4.18.31

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Team Approvals:

Accepted
- QE

Tests:

Blocking jobs
- upgrade Succeeded periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-stable-4.y-e2e-aws-ovn-upgrade
- upgrade-minor Succeeded periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-stable-4.y-e2e-aws-ovn-upgrade
Informing jobs
- aws-ovn-serial Succeeded periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-nightly-4.18-e2e-aws-ovn-serial
- aws-ovn-single-node-upgrade-4.18-micro Succeeded periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-ci-4.18-e2e-aws-upgrade-ovn-single-node
- aws-ovn-techpreview Succeeded periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-ci-4.18-e2e-aws-ovn-techpreview
- aws-ovn-techpreview-serial Succeeded (1 retries) periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-ci-4.18-e2e-aws-ovn-techpreview-serial
- aws-ovn-upgrade-4.18-micro Succeeded periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-ci-4.18-e2e-aws-ovn-upgrade
- azure-ovn-upgrade-4.18-micro Succeeded periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-ci-4.18-e2e-azure-ovn-upgrade
- fips-scan Succeeded periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-nightly-4.18-fips-payload-scan
- gcp-ovn-rt-upgrade-4.18-minor Succeeded periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-ci-4.18-upgrade-from-stable-4.17-e2e-gcp-ovn-rt-upgrade
- hypershift-ovn-conformance-4.18 Failed (1 retries) periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.18-periodics-e2e-aws-ovn-conformance
- metal-ipi-ovn-bm Succeeded periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-nightly-4.18-e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-bm
- metal-ipi-ovn-ipv6 Succeeded (1 retries) periodic-ci-openshift-release-master-nightly-4.18-e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-ipv6
- microshift-ovn-conformance-parallel Failed (1 retries) periodic-ci-openshift-microshift-release-4.18-periodics-e2e-aws-ovn-ocp-conformance
- microshift-ovn-conformance-serial Failed (1 retries) periodic-ci-openshift-microshift-release-4.18-periodics-e2e-aws-ovn-ocp-conformance-serial

Upgrades from:

Untested upgrades: 4.17.15, 4.17.16, 4.17.17, 4.17.18, 4.17.19, 4.17.20, 4.17.21, 4.17.22, 4.17.23, 4.17.24, 4.17.26, 4.17.27, 4.17.28, 4.17.29, 4.17.30, 4.17.31, 4.17.32, 4.17.33, 4.17.34, 4.17.35, 4.17.36, 4.17.37, 4.17.38, 4.17.39, 4.17.40, 4.17.41, 4.17.43, 4.18.10, 4.18.11, 4.18.12, 4.18.13, 4.18.14, 4.18.15, 4.18.16, 4.18.17, 4.18.18, 4.18.19, 4.18.20, 4.18.21, 4.18.22, 4.18.23, 4.18.25, 4.18.27, 4.18.4, 4.18.5, 4.18.6, 4.18.8, 4.18.9

Upgrades to:

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Changes from 4.18.2

Created: 2026-01-08 15:00:48 +0000 UTC

Image Digest: sha256:64e8c4cbd3199beb1ebb8d6a208cb81fdfe62f4e52d7586033f534d35f981244

Components

Kubectl 1.31.1
Kubernetes upgraded from 1.31.6 to 1.31.14
Kubernetes Tests upgraded from 1.31.1 to 1.31.12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS upgraded from 418.94.202502250906-0 to 418.94.202601071817-0 (diff)

FeatureGate Changes

FeatureGate	Default Hypershift	Default SelfManagedHA	DevPreviewNoUpgrade Hypershift	DevPreviewNoUpgrade SelfManagedHA	TechPreviewNoUpgrade Hypershift	TechPreviewNoUpgrade SelfManagedHA
OnClusterBuild (0 tests)	Enabled (Changed)	Enabled (Changed)	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled
StreamingCollectionEncodingToJSON (0 tests)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)
StreamingCollectionEncodingToProtobuf (0 tests)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)
ExternalOIDCWithUIDAndExtraClaimMappings (0 tests)			Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)	Enabled (New)

Removed images

ovirt-machine-controllers

Rebuilt images without code change

aws-cloud-controller-manager git c3951906 sha256:17d0d9c1079d264a00059c94e61993a9951f50506d12dff736a89dd16c225454
aws-ebs-csi-driver git b51cd6b8 sha256:bbfa48a9b898554d9b7f69fb087a77dce5aed927600ffe7a54cbe1d4aff450a8
aws-kms-encryption-provider git 088dcaf7 sha256:30f5197b2f63c8c50007430b149d9501bb450f2b46c67f2a856c69a796e2e632
azure-cloud-controller-manager git 9c24d768 sha256:22a7f8d14af36190a4ae2a9ac14a5b004b6066f91e809e341ab990cafde72901
azure-cloud-node-manager git 9c24d768 sha256:ec2ec898781da4f57ee4b18440417800618f933a02faf7e7970ec4cc838c2e07
azure-disk-csi-driver git 6cced666 sha256:3e3371215d33e2860aa73d4d3daddc1a04fa02f56dba9ff4abf22d0ed6907f4c
azure-file-csi-driver git 4b34592e sha256:ce50e9a6830d0dfdf9202d83e7048f05f680f73925cfd3915193dc3dd667f82e
baremetal-machine-controllers git 1ede6c3f sha256:1217fd2cb14ec1632c03d250a8963906a1e3355b5d4274e704ccd6b9479632d3
cluster-autoscaler-operator git 474ad65c sha256:887f9400fc6c2ed4574e477821d6d91a759dafcb98ebb049243fd568a28045ff
cluster-bootstrap git d1e01954 sha256:38915c10299ee1e5790dc8799d28149fdd5a2d9463021fc21e3f0f00e6b4aa91
cluster-config-operator git 85cb4072 sha256:8ef04eb7384f7368745ffe8d8cf86fcd83b203b0b1132761e09fcfa65d6627cf
cluster-control-plane-machine-set-operator git d17bf3a1 sha256:3005eec98bbb1ab780efca92b98d8370ee24aeca4fe63e56ec301da724b7eaa8
cluster-csi-snapshot-controller-operator git 6fe70008 sha256:7fdb112167d728337564f6f9dd28e5d875de7cee6353e19f7aedc40c71088995
cluster-kube-cluster-api-operator git 33a1141e sha256:99b7f98049b9bb791300704ab40caca3de38e4ed95e5413688295c99ec25d1e5
cluster-kube-storage-version-migrator-operator git 59ba356f sha256:0361a24345ebeeef2f15bdc82adb29a95f26ca19a53323da74e17ccf76770c93
cluster-machine-approver git 01d5fbbe sha256:46b9e6e2319cb553c487e9625b53d69f1ec786a9c6eef0e4765c2502d6e5ed95
cluster-openshift-apiserver-operator git 0a6f6eb9 sha256:a0b9401485189e8ecc714bfcdb26695fcc8eadb9af92fcf9be50018b5f9521ba
cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator git f1711cf3 sha256:7615706e5c0fbbcdcbb9ce81e54e5663a45d0aff99c9c7b0f9cbdd5b51e6c028
cluster-policy-controller git 5fd85252 sha256:740a93c3ed894846400a43d0399a578864787bce388969dcb6eb0d57f09eaf74
csi-driver-nfs git 32e77590 sha256:c3a065df60facd399fc855b14d3b8f0bc64e44c1ea2da36231eb661febed7048
csi-external-attacher git 39b37c06 sha256:14cf39c197d1757369c7ba31060da43f9a30a230118e85774f8edfa42f81f5f7
csi-external-provisioner git 376f0ea0 sha256:4220bbd2bf43945ed2d2767ee179f438b15b2c3940f5a1a42af8338bec9ba81e
csi-livenessprobe git 3a977844 sha256:901569c77758463ca80673c2821feca0d6b4574fcf454b42abbed4f319cb7337
driver-toolkit git 2e139edc sha256:c8aa6760c388203625e4502baab8db9e674788817edcdc348d286196e213643b
egress-router-cni git 3193a756 sha256:c1f7bf5346faaaf059f28524d66baa638fd992d12b8a95ef3977937d73c7f0f2
gcp-cloud-controller-manager git 6ea23561 sha256:a7a355fc397679e8d2f4f00893d4db34af42ad0dff2d85baba1633af798cc763
gcp-pd-csi-driver-operator git 7cb8b38c sha256:912ff2639e7712cea5e2e4fdc6d5c1236c1f2374f8403178f57adeef40613dbf
gcp-workload-identity-federation-webhook git f0a670c7 sha256:0ca16a4d0b9b6af6a67baf917fd7d0679d1c2e56785d127d1aac75225cea2cb7
ibm-cloud-controller-manager git a33026b1 sha256:8ab03c9d222e1a373d1cc6eab06e444c2355e375f36e4f5698ead76bbd707c4e
insights-runtime-exporter git 7149f2d5 sha256:1956f12878e1aaf7bb79755213fc38cf83b0c2271977c8b2859aeef29a505951
insights-runtime-extractor git 7149f2d5 sha256:671c3416a030fe6a7f86add42be04d116c3a8f2c1725b194f6e9d84de2ea3c86
ironic-static-ip-manager git cfbae04f sha256:adfe810e047c891c8a9809a732ceaa6acb1b2ac9ddd60e43c19390eb442683f7
keepalived-ipfailover git 716eb0ef sha256:ba7f407bfdfcd6f41ae16dc49313e6b282c3e844733abb2e41360a6d0994a8c7
kube-metrics-server git 962ccca2 sha256:6856b7cc732779548d9d600557d97e842044088ac1e9fd47e6cbccc0b004faa9
kube-state-metrics git cb5a9296 sha256:abfac5af957f2e5ef2ed5cc4c7c026908f1716b3feaaf7aa7eb6441eab518087
kubevirt-cloud-controller-manager git 3f4542ec sha256:4008f600f3161e71129cc01bfbf6c5d8a3fd27822047f1dadfe346e684dc3166
libvirt-machine-controllers git a336f0b5 sha256:7257eda6b816680a3583dfdb4c22018b801685074daccc987b97914c3cb5164c
multus-route-override-cni git 391c1b03 sha256:8584e1c4911f63bf476df0c5efcdd3decaf0fb4cbd1fb4c430d5e0dd5cf3972f
nutanix-cloud-controller-manager git d9fe8f38 sha256:161aee19a7928c6eb12d1e1ef81b858c51eaab2eb2ca15573ffd2253c923375a
openstack-machine-api-provider git d914e77e sha256:9c26f3aabb772844192228352ba4f5c5dc64eb68747c3569e034a15ff2e77dbb
ovirt-csi-driver git 1db726a9 sha256:9663a7ced4cdf572cfec02a19bbfa450441b0ef152ca8d2dcb85a84570c5f450
ovirt-csi-driver-operator git 0feae256 sha256:47d09eec1cd93bdef1995524f974890827bb6b3c5424e4fc119b6dc1132de367
powervs-block-csi-driver-operator git 01fc505a sha256:176ab84bb58c9455d8fef13365059317b224cbe5e08ae95dc11bcdbd4a0b88da
powervs-cloud-controller-manager git 17ae6fba sha256:b22cd721de53cc0ce2d4aec2293e49e963162f6e94bb925cfab6e1da0bd8ec3b
rhel-coreos sha256:54a82743c40f6bd3aa30f8f47a6cf1fbce186e4af939ab55c17129e1957da1a5
rhel-coreos-extensions sha256:cb0f93a5c209c62bbcc1f972a7ae92f234af5058d0d6867f3bcc6ae4aae1654a
vsphere-cloud-controller-manager git c414d1f5 sha256:1e02e3d82bf980a09aef725cadb5e034ca6a3b0789d6d14eddd3faa01e5ee7d9
vsphere-csi-driver git cfcad01d sha256:e1af7eb476a69119cc8bf3ed5cae563dc5efa74953cacbba7b058bf980288e59
vsphere-csi-driver-syncer git cfcad01d sha256:dcf485379ebab5bfff28c5f15865697c70b784b6ae4a2d757b83a2603466ffc4

