Release v2026.01.0 - January 2026

Release 2026.01.0

Platform Updates - January 2026

• Managed Kubernetes

  • Added k3s version 1.34.2 with improved stability
  • AWS: Improved nodepool refresh handling for credential updates
  • GCP: Enhanced autoscaler behavior to respect manual scaling adjustments and target size updates
  • Multi-zone snapshot restoration support
  • New optional setting to suppress default storage class creation for BYOK clusters
  • Added Hetzner server types
  • Improved BYOK addon configuration with stricter validation
  • Enhanced storage replicas configuration handling for Generic clusters

• Workloads

  • Added fallback KEDA configuration for improved autoscaling reliability
  • Enhanced autoscaling error messaging and configuration validation
  • Fixed CPU thin provisioning for workloads with decimal values
  • Improved serverless replica status accuracy
  • Enhanced replica direct TCP routing with port-based decisions
  • Fixed stale deployment issues when using metric-based autoscaling
  • Improved KEDA authentication error messages

• Billing

  • Enhanced billing dashboard with improved user interface
  • Simplified monthly invoice generation process
  • Added GVC search capability in billing interface
  • Improved outstanding balance display

• Domains & DNS

  • Improved DNS CNAME configuration display for subdomains
  • Enhanced DNS validation messaging
  • Added support for chained CNAME records when using dns01 certificate verification

• API Documentation

  • Introduced "unmodifiable" property for resource protection
  • Improved documentation navigation and clarity

• Monitoring & Observability

  • Added OpenTelemetry log forwarding support
  • Enhanced metrics collection and querying capabilities

• Networking

  • Improved wormhole tunnel reconnection logic

• Security & Reliability

  • Enhanced volume operation conflict resolution
  • Fixed connection pooling issue affecting autoscaling
  • Better handling of expiring certificates for misconfigured workloads

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Release v2025.12.0 - December 2025

Release 2025.12.0

Platform Updates - December 2025

• Managed Kubernetes

  • Added k3s version 1.34.2
  • GCP: Improved autoscaler behavior to respect manual scaling adjustments
  • AWS: Improved node pool refresh handling for credential updates
  • Added a new optional setting to suppress default storage class creation for BYOK clusters
  • Improved autoscaler default values
  • Added GCP provider support to terraform-exporter

• Workloads

  • Added fallback KEDA configuration for improved autoscaling reliability
  • Improved error messaging for autoscaling configuration issues
  • Fixed issue with stale deployments when using metric-based filtering
  • Automatic certificate provisioning on org creation for BYOK clusters

• Billing

  • New billing-admin dashboard with improved user interface
  • Simplified monthly invoice generation process
  • Added search capability for GVCs in billing interface
  • Improved outstanding balance display
  • Enhanced billing metrics and reporting

• Domains & DNS

  • Show correct ACME alias for subdomain certificates
  • Improved DNS validation messaging for configured domains

• API Documentation

  • Introduced resource protection with "unmodifiable" property
  • Improved API documentation clarity and navigation

• Networking

  • Improved wormhole tunnel reliability with automatic recovery

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Release v2025.11.0 - November 2025

Release 2025.11.0

Platform Updates - November 2025

• Managed Kubernetes

  • Added GCP provider support for mk8s clusters
  • New Headlamp optional add-on for enhanced cluster management and visualization
  • Improved API connector with connection management and connection pool limits
  • Updated MetalLB for easier generic cluster external routing

• MCP Server

  • Introduced new MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Control Plane https://mcp.cpln.io
  • Added comprehensive tooling and guidance for cpln cli and manifest generation
  • Enforced health check requirements for deployments

• Billing

  • Improved API latency for regular queries and monthly report generation
  • Enhanced billing metrics reporting

• Workloads

  • Show error messages per replica for stateful workloads
  • Create gateways on startup for all BYOK orgs
  • Fixed cache invalidation when removing and adding locations on GVC
  • Fixed issue preventing unused shared volume sets from being cleaned up

• Data Service

  • Improved cache design for SAML group matching

• Storage & Object Store

  • Improved reliability for Azure file storage volume mounts

• Additional Updates

  • Improved terraform-exporter to convert multiline set strings to heredocs
  • Domain maxAge setting must now be a valid golang duration
  • Metering endpoint added for monthly tag aggregation across all orgs

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Release v2025.10.0 - October 2025

Release 2025.10.0

Platform Updates - October 2025

• Monitoring

  • Service graphs are now viewable in Grafana when tracing is enabled on any GVC/Org
  • Grafana Add-Ons Enabled: grafana-sentry-datasource, grafana-cloudflare-datasource & googlecloud-logging-datasource

• Workloads

  • Preserve error messages for one hour on the workload deployments page
  • Filter probe errors for replicas that are starting up or shutting down
  • Single replica workloads of type serverless and standard now have higher availability
  • Volumes in AWS locations can use a customer provided KMS key for encryption
  • Capacity AI update frequency can now be adjusted for each workload

• Managed Kubernetes

  • Added a Cluster dashboard that can be reached from the Metrics link in the UI
  • CPLN Platform add-on
    • Settings from cpln-byok-current configmap can now be controlled in the API
    • Ignore update option in the API to turn off/on automatic upgrades and syncing from Control Plane

