/site/blog/releases/ Recent content in New Releases on Agones Hugo -- gohugo.io en /site/blog/2024/10/08/1.44.0-beta-support-for-extended-duration-pods-documentation-enhancements-and-version-updates/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2024/10/08/1.44.0-beta-support-for-extended-duration-pods-documentation-enhancements-and-version-updates/ This is the 1.44.0 release of Agones. In this release, we have added beta support for Extended Duration Pods on GKE Autopilot, improved the Minikube documentation for running Agones, and updated the Helm and Fleet Autoscaler documentation. Additionally, we’ve upgraded the versions of Go and gRPC for improved performance and security. Beta Support for Extended Duration Pods on GKE Autopilot: The GKEAutopilotExtendedDuration feature has progressed to beta in this release and is now enabled by default. /site/blog/2024/08/27/1.43.0-kubernertes-1.30-support-scheduled-fleet-autoscaler-and-many-more-new-features/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2024/08/27/1.43.0-kubernertes-1.30-support-scheduled-fleet-autoscaler-and-many-more-new-features/ This is the 1.43.0 release of Agones. In this release, we updated the supported Kubernetes version, added a new scheduled autoscaler, as well as Unity support for Counters and Lists.. Kubernetes 1.30 Support With this release, the Kubernetes support matrix for Agones is now 1.28, 1.29 and 1.30. Alpha support for ScheduledAutoscaler This provides the ability to have Fleet autoscaler scheduling with the feature flag ScheduledAutoscaler, to allow you to schedule what level of autoscaling you would like on a schedule or between dates, giving you more control over your autoscaling needs. /site/blog/2024/07/16/1.42.0-added-kubernetes-security-contexts-bug-fixes-and-more/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2024/07/16/1.42.0-added-kubernetes-security-contexts-bug-fixes-and-more/ This is the 1.42.0 release of Agones. In this release we’ve added support for Kubernetes Security Contexts for all Agones containers, updated our documentation, and moved work forward on In-place Agones Upgrades and Scheduled Autoscalers. Note: In this release we also removed the ConnectAsync method from the C# SDK, since it wasn’t providing any functionality for several releases. There’s no need to upgrade SDK’s at this time, but be aware that if you do, this function call will need to be removed from your code. /site/blog/2024/06/04/1.41.0-counters-and-lists-beta-release-new-portpolicy-and-multiple-feature-added/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2024/06/04/1.41.0-counters-and-lists-beta-release-new-portpolicy-and-multiple-feature-added/ This is the 1.41.0 release of Agones. In this release, we’ve graduated the Counters and Lists feature to Beta, added a new None PortPolicy in Gameserver if you only want in-cluster communications, and started work on in-place upgrades of Agones – starting with providing SDK compatibility guarantees between versions. . Additionally, we now have Alpha support for the Passthrough PortPolicy on GKE Autopilot. Graduate Counters and Lists to Beta: We’ve graduated the Counters and Lists Feature from Alpha to Beta, which also includes a new Counters and Lists documentation landing page. /site/blog/2024/04/23/1.40.0-kubernetes-1.29.0-csharp-sdk-for-counters-and-lists-and-multiple-feature-promotions/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2024/04/23/1.40.0-kubernetes-1.29.0-csharp-sdk-for-counters-and-lists-and-multiple-feature-promotions/ This is the 1.40.0 release of Agones. In this release, we’ve updated our Kuberenetes support to include version 1.29, introduced a new implementation in the CSharp SDK for the Counters and Lists, graduated the FleetAllocationOverflow feature to stable, moved the DisableResyncOnSDKServer feature into beta and refined the documentation for Counters and Lists to simplify usage and enhance clarity. Kubernetes Support Update 1.29: We’ve upgraded our Kubernetes compatibility to include version 1. /site/blog/2024/03/12/1.39.0-new-genai-and-custom-controller-examples-and-counters-and-lists-values-available-on-allocation-constraints/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2024/03/12/1.39.0-new-genai-and-custom-controller-examples-and-counters-and-lists-values-available-on-allocation-constraints/ This is the 1.39.0 release of Agones. In this release, we’ve made some important changes and introduced exciting new features, including an example for integrating GenAI, improved GameServer allocation results for Counters and Lists, and a new example custom GameServer controller. Breaking Changes: C++ gRPC Setup: This is a breaking change with our dependency management for C++ and gRPC. Our CMake file no longer automatically imports and compiles gRPC, as it was getting increasingly