agent-installer-api-server

NO-ISSUE: pin gotestsum to v1.12.3 (#8018) #8018
OCPBUGS-58635, OCPBUGS-58640: Bump glog to v1.2.5 in release-4.18 (#7877) #7877
OCPBUGS-56596: Include AdditionalTrustBundlePolicy in installConfig (#7751) #7751
OCPBUGS-47627: dnsmasq service on OCP SNO fails to read /etc/resolv.conf file during system startup (#7257) #7257
OCPBUGS-54378: Bump go-jwt to 4.5.2 to fix CVE-30204 (#7483) #7483
MGMT-20183: CVE-2025-27144 Bump github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 to v4.0.5 (#7456) #7456
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agent-installer-csr-approver, agent-installer-orchestrator

OCPBUGS-58650: Bump glog pkg to 1.2.4 (#1181) #1181
OCPBUGS-53721: Bump jwt to 4.5.2 in release-4.18 (#1085) #1085
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agent-installer-node-agent

OCPBUGS-58655, OCPBUGS-58660: Bump glog to v1.2.5 in release-4.18 (#1069) #1069
OCPBUGS-52994: Update to latest ghw version (#958) #958
MGMT-20227: Skip Motherboard serial if set to “-” (#955) (#957) #955
OCPBUGS-54544: Bump github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 to v4.0.5 in release-4.18 (#965) #965
OCPBUGS-53713: Bump golang-jwt/jwt/v4 to 4.5.2 in release-4.18 (#963) #963
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agent-installer-utils

append .0 to go.mod version #109
Full changelog

apiserver-network-proxy

append .0 to go.mod version. #81
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aws-cluster-api-controllers

OCPBUGS-61841: UPSTREAM <carry>: revert: Only tag NetworkInterfaces in RunInstances if IAM Allows It #570
OCPBUGS-58670, OCPBUGS-58675: bump github.com/golang/glog to v1.2.5 #556
OCPBUGS-56434: Update manifests to use v1 admissionregistration group #554
OCPBUGS-53729: Merge https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-aws:v2.7.2 (9283e64) into release-4.18 #543
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aws-ebs-csi-driver-operator, azure-disk-csi-driver-operator, azure-file-csi-driver-operator, csi-driver-manila-operator, openstack-cinder-csi-driver-operator

OCPBUGS-62664: disable e2e snapshot tests #463
OCPBUGS-63558: Add RBAC ClusterRole and Binding for driver node #454
OCPBUGS-63407: Use 127.0.0.1 for healtz http-endpoints #450
OCPBUGS-62973: Add withCABundleDaemonSetHook() to AWS EFS operator #447
OCPBUGS-55053: Correct ASH driver inject env config #381
OCPBUGS-54453: Enable required driver services #375
OCPBUGS-60596: Bump library-go to fix assignment to nil map issue #421
OCPBUGS-60203: Remove stale conditions #413
OCPBUGS-54383: Disable remove-not-ready-taint for azure disk csi driver #374
Full changelog

aws-machine-controllers

OCPBUGS-63138: client: re-use a single file for building the session instead of randomly named files #146
Full changelog

aws-pod-identity-webhook

OCPBUGS-51231: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.0.5 #201
Full changelog

azure-cluster-api-controllers

OCPBUGS-58861: Update manifests to remove reliance on admission registration v1beta1 #348
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azure-kms-encryption-provider

OCPBUGS-53497: bump golang-jwt v4 #11
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azure-machine-controllers

OCPBUGS-65882: Set updateDomainCount to one when faultDomainCount is one #175
OCPBUGS-63669: Support datadisks on Stack Hub #167
OCPBUGS-56167: [release-4.18] Update virtualmachines service to armcompute/v5 SDK #145
OCPBUGS-56654: Fix failure when attempting to modify immutable availabilitySet #153
OCPBUGS-55373: Update eviction policy for Spot VMs from Deallocate to Delete #139
OCPBUGS-54355: Re-reconcile machine on NIC provisioning failure #135
Full changelog

azure-workload-identity-webhook

OCPBUGS-53801: github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.2 #31
OCPBUGS-51233: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.0.5 #27
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baremetal-cluster-api-controllers

OCPBUGS-58861: Update manifests to remove reliance on admission registration v1beta1 #51
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baremetal-installer, installer, installer-altinfra, installer-artifacts

OCPBUGS-63494: Catch gcp destroy cases where the operation is nil #10030
OCPBUGS-52659: [release-4.18] CORS-3825: pkg/infrastructure/azure: support nvme #9545
OCPBUGS-65588: Update the RHCOS 4.18 bootimage metadata #10113
OCPBUGS-58504: Refactor removing loadbalancer in OpenStack #9831
OCPBUGS-53235: Validation for API and Ingress VIPs when using user-managed load balancer #10046
OCPBUGS-62810: Update the RHCOS 4.18 bootimage metadata #10014
OCPBUGS-59490: Make swift containers removal not fatal for UPI. #9839
OCPBUGS-61529: Use less permissive access for /var/lib/etcd for SNO #9937
OCPBUGS-61178: Refine check for supported SNO platforms #9923
OCPBUGS-60592: baremetal: always set external v6 URL on dualstack #9895
OCPBUGS-54598: Update the RHCOS 4.18 bootimage metadata #9900
OCPBUGS-56177, OCPBUGS-59155, OCPBUGS-59158: Migrate AWS SDK to V2 to support MX-Central Region #9709
OCPBUGS-58321: allow to deploy single nodes with UPI #9824
OCPBUGS-54744: Filter out excess CA certs when adding node #9647
OCPBUGS-58264: vSphere - remove unit tests using nip.io #9813
OCPBUGS-56797: [Nutanix] nil error displayed when setting a not exist value in preloadedOSImageName field #9747
OCPBUGS-57139: ensure ctrplane nodes can access bootstrap MCS #9772
OCPBUGS-57220: sort zone slices extracted from map of byo subnets #9774
OCPBUGS-56864: Update Control Plane replica validation for Single Node OpenShift #9758
OCPBUGS-50690: vsphere - check if host is powered down or on standby before uploading template #9468
OCPBUGS-53142: PowerVS: COS eu-es hack #9626
OCPBUGS-50840: Fix panic when there are no available IPs #9479
OCPBUGS-55794: IBI nmstate unit test fix #9692
OCPBUGS-54947: Fix Load balancer IP setup #9659
OCPBUGS-45564: Align vSphere UPI haproxy config with IPI #9276
OCPBUGS-53453: IBMCloud: Move to IBM TF openshift fork #9592
OCPBUGS-53422: Avoid adding duplicate entries to NO_PROXY #9588
OCPBUGS-52515: Remove error logging when determining image arch #9539
OCPBUGS-52429: Remove tmp directory used for agent pxe files #9536
OCPBUGS-51211: Fixes panic during GCP tags fetch due to unstable network #9513
OCPBUGS-49885: [Nutanix] Install multi-NICs cluster failed with failureDomains #9440
Full changelog

baremetal-operator

OCPBUGS-56766: Make firmware update handle only a subset of Spec.Updates #421
OCPBUGS-56431: Redfish: correctly handle missing system ID #417
OCPBUGS-53324: BMO can expose any secret via BMCEventSubscription CRD #405
OCPBUGS-45250: Remove dataImage finalizer if BMH is missing #389
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baremetal-runtimecfg

