v0.27.0

This release features several reliability and observability enhancements across the controller and the runner, along with new Ubuntu 22.04-based runner images.

The release note covers all the details, and you should definitely read it before upgrading! Find it at https://github.com/actions-runner-controller/actions-runner-controller/blob/master/docs/releasenotes/0.27.md.

Lastly, there are also a lot of enhancements, improvements, fixes, and so on for the documentation and the chart. Thank you to everyone who contributed!

What's Changed

• chart: Bump chart and app versions for ARC 0.26.0 by @mumoshu in #1799
• Update dependency docker/cli to v20.10.18 by @duhow in #1803
• [Docs] Move into [docs] folder and other minor fixes by @Vijay-train in #1769
• Disable blank issues by @mumoshu in #1809
• Update bug_report.yml by @mumoshu in #1812
• fix(deps): update module github.com/google/go-cmp to v0.5.9 by @renovate in #1787
• fix(deps): update golang.org/x/oauth2 digest to f213421 by @renovate in #1792
• Add ArtifactHub badge by @mumoshu in #1816
• Add golangci-lilnt to CI by @cory-miller in #1794
• fix(deps): update module github.com/google/go-github/v47 to v47.1.0 by @renovate in #1813
• Use numeric USER for nonroot:nonroot in Dockerfile by @funkypenguin in #1765
• fix(deps): update module sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime to v0.13.0 by @renovate in #1775
• 🍱 add git-lfs package as standard tool by @vmdude in #1821
• fix(deps): update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.20.2 by @renovate in #1757
• fix(deps): update kubernetes packages to v0.25.1 by @renovate in #1729
• feat: use helm genCA to generate a certificate for the mutating web hook by @cristicalin in #1780
• fix(deps): update kubernetes packages to v0.25.2 by @renovate in #1829
• chore(deps): update actions/stale action to v6 by @renovate in #1827
• Create app-version-mapping.md by @megamorf in #1820
• feat: Add container to propagate host network MTU by @tiagoblackcode in #1201
• Add MTU propagation docker-shim also to rootless dind runner images by @mumoshu in #1843
• chore(deps): update helm/kind-action action to v1.4.0 by @renovate in #1846
• chore(deps): update dependency actions/runner to v2.297.0 by @renovate in #1860
• helm charts for actions runner by @saravanan30erd in #1375
• Add terraform deployment method to contrib/examples by @justmike1 in #1559
• Fix repositoryNames in workflow runs queued based HRA example by @gitulisca in #1873
• chore(deps): update helm/chart-testing-action action to v2.3.1 by @renovate in #1871
• chore(deps): update helm/chart-releaser-action action to v1.4.1 by @renovate in #1870
• Create Simplified README.md with only 'Getting Started' steps and with links to additional detailed documentation. by @Vijay-train in #1864
• Fix link to 'detailed docs' by @Vijay-train in #1879
• Use -trimpath and ldflags -s -w build flags by @pratikbin in #1880
• FIx broken links in documentation by @knkarthik in #1882
• e2e: Bump runner version to 2.297.0 by @mumoshu in #1850
• Encourage folks to write up a proper title for a bug report by @mumoshu in #1837
• Enhnace log-related fields in the bug report form by @mumoshu in #1838
• runner: Address all shellcheck findings by @mumoshu in #1854
• makefile: Add shellcheck installation and run targets by @mumoshu in #1852
• e2e: Make docker build timeout longer by @mumoshu in #1862
• Update links to QuickStartGuide.md by @Vijay-train in #1890
• Allow RunnerDeployments to configure dnsPolicy for runners by @nafarlee in #1892
• chore(deps): update dependency actions/runner to v2.298.2 by @renovate in #1891
• chore(deps): update golang docker tag to v1.19.2 by @renovate in #1894
• Handle missing runner ID more gracefully by @mumoshu in #1855
• Add workflow for validating runner scripts with shellcheck by @mumoshu in #1853
• fix(deps): update golang.org/x/oauth2 digest to b44042a by @renovate in #1900
• fix(deps): update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.21.1 by @renovate in #1901
• chore(deps): update quay.io/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy docker tag to v0.13.1 by @renovate in #1899
• fix(deps): update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.22.0 by @renovate in #1909
• fix(deps): update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.22.1 by @renovate in #1911
