v1.44.0
This is the 1.44.0 release of Agones.
In this release, we have added beta support for Extended Duration Pods on GKE Autopilot, improved the Minikube documentation for running Agones, and updated the Helm and Fleet Autoscaler documentation. Additionally, we've upgraded the versions of Go and gRPC for improved performance and security.
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Beta Support for Extended Duration Pods on GKE Autopilot: The GKEAutopilotExtendedDuration feature has progressed to beta in this release and is now enabled by default.
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Documentation Enhancement for Setting Up Agones on Minikube with Docker on Windows: We have updated the instructions for running Agones on Minikube using the Docker driver on Windows. This update includes simple steps for publishing ports, making it easy to connect to GameServers without any extra setup.
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Documentation Updates for Agones component Host Network Support: The documentation now includes Helm fields for enabling extensions components to use the host network and configure ports on EKS. For more details, please refer to our Helm and EKS guides.
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Documentation Update for Fleet Autoscaler: Added documentation on schedule and chain policy features to optimize game server Fleet Autoscaler.
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Updated Versions Go v1.22.6 and gRPC v1.65.0 Now Live: We have upgraded to Go v1.22.6 and gRPC v1.65.0, which bring enhanced performance and crucial security updates.
What's Changed
Implemented enhancements
- Unreal SDK - Added counters to unreal sdk by @GloryOfNight in #3935
- Unreal SDK - Add Support for GameServer Status Addresses by @KAllan357 in #3932
- Updates upgrade test to install multiple versions of Agones on a cluster in succession by @igooch in #3982
- Adds game server template with containerized sdk-client-test by @igooch in #3987
- Adds clusters for the in place upgrades tests by @igooch in #3990
- Test in place upgrades run tests by @igooch in #3991
- Move Feature GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods To Beta by @kamaljeeti in #4006
Fixed bugs
- fix: remove bad character from metrics markdown by @code-eg in #3981
- Updating UpdateList to update the values on a list by @chrisfoster121 in #3899
- Cleanup Patch Sidecar Logging by @markmandel in #3973
- Refactor metrics registry exporter by @kamaljeeti in #3989
- Fix the build-e2e error by @gongmax in #4009
- Add a flag to sdkserver to avoid a collision on port 8080 by @KAllan357 in #4010
Other
- Update the note at the top of the player tracking docs by @roberthbailey in #3974
- Adds schedule and chain policy to fleetautoscaler documentation by @indexjoseph in #3934
- Improve documentation to run performance script by @vicentefb in #3948
- Preparation for Release v1.44.0 by @kamaljeeti in #3975
- Add instructions for running Agones on Minikube with the Windows Docker driver by @brightestpixel in #3965
- Use Markdown when use k8s-api-version variable by @peterzhongyi in #3964
- Refactor Terraform by @kamaljeeti in #3958
- Created performance cluster 1.29 by @ashutosji in #3986
- Adding missing documentation about: add option for extensions components to use host network and configure ports by @Orza in #3912
- fix: correct misspelled metric in docs by @antiphp in #3999
- Add finalizer name change to create gameserver example by @indexjoseph in #4005
- Formatting code with gofmt by @cuishuang in #4000
- Add 'Trace' to LogLevel in GameServer.Spec.SdkServer by @0xaravindh in #3995
- Upgrade to Golang Version 1.22.6 and Golangci lint version v1.61.0 by @0xaravindh in #3988
- Update the go version upgrade template by @gongmax in #4011
New Contributors
- @GloryOfNight made their first contribution in #3935
- @brightestpixel made their first contribution in #3965
- @code-eg made their first contribution in #3981
- @chrisfoster121 made their first contribution in #3899
- @cuishuang made their first contribution in #4000
- @0xaravindh made their first contribution in #3995
Full Changelog: v1.43.0...v1.44.0
Images available with this release:
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/release/agones-controller:1.44.0
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/release/agones-sdk:1.44.0
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/release/agones-ping:1.44.0
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/release/agones-allocator:1.44.0
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/allocation-endpoint-proxy:0.10
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/autoscaler-webhook:0.15
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/cpp-simple-server:0.18
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/crd-client:0.18
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/nodejs-simple-server:0.10
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/rust-simple-server:0.13
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/simple-game-server:0.35
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/supertuxkart-example:0.15
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/unity-simple-server:0.3
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/xonotic-example:2.1
Helm chart available with this release:
Make sure to add our stable helm repository using
helm repo add agones https://agones.dev/chart/stable