OCPBUGS-60111: Re-add ENABLE_NODEIP_DEBUG env var #364
OCPBUGS-59280: Bump logrus version #354
OCPBUGS-57782: iptables: Switch PREROUTING REDIRECT rule to DNAT instead #351
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cli, cli-artifacts, deployer, tools

OCPBUGS-65707: fix(must-gather): do not set node affinity if nodename is set #2145
OCPBUGS-64608: Help with must-gather scheduling through suggesting preferance of nodes #2127
OCPBUGS-58233: Return error in case of error #2054
OCPBUGS-57507: avoid transfering permissions when copying artifacts from node-joiner pod #2039
OCPBUGS-56240: Adding sos.conf file for default sos config into the tools image #2021
OCPBUGS-55449: Get installer image from configMap for node-image command #2013
OCPBUGS-55647: Use fedora image in unit tests instead of centos #2014
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cloud-credential-operator

OCPBUGS-65800: ccoctl azure: retry custom role creation on consistency errors #950
OCPBUGS-65479: ccoctl: use pagination when listing resources in aws #947
OCPBUGS-63548: ccoctl: add public-key-file flag to create-all #938
OCPBUGS-55127: snyk to ignore SNYK-GOLANG-GOLANGORGXNETHTML-9572088 #915
OCPBUGS-60971: ccoctl: aws to use proper issuer url on subsequent runs #907
OCPBUGS-60618: ccoctl azure dnszone-resource-group-name now optional #899
OCPBUGS-58680: github.com/golang/glog v1.2.5 #891
OCPBUGS-58247: ccoctl: only add owned tag to azure resources on create #882
OCPBUGS-56979: Azure: resolve nil pointer exception when role assignment exists #869
OCPBUGS-54827: Render: configure proxy on bootstrap static pod #862
OCPBUGS-53825: update github.com/golang-jwt/jwt #837
OCPBUGS-53345: github.com/golang/glog v1.2.4 #835
OCPBUGS-51550: Ignore SNYK-GOLANG-GOLANGORGXOAUTH2JWS-8749594 due to not being affected #822
OCPBUGS-51237: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.0.5 #824
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cloud-network-config-controller

OCPBUGS-65651: [release-4.18] Fix capacity calculation #193
OCPBUGS-64779: [release-4.18] Change the capacity struct from int to ptrOfInt #189
OCPBUGS-56156: Increase API call timeout to 30 second #170
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cluster-authentication-operator

OCPBUGS-49749: Exclude etcd readiness checks from /readyz to ignore temporary etcd hiccups #754
OCPBUGS-54569: Avoid duplicate OAuth client creation #764
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cluster-autoscaler

OCPBUGS-60908: revert openshift replica fix #375
OCPBUGS-60235: fix checkpoint gc of unknown recommenders #368
OCPBUGS-59260: Fix cool down status condition to trigger scale down #361
OCPBUGS-53241: improve replica counting and decrease target size behavior #346
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cluster-baremetal-operator

OCPBUGS-57590: Mount the user-ca-bundle into ICC #486
OCPBUGS-63439: Always have a service for ironic-api port #514
OCPBUGS-63469: Allow provisioningIP when network disabled #515
OCPBUGS-60586: Remove webhookport (9447) as HostPort #501
OCPBUGS-58315: Bump github.com/go-errors/errors to v1.5.1 #492
OCPBUGS-53080: Add missing relatedObjects #467
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cluster-capi-controllers

OCPBUGS-56434: Update manifests to leverage v1 admissionregistration group #241
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cluster-capi-operator

OCPBUGS-56919: fix: bump openshift/library-go to fix ValidatingAdmissionPolicyV1 apply in capiinstaller #308
OCPBUGS-56434: Should not use v1beta1 of the AdmissionRegistration API group #298
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cluster-cloud-controller-manager-operator

OCPBUGS-63166: ccm: disable unused secure-serving port and webhook #421
OCPBUGS-60015: Add Service using common resource templating #405
OCPBUGS-60015: Update service selector to match deployment label #403
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cluster-config-api

OCPBUGS-70315: Add HTTPKeepAliveTimeout to IngressController API #2638
NO-JIRA: [release-4.18] OWNERS: update approvers/reviewers #2625
OCPBUGS-67214: Introduce ClosedClientConnectionPolicy to IngressController API #2618
CNTRLPLANE-1980: Promote streaming list encoding to Default #2598
NO-JIRA: Promote streaming list encoding to Default on Hypershift. #2562
CNTRLPLANE-1610: Add feature gates for StreamingCollectionEncoding #2528
OCPBUGS-52347: Add CEL validation for RegistrySources in Image API #2218
OCPBUGS-60904: MachineOSConfig name should match MachineConfigPool #2458
Update crd-schema.json to release 1.33 branch #2459
: add OnClusterBuilds to default config #2365
Merge #2316
OCPBUGS-56183: Add IPsec API for NAT-T UDP encapsulation support #2331
OCPBUGS-55792: [release-4.18] config: add uid and extra claim mappings for external OIDC configuration #2311
OCPBUGS-53221: Allow spaces in AWS resource tags #2239
OCPBUGS-54784: [release-4.18] Bump openshift/controller-tools to latest commit #2267
OCPBUGS-51295, OCPBUGS-51380: Reject new NodeStatus with revision set #2215
OCPBUGS-51295: [release-4.18] Add the option to test ratcheting validations within integration tests #2217
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cluster-dns-operator

OCPBUGS-52514: [release-4.18] Add runbook_url for CoreDNSErrorsHigh #429
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cluster-etcd-operator

OCPBUGS-58412: bump library-go to bring in revision controller revision-ready annotation fix #1518
OCPBUGS-61235: Vendor latest mixin, including additional and modified alerts for etcdDatabaseQuotaLowSpace #1478
OCPBUGS-59992: fix ordering on bootstrap IP selection #1458
OCPBUGS-59803: add missing ports to svc and pod spec #1455
OCPBUGS-56834: etcd pod containers do not start when tls min version is 1.3 #1428
OCPBUGS-56110: adjust alerts according to platform #1424
OCPBUGS-53513: fix CVE-2025-30204 #1413
OCPBUGS-55066: increase etcdGRPCRequestsSlow duration #1408
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cluster-image-registry-operator

OCPBUGS-53873: bump github.com/golang-jwt/jwt #1217
OCPBUGS-51606: bump golang.org/x/oauth2 #1208
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cluster-ingress-operator

OCPBUGS-70315: Implement HTTPKeepAliveTimeout tuning option #1333
NO-JIRA: Add new NID team members to OWNERS #1319
OCPBUGS-67214: Implement ClosedClientConnectionPolicy field #1322
NE-1951: Pre-upgrade Admin Gate for Gateway API CRD Management Succession #1196
NE-1952: Pre-upgrade check for Gateway API CRD Management Succession #1193
OCPBUGS-48377: Add e2e tests for IdleConnectionTerminationPolicy #1194
OCPBUGS-48377: Add support for IdleConnectionTerminationPolicy #1188
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cluster-kube-apiserver-operator

OCPBUGS-58412: bump library-go to bring in revision controller revision-ready annotation fix #1976
OCPBUGS-63119: SCC: add hostmount-anyuid-v2 #1937
OCPBUGS-61039: Set goaway chance to 0.001 #1912
OCPBUGS-60176: Add missing service ports to apiserver service #1888
OCPBUGS-56030: bump library-go to bring in updated audit policies #1843
OCPBUGS-49898: bindata/alerts/slo: improve burnrate calculation #1808
OCPBUGS-53066: Bump library-go #1828
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cluster-kube-controller-manager-operator

OCPBUGS-58412: bump library-go to bring in revision controller revision-ready annotation fix #897
OCPBUGS-60131: Missing endpoint slices for open ports the operator uses #852
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cluster-kube-scheduler-operator

