v3.9.0-rc.1

This release candidate release includes bug fixes and new features. We are planning to release v3.9.0 next week, feedback is welcome!

Changes since v3.9.0-beta.2

Features

• Add post-upgrade job for labeling namespace (#2113) #2113 (Zhimin Xiang)
• Add Constraint schema validation testing (#2092) #2092 (Will Beason)
• Add pod annotations specific for openshift environment (#2116) #2116 (Erez Tamam)
• Allow wildcard at start string and end together (#2130) #2130 (Erez Tamam)
• TLS support for External Data Providers (#2121) #2121 (Ernest Wong)
• Add extra rules to all roles (#2110) #2110 (Erez Tamam)
• adding pod security context variable (#2127) #2127 (ChrisFraun)

Bug Fixes

• Fix Helm chart webhook exempt Namespace label templating (#2090) #2090 (Luke Addison)
• Validation error in all_ns_must_have_gatekeeper constraint (#2091) #2091 (Amit Raj)
• #2095 GV in constraint StatusViolation (#2098) #2098 (Prachi Pendse)
• Add kubernetes job annotations (#2115) #2115 (Ben Wells)
• remove prs from codeql (#2139) #2139 (Sertaç Özercan)

Documentation

• clarify k8s support (#2112) #2112 (Sertaç Özercan)
• add group and version to audit status violations (#2134) #2134 (Rita Zhang)
• TLS and mTLS documentation (#2141) #2141 (Ernest Wong)

Continuous Integration

• add codeql action (#2138) #2138 (Sertaç Özercan)
• add buildx-builder to gator docker build (#2088) (Sertaç Özercan) #2088

Chores

• bump k8s.io/client-go from 0.24.1 to 0.24.2 (#2109) #2109 (dependabot[bot])
• bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.12.1 to 0.12.2 (#2124) #2124 (dependabot[bot])
• Update to opa v0.41 (#2093) #2093 (Manuel Rüger)
• bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.14 to 2.1.15 (#2140) #2140 (dependabot[bot])
• bump clsx from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0 in /website (#2143) #2143 (dependabot[bot])
• bump clsx from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 in /website (#2148) #2148 (dependabot[bot])
• Prepare v3.9.0-rc.1 release (#2152) #2152 (github-actions[bot])

New Contributors

• @dippynark made their first contribution in #2090
• @inboxamitraj made their first contribution in #2091
• @bvwells made their first contribution in #2115
• @erezo9 made their first contribution in #2116
• @ChrisFraun made their first contribution in #2127

Full Changelog: v3.9.0-beta.2...v3.9.0-rc.1