• Let it be a bug only when it's reproducible with official runner image by @mumoshu in #1839
• Prevent runner controller from recreating runner pod when terminated externally by @mumoshu in #1851
• Fix inability to configure MTU for rootless dind runner by @mumoshu in #1856
• chore: add new label to bug form by @toast-gear in #1913
• docs: minor grammar fix by @toast-gear in #1915
• Docs: fix broken link to readme by @cogito-cmurphy in #1912
• ci: use github-pr-check reporter for shellcheck by @toast-gear in #1927
• fix(deps): update kubernetes packages to v0.25.3 by @renovate in #1919
• fix(deps): update golang.org/x/oauth2 digest to 6fdb5e3 by @renovate in #1922
• Update Actions-Runner-Controller-Overview.md by @AyoolaAjebeku-tomtom in #1930
• fix typo for syncPeriod in chart README by @0xF4D3C0D3 in #1942
• Revamp the contribution guide by @cory-miller in #1917
• Add first interaction workflow to greet new contributors and users by @cory-miller in #1918
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/oauth2 to v0.1.0 by @renovate in #1938
• use v1 policy api by @zetaab in #1931
• Fix runners to do their best to gracefully stop on pod eviction by @mumoshu in #1759
• fix(deps): update module github.com/stretchr/testify to v1.8.1 by @renovate in #1947
• chore(deps): update dependency actions/runner to v2.299.1 by @renovate in #1973
• fix(deps): update module github.com/prometheus/client_golang to v1.13.1 by @renovate in #1970
• chore(deps): update azure/setup-helm action to v3.4 by @renovate in #1959
• fix(deps): update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.24.0 by @renovate in #1953
• chore(deps): update golang docker tag to v1.19.3 by @renovate in #1969
• ci: replace set-output by @toast-gear in #1928
• e2e: Bump runner version to 2.299.1 by @mumoshu in #1980
• e2e: Fix continuous rolling updater to do stop on test completion by @mumoshu in #1979
• Updates Makefile so shellcheck is cross-platform. by @gwynforthewyn in #1946
• Add some documentation on the Prometheus metrics endpoint by @marknet15 in #1966
• Describe slow/failure to boot dind sidecar in TROUBLESHOOTING.md by @kobejn-jb in #1972
• Add missing index entry by @kobejn-jb in #1981
• admissionWebHooks: fix checking for caBundle by @cristicalin in #1968
• Fix rootless dind to do write logs by @mumoshu in #1978
• runner: Fix rootless dind to respect specified MTU by @mumoshu in #1976
• Fix dead-lock when runner unregistration triggered before PV attachment by @mumoshu in #1975
• fix(deps): update module sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime to v0.13.1 by @renovate in #1982
• Fix permission issue when you use PV for rootless dind cache by @mumoshu in #1977
• 1770 update log format and add additional fields to webhook server logs by @malachiobadeyi in #1771
• Allow to set docker default address pool by @claudio-vellage in #1971
• Added DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive to sudo by @Fleshgrinder in #1859
• docs: add the limitation to disabling updates by @toast-gear in #1988
• ci: Fix runner builds for pull requests coming from "master" branches of forks by @mumoshu in #1983
• fix doc detailed-docs.md by @vitaliytv in #1992
• Fix typo in detailed-doc.md by @bquenin in #1997
• improve webhook setting doc by @0xF4D3C0D3 in #1995
• fix(deps): update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.24.1 by @renovate in #2003
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/oauth2 to v0.2.0 by @renovate in #2004
• fix(deps): update module github.com/prometheus/client_golang to v1.14.0 by @renovate in #1996
• Do not explicitly set Privileged to false. by @isarkis in #2009
• breaking: Make legacy webhook scale triggers no-op by @mumoshu in #2001
• runner: Make WAIT_FOR_DOCKER_SECONDS configurable and working by @mumoshu in #1999
• Use the patch API instead to prevent unnecessary field updates by @mumoshu in #1998
• chore: clean up the dind rootless dockerfile so it aligns with the other runners by @toast-gear in #1926
• feat: add docker-compose and clean up the dind runner by @toast-gear in #1925
• docs: disable runner log levels by @toast-gear in #2042
• feat: add docker-compose and clean up the default runner by @toast-gear in #1924
• ci: remove arch set-up by @toast-gear in #2048
• Update Etcd To Make make test-with-deps Work On macOS by @gwynforthewyn in #2013