OCPBUGS-58412: bump library-go to bring in revision controller revision-ready annotation fix #590
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cluster-monitoring-operator

OCPBUGS-67168: Add the collection of MTV migration metrics #2774
OCPBUGS-61965: add flag --watch-referenced-objects-in-all-namespaces to prometheus-operator #2723
OCPBUGS-64579: Fix KSM deny-list typo #2731
OCPBUGS-63488: Remove AlertManager endpoints when disabled #2737
OCPBUGS-62852: Add mcd_local_unsupported_packages metric from MCO to telemetry 4.18 #2702
OCPBUGS-63410: [release-4.18] allow using remoteWrite[].oauth2.proxyFromEnvironment for cluster-wide proxy #2724
OCPBUGS-63017: test: remove image registry e2e tests #2711
OCPBUGS-61706: chore(jsonnet): use prometheus_remote_storage_queue_highest_timestamp_seconds in PrometheusRemoteWriteBehind #2669
OCPBUGS-59962: operator: increase wait time till degraded to max 4 times 5m #2633
OCPBUGS-56251: set upgradable false when alertmanager v1 is specified #2591
OCPBUGS-55005: chore: introduce context-rich anb case sensitive unmarshaller for the monitoring and set CMO to Upgradeable=false if errors are found #2592
OCPBUGS-53024: Fix opentelemetry metrics to use regexp on label match #2578
OCPBUGS-52565: Bump prometheus-operator to 0.78.2 #2576
OCPBUGS-50706: Add incidents metric to telemetry #2570
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cluster-network-operator

OCPBUGS-65704, OCPBUGS-65705: Annotate whereabouts-controller #2842
OCPBUGS-62671: Add drop flows for GARP #2810
OCPBUGS-60984: Update CNO reviewers/approvers #2766
OCPBUGS-60795: Add release version annotation to whereabouts-controller/whereabouts-token-watcher #2782
OCPBUGS-47651: Re-disable metrics server #2622
OCPBUGS-58047: Add cert-rotation script into cno #2702
OCPBUGS-56183: Implement IPsec NAT-Traversal encapsulation option #2711
OCPBUGS-54717: Add IPv6 NGINX configuration #2683
OCPBUGS-50582, OCPBUGS-52949: Unexpected Behavior During Cluster Upgrade for the ovn-ipsec-host pods #2644
OCPBUGS-52837: frr-k8s: rename validatingwebhook name #2661
OCPBUGS-48305: frr-k8s: align manifests with operator #2657
OCPBUGS-41178: Updating cluster-network-operator-container image to be consistent with ART for 4.18 #2491
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cluster-node-tuning-operator

OCPBUGS-63450: Do not cause kubelet failed dependency by ocp-tuned-one-shot.service #1417
And 10 elided commits (e.g. from squash or rebase merges)
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cluster-olm-operator

OCPBUGS-57767: fix olm.maxOpenShiftVersion float parsing #125
OCPBUGS-48478: [release-4.18] Add openshift node selector annotation #116
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cluster-samples-operator

OCPBUGS-63511: references to github.com/sclorg/django-ex.git now also refer to the branch #657
OCPBUGS-55783: Samples Operator should sort failing image imports #638
OCPBUGS-55782: only update LastTransitionTime if operator status change #637
OCPBUGS-55781: Adding filter to clusterOperatorInformerEventHandler #636
OCPBUGS-54258: Adding mutex to func createSamples on handler.go #615
OCPBUGS-54351: add rhdmalone to owners #617
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cluster-storage-operator

OCPBUGS-62666: Move metrics to vsphere driver #632
OCPBUGS-51320: fix Vsphere cluster Storage operator in Unavailable state #558
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cluster-update-keys

NO-JIRA: Updating openshift-ci-release-key for 2 years #72
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cluster-version-operator

NO-ISSUE: hongkai becomes an approver release-4.18 #1286
OCPBUGS-62869: disable metrics auth for hypershift clusters #1242
OCPBUGS-58450: Failing=Unknown upon long CO updating #1211
OCPBUGS-60222: CVO protects /metrics with authorization #1223
OCPBUGS-55359: install/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_01_admingate_configmap: Add ack-4.18-kube-1.32-api-removals-in-4.19 #1181
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configmap-reloader

append .0 to go.mod version #69
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console

OCPBUGS-69915: PVC shows negative Available space in OpenShift Console on RHOCP 4 #15868
OCPBUGS-69448: Fixes namespace-scoped operators that were not showing as installed when viewing OperatorHub in “All Projects” mode #15855
OCPBUGS-68361: Disallowed Pipelines-plugin Pipelines navigation section #15842
OCPBUGS-65592: HPA Form View in RHOCP Web Console Incorrectly Requires Both CPU and … #15725
OCPBUGS-65932: Preserve query string in perspective switch + remove dev console folks from reviewers #15761
OCPBUGS-65533: Preserve path on perspective switch #15716
OCPBUGS-64735: Expose prometheus tenancy label path as a proxy #15685
OCPBUGS-64682: limit node log length to 1000 lines #15680
OCPBUGS-63657: Remove required flag from ‘console.flag/model’ pipelines-plugin extension #15654
OCPBUGS-63247: fix bug where Roles list was displaying invalid data f… #15619
OCPBUGS-63041: switch to dev perspective for /dev-monitoring #15601
OCPBUGS-44156: bump dompurify to latest #15589
OCPBUGS-62326: /auth/error?error=missing_state&error_type=auth is showing blank page #15544
OCPBUGS-61569: Update CHANGELOG for 4.18 plugin SDK package publish #15516
OCPBUGS-61569: Fix bug with Console provided PatternFly shared modules #15479
OCPBUGS-61697: Remove ancient X-XSS-Protection header #15493
OCPBUGS-60236: Make sure CSP violations are only reported to telemetry once per day per browser #15453
NO-JIRA: Update CHANGELOG for latest 4.18 plugin SDK package publish #15456
OCPBUGS-50983: Store Topology sidebar alert in the localStorage #15431
OCPBUGS-54660: Added patternfly/react-topology to shared module list of dynamic plugin sdk #15371
OCPBUGS-50570: Fix regression where plugins were not tracking CSP violation status a… #14754
OCPBUGS-60140: Recognize Detached BMH status #15362
OCPBUGS-54660: Add BaseNode in topology folder into Dynamic Plugin SDK #15369
: OCPBUGS-60278: Fix i18n string for event stream #15403
OCPBUGS-54660: Expose OdcBaseNode through the dynamic plugin SDK #15370
OCPBUGS-54660: Expose topology components and utils via plugin SDK internal package #14777
OCPBUGS-58364: change ‘/metrics/usage’ endpoint to ‘/api/metrics/usage’ #15272
OCPBUGS-59778: add data-test attrs to console plugins table #15327
OCPBUGS-59786: Update the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh to 0.31.0 in the openshift-console image #15330
OCPBUGS-59501: Add the Origin header to the HeaderBlacklist in the co… #15295
OCPBUGS-59443: Not able to launch terminal window from OCP web console due to console plugin conflicts #15290
OCPBUGS-59446: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘node-role.kubernetes.io/master’) error while accessing node logs from console #15292
OCPBUGS-58457: fix bug where / in console.tab/horizontalNav href brea… #15250
OCPBUGS-58203: OpenShift console PVC clone cannot use B as the unit #15215
OCPBUGS-58317: Implement sessions in openshift authenticator #15237
OCPBUGS-58088: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘filter’) error while accessing nodes from console. #15202
OCPBUGS-58089: Getting “Oh no something went wrong” error message in web console. #15203
OCPBUGS-57931: Add the ability to launch multiple modals with useModal hook #15196
OCPBUGS-57580: Update vSphere configuration form to support CM YAML f… #15191
OCPBUGS-57743: Fix TypeError Cannot read properties of null (reading ‘metadata’) #15188
OCPBUGS-57209: Add flags in console static plugin for all the components of this epic #15160
OCPBUGS-36173: Secret key with binary file changes when edited via Console. #15178
OCPBUGS-57181: Fix ‘/metrics’ endpoint token review to handle interna… #15153
OCPBUGS-57353: fix VirtualizedTable runtime error if sortColumn is no… #15173
OCPBUGS-57093: Add all files to vendor regardless of gitignore #15131
OCPBUGS-56774: [knative] Self-provisioner user can not access or create event sources via ODC #15095
OCPBUGS-56862: Sample segment sessions #15103
OCPBUGS-56757: HorizontalPodAutoscalers via console require CPU resource limit even though HPAs use requests for scaling #15093
OCPBUGS-54337: Debug pod logs are not accessible when debugging a node via OpenShift Console #14942
OCPBUGS-56255: remove 60 day alert from cluster update modal #15055
OCPBUGS-55991: Remove the devconsole backend common internet proxy and replace it with dedicated ones #15043
OCPBUGS-53172: Include init containers in readiness count if ready and started is true #14884
OCPBUGS-54899: Fetching taskRuns in PLR details page using PLR UID also #14961
OCPBUGS-54888: Can’t edit deployment (from the private git repository) in RHOCP 4.15 via console #14959
OCPBUGS-45369: Authenticate user token in openshift Authenticate func #14664
OCPBUGS-55195: fix bug where operator appears twice #14984
OCPBUGS-54269: fix bug where /k8s/all-namespaces/volumesnapshots 404s #14905
OCPBUGS-52372: VolumeSnapshots are not displayed in OpenShift Web Console #14833
OCPBUGS-52406: Retain original path when detecting perspective #14834
OCPBUGS-52371: Update the monitoring topic used by the console team #14832
OCPBUGS-52490: enable clicking outside NodeLogs Selects to close them #14843
OCPBUGS-50501: Updating cypress config to have video enabled for the CI results #14831
OCPBUGS-52511: Remove logoutOpenShift method call #14845
OCPBUGS-50609: update the Deployment pod on change in imageStream #14757
OCPBUGS-50648: add support for “OpenShift Virtualization Engine” valid subscription filter on OperatorHub #14761
OCPBUGS-51086: Show Observe section without PROMETHEUS and MONITORING flags #14784
OCPBUGS-48798: Pipeline visualisation shows all tasks as Failed and after that goes to Running state #14698
OCPBUGS-51180: Linkify OLM operator uninstall message #14789
OCPBUGS-51149: Do not load CSRs if user does not have permissions #14787
And 1 elided commits (e.g. from squash or rebase merges)
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console-operator