fragile. /site/blog/2024/01/30/1.38.0-improved-counters-and-lists-nodepool-upgrades-on-gke-terraform-and-pod-support-for-topology-spread-constraints/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2024/01/30/1.38.0-improved-counters-and-lists-nodepool-upgrades-on-gke-terraform-and-pod-support-for-topology-spread-constraints/ This is the 1.38.0 release of Agones. Key highlights of this release include Nodepool Upgrades on GKE Terraform and the support of Pod Topology Spread Constraints, alongside internal upgrades to Golang, Docker, and Debian. We have also made improvements to the Agones documentation, particularly for the Counters and Lists feature. Improved Counters and Lists: New life cycle management examples in the Agones documentation are now available for the Counters and Lists feature. /site/blog/2023/12/19/1.37.0-counters-and-lists-alpha-release-and-multiple-feature-promotions/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2023/12/19/1.37.0-counters-and-lists-alpha-release-and-multiple-feature-promotions/ This is the 1.37.0 release of Agones. This release sees the first milestone of a over-a-year series of work on the functionality of arbitrary Counters and Lists attached to each GameServer! We’ve also upgraded the following features: CountsAndLists to alpha, FleetAllocationOverflow to Beta, and PodHostName, ResetMetricsOnDelete, and SplitControllerAndExtensions to Stable - with defaults below. CountsAndLists: This feature flag provides functionality for a configurable set of Counters or Lists be attached to GameServers with attached allocation and autoscaling functionality to provide a flexible implementation that can handle a wide range of use cases such as player tracking, high density game server room tracking, and could even be used for game specific game server allocation prioritization. /site/blog/2023/11/07/1.36.0-kubernetes-1.28-unreal-engine-plugin-fix-and-lots-of-security-fixes/ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2023/11/07/1.36.0-kubernetes-1.28-unreal-engine-plugin-fix-and-lots-of-security-fixes/ This is the 1.36.0 release of Agones. In this release: We’ve added support for Kubernetes 1.28 and have discontinued support for 1.25 to bring the support matrix to 1.26, 1.27 and 1.28 . Please upgrade your clusters accordingly. We’ve resolved path issues in the Unreal Engine Plugin to ensure compatibility with Unreal Engine 5.3. We are now using Go 1.20.10 and gRPC 1.57.1, which includes a number of performance improvements and important security fixes. /site/blog/2023/09/26/1.35.0-improved-memory-usage-sdk-server-enhancements-component-upgrades/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2023/09/26/1.35.0-improved-memory-usage-sdk-server-enhancements-component-upgrades/ This is the 1.35.0 release of Agones. In this release, we’ve improved our internal development toolchain, refined the memory usage of GameServer sub-controllers, and updated essential components including grpc-gateway and Hugo. Memory Usage Improvement: Increased the number of workers for sub-controllers of the GameServer controller to match other controllers, leading to a much more stable memory footprint for the controller as events don’t get backed up in the worker queues. /site/blog/2023/08/15/1.34.0-kubernetes-1.27-support-allocation-state-filter-to-stable-and-all-the-addresses-for-gameservers/ Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2023/08/15/1.34.0-kubernetes-1.27-support-allocation-state-filter-to-stable-and-all-the-addresses-for-gameservers/ This is the 1.34.0 release of Agones. In this release, we’ve upgraded Kubernetes compatibility, graduated StateAllocationFilter to stable, and enhanced GameServers and GameServerAllocation address support. Kubernetes Support: The latest update extends support to Kubernetes versions 1.25, 1.26, and 1.27, enhancing compatibility with current Kubernetes deployments. Allocation State Filter is now Stable: The allocation state filter feature has been promoted to stable. It determines the specific state that should be filtered when trying to obtain a GameServer through allocation. /site/blog/2023/07/05/1.33.0-sdkgracefultermination-to-stable-and-returning-metadata-on-allocation/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2023/07/05/1.33.0-sdkgracefultermination-to-stable-and-returning-metadata-on-allocation/ This is the 1.33.0 release of Agones. In this release, we have focused on improving the documentation, stabilized the SDKGracefulTermination feature, and are now returning GameServer annotations and labels on allocation response. The SDKGracefulTermination feature has been promoted to stable. The SDK server will now remain active for the specified terminationGracePeriodSeconds until SDK.Shutdown() has been called to ensure that game servers can successfully run to completion during automatic node upgrades without downtime. /site/blog/2023/05/23/1.32.0-go-1.20-and-many-features-graduated-to-beta/ Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2023/05/23/1.32.0-go-1.20-and-many-features-graduated-to-beta/ This is the 1.32.0 release of Agones. This