Announcing Radius v0.56.0

Today we're happy to announce the release of Radius v0.56.0. 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

Removed premature deprecation warnings for Applications.Core resources

Previously, Applications.Core resources displayed premature deprecation warnings. These have been removed until replacement Radius.Core resources are available.

CLI and installer improvements

• Fixed confusing error message for unsupported output format and removed plain-text as an advertised format
• Cross-platform installer script improvements for better reliability
• Corrected Helm flag from --set-string to --set in docs and CLI examples

Dynamic RP RBAC permissions

Added apiextensions.k8s.io and dapr.io RBAC permissions to the dynamic-rp service account for broader resource type support.

Breaking changes

None.

Upgrading to Radius v0.56.0

You can upgrade to this release by upgrading your Radius CLI then running rad upgrade kubernetes. Only incremental version upgrades are supported. Consult the upgrade documentation for full details.

Full changelog

• Flaky test fixes for race conditions and timing issues by @brooke-hamilton in #11339
• feat(codeowners): add on-call to manage github actions updates by @DariuszPorowski in #11342
• Add change detection to unit-tests.yaml to skip tests on doc-only changes by @Copilot in #11283
• Add issue investigator agent from Drasi repo by @nicolejms in #11221
• Bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 9 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #11341
• Architecture skill with Mermaid pattern documentation by @brooke-hamilton in #11281
• allow upgrade to pass when upgrading between rcs by @nithyatsu in #11351
• chore(release): v0.55.0-rc6 by @DariuszPorowski in #11352
• Add apiextensions.k8s.io and dapr.io RBAC permissions to dynamic-rp service account by @Copilot in #11350
• Reorder docker command for accuracy by @willtsai in #11210
• Add e2e test for x-radius-sensitive annotation updates by @lakshmimsft in #11348
• feat: deployment engine image publishing by @DariuszPorowski in #11365
• State persistence architecture documentation by @brooke-hamilton in #11284
• fix(lrt): set database.enabled=false on LRT upgrade by @willdavsmith in #11371
• chore(release): v0.55.0-rc7 by @DariuszPorowski in #11372
• increase timeout for ns deletion by @nithyatsu in #11374
• chore(release): v0.55.0-rc8 by @DariuszPorowski in #11375
• Bump the go-dependencies group across 2 directories with 30 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #11379
• Bump the github-actions group with 7 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #11378
• Gosec version rollback to fix invalid SARIF output by @brooke-hamilton in #11386
• Fix confusing error message for unsupported output format; remove plain-text as advertised format by @Copilot in #11220
• Bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #11388
• chore(release): v0.55.0 by @DariuszPorowski in #11392
• Deployment engine architecture documentation by @brooke-hamilton in #11385
• Contributing docs updater Copilot skill by @brooke-hamilton in #11401
• Add architecture diagrams for Radius services and CLI by @willdavsmith in #11399
• build(go): bump version to 1.26.1 by @DariuszPorowski in #11403
• Bump the go-dependencies group across 1 directory with 29 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #11427
• build(deps): bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #11429
• Dev Container lockfile for reproducible feature pinning by @brooke-hamilton in #11410
• Bump github.com/cloudflare/circl from 1.6.1 to 1.6.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #11324
• Correct Helm flag from --set-string to --set in docs and CLI examples by @brooke-hamilton in #11404
• Bump flatted from 3.3.3 to 3.4.1 in /hack/bicep-types-radius/src/autorest.bicep by @dependabot[bot] in #11428
• docs(release): update release process by @DariuszPorowski in #11360
• Copilot skills for building CLI, container images, and installing Radius by @sk593 in #11402
• Add fix for LRT failures by @sk593 in #11448
• build(deps): bump the github-actions group with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #11454
• build(deps): bump the go-dependencies group across 2 directories with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #11453
• test(upc-aws): add response status validation and diags by @DariuszPorowski in #11443
• Fix Azure provider scope construction for v20250801preview API by @Copilot in #11440
• build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.78.0 to 1.79.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #11452
• build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.78.0 to 1.79.3 in /test/magpiego by @dependabot[bot] in #11451
• Update radius to setup default recipepack during rad init and env operations by @nithyatsu in #11294
• Remove premature deprecation warnings for Applications.Core resources by @Copilot in #11460
• fix: x-plat installer scripts improvements by @DariuszPorowski in #11463
• Release-0.56.0-rc1 by @brooke-hamilton in #11469

Full Changelog: v0.55.0...v0.56.0