v1.9.0

bootc 1.9.0

New features/improvements

• Update reboot-required file with information about the staged image by @bshephar in #1583
• log to journal if root by @cgwalters in #1589
• Switch to hand-written man pages with auto option sync by @cgwalters in #1587
• system-reinstall-bootc: Handle --help by @cgwalters in #1651

Composefs and image sealing

The big outstanding composefs branch was merged! 🎉 in #1444

However, a lot more work continues!

Other changes

Mostly CI and internal cleanups.

• renovate.json: Remove platform-engineering-org inheritance by @cgwalters in #1591
• fix(deps): update rust crate dialoguer to 0.12.0 by @bootc-bot[bot] in #1594
• [Feature] Add function to write reboot-required by @bshephar in #1592
• Bump composefs-rs by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1598
• kernel_cmdline: Refactor parsing to improve quote and whitespace handling by @jeckersb in #1586
• tests: Verify we emit journal messages by @cgwalters in #1590
• ostree: Set parent of merge commit to base commit if present by @cgwalters in #1600
• kernel_cmdline: Refactor into separate bytes and utf8 modules by @jeckersb in #1603
• test: Add integration test running on github runner by @henrywang in #1496
• kernel_cmdline: Add parameter manipulation methods by @jeckersb in #1608
• store: Move inner merge commit writing to a helper function by @cgwalters in #1602
• integration: Copy distro-sync from main Dockerfile by @cgwalters in #1609
• cmdline tweaks and improvements by @jeckersb in #1611
• docs: Fix links to man pages by @cgwalters in #1619
• Fix man page generation by @cgwalters in #1628
• ci: Drop control/skip-ci by @cgwalters in #1629
• Fixes for rust 1.90 by @jeckersb in #1626
• ci: Unify more of hack/ and tests/ by @cgwalters in #1607
• build-sys: Various cleanups, doc clarification by @cgwalters in #1631
• efivars: Parse efivar as UTF-16 LE bytes by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1633
• Bootc status fix by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1634
• Updates to build sys and CONTRIBUTING.md by @cgwalters in #1638
• specfile: Handle updated macros in c9s rust-toolset by @jeckersb in #1641
• Etc merge fix by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1649
• composefs-backend: Implement bootc usr-overlay by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1643
• spec: Provide ostree-ext on rhel9 by @cgwalters in #1653
• generator: Conditionally enable bootc-status units by @cgwalters in #1610
• ci: Consolidate and cleanup workflows by @cgwalters in #1646
• Move docs workflow into Justfile + container by @cgwalters in #1654
• docs: Adding a private OCI registry section by @GuillaumeASSIER in #1650
• docs: Add a man page for system-reinstall-bootc by @cgwalters in #1652
• labeler: Fix for crate renames by @cgwalters in #1655
• Cleanup systemd UKI support by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1623
• examples: Add bootc UKI & BLS examples by @jeckersb in #1614
• tests: add custom selinux policy test by @jmarrero in #1632
• Update ostree binding to 0.20.5 by @alexlarsson in #1660
• test: Add Packit and gating test by @henrywang in #1642
• test: Fix packit-reboot.yml download URL issue by @henrywang in #1664
• install: Add a tmpfs for /var/lib/containers by @cgwalters in #1666
• Update MAINTAINERS.md by @mohan-shash in #1667
• Expand/consolidate "detecting bootc" by @cgwalters in #1661
• system-reinstall-bootc: Do not warn on unmounted LVM volumes by @jeckersb in #1663
• status: Mention rpm-ostree vs bootc by @cgwalters in #1645
• dockerignore: Workaround for podman bug with secrets + remote by @jeckersb in #1675
• build-sys: Use stream10 by default (+ 2 misc) by @cgwalters in #1665
• test: Use SRPM as test code source to work with gating test by @henrywang in #1670
• Release 1.9.0 by @bootc-bot[bot] in #1671

New Contributors

• @bshephar made their first contribution in #1583
• @GuillaumeASSIER made their first contribution in #1650
• @mohan-shash made their first contribution in #1667

Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.9.0

Assets

• bootc-1.9.0-vendor.tar.zstd - Vendored dependencies archive
• bootc-1.9.0.tar.zstd - Source archive

v1.8.0

Changes

New features

• Add systemd structured logging for bootc state changes by @gursewak1997 in #1522
• Un-hide soft-reboot by @cgwalters in #1580

Bug fixes

• #1567 via Bump containers-image-proxy, ocidir, oci-spec and composefs-rs by @cgwalters in #1584
• tar: Create a new xattrs file for each checksum by @ckyrouac in #1578 (ensures we support rechunking large images)

Implementation improvements

We've been doing a lot of foundational work on the composefs branch, hoping to merge it soon!