NETOBSERV-2023, OCPBUGS-60304: Implement a quickstart for netobserv operator #997
OCPBUGS-60081: Fetch synced CM for the CertificateAuthority issuer + Wire synced OIDC Auth CM to Console #1031
OCPBUGS-59786: Update the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh to 0.31.0 in the openshift-console image #1027
OCPBUGS-45869: don’t set current clients when no OIDC providers are configured #948
OCPBUGS-52294: Custom route TLS should be optional when IngressController’s DefaultCertificate is set #966
And 2 elided commits (e.g. from squash or rebase merges)
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container-networking-plugins, containernetworking-plugins-microshift

OCPBUGS-60871: [release-4.18] host-device: Return interface name in result #208
OCPBUGS-56928: bridge: Add option to enable port isolation #203
append .0 to go.mod version #196
: OCPBUGS-56928: Add a new firewall ingress-policy “isolated” #191
OCPBUGS-55354: Fix dhcp #186
OCPBUGS-55346: Check error returned by ipv6 SettleAddresses #185
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coredns

OCPBUGS-60462: UPSTREAM: 7083 and 6836: Fix failing TestZoneExternalCNAMELookupWithProxy #152
append .0 to go.mod version #134
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csi-driver-manila, openstack-cinder-csi-driver, openstack-cloud-controller-manager

OCPBUGS-57800: Rebase release-4.18 onto release-1.31 #322
OCPBUGS-58835: CARRY: don’t ignore json files #339
OCPBUGS-43430: Merge https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-openstack:release-1.31 into release-4.18 #312
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csi-external-resizer

OCPBUGS-62467: Requeue PVC over PV creation #176
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csi-external-snapshotter, csi-snapshot-controller, csi-snapshot-validation-webhook

OCPBUGS-63574: UPSTREAM: 1303: Fix requeueing snapshot content after deletion error #190
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csi-node-driver-registrar

OCPBUGS-63324: update log level verbosity to not clutter logs #89
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docker-builder

OCPBUGS-65655: BuildConfig inline Dockerfile fails with heredoc syntax #486
OCPBUGS-57758: S2I build cpu limits observed by assemble are limited to 1 cpu #473
OCPBUGS-48071: Upgrade Kubernetes to 1.30.2 and Golang to 1.22 for compatibility #464
OCPBUGS-46580: buildah dependency bump to 1.37.6 #453
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docker-registry

IR-526: remove AWS region check #437
OCPBUGS-53657: bump jwt and oauth dependencies #430
Full changelog

etcd

OCPBUGS-57112: Updating ose-etcd-container image to be consistent with ART for 4.18 #333
Revert “ETCD-727: Rebase etcd 3.5.21 openshift 4.18” #332
ETCD-727: Rebase etcd 3.5.21 openshift 4.18 #325
OCPBUGS-55724: Add configurable option for hardware-related timeout delay #328
DOWNSTREAM: <carry>: OCPBUGS-51971: fix a compaction induce latency issue #312
ETCD-708: Rebase etcd 3.5.18 openshift 4.18 #307
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gcp-cluster-api-controllers

OCPBUGS-58861: Update manifests to remove reliance on admission registration v1beta1 #247
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gcp-machine-controllers

OCPBUGS-59387: Add max-concurrent-reconciles flag to machine actuator #126
OCPBUGS-52495: OCPBUGS-52494: Disable shielded VMs for non-UEFI disks #112
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gcp-pd-csi-driver

OCPBUGS-44769: Fix RWX mode for hyperdisks #74
Full changelog

haproxy-router

OCPBUGS-67214: Add option abortonclose to HAProxy configuration template #703
OCPBUGS-48377: Add support for IdleCloseTerminationPolicy #647
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hyperkube, kube-proxy, pod

OCPBUGS-65553: Update to Kubernetes v1.31.14 #2521
OCPBUGS-65494: Fix Concurrentmap Iteration #2512
OCPBUGS-61773: UPSTREAM: <carry>: backporting fix for concurrent map iteration and write #2456 #2475
CNTRLPLANE-1610: Backport StreamingCollectionEncoding for JSON and protobuf #2483
OCPBUGS-61557: Rebase v1.31.13 #2465
Revert “UPSTREAM: revert<carry>: Mark admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1 as deprecated.”” #2448
OCPBUGS-60511: Bump to v1.31.12 #2440
OCPBUGS-60524: podresources: list: use active pods #2413
UPSTREAM: revert<carry>: Mark admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1 as deprecated.” #2422
OCPBUGS-57488: UPSTREAM: <carry>: Mark admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1 as deprecated. #2333
OCPBUGS-57499: UPSTREAM:131579: fix(kubelet): acquire imageRecordsLock when removing image #2399
OCPBUGS-44757: Adjust NodeMonitorGracePeriod to 50s #2385
OCPBUGS-59535: Rebase v1.31.11 to 4.18 #2377
OCPBUGS-57887: Update to Kubernetes v1.31.10 #2348
OCPBUGS-57070: UPSTREAM: <carry>: Bump cadvisor version to fix container_fs metrics #2332
OCPBUGS-57219: kubelet: fix a stall on startup from waiting too long for a stat call #2324
OCPBUGS-56835: UPSTREAM: 130047: adjusting loopback certificate validity in kube-apiserver #2316
OCPBUGS-56384: Propagate error when creating CustomResourceStorage instead of panicking #2303
OCPBUGS-56438: Update to Kubernetes v1.31.9 #2307
OCPBUGS-56192: UPSTREAM: 131236: RWX tests should create RWX volumes #2300
UPSTREAM: 127757 : OCPBUGS-55639: scheduler: Improve CSILimits plugi… #2283
OCPBUGS-55267: Update to Kubernetes v1.31.8 #2278
: OCPBUGS-54807: skip tests on platform type External #2268
OCPBUGS-53015: Update to Kubernetes v1.31.7 #2248
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hypershift