Release v2025.09.0 - September 2025

Release 2025-09-30

Platform Updates - September 2025

• Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE): Added support for Linode Kubernetes Engine automatic discovery
• Orphaned Volume Management: Introduced automated detection and deletion of orphaned storage volumes to improve resource efficiency
• Billing Enhancements: Improved rate plan override system and monthly report accuracy with better decimal precision
• Replica Termination Improvements: Improved the sidecar termination sequence to prevent errors when workload replicas are scaled down or replaced

API Changes

• LKE Support: Added Linode Kubernetes Engine provider schema with automatic discovery
• KEDA Authentication: Enhanced trigger authentication with support for multiple auth types and TriggerAuthentication resource linking
• Orphaned Volumes: Added deleteOrphanedVolume command for automated cleanup
• mk8s Addons: Improved addon management across all managed Kubernetes providers

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Release v2025.08.0 - August 2025

Release 2025-08-31

Platform Updates - August 2025

• GCP Managed Kubernetes: Launched initial support for Google Cloud Platform with managed Kubernetes (mk8s)
• KEDA Scale-to-Zero: Enabled KEDA-scaled workloads to scale down to zero replicas for cost optimization during idle periods
• BYOK Add-on System: Introduced automated add-on management to turn a managed kubernetes cluster (mk8s) into a Control Plane target location

API Changes

• GCP mk8s Provider: Production-ready schema for Google Cloud Platform managed Kubernetes
• KEDA Scale-to-Zero: Updated autoscaling schema to allow minimum replica count of zero
• Autoscaler Expanders: Enhanced mk8s autoscaler configuration with strategy options

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Release v2025.07.0 - July 2025

Release 2025-07-31

Platform Updates - July 2025

• KEDA Schema Updates: Enhanced KEDA autoscaling with improved trigger metadata validation and schema updates for more flexible configuration
• Registry Performance: Improved container registry with fallback mechanisms and optimized redirect handling for faster image pulls
• Triton Cloud Updates: Enhanced support for Triton cloud provider with updated autoscaler and improved VM metadata handling

API Changes

• KEDA Triggers: Comprehensive trigger configuration with support for Prometheus, Redis, AWS CloudWatch, and AWS SQS
• Trigger Authentication: Secrets can now be configured as Keda Trigger Authentication objects.
• Autoscaling Behavior: Introduced advanced scaling policies with configurable cooldown periods

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Release v2025.06.0 - June 2025

Release 2025-06-30

Platform Updates - June 2025

• CNAME Domain Support: Added support for CNAME-only domains without requiring apex domains for greater DNS flexibility
• KEDA Autoscaling: Introduced advanced autoscaling capabilities with KEDA integration for event-driven workload scaling
• CapacityAI Multi-Metrics: Enabled CapacityAI support for workloads using multiple autoscaling metrics
• Threat Detection Alerts: Added Grafana alerting for threat detection to enhance platform security monitoring

API Changes

• KEDA Integration: Added trigger authentication schema for secure metric source access (Prometheus, Redis, AWS CloudWatch/SQS)
• Domain Wildcards: Added acceptAllSubdomains option for automatic subdomain routing
• Cron Autoscaling: Introduced KEDA-based autoscaling for cron workloads
• Volume Sets: Added deleteVolumeSet command for cleanup operations
• CapacityAI: Enabled use with multi-metric autoscaling configurations

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Release v2025.05.0 - May 2025

Release 2025-05-31

Platform Updates - May 2025

• Container Registry Upgrade: Upgraded container registry with improved stability and feature set
• mk8s DNS Forwarding: Added configurable DNS forwarder support for managed Kubernetes clusters
• CapacityAI Quantization: Improved autoscaling precision with quantized capacity recommendations for more stable resource allocation
• Logs Bloom Filters: Prepared infrastructure for bloom filters to enhance log query performance

API Changes

• mk8s DNS Forwarder: Added DNS forwarding configuration across all managed Kubernetes providers
• Health Probes: Increased maximum periodSeconds for health check configuration
• Domain Validation: Enhanced workload link validation and support for multiple routes with different hostRegex
• GVC Defaults: Changed default endpoint naming format for new GVC's to be org-prefixed
• Command Tags: Added tags and query support to command resources

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Release v2025.04.0 - April 2025

Release 2025-04-30

Platform Updates - April 2025

• Multi-Metric Autoscaling: Added support for autoscaling based on multiple metrics (CPU and requests-per-second) simultaneously
• mk8s API Connector: Enhanced performance and reliability to the Control Plane managed Kubernetes API
• BYOK Serverless Improvements: Enhanced serverless workload support for BYOK clusters with improved endpoint handling

API Changes

• Multi-Metric Autoscaling: Enhanced to support simultaneous CPU and RPS metrics
• Header Filters: Added HTTP header filtering support in workload firewall rules
• Domain Routing: Introduced hostRegex for flexible host matching in domain routes
• IP Sets: Enabled IP set usage with dedicated load balancers

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