upgrade ensures that your game servers are equipped with the latest tools and improvements, enhancing their overall performance and stability: Upgrade to Go version 1.20. The ResetMetricsOnDelete feature is now beta and enabled by default. Now when a Fleet or FleetAutoscaler is deleted from the system, Agones will automatically clear metrics that utilize their name as a label from the exported metrics, so the metrics exported do not continuously grow in size over the lifecycle of the Agones installation. /site/blog/2023/04/11/1.31.0-fixes-for-health-checking-updated-kubernetes-version-and-lots-of-improvements/ Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2023/04/11/1.31.0-fixes-for-health-checking-updated-kubernetes-version-and-lots-of-improvements/ This is the 1.31.0 release of Agones. In this release we see fixes that ensure that GameServers won’t move to Unhealthy while they are still downloading their images, Kubernetes versions 1.24, 1.25 and 1.26 are now supported, as well as a bunch of other smaller bug fixes and project improvements. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Update Supported Kubernetes to 1.24 1.25 1.26 by @gongmax in https://github. /site/blog/2023/02/28/1.30.0-gke-autopilot-and-multiple-kubernetes-version-support/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2023/02/28/1.30.0-gke-autopilot-and-multiple-kubernetes-version-support/ This is the 1.30.0 release of Agones. This release brings us support for multiple Kubernetes versions (no more being tied to a single version!), support for GKE Autopilot, and a large collection of bug fixes and general improvements. This is also the first release following our new release process whereby we do not publish a release candidate prior to the release. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. /site/blog/2023/01/17/1.29.0-kubernetes-1.24.0-sdkgracefultermination-feature-in-beta-new-podhostname-feature/ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2023/01/17/1.29.0-kubernetes-1.24.0-sdkgracefultermination-feature-in-beta-new-podhostname-feature/ This is the 1.29.0 release of Agones. We are bringing a huge release to start 2023! Update Agones to support for Kubernetes 1.24.0 SDKGracefulTermination feature has now graduated to beta. So by default, the sidecar container will not shutdown immeadiately on TERM signal, but instead wait for Shutdown state to occur. A new PodHostname feature is now available, if you need to able to access a GameServer Pod within a cluster by a DNS name. /site/blog/2023/01/11/1.29.0-release-candidate/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2023/01/11/1.29.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.29.0-rc release of Agones. We are bringing a huge release to start 2023! Update Agones to support for Kubernetes 1.24.0 SDKGracefulTermination feature has now graduated to beta. So by default, the sidecar container will not shutdown immeadiately on TERM signal, but instead wait for Shutdown state to occur. A new PodHostname feature is now available, if you need to able to access a GameServer Pod within a cluster by a DNS name. /site/blog/2022/12/06/1.28.0-openshift-support-player-tracking-metrics-and-gke-terraform-improvements/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/12/06/1.28.0-openshift-support-player-tracking-metrics-and-gke-terraform-improvements/ This is the 1.28.0 release of Agones. Highlights for this release include: Support for OpenShift (where OwnerReferencesPermissionEnforcement is enabled) Metrics for Player Tracking GKE Terraform options for regional clusters and autoscaling Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Implemented enhancements: Add a FAQ entry describing when you would use Agones vs. StatefulSets #2770 Documentation: Kubernetes and Agones supported version matrix #2237 Immutable replicas field would allow PodDisruptionBudget on selected GameServer Pods #2806 Update example allocation yaml files to use selectors instead of required #2771 Only refresh certificates if the fsnotify event is relevant #1816 Terraform, GKE - add autoscaling Node Pools option #1467 Terraform, GKE - Option to create a Regional Cluster #1441 Adding AGONES_SDK_GRPC_HOST to NewSDK #1183 GameServer: Implement (immutable) scale subresource, add pdb #2807 (zmerlynn) Sync Pod host ports back to GameServer in GCP #2782 (zmerlynn) Players in-game metric for when PlayerTracking is enabled #2765 (estebangarcia) Implemented PodDisruptionBudget on relevant deployments #2740 (valentintorikian) See CHANGELOG for more details on changes. /site/blog/2022/11/29/1.28.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/11/29/1.28.