OCPBUGS-69847: test: remove unit tests that depend on network communication [release-4.18] #7406
OCPBUGS-65843: specify SCC annotation for pods in data plane #7267
CNTRLPLANE-1902: Migrate 4.18 pipelines to common pipeline template #7211
OCPBUGS-61700: use csi-resizer image from release provider #7103
OCPBUGS-63638: [release-4.18] fix(konnectivity): resolve circular dependency causing DNS timeouts and excessive retries #7111
OCPBUGS-63034: [release-4.18] Update DNS names for ovn-kubernetes cp metrics #7025
OCPBUGS-63369: Make the hypershift CLI binary FIPS-compliant #7093
OCPBUGS-62808: Fix driver-config ConfigMap content flapping due to random ordering #6944 #6947
CNTRLPLANE-1424: feat(konflux): tag MCE HO images with latest #6837
OCPBUGS-62816: set default goaway-chance to 0.001 #6950
OCPBUGS-61904: resolve MIRRORED_RELEASE_IMAGE flapping #6858
OCPBUGS-61700: Sync RBAC for expansion support in kubevirt CSI driver #6355
OCPBUGS-61568: [release-4.18] fix(proxy): ensure URLs have scheme before proxy resolution #6793
OCPBUGS-61203: ci: konflux multi-arch images #6867
OCPBUGS-61203: Use the common konflux pipeline and update CLI dockerfile #6832
NO-JIRA: chore(deps): update konflux references #6667
OCPBUGS-57142: [release-4.18] HCP payload doesn’t respect multiple mirrors #6672
OCPBUGS-60485: feat(validations): add wildcard support to DNS SAN conflict detection #6649
OCPBUGS-60148: Always compress and encode payload in token secret for inplace upgrades #6721
OCPBUGS-60923: MCE 2.8 konflux for hcp-cli #6700
CNTRLPLANE-1333: New API to support specifying cluster-autoscaler flags #6641
OCPBUGS-60458: Update PSA from v1beta1 to v1 #6644
CNTRLPLANE-1269: chore(deps): update konflux references #6658
CNTRLPLANE-1205: Add missing mce-2.8 pipeline #6656
OCPBUGS-59503: [release-4.18] Support proxy authentication when user/pass is included in URL #6460
CNTRLPLANE-1229: Move CPO pipeline to hermetic builds #6597
OCPBUGS-57818: Reuse hosted cluster release and metadata providers #6301
OCPBUGS-58126: Don’t use /version for haproxy health checks #6323
OCPBUGS-57273: Add proxy variables for the MCD Pod #6247
OCPBUGS-56166, OCPBUGS-56955: Fix CatalogSource images check when unauthorized #6237
OCPBUGS-56166, OCPBUGS-56955: Add support for registry root entry only in the IDMS/ICSP #6163
OCPBUGS-56627: Do not validate OCP API Server SANS if PKI reconciliation is disabled #6186
CNTRLPLANE-917: Konflux build pipeline service account migration #6084
OCPBUGS-56524: switch admissionregistration API to v1 #6172
OCPBUGS-55177: Don’t check if olm images exist if guest cluster #6065
OCPBUGS-55230: Add annotation to configure KAS goaway-chance #6066
OCPBUGS-54865: KAS-Bump audit-webhook-initial-backoff and TerminationGracePeriodSeconds when audit webhook is enabled #6020
OCPBUGS-54737: Bump socks5 proxy, konnectivity proxy, http proxy, token minter memory requests #6052
OCPBUGS-55148: Update OpenShift apiserver liveness and readiness probe endpoints to livez and readyz #6059
OCPBUGS-54946, RHOCPPRIO-433: Add validation to avoid conflicts between KubeAPIServer and NamedCertificates SANs #6091
OCPBUGS-55146: Use 135 for terminationGracePeriodSeconds for v2 KAS #6057
OCPBUGS-54698: Add missing servicemonitors and prometheusrules permissions for non-OVN #6000
OCPBUGS-53404: Set shutdown watch termination grace period on kube-apiserver #5874
OCPBUGS-51810: Fix golang crypto dependency go.mod replacement #5992
OCPBUGS-54814: [release-4.18] add feature set aware feature gates to HO and CPO #6014
OCPBUGS-54624: Don’t set IgnitionServerTokenExpirationTimestampAnnotation if already set #5980
OCPBUGS-54630: Sync RBAC for attaching volumes on VM level #5988
OCPBUGS-54627: Use system trust bundle in CPO IDP https client #5981
ARO-15695, OCPBUGS-54625: backport capabilities api #5964
OCPBUGS-54411: Backport PR 5876 to release-4.18 #5936
OCPBUGS-54498: Support hypershift-operator scoping for secretJanitor #5961
OCPBUGS-54609: [release-4.18] fix(api): Adjust CRD validation rules to account for ignition server disable #5950
NO-JIRA: Red Hat Konflux update control-plane-operator-4-18 #5963
OCPBUGS-53905: bump golang-jwt v4 and v5 #5905
ART-11792: update go mod dependency for konflux #5919
OCPBUGS-51739, OCPBUGS-51810: Bump dependencies to OCP fork in backports #5898
OCPBUGS-53321: Handle multiple mirror entries for source #5890
OCPBUGS-51239: fix(deps): bump go-jose #5858
OCPBUGS-52982: Fix audit-logs container to properly handle SIGTERM #5774
OCPBUGS-52863: stop using dev mode for loggers #5811
OCPBUGS-52878: Kubernetes API Server apply-bootstrap container does not respect SIGTERM #5780
OCPBUGS-52516: Make managed-trust-bundle optional #5783
OCPBUGS-52417: [release-4.18] refactor aws identity health check into new controller #5770
OCPBUGS-51375: use registryOverrides when automaitcally retrieving catalog images for hosted control plane #5723
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ibm-vpc-block-csi-driver

OCPBUGS-58741: bump github.com/golang/glog to version v1.2.4 #104
append .0 to go.mod version #96
OCPBUGS-55283: tech debt: rework vendor patches #89
OCPBUGS-53913: bump github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 to v4.5.2 #82
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ibm-vpc-block-csi-driver-operator

OCPBUGS-55297: [IBM VPC] set offlineExpansion to false in e2e test manifest #144
Full changelog

ibmcloud-cluster-api-controllers

OCPBUGS-67286: [release-4.18] Fix incomplete vendor/ #140
OCPBUGS-51825: CVE-2025-22869 Update golang.org/x/crypto to patched OpenShift fork #120
OCPBUGS-58861: Update manifests to remove reliance on admission registration v1beta1 #119
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ibmcloud-machine-controllers

OCPBUGS-47135: CVE-2024-45338 ose-ibmcloud-machine-controllers-container: Non-linear parsing of case-insensitive content in golang.org/x/net/html [openshift-4.18] #69
OCPBUGS-52872: IBMCloud: MAPI replacing unhealthy CP nodes #62
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insights-operator

OCPBUGS-66396: Add filtering to add other possible pod status to QEMU gatherer #1195
OCPBUGS-66182: QEMU logs are not gathered if there are pending status virt-launcher pods #1189
OCPBUGS-66181: [bugfix] The archive’s records may include files whose names are out of bounds #1188
OCPBUGS-61972: add missing permissions for replicasets and events #1146
And 6 elided commits (e.g. from squash or rebase merges)
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ironic

OCPBUGS-65573: Include Handle HTTP 400 and 409 race condition in Redfish power opera… #727
OCPBUGS-62647: Bump sushy to include etag fix #701
OCPBUGS-55938: Extract files one-by-one in logwatch #657
METAL-1302: Do not use openstack packages #646
OCPBUGS-52290: Fix runlogwatch script #642
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ironic-agent

OCPBUGS-68360: Include Test advertised ip reachability before assigning it #226
OCPBUGS-62456: netutils: Use ethtool ioctl to get permanent mac address #206
OCPBUGS-56097: collect the entire journal from the host #189
OCPBUGS-55364: Delay determining the hostname to put into ignition #183
METAL-1302: Do not use openstack packages #178
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ironic-machine-os-downloader

append .0 to go.mod version #103
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kube-rbac-proxy

OCPBUGS-60930: fix(go.mod): bump golang.org/x/crypto/ssh to 0.31.0 #125
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kube-storage-version-migrator

NO-JIRA: Add DOWNSTREAM_OWNERS (release 4-18). #225
append .0 to go.mod version #216
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kubevirt-csi-driver

OCPBUGS-63670: Add awels as an approver in 4.18 branch #73
OCPBUGS-61700: Implement volume expansion #71
OCPBUGS-54630: Ensure volume stays attached through reboots #55
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machine-api-operator

OCPBUGS-59387: Enabled 10 concurrent reconciles on GCP #1392
OCPBUGS-57057: Updates GCP CredentialsRequest #1376
OCPBUGS-52494, OCPBUGS-52496: Updates GCP credentials request #1341
OCPBUGS-52567: add image/read permissions #1342
OCPBUGS-51263: Drop oVirt support #1333
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machine-config-operator

