Release notes for version 0.55.0

Release date: 09 Nov 2026

• bump version of VM components to v1.156.0
• add checksum/config annotation on vmauth and vminsert pods to trigger a rollout when the chart-managed vmauth Secret or vminsert relabel ConfigMap changes. Externally managed vmauth.configSecretName and vminsert.relabel.configMap are not tracked. A checksum/config key set in podAnnotations is overridden by the generated value.