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.28.0-rc release of Agones. Highlights for this release include: Support for OpenShift (where OwnerReferencesPermissionEnforcement is enabled) Metrics for Player Tracking GKE Terraform options for regional clusters and autoscaling Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Implemented enhancements: Immutable replicas field would allow PodDisruptionBudget on selected GameServer Pods #2806 Update example allocation yaml files to use selectors instead of required #2771 Only refresh certificates if the fsnotify event is relevant #1816 Terraform, GKE - add autoscaling Node Pools option #1467 Terraform, GKE - Option to create a Regional Cluster #1441 Adding AGONES_SDK_GRPC_HOST to NewSDK #1183 GameServer: Implement (immutable) scale subresource, add pdb #2807 (zmerlynn) Sync Pod host ports back to GameServer in GCP #2782 (zmerlynn) Players in-game metric for when PlayerTracking is enabled #2765 (estebangarcia) Implemented PodDisruptionBudget on relevant deployments #2740 (valentintorikian) Documentation: https://development. /site/blog/2022/10/25/1.27.0-go-1.19-and-cluster-autoscaler-improvements/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/10/25/1.27.0-go-1.19-and-cluster-autoscaler-improvements/ This is the 1.27.0 release of Agones. In this release Agones upgrades to Go 1.19 (from 1.17!), so we can take advantage of all the improvements therein. This release has lots of important changes including: Enable image streaming everywhere by default on GKE Provide more flexibility on utilising the cluster autoscaler with graceful termination. Reduced logging verbosity by wrapping an error into function. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. /site/blog/2022/10/19/1.27.0-release-candidate/ Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/10/19/1.27.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.27.0-rc release of Agones. In this release Agones upgrades to Go 1.19 (from 1.17!), so we can take advantage of all the improvements therein. This release has lots of important changes including: Enable image streaming everywhere by default on GKE Provide more flexibility on utilising the cluster autoscaler with graceful termination. Reduced logging verbosity by wrapping an error into function. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. /site/blog/2022/09/13/1.26.0/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/09/13/1.26.0/ This is the 1.26.0 release of Agones. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.23, so if you are installing this release, remember to upgrade your clusters. This release has lots of important bug fixes including: Remove < Ready GameServers first when scaling down on the same node. Fleet Autoscaler - Fleet name CRD Validation issue. Fleet specific prometheus metrics to stop being exported when the fleet is deleted. Fix for FleetAutoscaler keeps alive all TLS connections permanently causing memory leak on webhook server. /site/blog/2022/09/06/1.26.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/09/06/1.26.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.26.0-rc release of Agones. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.23, so if you are installing this release, remember to upgrade your clusters. This release has lots of important bug fixes including: Remove < Ready GameServers first when scaling down on the same node. Fleet Autoscaler - Fleet name CRD Validation issue. Fleet specific prometheus metrics to stop being exported when the fleet is deleted. Fix for FleetAutoscaler keeps alive all TLS connections permanently causing memory leak on webhook server. /site/blog/2022/08/02/1.25.0-unity-sdk-alpha-support-fleet-custom-sync-interval-and-more/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/08/02/1.25.0-unity-sdk-alpha-support-fleet-custom-sync-interval-and-more/ This is the 1.25.0 release of Agones. This release has lots of enhancements and bug fixes. This includes: Move CustomFasSyncInterval to Beta. Move NodeExternalDNS to stable. Upgrade SuperTuxKart to 1.3. Upgrade Xonotic to 0.8.5. Add Alpha SDK support to the Unity SDK. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Implemented enhancements: Upgrade Xonotic to 0.8.5 #2664 End to end tests for SDKGracefulTermination #2647 Move CustomFasSyncInterval to Beta #2646 Move NodeExternalDNS to stable #2643 Upgrade SuperTuxKart to 1. /site/blog/2022/07/26/1.25.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/07/26/1.25.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.25.0-rc release of Agones. This release has lots of enhancements and bug fixes. This includes: Move CustomFasSyncInterval to Beta. Move NodeExternalDNS to stable. Upgrade SuperTuxKart to 1.3. Upgrade Xonotic to 0.8.5. Add Alpha SDK support to the Unity SDK. