1.44.0 - Beta support for Extended Duration Pods, Documentation Enhancements and version updates
This is the 1.44.0 release of Agones.
In this release, we have added beta support for Extended Duration Pods on GKE Autopilot, improved the Minikube documentation for running Agones, and updated the Helm and Fleet Autoscaler documentation. Additionally, we’ve upgraded the versions of Go and gRPC for improved performance and security.
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Beta Support for Extended Duration Pods on GKE Autopilot: The GKEAutopilotExtendedDuration feature has progressed to beta in this release and is now enabled by default.
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Documentation Enhancement for Setting Up Agones on Minikube with Docker on Windows: We have updated the instructions for running Agones on Minikube using the Docker driver on Windows. This update includes simple steps for publishing ports, making it easy to connect to GameServers without any extra setup.
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Documentation Updates for Agones component Host Network Support: The documentation now includes Helm fields for enabling extensions components to use the host network and configure ports on EKS. For more details, please refer to our Helm and EKS guides.
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Documentation Update for Fleet Autoscaler: Added documentation on schedule and chain policy features to optimize game server Fleet Autoscaler.
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Updated Versions Go v1.22.6 and gRPC v1.65.0 Now Live: We have upgraded to Go v1.22.6 and gRPC v1.65.0, which bring enhanced performance and crucial security updates.
Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.
Implemented enhancements:
- Unreal SDK - Added counters to unreal sdk by @GloryOfNight in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3935
- Unreal SDK - Add Support for GameServer Status Addresses by @KAllan357 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3932
- Updates upgrade test to install multiple versions of Agones on a cluster in succession by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3982
- Adds game server template with containerized sdk-client-test by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3987
- Adds clusters for the in place upgrades tests by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3990
- Test in place upgrades run tests by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3991
- Move Feature GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods To Beta by @kamaljeeti in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/4006
See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.
Images available with this release:
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/release/agones-controller:1.44.0
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/release/agones-sdk:1.44.0
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/release/agones-ping:1.44.0
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/release/agones-allocator:1.44.0
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/allocation-endpoint-proxy:0.10
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/autoscaler-webhook:0.15
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/cpp-simple-server:0.18
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/crd-client:0.18
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/nodejs-simple-server:0.10
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/rust-simple-server:0.13
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/simple-game-server:0.35
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/supertuxkart-example:0.15
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/unity-simple-server:0.3
- us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/xonotic-example:2.1
Helm chart available with this release:
Last modified November 28, 2024: Set externalTrafficPolicy as Local for agones-allocator (#4022) (08bc4c0)Make sure to add our stable helm repository using
helm repo add agones https://agones.dev/chart/stable