby/backend #9752
• chore: bump golang.org/x/net from 0.23.0 to 0.36.0 in /hack/tools #9750
• chore: bump golang.org/x/net from 0.35.0 to 0.36.0 #9751
• chore: bump rack from 2.2.11 to 2.2.13 in /examples/ruby/backend #9749
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.10 to 3.28.11 #9748
• chore: new schema version v4beta13 #9741
• chore: bump github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 from 4.0.4 to 4.0.5 #9737
• chore: bump golang.org/x/net from 0.23.0 to 0.33.0 in /examples/grpc-e2e-tests/service #9736
• chore: bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.6.0 to 4.6.1 #9733
• chore: bump ossf/scorecard-action from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 #9734
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.9 to 3.28.10 #9735
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.8 to 3.28.9 #9724
• chore: bump github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 from 2.26.0 to 2.26.1 #9715
• Revert back to only allowing security updates from dependabot. #9727
• chore: bump rack from 2.2.8.1 to 2.2.11 in /integration/examples/ruby/backend #9719
• chore: bump rack from 2.2.8.1 to 2.2.11 in /examples/ruby/backend #9720
• chore: bump golang.org/x/net from 0.23.0 to 0.33.0 in /integration/examples/grpc-e2e-tests/cloud-spanner-bootstrap #9726
• chore: bump google.golang.org/api from 0.219.0 to 0.221.0 #9723
• chore: bump github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/trace from 1.25.0 to 1.26.0 #9697
• chore: bump github.com/spf13/pflag from 1.0.5 to 1.0.6 #9701
• chore: bump github.com/evanphx/json-patch from 5.9.0+incompatible to 5.9.11+incompatible #9698
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.5 to 3.28.8 #9702
• chore: bump github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/metric from 0.49.0 to 0.50.0 #9700
• chore: bump google.golang.org/api from 0.218.0 to 0.219.0 #9699
• chore: bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.69.4 to 1.70.0 #9683
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.1 to 3.28.5 #9685
• chore: bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.36.3 to 1.36.4 #9684

Huge thanks goes out to all of our contributors for this release:

• Angel Montero
• Artem Kamenev
• ASHOK KUMAR KS
• Bogdan Nazarenko
• coperni
• dependabot[bot]
• menahyouyeah
• Michael Plump
• SeongChan Lee
• Suleiman Dibirov