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Implemented enhancements: Upgrade Xonotic to 0.8.5 #2664 End to end tests for SDKGracefulTermination #2647 Move CustomFasSyncInterval to Beta #2646 Move NodeExternalDNS to stable #2643 Upgrade SuperTuxKart to 1. /site/blog/2022/06/21/1.24.0-arm64-fleet-and-sdk-bug-fixes/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/06/21/1.24.0-arm64-fleet-and-sdk-bug-fixes/ This is the 1.24.0 Release of Agones. This release has lots of important bug fixes and documentation. This includes: ARM64 image for the simple-game-server example. Fix for scaling a fleet when a game server is allocated from an older version. Fix for sdkServer.logLevel nil in Gameserver in local-mode. sdkServer.logLevel in Gameserver config can now be used in local mode. We also believe we’ve fixed all the issues with running on ARM64 clusters with this release, so please give a try. /site/blog/2022/06/15/1.24.0-release-candidate/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/06/15/1.24.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.24.0-rc Release of Agones. This release has lots of important bug fixes and documentation. This includes: ARM64 image for the simple-game-server example. Fix for scaling a fleet when a game server is allocated from an older version. Fix for sdkServer.logLevel nil in Gameserver in local-mode. sdkServer.logLevel in Gameserver config can now be used in local mode. We also believe we’ve fixed all the issues with running on ARM64 clusters with this release, so please give a try (especially while we are in RC and can potentially fix things before stable next week). /site/blog/2022/05/10/1.23.0-kubernetes-1.22-and-initial-arm-support/ Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/05/10/1.23.0-kubernetes-1.22-and-initial-arm-support/ This is the 1.23.0 release of Agones. This release introduces initial support for running game servers on linux machines using the ARM architecture! If this is of interest to you, please test it out and give us feedback so that we can ensure that it works reliably before promoting the support to stable. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.22, so if you are installing this release, please remember to upgrade your clusters. /site/blog/2022/05/03/1.23.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 03 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/05/03/1.23.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.23.0-rc release of Agones. This release introduces initial support for running game servers on linux machines using the ARM architecture! If this is of interest to you, please test it out and give us feedback so that we can ensure that it works reliably before promoting the support to stable. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.22, so if you are installing this release, please remember to upgrade your clusters. /site/blog/2022/04/04/1.22.0-more-bug-fixes-examples-and-load-testing-tools/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/04/04/1.22.0-more-bug-fixes-examples-and-load-testing-tools/ This is the 1.22.0 release of Agones. This release has lots of important bug fixes, examples and tools. This includes: Fix for Fleet rolling updates getting stuck when under high load. Several SDK fixes, for both Go and C++. Load testing framework for better load scenario testing. A GCP specific multi-cluster allocation example, Ability to integrate Agones internal certificates with cert-manager. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. /site/blog/2022/03/22/1.22.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/03/22/1.22.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.22.0-rc Release of Agones. This release has lots of important bug fixes, examples and tools. This includes: Fix for Fleet rolling updates getting stuck when under high load. Several SDK fixes, for both Go and C++. Load testing framework for better load scenario testing. A GCP specific multi-cluster allocation example, Ability to integrate Agones internal certificates with cert-manager. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. /site/blog/2022/02/15/1.21.0-lots-of-bug-fixes/ Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/02/15/1.21.0-lots-of-bug-fixes/ This is a big bug fix release! Not only did we fix a ton of flaky tests (which will make contributing easier), but also solved lots of tricky bugs in the process. This includes fixes to the alpha Fleet Autoscaling custom syncing, as well as quality of life improvements where we now validate metadata patches on GameServerAllocation. If you are using Agones’ metrics, note that there is breaking change, in that the node_name label has been removed from allocation metrics to remove a potential cardinality bomb. /site/blog/2022/02/08/1.21.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/02/08/1.21.