jenkinsci/kubernetes-operator v0.10.0-beta1 on GitHub

Jenkins Operator 0.10.0-beta1 is available for testing 🎉

This release is full of features that the community is waiting for since years, it seems already super stable but please try it and report any issues :)

New in this release

Istio and Linkerd support: Jenkins Operator now supports Istio and Linkerd service meshes. For Istio, set sidecar.istio.io/rewriteAppHTTPProbers: "false" 'cause full strict-mTLS support is not included (due to the probe re-write
Cloud identity: Support for AWS IRSA, EKS Pod Identity, Azure Workload Identity and Google ADC injection now prevents injected fields from causing Jenkins Pod recreation. Custom rules are available for other injected fields (label, volumes etc)
Ephemeral storage: You can now use an ephemeral PVC for Jenkins home, including a custom StorageClass. emptyDir remains the default.
Seed-job agent: The agent is now reserved for seed jobs by default. To use it for other jobs, set jenkins.seedJobRestrictJobsToLabel=false in Helm or spec.seedJobRestrictJobsToLabel: false in the Jenkins resource.
Jenkins telemetry: At the Jenkins Foundation's request, the operator no longer disables telemetry by default. To opt out, set jenkins.disableUsageStatistics=true in Helm or spec.master.disableUsageStatistics: true in the Jenkins resource.
Operator watch namespace: The chart now creates RBAC in the namespace the operator actually watches. Standalone installations watch their own namespace by default; use operator.watchNamespace for another namespace or operator.watchAllNamespaces=true for all namespaces.
Custom Jenkins images: You can now set the Jenkins image repository and tag separately with jenkins.image.repository and jenkins.image.tag. Existing image strings remain supported.

The default Jenkins LTS image is up to date, including all bundled plugins and operator dependencies, which are also at their latest versions. It contains no known CVEs or security vulnerabilities.

If no one reports any issues, I plan to release the stable version on Dec 1 2026

Documentation

What's Changed

chore: update Jenkins lts version to 2.580.2 by @github-actions[bot] in #1206
feat(mailgun): to upgrade mailgun to v5 by @carvido1 in #1209
build(deps): bump the golang group across 1 directory with 5 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #1210
build(deps): bump the actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #1208
build(deps): bump helm/kind-action from 1.15.1 to 1.15.2 in the actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #1211
publish 0.9.0 docs, cleanup old versions, update issue templates, and add blog entry by @brokenpip3 in #1212
update hugo, fix website rendering, remove old docsy theme and consume it from flake by @brokenpip3 in #1213
feat: tolerate injected pod fields (env, label, annotation, volume) with default cloud identity rules by @brokenpip3 in #1214
support service mesh: istio and linkerd by @brokenpip3 in #1215
make the usage statistics setting configurable by @brokenpip3 in #1216
fix: preserve literal values in seed-job configuration by @brokenpip3 in #1218
feat: add option to restrict seed job agent to only seed job and make the restriction the default behavior by @lavigneer in #1079
feat(helm): to improve the container images reference repository argument by @carvido1 in #1222
allow ephemeral storage for jenkins home volume by @brokenpip3 in #1219
fixed operator failed to watch multiple namespaces by @crossRT in #1183
prepare release 0.10.0-beta1 by @brokenpip3 in #1224
chore: update Jenkins LTS and base plugins by @github-actions[bot] in #1227
Release 0.10.0-beta1 Helm Chart by @github-actions[bot] in #1228

New Contributors

@carvido1 made their first contribution in #1209
@lavigneer made their first contribution in #1079
@crossRT made their first contribution in #1183

Full Changelog: v0.9.0...v0.10.0-beta1