From ff96caec9afdae53b9fa4cc5c5924c72b7afe2b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "loki-gh-app[bot]" <160051081+loki-gh-app[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 17:30:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore( operator): community release 0.9.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 operator/CHANGELOG.md         | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e716b8977bc2c..b7ad2473a1cf4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   ".": "3.5.8",
-  "operator": "0.8.0"
+  "operator": "0.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/operator/CHANGELOG.md b/operator/CHANGELOG.md
index afeab67065b1e..583d295646ed4 100644
--- a/operator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 ## Main
 
+## [0.9.0](https://github.com/grafana/loki/compare/operator/v0.8.0...operator/v0.9.0) (2025-12-02)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **operator:** consolidate image build workflows and improve documentation ([#19395](https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/19395))
+
+### Features
+
+* **operator:** Add alert LokiIngesterFlushFailureRateCritical ([#18698](https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/18698)) ([66ebc5a](https://github.com/grafana/loki/commit/66ebc5a184cf1d54b1e41b14b2a76f6601156405))
+* **operator:** Add warning alert for when LokiStack is not getting ready ([#19258](https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/19258)) ([c47fe46](https://github.com/grafana/loki/commit/c47fe465ffeebda3f4f8d84e2aff46dac3a2b878))
+* **operator:** deploy network policies with LokiStack ([#19099](https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/19099)) ([6e6f61f](https://github.com/grafana/loki/commit/6e6f61ff9bd88bfd7e7914de48c7d14aecf7748e))
+* **operator:** s3 validation reject endpoints that contain a URL path ([#19356](https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/19356)) ([f6ef4d8](https://github.com/grafana/loki/commit/f6ef4d89fd3e6dc43dcee2ef62f2d4ecf77a4d0f))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **operator:** Do not deploy NetworkPolicies automatically on OCP 4.20 ([#19680](https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/19680)) ([8df33ff](https://github.com/grafana/loki/commit/8df33ff659d53d17b68fb894879587b330e63607))
+* **operator:** Return quickstart script to working condition and improve rootless usage ([#19960](https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/19960)) ([397da27](https://github.com/grafana/loki/commit/397da277753d771d8c1492dd3f4db4b208b3532d))
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* **operator:** consolidate image build workflows and improve documentation ([#19395](https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/19395)) ([292a31e](https://github.com/grafana/loki/commit/292a31e56a36a2e2fef6afe765dbe5b0a2f8f13f))
+
 ## [0.8.0](https://github.com/grafana/loki/compare/operator/v0.7.1...operator/v0.8.0) (2025-03-17)