OCPBUGS-70336: Remove log exposing kubeconfig #5528
OCPBUGS-62169: Fix - NetworkManager restart or crash renders br-ex unusable #5356
OCPBUGS-65850: Remove –mount directives #5433
OCPBUGS-62294: Make static DNS with DHCP IP work #5311
OCPBUGS-63346: Invalid architecture value found in annotation during 4.19 update #5366
OCPBUGS-60111: Enable debug logging for nodeip-configuration #5220
OCPBUGS-62671: [release-4.18] Networking: reset ovn-remote config and allow ovnkube controller to set it #5325
OCPBUGS-62845: Recheck generatedByControllerVersion annotation prior to deleting a degraded MC #5341
OCPBUGS-62499: Add /etc/docker/certs.d to template #5320
OCPBUGS-62637: Machine-config controller should actively manage cordon while draining #5322
OCPBUGS-62350: Add mcd_local_unsupported_packages recording rule #5315
OCPBUGS-62321: Add control-plane label for master nodes on legacy clusters #5314
OCPBUGS-61840: Override NMState service definition #5288
OCPBUGS-57357: Race in configure-ovs.sh affects bonding interface configuration. #5118
OCPBUGS-59929, OPNET-681: Support migration to NMState #5207
OCPBUGS-60034: Add workaround fix for static pod race #5212
OCPBUGS-56751: Support NODEIP_HINT in IPI deployments too #5081
OCPBUGS-55246: kubelet: readonly mounts for criometricsproxy #4998
OCPBUGS-58067: Ensure the build controller restarts on upgrade #5140
OCPBUGS-57328: Do not set cpu system reserve below the default value #5152
OCPBUGS-56624: Give keepalived container chroot cap #5073
OCPBUGS-58044: Boot image controller should correctly handle marketplace boot images #5138
OCPBUGS-57935: add MachineConfiguration to CO related objects #5134
OCPBUGS-54463: Update desired config in MCN on OCL update #5026
OCPBUGS-57900: MCC complains about v1 MachineOSConfig in default featureset #5131
OCPBUGS-56900: Fix dynamic-system-reserved-calc.sh when only true parameter is used #5095
OCPBUGS-56517: pkg/operator/status: Drop PoolUpdating as an Upgradeable=False condition #5065
OCPBUGS-56585: scope MCD node listers to current node #5068
OCPBUGS-56867: Only update boot disks during GCP boot image updates #5089
OCPBUGS-56823: Boot Image Controller should not degrade when golden configmap is slow to update #5085
OCPBUGS-56703: daemon: fix ostree-finalize-staged race workaround for package mode RHEL workers #5078
Merge #5025
OCPBUGS-56401: Add hot loop detection in the boot image controller #5062
OCPBUGS-55638: OCPBUGS-55637: Add admin_acks handling in the MCO #5027
OCPBUGS-56217: Compare the osImageURLs for OS validation check #5052
OCPBUGS-56170: error from generateAndValidateRenderedMachineConfig function can be misleading #5049
OCPBUGS-55383: Leverage shared node.env for both AWS providerID and hostname units #5008
OCPBUGS-53427: pkg/operator/status: Drop kubelet skew guard, add RHEL guard #4956
[release 4.18] OCPBUGS-55473: In OCL. Usbguard service fails when we install the usbguard extension #5018
OCPBUGS-54765: [release-4.18] kubelet-service: narrow down restorecon path #4978
OCPBUGS-55428: MSBIC should not update windows machinesets #5012
OCPBUGS-55290: MCO should fall back to us-east-1 for AWS bootimages if no region specific-AMI exists #5000
OCPBUGS-55293: Fix PollUntilContextTimeout in syncRenderConfig #5001
Update cluster operator’s status condition message #4993
OCPBUGS-53278: In OCL. Cannot install extensions #4945
OCPBUGS-54817: Make mtu-migration run after wait-for-primary-ip #4979
OKD-239: Consolidate OpenStack and PowerVS hostname handling into mco-hostname script #4955
OCPBUGS-54462: OSUpdateStarted event should only be emitted on actual OS updates #4967
OCPBUGS-51132: [release-4.18] /etc/crio/crio.conf.d/00-default should contain runtime_root for runc #4869
OCPBUGS-52949: Add ipsec connect wait service #4926
OCPBUGS-53306: Fixing typos for MachineConfigNode #4927
OCPNODE-2276: Set Upgradeable=False when cluster is on cgroup v1 #4921
OCPBUGS-53111: daemon: ensure ostree-finalize-staged is started before rebooting #4918
OCPBUGS-53110: Update ObservedGeneration in KubeletConfig #4917
[release 4.18] OCPBUGS-50954: In OCL, MCPs are reporting Updating=false while the image is being built #4859
OCPBUGS-50865: Make resolv-prepender env file optional #4855
OCPBUGS-48809: Enable nmstate-configuration on all platforms #4804
OCPBUGS-48296: Update machine-config-daemon-pull.service to use custom policy for Podman < 4.4.1 #4788
OCPBUGS-48341: configure-ovs workaround for ovs-if-br-ex bug #4883
OCPBUGS-51015: Enforce VIPs to be collocated at the same host #4865
OCPBUGS-51194: Update cluster-reader ClusterRole permissions #4874
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machine-image-customization-controller

OCPBUGS-68262: [4.18] Uplift logrus #151
append .0 to go.mod version #134
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machine-os-images

OCPBUGS-53141: Change rhcos release browser url #55
OCPBUGS-51266: Decompress pxe file only if it’s a valid compressed file #52
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metallb-frr

OCPBUGS-55343: OpenShift Only: TEMPORARY: pin FRR version to known working rpm #88
OCPBUGS-48305: Use metrics for readiness/liveness probes #76
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monitoring-plugin

OCPBUGS-65958: Fix metrics gaps 4.18 #656
OCPBUGS-64735: allow tenancy access to metrics tag #638
OU-1059: add perspective to action injector #632
NO-JIRA: update i18n strings #508
OCPBUGS-60199: feat: add alerting rules tab to dev console #493
OCPBUGS-54314: Fix “Export as CSV” #461
OU-724: remove deleted image #376
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multus-admission-controller

OCPBUGS-58771: Update the github.com/golang/glog module to v1.2.4 #101
append .0 to go.mod version #96
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multus-cni, multus-cni-microshift

OCPBUGS-47470: adds getpodcontext (backport 4.18) #259
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multus-networkpolicy

OCPBUGS-54939: [release-4.18]: Support default ports value #68
append .0 to go.mod version #70
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multus-whereabouts-ipam-cni

OCPBUGS-59697: Prevent accidental IP deallocation in statefulsets #376
OCPBUGS-58360: The node slice controller should only process valid whereabouts confi… #381
OCPBUGS-58360: Add nodeslicecontroller bin to dockerfile #373
append .0 to go.mod version #370
OCPBUGS-55270: Fix whereabouts-reconciler no namespace error #362
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must-gather

OCPBUGS-46437: Separate resources with comma to fix malformed inspect #470
append .0 to go.mod version #491
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network-interface-bond-cni

OCPBUGS-62793: Use netlinksafe instead of netlink to avoid netlink.ErrDumpInterrupted #99
OCPBUGS-58095: Bump github.com/containernetworking/plugins from to 1.7.1 #79
OCPBUGS-57794: Updating ose-network-interface-bond-cni-container image to be consistent with ART for 4.18 #74
NO-JIRA: Add ci-operator yaml file #78
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network-metrics-daemon

OCPBUGS-58781: Bump github.com/golang/glog to v1.2.4 (#111) #111
OCPBUGS-60174: Replace e2e test image (#120) #120
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network-tools

Fix build error #147
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networking-console-plugin

OCPBUGS-63582: Fixed - Extra semicolon observed before Service IP in OCP Console #306
OCPBUGS-60178: Fix ingress details #264
OCPBUGS-60124: Fix requiremenets with no value #259
OCPBUGS-57286: Fix pod context #251
CNV-60065: fix cudn input name #240
OCPBUGS-49395: Add translations #238
Add translations scripts #234
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nutanix-machine-controllers

OCPBUGS-51861: fixing CVE-2025-22868 #96
OCPBUGS-54616: Fix link-local addresses being added to machine #101
OCPBUGS-47268: fixing CVE-2024-45338 #91
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oauth-apiserver

OCPBUGS-65841: UPSTREAM: <carry>: bump kubernetes-apiserver to pick up loopback certificate expiration update #155
OCPBUGS-63050: (bugfix): useroauthaccesstokens: cast delete validation object to correct type for admission #149
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oauth-proxy

OCPBUGS-61444: Update x/crypto to v0.31.0 #333
OCPBUGS-57172: 4.18 kube 1.31 #317
OCPBUGS-58312: fix e2e tests #325
OCPBUGS-48332: Update dependencies to address CVE-2024-24786 #312
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oauth-server

OCPBUGS-57300: Updating oauth-server-container image to be consistent with ART for 4.18 #186
append .0 to go.mod version #179
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oc-mirror

OCPBUGS-66051: Remove empty status field from generated IDMS/ITMS files (manual 4.18 backport) #1324
OCPBUGS-65510: removes unintended exec permissions #1312
OCPBUGS-62696: v2/cli: show binary version in output #1286
OCPBUGS-62711: generate the archive only after mirroring #1287
OCPBUGS-62432: changes the warning message of 4.21 #1278
And 27 elided commits (e.g. from squash or rebase merges)
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olm-catalogd

OCPBUGS-62872: set the SElinux type #139
And 5 elided commits (e.g. from squash or rebase merges)
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olm-operator-controller

OCPBUGS-62872: set the SElinux type #509
And 15 elided commits (e.g. from squash or rebase merges)
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openshift-apiserver

OCPBUGS-65842: UPSTREAM <carry>: bump kubernetes-apiserver to pick up loopback certificate expiration update #581
OCPBUGS-58461: Wire dry run option to Image API server operations #531
OCPBUGS-56609: Fix image reference in TestImageStreamImportQuayIO #514
OCPBUGS-52312: Skip blocked registry check for registries with mirrors #498
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openshift-controller-manager

OCPBUGS-61002: legacy image pull secret rollback controller #411
OCPBUGS-57949: ignore error failing to find pull/push secrets #399
OCPBUGS-57344: Set node-pullsecrets volume to read-only to protect image pull credentials #392
OCPBUGS-55699: Empty proxy variables are causing issues during the build #377
OCPBUGS-54304: Intermittent authentication issues when accessing OpenShift registry #369
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openshift-state-metrics

append .0 to go.mod version #123
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openstack-cluster-api-controllers

OCPBUGS-44458: Merge https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-openstack:release-0.11 into release-4.18 #365
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operator-framework-tools, operator-lifecycle-manager, operator-registry

