v2.7.0 Release - 08/30/2023

Linux amd64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.7.0/skaffold-linux-amd64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

Linux arm64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.7.0/skaffold-linux-arm64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

macOS amd64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.7.0/skaffold-darwin-amd64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

macOS arm64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.7.0/skaffold-darwin-arm64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

Windows
https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.7.0/skaffold-windows-amd64.exe

Docker image
gcr.io/k8s-skaffold/skaffold:v2.7.0

Highlights:

• feat: crd status check #9016

New Features and Additions:

• feat: enable skaffold render to track telemetry #9020
• feat: support url as kustomize file path #9023
• feat: configure verify and exec commands to emit metrics #9013
• feat: support overrides in helm renderer #8966
• feat: Add Sprig template functions #9005
• feat: remove condition that checks if an image was built from Skaffold #8935

Fixes:

• fix: status check lists all events #9015
• fix: Use moby/patternmatcher for dockerignore #9029
• fix: Ignore unset variables from minikube docker-env #9018
• fix: #9006 - Filter port forwarding resources for docker deploy #9008
• fix: documentation for Helm Template Value #8991
• fix: status check connecting to the wrong k8s context #8981
• fix: remote kustomize manifest being watched #8979
• fix: Add integration tests for helm namespace #8965
• fix: edit original file if the given skaffold path is a symlink #8955
• fix: verify hangs if event-logs-file does not exist (#7613) #8961
• fix: Fix typo in Cloud Run log tailing #8944

Updates and Refactors:

• chore: remove latest tagging from release process #8986
• chore: update the way the LTS images are built #8953
• chore: configure minikube to a static version in github ci #8951
• chore: disable edge image scanning #8942
• chore: save public image tag #8930
• chore: upgrade go 1.19.10 -> 1.20.7 #8992
• chore: upgrade go to 1.21.0 #8999
• chore: bump flask from 2.3.2 to 2.3.3 in /integration/examples #9041
• chore: bump flask from 2.3.2 to 2.3.3 in /examples #9042
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.20.1 to 2.20.2 #8928
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.20.2 to 2.20.3 #8937
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.20.3 to 2.20.4 #8950
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.20.4 to 2.21.0 #8964
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.21.0 to 2.21.1 #8975
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.21.1 to 2.21.2 #8980
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.21.2 to 2.21.3 #9000
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.21.3 to 2.21.4 #9022
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.21.4 to 2.21.5 #9053
• chore: bump github.com/sigstore/rekor from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0 #8829
• chore: bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.48.0 to 1.53.0 in /examples/grpc-e2e-tests/cloud-spanner-bootstrap #8932
• chore: bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.50.0 to 1.53.0 in /examples/grpc-e2e-tests/service #8933
• chore: bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.50.0 to 1.53.0 in /integration/examples/grpc-e2e-tests/service #8934
• chore: bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.48.0 to 1.53.0 in /integration/examples/grpc-e2e-tests/cloud-spanner-bootstrap #8931
• chore: bump puma from 4.3.12 to 5.6.7 in /examples/ruby/backend #9036
• chore: bump puma from 4.3.12 to 5.6.7 in /integration/examples/ruby/backend #9037
• chore: bump ossf/scorecard-action from 2.1.3 to 2.2.0 #8915

Docs, Test, and Release Updates:

• fix: verify flaky tests #9050
• docs: Update documentation #9017
• docs: add example to use cloudrun deployer + local build #8983
• docs: add anchors to yaml paths #8541
• docs: schema version mapping #8973
• docs: remove duplicate page meta links #8824
• docs: document cmd template function #8929

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

• Brian Topping
• dependabot[bot]
• ericzzzzzzz
• Frank Farzan
• Jack Wilsdon
• James C Scott III
• Maxim De Clercq
• Michael Plump
• Renzo Rojas