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.21.0-rc release of Agones. This is a big bug fix release! Not only did we fix a ton of flaky tests (which will make contributing easier), but also solved lots of tricky bugs in the process. This includes fixes to the alpha Fleet Autoscaling custom syncing, as well as quality of life improvements where we now validate metadata patches on GameServerAllocation. If you are using Agones’ metrics, note that there is breaking change, in that the node_name label has been removed from allocation metrics to remove a potential cardinality bomb. /site/blog/2022/01/14/1.20.0-updates-to-grpc-and-simple-game-server-example/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/01/14/1.20.0-updates-to-grpc-and-simple-game-server-example/ This is the 1.20.0 release of Agones. This release brings us the simple game server version 0.6 and grpc client and server on same version Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Security fixes: Upgrade terraform test dependencies. #2425 (markmandel) Implemented enhancements: Update the simple game server to move itself back to the Ready state after allocation #2409 (roberthbailey) Add a flag to simple-game-server to shutdown after a specified number of seconds #2407 (roberthbailey) See CHANGELOG for more details on changes. /site/blog/2022/01/04/1.20.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2022/01/04/1.20.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.20.0-rc release of Agones. This release provides new functionality to the simple game server (now version 0.6), as well as bringing the grpc client and server to be the same version across the project. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Implemented enhancements: Update the simple game server to move itself back to the Ready state after allocation #2409 (roberthbailey) Add a flag to simple-game-server to shutdown after a specified number of seconds #2407 (roberthbailey) Documentation: https://development. /site/blog/2021/11/23/1.19.0-kubernetes-1.21-sdkwatchsendonexecute-to-stable-nodeexternaldns-to-beta-terraform-1.0/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/11/23/1.19.0-kubernetes-1.21-sdkwatchsendonexecute-to-stable-nodeexternaldns-to-beta-terraform-1.0/ This is the 1.19.0 release of Agones. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.21, so if you are installing this release, remember to upgrade your clusters. The SDKWatchSendOnExecute feature has graduated to stable! And the feature NodeExternalDNS moved from alpha to beta and is enabled by default. Terraform is upgraded to 1.0. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.21 #2311 Move NodeExternalDNS to Beta #2240 Upgrade client-go to v0. /site/blog/2021/11/16/1.19.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/11/16/1.19.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.19.0-rc release of Agones. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.21, so if you are testing this release candidate, remember to upgrade your clusters. The SDKWatchSendOnExecute feature has graduated to stable! And the feature NodeExternalDNS moved from alpha to beta and is enabled by default. Terraform is upgraded to 1.0 Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.21 #2311 Move NodeExternalDNS to Beta #2240 Implemented enhancements: /site/blog/2021/10/12/1.18.0-grpc-compatibility-fix-rollingupdateonready-to-stable-sdkgracefultermination-in-alpha/ Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/10/12/1.18.0-grpc-compatibility-fix-rollingupdateonready-to-stable-sdkgracefultermination-in-alpha/ This is the v1.18.0 release of Agones. This release fixes a gRPC compatibility issue in the allocator service introduced in Agones 1.11.0. If you have a gRPC client that does not work with the allocator server, you can now disable the REST server or set it to a different port for better client compatibility. The RollingUpdateOnReady feature has graduated to stable! And the new alpha feature SDKGracefulTermination makes Agones work better with preemptible VMs. /site/blog/2021/10/05/1.18.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/10/05/1.18.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.18.0-rc release of Agones. This release fixes a gRPC compatibility issue in the allocator service introduced in Agones 1.11.0. If you have a gRPC client that does not work with the allocator server, you can now disable the REST server or set it to a different port for better client compatibility. The RollingUpdateOnReady feature has graduated to stable! And the new alpha feature SDKGracefulTermination makes Agones work better with preemptible VMs. /site/blog/2021/08/31/1.17.0-kubernetes-1.20-deprecated-required/preferred-add-sync-property-to-fleetautoscaler/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/08/31/1.17.0-kubernetes-1.20-deprecated-required/preferred-add-sync-property-to-fleetautoscaler/ This is the 1.17.0 release of Agones. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.20, so if you are installing this release, remember to upgrade your clusters. Starting from this release, required and preferred are deprecated in GameServerAllocation Specification, please use selectors for future allocation match labels. New functionality highlights in this release include: Added a new property to Fleet Autoscaler for supporting custom sync interval (alpha). Advanced allocation filters, including player capacity and game server state (alpha). /site/blog/2021/08/26/1.17.0-release-candidate/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/08/26/1.17.