• crates/*: Fix most clippy lints by @cgwalters in #1551
• More clippy by @cgwalters in #1552
• Move composefs setup root to bootc initramfs by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1550
• Move kernel cmdline parsing to dedicated crate by @jeckersb in #1554
• Bump composefs-rs by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1557
• initramfs: Better error handling by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1556
• initramfs: Convert to library by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1561
• kernel_cmdline: remove cfg(test) for require_value_* methods by @jeckersb in #1555
• fix(deps): update auto merged updates by @bootc-bot[bot] in #1566
• Makefile: Create storage symlink as relative by @jeckersb in #1577
• Deduplicate main error printing by @cgwalters in #1579
• cfs: only get sysroot storage when repo is not supplied by @jeckersb in #1581
• Implementation for /etc merge by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1485
• Release 1.8.0 by @bootc-bot[bot] in #1585

Full Changelog: v1.7.1...v1.8.0

Assets

• bootc-1.8.0-vendor.tar.zstd - Vendored dependencies archive
• bootc-1.8.0.tar.zstd - Source archive

Release v1.7.1

bootc 1.7.1

Changes

This fixes an important regression in the sysroot locking: #1544

Assets

• bootc-1.7.1-vendor.tar.zstd - Vendored dependencies archive
• bootc-1.7.1.tar.zstd - Source archive

What's Changed

• governance: add community manager role by @castrojo in #1538
• build-sys: Work around #1546 by @cgwalters in #1547
• Release 1.7.1 by @bootc-actions-token[bot] in #1549

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.7.1

Release v1.7.0

bootc 1.7.0

This release introduces the experimental feature of soft-reboots, which is currently hidden
while stabilization continues on the OSTree side. For more details, see ostreedev/ostree#3503.

It also adds support for setting a non-default OSTree bootloader backend (#1532), which is required for Aboot images.

Additional improvements in this release include further enablement of the ComposeFS back-end, updates to the rechunker, CI enhancements, and various bug fixes.

What's Changed

• Fix warnings for mismatched_lifetime_syntaxes lint by @jeckersb in #1497
• chore(deps): update cargo dependencies by @p5 in #1499
• build-sys: Some Cargo.toml cleanups by @cgwalters in #1501
• Add automated PR reviewer rotation system by @gursewak1997 in #1491
• Add initramfs infrastructure by @cgwalters in #1500
• Bump composefs-fs by @cgwalters in #1503
• fix(blockdev): include "internals" when spawning loopback-cleanup-helper by @SamD2021 in #1511
• Resolve GH_TOKEN conflict in auto-reviewer workflow by @gursewak1997 in #1508
• fix: simplify reviewer assignment using gh pr edit by @gursewak1997 in #1517
• ci/tmt: distro-sync ostree by @cgwalters in #1515
• system-reinstall-bootc: Ensure stdout is flushed by @cgwalters in #1519
• store: Remove dynamic abstraction by @cgwalters in #1518
• Map grub feature to composefs-backend and import parser/bls by @cgwalters in #1512
• Add missing perms and fix reviewer assignment API call by @gursewak1997 in #1521
• lib: add support for soft-reboots by @jmarrero in #1392
• Update workflow to use Github App token for reviewer assignment by @gursewak1997 in #1523
• rechunker: Use (path,checksum) when creating exclusive components by @ckyrouac in #1513
• install: Move Aleph bits to a separate module by @cgwalters in #1504
• Some more refactoring of storage by @cgwalters in #1525
• rhsm: Update function call to match new Storage API by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1530
• build-sys: Enable rhsm feature on rhel-like systems by default by @cgwalters in #1531
• sysroot: Log locking to stderr, not stdout by @cgwalters in #1535
• ostree: Use indicatif + async for lock wait by @cgwalters in #1536
• install: Automatically configure aboot by @alexlarsson in #1532
• cli: hide --soft-reboot as ostree side needs further stabilization by @jmarrero in #1539
• Release 1.7.0 by @bootc-actions-token[bot] in #1540

New Contributors

• @SamD2021 made their first contribution in #1511
• @alexlarsson made their first contribution in #1532

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.7.0

Release v1.6.0

What's Changed

Bug fixes, internal cleanup, CI improvements, doc updates, and feature prep.