OCPBUGS-65700: Fix TOCTOU race condition in ensureInstallPlan (#3682) #1156
OCPBUGS-61364: [4.18] e2e stability fixes #1080
OCPBUGS-60644: Add NetworkPolicy as a supported kind #1048
OCPBUGS-59421: 🐛 add catalog-operator control-plane-specific tolerations to unpack jobs #1040
OCPBUGS-58882: Reduce Frequency of Update Requests for Copied CSVs (#3597) #1034
OCPBUGS-57427: reduce cache expiry frequency [release-4.19] #1020
OCPBUGS-57314: operatorgroup: ensure clusterroleselectors in clusterrole aggregation rules are sorted #1017
OCPBUGS-56098: fix(olm): improve error logging for missing olm.managed label (#3558) #1001
OCPBUGS-51225, OCPBUGS-51227, OCPBUGS-51245: pin go-jose/v4@v4.0.5 (#3550) #992
OCPBUGS-53108: Ensure that PSA label is latest instead of pinning versions #983
OCPBUGS-53040: add missing pod disruption reasons to isPodDead #981
OCPBUGS-50830, OCPBUGS-50832, OCPBUGS-50836: Bump github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 #965
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operator-marketplace

OCPBUGS-62218: Remove Expect func so that the test case can use the retry logic #669
ART-13123: append .0 to go.mod version #637
OCPBUGS-53149: Ensure that PSA label is latest instead of pinning versions #601
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ovn-kubernetes, ovn-kubernetes-microshift

OCPBUGS-66140: Branch Sync release-4.19 to release-4.18 [12-31-2025] #2916
CORENET-6055, OCPBUGS-48710, OCPBUGS-66360, OCPBUGS-66381, OCPBUGS-66428: Branch Sync release-4.19 to release-4.18 [12-03-2025] #2895
OCPBUGS-68347: Add ricky-rav to OWNERS for release-4.18 #2897
OCPBUGS-64855: Fix stale EIP assignments during failover and controller restart #2849
OCPBUGS-64780: kubevirt: fix bad release of IPs of live migratable pods #2847
OCPBUGS-63459: Branch Sync release-4.19 to release-4.18 [10-22-2025] #2825
OCPBUGS-63716: Skip Pending pods in EgressIP status updates #2836
OCPBUGS-48710: [release-4.18] DownStream Merge Sync from 4.19 [10-16-2025] #2811
OCPBUGS-62671: Fix EgressIP stale GARP post reboot + pod restart #2775
OCPBUGS-59744, OCPBUGS-61455: [4.18] allow default network -> localnet on the same node for any localnet subnet #2785
OCPBUGS-61748: [release-4.18] DownStream Merge Sync from 4.19 [10-02-2025] #2777
OCPBUGS-59680: [release-4.18] DownStream Merge Sync from 4.19 [09-29-2025] #2768
OCPBUGS-48710: Update OWNERS file: Add Patryk/Martin as approvers #2700
OCPBUGS-59371: EIP OVN controller: stop pod config flap #2703
OCPBUGS-59531: EgressIP: fix startup syncer #2690
OCPBUGS-59623: Revert “unpin libreswan version” #2678
OCPBUGS-57318, OCPBUGS-58159: DownStream Merge Sync from 4.19 [06-26-2025] #2646
OCPBUGS-46401, OCPBUGS-48710, OCPBUGS-55263: DownStream Merge Sync from 4.19 [05-28-2025] #2593
OCPBUGS-57108: Fix hybrid overlay node subnets collision with cluster subnets #2619
OCPBUGS-57106: Increase InformerSyncTimeout to 60s #2622
OCPBUGS-55016: DownStream Merge Sync from 4.19 [05-08-2025] #2555
OCPBUGS-54671: EIP no reroute: allow multiple entries for pod to pod and pod to join #2510
OCPBUGS-54187: Update OVN to FDP25.A.1 24.09.2-41. #2495
OCPBUGS-48710: DownStream Merge Sync from 4.19 [02-13-2025] #2470
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powervs-block-csi-driver

OCPBUGS-51896: Mitigate CVE-2025-22868 by updating golang.org/x/oauth2 #102
OCPBUGS-70002: Update builder image’s golang version to 1.23 #103
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powervs-machine-controllers

OCPBUGS-61163: Use OS_GIT_VERSION in Makefile when found (for Konflux builds) #125
OCPBUGS-54243: Fix for CVE-2024-51744 in github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 #111
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prom-label-proxy

append .0 to go.mod version #380
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prometheus

OCPBUGS-61706: chore: compute highestTimestamp at queryManager level #267
OCPBUGS-56732: BACKPORT: fix promtool analyze block shows metric name with 0 cardinality #253
OCPBUGS-54940: Scraping: Bump cache iteration after error to avoid false duplicate detection. #247
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prometheus-alertmanager

append .0 to go.mod version #101
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prometheus-config-reloader, prometheus-operator, prometheus-operator-admission-webhook

OCPBUGS-61965: reconcile workload configurations when a referenced secret/configmap key is updated #347
OCPBUGS-58194: Fix: One Alertmanager Config failing blocks all others #335
OCPBUGS-52565: Bump openshift/prometheus-operator to v0.78.2 #327
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prometheus-node-exporter

append .0 to go.mod version #166
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route-controller-manager

OCPBUGS-55338: Added error event for failed ingress to route conversion #59
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service-ca-operator

OCPBUGS-44952: [release-4.18] Bump go to 1.22.0 #253
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telemeter

append .0 to go.mod version #561
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tests

OCPBUGS-69900: Updated the upgrade duration limit to 100 minutes for ppc64le #30628
OCPBUGS-63668: Add imagestream update dryrun test #30436
OCPBUGS-63712: Migrate OCP-32383 to upstream #30443
OCPBUGS-61698: chore(test/extended/prometheus): bump the series limit of total series sent via telemetry from each cluster #30253
OCPBUGS-60511: Bump to latest openshift/kubernetes (v1.31.12) #30230
OCPBUGS-60662: images/tests: Remove rteval #30135
OCPBUGS-60881: Exclude RHEL nodes in verifying that nodes have no unexpected reboots test #30170
OCPBUGS-60881: extended/machines: add –no-pager to journalctl cmds #30180
OCPBUGS-60927: Wait 30s after the upgrade is complete to validate workloads #30179
NO-JIRA: Update extended/networking OWNERS #30089
OCPBUGS-58461: Backport pr 29834 to release-4.18 #29968
OCPBUGS-60066, OCPBUGS-60067: Don’t check for isNoUpgrade #30053
OCPBUGS-60066, OCPBUGS-60067: Tolerate various expected Upgradeable=False conditions #30048
OCPBUGS-57887: Update to Kubernetes v1.31.10 #29941
OCPBUGS-58366: Make EgressIP helper functions more reliable #29950
OCPBUGS-57081: Do not set the MTU when using NetworkAttachementDefinition #29891
OCPBUGS-58044: Boot image controller should correctly handle marketplace boot images #29937
OCPBUGS-57329: Fix failed tests of e2e-aws-ovn-tls-13 #29911
OCPBUGS-56995: Fix bearer token exposure in exit condition as well #29882
OCPBUGS-56438: Update to Kubernetes v1.31.9 #29871
OCPBUGS-56867: Only update boot disks during GCP boot image updates tests #29894
OCPBUGS-55277: backport watch count tracking fixes to 4.18 #29725
OCPBUGS-55667: aws/edge: prevent test using unschedulable nodes #29750
OCPBUGS-55267: Update to Kubernetes v1.31.8 #29765
OCPBUGS-50628: [test: networking] Skip isolation test when cgroupv1 nodes are present #29541
OCPBUGS-55470: [build] Ensure Git Clone Does Not Run Privileged #29736
Revert “OCPBUGS-55277: backport 4.18” #29720
OCPBUGS-55277: backport 4.18 #29645
OCPBUGS-55110: Backport MetricsCollectionProfiles patches to 4.18 #29561
OCPBUGS-54807: support provider type external #29666
OCPBUGS-54725: Fix egress firewall tests by updating the URL from docs.openshift.com to redhat.com #29657
OCPBUGS-53015: bump(k8s): update k8s.io/* dependencies to v1.31.7 #29634
OCPBUGS-52496: use non-fake boot image for patch #29584
OCPBUGS-52579: Use payload pullspec for image info test #29587
OCPBUGS-51295: Rely on unstructured for update status instead of type conversion #29564
OCPBUGS-50929: Update to Kubernetes v1.31.6 #29548
OCPBUGS-48389: move initialization of OC to test instead of package level #29472
OCPBUGS-50921: managed services: add hcp crd to unstable list #29545
OCPBUGS-50930: managed services: add known image check for gcp #29547
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thanos

OCPBUGS-52945: Update Go version in go.mod to 1.22.0 #159
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vsphere-cluster-api-controllers

OCPBUGS-61651: Fix unit tests #70
OCPBUGS-58861: [release-4.18] Update manifests to remove reliance on admissionregistration v1beta1 #62
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vsphere-csi-driver-operator

OCPBUGS-54701: add manifest-topology.yaml for topology related feature and test #303
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vsphere-problem-detector

OCPBUGS-60784: Check for number of FailureDomain-s in GetVCenter() #189
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