Harvester v1.5.2 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/v1.5.

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

[!IMPORTANT] Only SUSE Virtualization customers affected by issues listed in the Bug Fixes section must install this patch.

Clusters running v1.5.0 and v1.5.1 can upgrade to v1.6.x directly. Starting with Harvester v1.5, you can upgrade from one minor version to the next without installing any of the patches in between.

Downloads

AMD64

Full ISO

:cd: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/harvester-v1.5.2-amd64.iso

:file_folder: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/harvester-v1.5.2-vmlinuz-amd64

:file_folder: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/harvester-v1.5.2-initrd-amd64

:file_folder: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/harvester-v1.5.2-rootfs-amd64.squashfs

:white_check_mark: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/harvester-v1.5.2-amd64.sha512

:memo: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/version.yaml

Net Install ISO

:cd: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/harvester-v1.5.2-amd64-net-install.iso

:memo: https://docs.harvesterhci.io/v1.5/install/net-install/

ARM64

:cd: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/harvester-v1.5.2-arm64.iso

:file_folder: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/harvester-v1.5.2-vmlinuz-arm64

:file_folder: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/harvester-v1.5.2-initrd-arm64

:file_folder: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/harvester-v1.5.2-rootfs-arm64.squashfs

:white_check_mark: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/harvester-v1.5.2-arm64.sha512

:memo: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.5.2/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 Rancher v2.11.3 and RKE2 v1.32.7+rke2r1 #8933
• [TASK] Bump primary underlying components to the latest patch for Harvester 1.5.2 #8931
• [TASK] Bump Kubevirt v1.4.1 #8348

Bug Fixes

• [backport v1.5] [BUG] Guest Cluster RWX Volumes Race Condition #8928
• [backport v1.5] [BUG] Sharemanager is being terminated even if there are pods using its RWX volume #8880
• [backport v1.5] [BUG] Upgrade v1.4.2 --> v1.5.1 stuck Post-draining when node disks use multipathing (mpath) #8840
• [backport v1.5] [BUG][UI] Unable to import harvester into Rancher if ui extension is in lower version #8828
• [backport v1.5] [BUG] or RFE Harvester/kubevirt and high mem gpus with a 32 bit BAR memory slot #8757
• [backport v1.5] [BUG] Guest VMs booting in EFI mode are no longer able to PXE boot after Harvester v1.5.0 #8752
• [backport v1.5] [BUG] crash in upgrade version syncer #8658
• [BUG] VM live migration failed immediately with a "migrate_disks_detect_zeroes parameter unsupported" error #8471

Known Issues

This section only includes issues that were identified before the release date. For information about all issues associated with v1.5.2, see this page.

• [BUG] Can't migrate network config to another cluster network in Rancher integrated Harvester #8559
• [BUG] CSI Plugin restart triggers unintended restart of migratable RWX volume workloads (VMs) #8534
• [BUG] upgrade stuck in Pre-draining which VM not migrating to other nodes #8298

Component Versions

Component	Version
Longhorn	v1.8.2
KubeVirt	v1.4.1
Embedded Rancher	v2.11.3
RKE2	v1.32.7+rke2r1
SLE Micro	5.5
CDI	v1.61.0

Contributors

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

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