Release notes for version 0.66.0

Release date: 08 Jul 2026

• updates operator to v0.73.0 version
• added runtimeClassName option to the pod spec
• add nodePort support for Service resources
• added global.extraLabels and global.extraAnnotations; automatically injects VM_COMMON_LABELS and VM_COMMON_ANNOTATIONS env vars into the operator so they propagate to CRs
• removed deprecated VM_ENABLEDPROMETHEUSCONVERTER_* env vars; operator.disable_prometheus_converter: true now uses --controller.disableReconcileFor CLI arg, merging with any user-provided values in extraArgs and deduplicating