Docs

• Update ADOPTERS.md: Label HeliumOS as vendor, not end-user by @imbev in #1456
• docs: Elaborate a bit on sysusers and /usr by @cgwalters in #1457
• docs: add Playtron GameOS by @LukeShortCloud in #1466
• docs: add documentation for root.transient-ro feature by @gursewak1997 in #1470
• docs: add LFX Insights badges by @castrojo in #1467
• cli: fix documentation of bootc image cmd by @bachorp in #1437
• docs: We're read only by default in a container by @cgwalters in #1474

CI

• ci: Shorten the release interval to 19 days by @ckyrouac in #1462
• Revert "ci: periodically run update-generated" by @miabbott in #1489
• Fix autovendor workflow CLI directory path by @jeckersb in #1487
• ci: Release every 3 weeks starting from 2025-08-04 by @ckyrouac in #1493
• ci: Refactor release action to use app and create-pull-request by @ckyrouac in #1494
• ci: Drop ppc64le && Fedora 41 by @cgwalters in #1447
• ci: Check if it's time for release earlier in gh action by @ckyrouac in #1454
• build: Add actions to automate release by @ckyrouac in #1429

ComposeFS

• Write nom parser for Grub menuentries by @cgwalters in #1480
• Add bootc internals cfs by @cgwalters in #1477
• Bump composefs-rs by @Johan-Liebert1 in #1445
• store: Add support for composefs-rs by @cgwalters in #1471

Kargs

• Improve kernel argument parsing by @jeckersb in #1476
• Kargs followup by @cgwalters in #1478
• kernel: Add value helpers by @cgwalters in #1483
• kernel args: Shuffle module names by @cgwalters in #1486
• kernel_cmdline: More cleanups and API additions by @cgwalters in #1490

Other fixes

• Dockerfile: Support pulling in the continuous repo by @cgwalters in #1446
• reboot: Quiet the output from systemd-run by @cgwalters in #1450
• Release 1.6.0 by @bootc-actions-token[bot] in #1495
• Move all crates under crates/ by @cgwalters in #1413
• osbuild: Drop use of Task by @cgwalters in #1427
• Add a test case for our internal reboot command by @cgwalters in #1426
• blockdev: Fix loopback device resource leak on signal interruption by @gursewak1997 in #1402
• Revert "blockdev: implement signal-safe loopback device cleanup helper" by @jmarrero in #1440
• chunking: Fix specific component file allocation by @ckyrouac in #1442
• blockdev: implement signal-safe loopback device cleanup helper by @gursewak1997 in #1449
• install: use deployed sysroot as root for bootloader install by @jbtrystram in #1460
• tree-wide: Clean up our re-exec path by @cgwalters in #1463
• unencapsulate: use "inner" stream when finishing Decompressor by @jeckersb in #1415
• Make ostree container image pull merge commit reproducible by @jlebon in #1421
• fsverity: use _with_retry by @cgwalters in #1448
• install: ommit mountspec kargs when --root-mount-spec is empty by @jbtrystram in #1451
• command: Split up run() method by @cgwalters in #1459
• test: add integration tests for 'bootc switch --apply' by @p5 in #1420
• reboot: Drop use of Task by @cgwalters in #1472
• Drop a few more uses of Task by @cgwalters in #1475
• utils: Move ResultExt to bootc_utils by @cgwalters in #1464

New Contributors

• @bachorp made their first contribution in #1437
• @LukeShortCloud made their first contribution in #1466
• @bootc-actions-token[bot] made their first contribution in #1495

Full Changelog: v1.5.1...v1.6.0

1.5.1

What's Changed

• lib/src/reboot: use valid systemd-run arguments by @p5 in #1417
• Release 1.5.1 by @cgwalters in #1422

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.5.1

Release 1.5.0

This release is withdrawn

This release contains a critical regression: #1416

We will create a new release shortly. For now, avoid this release and use 1.4.0.

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This release is primarily a collection of bug fixes and documentation improvements with a handful of small features.

Features

• Create /run/reboot-required by default by @gursewak1997 in #1378
• lib/src/status: add verbose human readable output by @jmarrero in #1399
• chunking: Support exclusive chunks defined via xattrs by @ckyrouac in #1397
• deploy: short-circuit pull if digest pullspec already exists by @jlebon in #1380

Other Fixes

• lib/src/reboot: use systemd-run to execute the reboot by @jmarrero in #1398
• Fix Typos in Documentation by @zeevick10 in #1372
• Bump to newer ocidir and containers-image-proxy by @cgwalters in #1377
• Fix typos in code comments by @leopardracer in #1381
• More reproducibility fixes / switch to canon-json by @champtar in #1347
• ci: periodically run update-generated by @miabbott in #1386
• docs: Update generated by @jeckersb in #1385
• packaging/rpm: Be sure we pull in chcon (and util-linux) by @cgwalters in #1391
• README.md: Add details for Friday Zoom meeting by @jeckersb in #1368
• secrets: Expand on authfile by @cgwalters in #1393
• Rework utils and blockdev crates as -internals in prep for publishing by @cgwalters in #1394
• Bump composefs-rs by @cgwalters in #1403
• systemd: switch bootc-fetch-apply-updates.service to non-aliased command by @p5 in #1405
• Bump composefs-rs and use-libc for rustix by @cgwalters in #1409
• Release 1.5.0 by @ckyrouac in #1412