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.17.0-rc release of Agones. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.20, so if you are testing this release candidate, remember to upgrade your clusters. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.20 #2186 Upgrade client-go to v0.20.9. #2194 (roberthbailey) Implemented enhancements: Pass game port to container as env variable #2201 Configurable custom resync period for FleetAutoscaler #1955 Docs: Player Capacity Integration Pattern #2229 (markmandel) Docs: Canary Testing Integration Pattern #2227 (markmandel) Create “Integration Patterns” section in docs #2215 (markmandel) Update the GameServerAllocation Specification to remove required/pref… #2206 (cindy52) Update proto and allocator for advanced allocation #2199 (markmandel) GSA: Advanced Filtering via resource API #2188 (markmandel) Upgrade terraform to Kubernetes 1. /site/blog/2021/07/20/1.16.0-kubernetes-1.19-golang-1.15/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/07/20/1.16.0-kubernetes-1.19-golang-1.15/ This is the 1.16.0 release of Agones. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.19, so if you are testing this release candidate, remember to upgrade your clusters. If you are using Fleet autoscalers with a webhook that is also configured with an SSL certificate, you will now be required to include a SAN in your certificate as Agones is now using Go 1.15. This migration was previously announced in the v1. /site/blog/2021/07/13/1.16.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/07/13/1.16.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.16.0-rc release of Agones. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.19, so if you are testing this release candidate, remember to upgrade your clusters. If you are using Fleet autoscalers with a webhook that is also configured with an SSL certificate, you will now be required to include a SAN in your certificate as Agones is now using Go 1.15. This migration was previously announced in the v1. /site/blog/2021/06/08/1.15.0-azure-aks-public-ip-per-node/vm-support/ Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/06/08/1.15.0-azure-aks-public-ip-per-node/vm-support/ This is the 1.15.0 release of Agones. This release brings Azure AKS support for public IP per node/vm. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Implemented enhancements: Azure AKS support for public IP per Node/VM #2083 Unreal plugin WatchGameServer implementation #2064 (highlyunavailable) See CHANGELOG for more details on changes. Images available with this release: gcr.io/agones-images/agones-controller:1.15.0 gcr.io/agones-images/agones-sdk:1.15.0 gcr.io/agones-images/agones-ping:1.15.0 gcr.io/agones-images/agones-allocator:1.15.0 gcr.io/agones-images/autoscaler-webhook:0.3 gcr.io/agones-images/cpp-simple-server:0.13 gcr.io/agones-images/crd-client:0.5 gcr.io/agones-images/nodejs-simple-server:0.5 gcr.io/agones-images/rust-simple-server:0.8 gcr.io/agones-images/simple-game-server:0.3 gcr.io/agones-images/supertuxkart-example:0.3 gcr.io/agones-images/unity-simple-server:0.3 gcr.io/agones-images/xonotic-example:0.8 Helm chart available with this release: /site/blog/2021/06/01/1.15.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/06/01/1.15.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.15.0-rc release of Agones. This release brings Azure AKS support for public IP per node/vm. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Implemented enhancements: Azure AKS support for public IP per Node/VM #2083 Unreal plugin WatchGameServer implementation #2064 (highlyunavailable) Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/ See CHANGELOG for more details on changes. Images available with this release: gcr.io/agones-images/agones-controller:1.15.0-rc gcr.io/agones-images/agones-sdk:1.15.0-rc gcr.io/agones-images/agones-ping:1.15.0-rc gcr.io/agones-images/agones-allocator:1.15.0-rc gcr.io/agones-images/autoscaler-webhook:0.3 gcr.io/agones-images/cpp-simple-server:0.13 gcr.io/agones-images/crd-client:0.5 gcr.io/agones-images/nodejs-simple-server:0.5 gcr.io/agones-images/rust-simple-server:0.8 gcr.io/agones-images/simple-game-server:0.3 gcr.io/agones-images/supertuxkart-example:0.3 gcr. /site/blog/2021/04/27/1.14.0-initial-windows-support-rollingupdateonready-to-beta/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/04/27/1.14.0-initial-windows-support-rollingupdateonready-to-beta/ This is the 1.14.0 release of Agones. This release introduces initial support for running windows game servers! If this is of interest to you, please test it out and give us feedback so that we can ensure that it works reliably before promoting the support to stable. It also moves the RollingUpdateOnReady feature to beta and makes it enabled by default. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. /site/blog/2021/04/20/1.14.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/04/20/1.14.