We encourage you to review the documentation for upgrading Epinio. In this release specifically we have made changes to CRDs and added new user permissions, so it is important to review the upgrade documentation before upgrading.

New Features and Improvements​

• AppCharts can be managed via the UI or CLI.
• Catalog Services can be managed via the UI or CLI.
• Builder images can be managed via the UI or CLI, search existing builder images, and manually enter remote ones.
• Git configs have been overhauled for wider provider support and ease of use:
  • Use git configs for GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, and GitLab.
  • Manage git configs via the UI or CLI.
  • Use a global configuration for org-wide git configs.
  • Explicitly select a git config from the application creation flow.
• Bulk delete for applications, service instances, and configurations is now available via the UI.
• Gateway API support.

App Watch (Experimental)​

Due to feedback from multiple users, we have added Epinio App Watch as a experimental feature. App Watch watches your application for changes and automatically redeploys it when changes are detected, so you can develop the way you deploy and rapidly iterate on applications in-cluster. Below is a short demo of it in action.

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MCP​

The Epinio MCP server has been promoted from experimental to beta! A lot of work has gone into reducing external dependencies and using Epinio natively to accomplish much of the MCP server's functionality. We have also made various bug fixes and improvements, and a v1.0.0 version is coming soon.

Documentation​

This release includes a significant overhaul of the documentation site.

• Reorganized and cleaned up the documentation for easier navigation.
• Removed documentation for releases prior to 1.11.0.
• Refreshed the community tab and removed the Related Projects tab.
• Added documentation for Minio to SeaweedFS migration.
• Added documentation for the Epinio MCP server.
• Updated to the majority of pages to reflect the current state of Epinio and its features.

Fixes​

• The Application Detail page now refreshes regularly to show the latest application state.
• Improved error handling for application creation and deployment.
• Fixed Export Application failing silently.
• Several fixes and improvements around table and dropdown loading.

Dependency updates​

Updated server, UI, and Helm chart dependencies.

For the complete technical changelog, see the 1.14.1 release on GitHub.

Customers currently on a prior release are encouraged to review the documentation for updates and breaking changes. You can also schedule time with us to review these updates.

New features and improvements​

• Applications now deploy in the background — leave the page once you kick off a deploy and let Epinio handle the rest.
• Server-side search and pagination across application and resource tables to increase client performance.
• Application deployment progress is now visible via the notifications panel.
• Epinio can now be installed in namespaces other than epinio.
• Default token expiry is now configurable.
• Improved performance via the KUBE_API_QPS and KUBE_API_BURST environment variables.

UI​

This release delivers the full Trailhand design system rollout across Epinio. Every major area of the UI has been updated, including applications, services, configurations, catalog, and the about page. This also lets us move much quicker on future updates to the UI and backend, now that we are less restricted by legacy UI components.

• Application creation and editing now use a streamlined modal flow.
• Service detail pages now show internal paths.
• Namespace column added to the services and configuration tables.
• Removed the redundant "Show Configuration" feature from the Rancher Extension.
• Added UI guards to match the backend permission guards.

Maintenance and fixes​

• Fixed service bindings taking too long to complete.
• Fixed application creation error messages not displaying correctly.
• Fixed inconsistent column spacing across namespace tables.
• Fixed Dex login issues when multiple clusters are present in the Rancher Extension.
• Improved application creation progress step copy for clarity.
• Allow rebuild to succeed with missing resources when there is a git source.

Documentation updates​

• We started the process of reorganizing and adding additional documentation.
• Added documentation around the KUBE_API_QPS and KUBE_API_BURST performance variables.

Dependency updates​

• Bumped Dex to v2.45.1.
• Bumped dozens of dependencies.

Epinio MCP (experimental)​

We recently made an early version of the Epinio MCP server available. Note that this is still experimental, and we will update you all as it becomes stable.

For the complete technical changelog, see the 1.14.0 release on GitHub.

New features and improvements​

• Added additional role options and default roles.
• Several loading-time performance improvements.
• UI
  • Rancher Extension Epinio one-click install.
  • Added a Cluster Metrics Report download feature under System → About.

Maintenance and fixes​

• Replaced MinIO with SeaweedFS.
• Fixed several form updating and saving issues under certain conditions.
• Fixed service bindings being wiped out when an application is redeployed.
• Switched the Dex version for full OIDC support.
• Bumped the default timeout limit for various long-running tasks.
• Replaced SPDY with Kubernetes-native websockets.
• Dependency updates.

For the complete technical changelog, see the 1.13.10 release on GitHub.

For the full list of changes, see the 1.13.9 release on GitHub.

New features and improvements​

• Added the app_restart action to the permissions set, to allow the functionality without write permissions.
• Added parallel binding to speed up service-binding wait times.
• Moved to a new centralized logging system.
• Improved websocket performance for log viewing.
• CLI
  • Use --no-restart to update an application without triggering a restart.
  • Delete an image from the Epinio registry with the --delete-image flag.
  • Ignore certain files on app push via .epinioignore or the configuration.ignore section of your Epinio manifest.
• UI
  • Filter by container, tail, since, and since-time in the App and Build Logs widget.
  • Delete an image from the Epinio registry via a checkbox when deleting an application.
  • Download a log bundle for the Epinio instance, with the option to include or exclude application logs.

Maintenance and fixes​

• Replaced kubed with reflector.
• Fixed an issue where environment variables conflicted with Epinio manifest variables.
• Fixed several UI forms not loading data correctly.
• Fixed the application page not showing proper information when instances are scaled to 0.
• Fixed MinIO and Dex privilege-escalation issues.

For the complete technical changelog, see the 1.13.8 release on GitHub.

For the full list of changes, see the 1.13.7 release on GitHub.

For the full list of changes, see the 1.13.6 release on GitHub.

Helm chart enhancements​

• Updated Bitnami packages.
• Node selector support for the Helm controller.
• ServiceAccount annotation support for the Epinio server.
• Additional deployment configuration options for the Epinio UI.

Performance enhancements​

• New centralized logger (we'll migrate fully to this in 1.13.6).
• Service bindings, especially multiple bindings, now run in parallel.
• Server support for tailing and date-time filtering of logs (UI support coming in 1.13.6).

UI and CLI changes​

• The new user experience has been designed, and we've begun implementing components. This reforms how the UI looks (while staying familiar) and improves performance over the next few updates up to 1.14.0.
• Dark/light mode toggle.
• Updated table component using our new design system, including client-side pagination (server-side pagination coming in 1.13.6).
• CLI logging improvements and general bug fixes.
• Several bug fixes around buttons and form flow.

Dependency and security updates​

This release also includes a range of dependency and security updates.

For the complete technical changelog, see the 1.13.5 release on GitHub.

For the full list of changes, see the 1.13.4 release on GitHub.

For the full list of changes, see the 1.13.3 release on GitHub.

For the full list of changes, see the 1.13.2 release on GitHub.

• Fixed the application create button.

For the full list of changes, see the 1.13.1 release on GitHub.

Highlights​

• Storage configurability for staging via Helm charts.
• Staging scheduling configurability via Helm charts.
• Dependency updates for the Epinio server and Epinio UI.
• Epinio UI fixes and cleanup for Rancher 2.12.0+.
• Documentation updates for the storage and scheduling capabilities.

For the complete technical changelog, see the 1.13.0 release on GitHub.