New Contributors

• @zeevick10 made their first contribution in #1372

Full Changelog: v1.4.0...v1.5.0

Release 1.4.0

What's Changed

New Features

ostree-ext adds tar_create_parent_dirs option to ExportOpts

This ensures that upon export, for each layer in the exported image, the directory structure is fully-defined. This removes a source of non-determinism when unpacking the layers for consumption.

• ostree-ext: Add tar_create_parent_dirs to container::ExportOpts by @jeckersb in #1364
• Two minor patches by @cgwalters in #1366

Documentation Improvements

• reinstall: Docs for cleanup script and mount points by @ckyrouac in #1349
• docs: Add bootloaders.md by @cgwalters in #1354
• test: Add README.md in tmt folder for integration test local running by @henrywang in #1357
• Minor Documentation and Comment Corrections by @leopardracer in #1361
• kargs: Clarify a bit more by @cgwalters in #1363
• Fix Typo in Documentation and Improve Iterator Comment Clarity by @kilavvy in #1367
• Fix Typos and Improve Formatting in Documentation by @vtjl10 in #1369

Other Fixes

• ci/gemini: Turn off PR summary by default by @cgwalters in #1342
• cli: Don't emit ANSI codes to stderr by @cgwalters in #1341
• Initial set of system-reinstall-bootc integration tests by @ckyrouac in #1348
• reinstall: Only pull the image if it's not already present by @ckyrouac in #1355
• specfile: exclude doc directories from package by @champtar in #1352
• build-sys: Rework to have toplevel Dockerfile + Justfile by @cgwalters in #1358
• Release 1.4.0 by @jeckersb in #1374

New Contributors

• @leopardracer made their first contribution in #1361
• @kilavvy made their first contribution in #1367
• @vtjl10 made their first contribution in #1369

Full Changelog: v1.3.0...v1.4.0

Release 1.3.0

Important regression fixes

• spec: Don't canonicalize containers-storage by @cgwalters in #1337

This was the cause of us breaking bootc-image-builder. We will be ensuring this never happens in the future.

New features

• lints: Add --no-truncate flag to bootc container lint by @cgwalters in #1324
• feat(status): display pinned deployments by @p5 in #1285
• spec: Add stateroot by @cgwalters in #1319

Other fixes

• Reinstall mount warning by @ckyrouac in #1299
• ostree-ext: Squash some unused warnings by @cgwalters in #1318
• install: Fallback to no sepolicy when init imgstore by @ckyrouac in #1321
• Dedup sepolicy handling by @cgwalters in #1322
• hack: Rework+cleanup container build by @cgwalters in #1295
• docs: Fix typos and clarify content by @cgwalters in #1323
• Rewrite containers org links to bootc-dev org by @jeckersb in #1325
• README.md: Add versioning/semver standards by @jeckersb in #1326
• main: Silence SELinux by @cgwalters in #1328
• README.md: Add link to CNCF slack by @cgwalters in #1334
• ostree-ext: tests: Don't call export_container twice by @jeckersb in #1336
• sysusers: Various fixes by @cgwalters in #1332
• spec: Don't canonicalize containers-storage by @cgwalters in #1337
• ostree-ext: make OCI history reproducible by @champtar in #1339
• Release 1.3.0 by @cgwalters in #1340

New Contributors

• @champtar made their first contribution in #1339

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.3.0

v1.2.0

Bug fixes

• reinstall: Only add --cleanup when bootc version >= 1.1.8 by @ckyrouac in #1313

New features

• feat(switch): support tag + digest image reference by @p5 in #1302

Other changes

• Dont quote me on this by @cgwalters in #1305
• Release 1.1.8 by @jmarrero in #1304
• docs: fix typos by @omahs in #1307
• fix(switch): don't attempt to parse non-oci image ref formats by @p5 in #1310
• spec: Note we don't canonicalize oci by @cgwalters in #1311
• filesystem: Note initramfs reneneration is required for prepare-root by @cgwalters in #1315
• Release 1.2.0 by @cgwalters in #1317

New Contributors

• @omahs made their first contribution in #1307

Full Changelog: v1.1.8...v1.2.0