• docs: remove caveat from useRunnerGroupsVisibility by @toast-gear in #2034
• fix(deps): update kubernetes packages to v0.25.4 by @renovate in #2008
• Add rootless runner to the Makefile and improve target platform handling. by @isarkis in #2005
• Fix admissionWebHooks.caBundle template formatting by @alexgQQ in #2049
• Fix runner pod to not stuck in Terminating when runner got deleted before pod scheduling by @mumoshu in #2043
• e2e: Do honor the runner graceful stop timeout also in the dockerd sidecar prestop hook by @mumoshu in #2044
• doc: Do not recommend combining pull-based autoscaling with webhook-based autoscaling by @mumoshu in #2051
• ci: multiple ubuntu version by @toast-gear in #2036
• feat: bump docker and hooks in 20.04 by @toast-gear in #2063
• ci: align renovate config with new names by @toast-gear in #2065
• feat: 22.04 default runner image by @toast-gear in #2050
• fix(deps): update module go.uber.org/zap to v1.24.0 by @renovate in #2059
• ci: use single quotes by @toast-gear in #2067
• feat: use new uid for 22.04 images by @toast-gear in #2079
• feat: Set runner UID and docker GID to match github actions runner by @mumoshu in #2077
• feat: dind 22.04 runner by @toast-gear in #2030
• feat: dind-rootless 22.04 runner by @toast-gear in #2033
• ci: add new runners to deploy by @toast-gear in #2081
• chore(deps): update golang docker tag to v1.19.4 by @renovate in #2076
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/oauth2 to v0.3.0 by @renovate in #2074
• fix(deps): update kubernetes packages to v0.25.5 by @renovate in #2083
• Expose workflow job metrics via new actions-metrics-server by @mumoshu in #2057
• chore: highlight watch namespace by @toast-gear in #2087
• runner: Expose dind runner dockerd logs via stdout/stderr by @mumoshu in #2082
• Add important OSS guidelines by @Link- in #2091
• Re-add toast-gear to the list of maintainers by @Link- in #2095
• fix: Add missing actions-metrics-server command by @mumoshu in #2099
• Fix docker-shim.sh for rootless-dind-runner by @mumoshu in #2100
• Changes to folder structure to allow multigroups and changed go mod name by @nikola-jokic in #2105
• remove redundant description by @0xF4D3C0D3 in #2111
• Restructure documentation by @SiaraMist in #2114
• Enable dependabot to manage dependency updates by @Link- in #2128
• Update release workflows by @Link- in #2120
• Update runner version to 2.300.2 by @Link- in #2141
• Fix broken links in docs by @SiaraMist in #2144
• Fix various golangci-lint errors by @mumoshu in #2147
• fix(e2e): Use the correct full chart name in test by @mumoshu in #2146
• fix(e2e): Make runner pod deleter cancellable by @mumoshu in #2145
• Add job summary to the runners release workflow by @Link- in #2140
• Update controller package names to match the owning API group name by @TingluoHuang in #2150
• Include actions-runner-controller in runner's User-Agent for better telemetry in Actions service. by @TingluoHuang in #2155
• Add release note for ARC 0.27.0 by @mumoshu in #2068
• Add resolve push to registries step by @Link- in #2157
• Fix the workflow by adding the version resolve step by @Link- in #2159

New Contributors

• @duhow made their first contribution in #1803
• @vmdude made their first contribution in #1821
• @cristicalin made their first contribution in #1780
• @megamorf made their first contribution in #1820
• @tiagoblackcode made their first contribution in #1201
• @saravanan30erd made their first contribution in #1375
• @gitulisca made their first contribution in #1873
• @pratikbin made their first contribution in #1880
• @knkarthik made their first contribution in #1882
• @cogito-cmurphy made their first contribution in #1912
• @AyoolaAjebeku-tomtom made their first contribution in #1930
• @0xF4D3C0D3 made their first contribution in #1942
• @gwynforthewyn made their first contribution in #1946
• @marknet15 made their first contribution in #1966
• @kobejn-jb made their first contribution in #1972
• @malachiobadeyi made their first contribution in #1771
• @claudio-vellage made their first contribution in #1971
• @vitaliytv made their first contribution in #1992
• @bquenin made their first contribution in #1997
• @isarkis made their first contribution in #2009
• @alexgQQ made their first contribution in #2049
• @Link- made their first contribution in #2091
• @SiaraMist made their first contribution in #2114

Full Changelog: v0.26.0...v0.27.0