Release notes for version 0.88.0

Release date: 04 Aug 2026

• added syncJob.extraVolumes and syncJob.extraVolumeMounts to allow mounting custom CA certificates into the sync-job pod. To trust a self-signed certificate, create a Secret with the CA cert, mount it via these fields, and set SSL_CERT_FILE=/path/to/ca.crt in syncJob.env. See #3127
• added per-component namespaceOverride to all operator-managed components (vmsingle, vmcluster, vmagent, vmalert, alertmanager, vmauth, vlsingle, vlcluster, vlagent, vtsingle, vtcluster). Setting <component>.namespaceOverride: <ns> deploys that CR, its Ingress, and its HTTPRoute into a separate namespace while keeping the rest of the stack in the release namespace. Cross-component FQDNs are updated automatically. See #3113
• restored VM_ENABLEDPROMETHEUSCONVERTER_* env vars when operator.disable_prometheus_converter: true and removed Prometheus CRD names (PodMonitor, ServiceMonitor, etc.) from --controller.disableReconcileFor. In operator v0.68.x the controllersByName map does not include Prometheus CRD names — passing them causes the operator to fail on startup.