Harvester v1.4.3 Release Notes

This release introduces several features, enhancements, and bug fixes that improve system quality and the overall user experience. The documentation is available at https://docs.harvesterhci.io/v1.4.

The Harvester team appreciates your contributions and looks forward to receiving feedback regarding this release.

Downloads

AMD64

Full ISO

💿 https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/harvester-v1.4.3-amd64.iso

📁 https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/harvester-v1.4.3-vmlinuz-amd64

📁 https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/harvester-v1.4.3-initrd-amd64

📁 https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/harvester-v1.4.3-rootfs-amd64.squashfs

✅ https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/harvester-v1.4.3-amd64.sha512

📝 https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/version.yaml

Net Install ISO

💿 https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/harvester-v1.4.3-amd64-net-install.iso

📝 https://docs.harvesterhci.io/v1.4/install/net-install/

ARM64 (Technical Preview)

💿 https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/harvester-v1.4.3-arm64.iso

📁 https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/harvester-v1.4.3-vmlinuz-arm64

📁 https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/harvester-v1.4.3-initrd-arm64

📁 https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/harvester-v1.4.3-rootfs-arm64.squashfs

✅ https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/harvester-v1.4.3-arm64.sha512

📝 https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.3/version-arm64.yaml

Installation

Harvester can be installed using the ISO image, a bootable USB drive, and PXE boot. For more information, see the Installation section of the documentation.

Upgrade

Harvester only allows upgrades from supported versions. For more information about upgrade paths and procedures, see Upgrading Harvester.

Enhancements

• [TASK] Bump Longhorn to 1.7.3 for Harvester 1.4.3 #8208
• [TASK] Bump RKE2 to v1.31.7 #7948

Bug Fixes

• [backport v1.4] [BUG] baseline pod security standard failures #8299
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] IPPool Config should provide same content as YAML #8289
• [backport v1.4] [GUI] [BUG] VM Access Credentials SSH Keys Not Rendering in Rancher v2.10.5 #8245
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] VM Access Credentials SSH Keys Not Rendering in Rancher v2.10.5 #8242
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] UI showing the same device ID for devices in hosts/storage #8229
• [BUG] Rancher v2.10.5 w/ Harvester v1.4.3-rc1 Can Not Create New SSH Key From VM Creation Screen #8215
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] mutations.js:42 TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'volumeAttributes') #8190
• [backport v1.4] [BUG][UI] UI broken when error during migrate VM #8189
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] upgrade controller does not handle read-message well due to UI menu Dismiss it wipes upgrade CR's status #8188
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] When assigning SSH key to new VM it doesn't save the SSH key #8185
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] Harvester UI shows incorrect number of vGPU allocated to the VM #8187
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] Custom "Image Repository" for nvidia-driver-toolkit Addon Not Working #8186
• [backport v1.4] [BUG][GUI] vm-force-reset-policy setting can't save successfully #8184
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] The cni pod network cache cleanup does not work in all cases #8152
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] No progress circle on the top after triggering upgrade #8094
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] AirGap Upgrades Seem Blocked with Fluentbit/FluentD #8052
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] High load and use of cpu time by harvester process #7969
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] node-manager does not update NTP sync status correctly #7712
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] auto-disk-provision-paths not working on 1.4.1 #7706
• [BUG] cannot access harvester dashboard/c/local/apps/charts with UI error Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'length') #7673
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] Should drop Migrate UI option on Stopped VM if it is not intended #7576
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] Guest Kubernetes Cluster Loadbalancer IP assignment can become permenently stuck in IPAM mode #7542
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] Harvester managedchart is marked as harvester-snapshot-validation-webhook modified #7513
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] Installer crashes when given malformed kernel command line arguments #7505
• [backport v1.4] [BUG] USB Device Using VM Has Migrate As An Action Option #7140

Known Issues

• [BUG] CSI Plugin restart triggers unintended restart of migratable RWX volume workloads (VMs) #8534
• [BUG] Cannot work normally with RWX volume on the guest cluster #8354
• [BUG] upgrade stuck in Pre-draining which VM not migrating to other nodes #8298
• [BUG] Can NOT delete an oversized Not Ready volume #8096
• [BUG] Can create volume without name via UI #8010

Component Versions

Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors that made this release possible.

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