Announcing Radius v0.38.0

Today we're happy to announce the release of Radius v0.38.0. Check out the highlights below, along with the full changelog for more details.

We would like to extend our thanks to all the new and existing contributors who helped make this release possible!

Intro to Radius

If you're new to Radius, check out our website, radapp.io, for more information. Also visit our getting started guide to learn how to install Radius and create your first app.

Highlights

Secret stores in environment variables

Secret stores can now be referenced in the environment variables of a container resource. Previously, the only way to provide secrets to a container resource in Radius is to mount them through a secret volume, so the experience is now much simpler for users who only require the secrets to be passed into the container via environment variables. See the updated container resource format for more information. Many thanks to community contributor @superbeeny for adding this functionality!

Secret store reference in Dapr components

Support has been added to manage secrets in the Dapr components. This means that users may now reference non-Kubernetes secrets within the Dapr resources, closing a feature gap between Radius and Dapr. See the How-To: Reference secrets in Dapr components guide for more information. Many thanks to community contributor @SoTrx for adding this functionality!

Bicep private registry support

Support is now available for authentication into private registries for Bicep Recipes using basic auth (username/password), Azure workload identity, and AWS IRSA. See the how-to guide on private Bicep registries to learn more.

Breaking changes

New contributors

Welcome to our new contributors who have merged their first PR in this release!

• @lbzss made their first contribution in #7847

Upgrading to Radius v0.38.0

During our preview stage, an upgrade to Radius v0.38.0 requires a full reinstallation of the Radius control-plane, rad CLI, and all Radius apps. Stay tuned for an in-place upgrade path in the future.

1. Delete any environments you have created:

   rad env delete <env-name>

2. Uninstall the previous version of the Radius control-plane:

   rad uninstall kubernetes

3. Visit the Radius installation guide to install the latest CLI, or download a binary below

4. Install the latest version of the Radius control-plane:

   rad install kubernetes

Full changelog

• Update release version v0.37.0 by @vishwahiremat in #7817
• Add dependabot updates for bicep-types submodule by @sk593 in #7807
• Bump bicep-types from cd259b2 to f0cd725 by @dependabot in #7821
• Remove unused test artifacts by @kachawla in #7824
• Update validate workflow to test against PR specific schema changes by @sk593 in #7814
• Remove assets.yaml by @lakshmimsft in #7832
• Temporarily disabling tests: Test_Storage and Test_PersistentVolume by @willdavsmith in #7854
• Update LoadSecrets() by @lakshmimsft in #7796
• Add new secret types to Applications.Core/secretstores by @lakshmimsft in #7816
• Bump bicep-types from f0cd725 to 49b2a9e by @dependabot in #7843
• Fix doc links in kubernetes install command docs by @Reshrahim in #7849
• Updates to adding secret types PR by @lakshmimsft in #7867
• Bump the all group across 1 directory with 34 updates by @dependabot in #7858
• Bump bicep-types from 49b2a9e to 99cdcee by @dependabot in #7877
• Bump the npm_and_yarn group across 2 directories with 2 updates by @dependabot in #7875
• Adding Kubernetes native secrets to secret stores by @superbeeny in #7744
• Fixes #7391 - fixing error in rad group show for no args by @superbeeny in #7852
• Add purge flag to delete radius related namespace by @lbzss in #7847
• Adding fix for publishing recipes to ECR by @vishwahiremat in #7887
• Support for secret store reference in Dapr components by @SoTrx in #7823
• Add more Logging for cloud functional test workflow by @lakshmimsft in #7885
• Add to debug logs for cloud functional test workflow by @lakshmimsft in #7892
• Adding Bicep private registry support using basic auth, Azure workload identity and AWS IRSA by @vishwahiremat in #7850
• Add workflow condition in cloud functional tests by @lakshmimsft in #7907
• Remove radbicep references by @sk593 in #7894
• support deployment of an application to a scope "scope1" using environment in a different scope "scope2" by @nithyatsu in #7895
• Remove the error message added for debugging. by @vishwahiremat in #7913
• Release Radius v0.38.0-rc1 by @willdavsmith in #7920