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.14.0-rc release of Agones. This release introduces initial support for running windows game servers! If this is of interest to you, please test it out and give us feedback so that we can ensure that it works reliably before promoting the support to stable. It also moves the RollingUpdateOnReady feature to beta and makes it enabled by default. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. /site/blog/2021/03/16/1.13.0-kubernetes-1.18-websocket-watch-sdk-empty-ports/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/03/16/1.13.0-kubernetes-1.18-websocket-watch-sdk-empty-ports/ This is the 1.13.0 release of Agones. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.18, so please remember to upgrade your clusters with this version. Worth noting - if you rely on Agones generated client libraries, between Kubernetes 1.17 and 1.18 the API surface of client-go was changed to include a context.Context and Option struct, so you may need to change your code to accommodate that. This tool may be useful for a quick fix. /site/blog/2021/03/09/1.13.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/03/09/1.13.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.13.0-rc release of Agones. This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.18, so if you are testing this release candidate, remember to upgrade your clusters. Worth noting - if you rely on Agones generated client libraries, between Kubernetes 1.17 and 1.18 the API surface of client-go was changed to include a context.Context and Option struct, so you may need to change your code to accommodate that. This tool may be useful for a quick fix. /site/blog/2021/02/02/1.12.0-improved-gameserver-validation/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/02/02/1.12.0-improved-gameserver-validation/ This is the 1.12.0 release of Agones. A few things to note in this release: The GameServer CRD now includes the full PodTemplateSpec json schema, to provide better up-front validation. This should be entirely backward compatible, but in case you run into issues, the helm configuration option gameservers.podPreserveUnknownFields is available to disable validation and field pruning. If you are using Helm, you might need to update your Helm version and/or do a clean install to apply this update to your cluster if you already have a version of Agones installed, due to the size of the CRD update. /site/blog/2021/01/26/1.12.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2021/01/26/1.12.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.12.0-rc release of Agones. A few things to note in this release: The GameServer CRD now includes the full PodTemplateSpec json schema, to provide better up-front validation. This should be entirely backward compatible, but in case you run into issues, the helm configuration option gameservers.podPreserveUnknownFields is available to disable validation and field pruning. If you are using Helm, you might need to update your Helm version and/or do a clean install to apply this update to your cluster if you already have a version of Agones installed, due to the size of the CRD update. /site/blog/2020/12/22/1.11.0-kubernetes-1.17-and-rest-api-for-allocation/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/12/22/1.11.0-kubernetes-1.17-and-rest-api-for-allocation/ This is the 1.11.0 release of Agones. This release includes several breaking changes, that include: Upgrade supported Kubernetes version to 1.17 Upgrade CRDs to v1 from v1beta1, including adding structured schemas For this reason, we request that users test this Release Candidate against their current installs to ensure there are no issues before it is moved to stable. Also, of note: If you are using Fleet autoscalers with a webhook that is also configured with an SSL certificate, and are not using a SAN in your certificate, please update them with this release in preparation for a migration of the project to Go 1. /site/blog/2020/12/15/1.11.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/12/15/1.11.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.11.0-rc release of Agones. This release includes several breaking changes, that include: Upgrade supported Kubernetes version to 1.17 Upgrade CRDs to v1 from v1beta1, including adding structured schemas For this reason, we request that users test this Release Candidate against their current installs to ensure there are no issues before it is moved to stable. Also, of note: If you are using Fleet autoscalers with a webhook that is also configured with an SSL certificate, and are not using a SAN in your certificate, please update them with this release in preparation for a migration of the project to Go 1. /site/blog/2020/11/10/1.10.0-allocations-go-faster/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/11/10/1.10.0-allocations-go-faster/ This is the 1.10.0 release of Agones. This release fixes critical performance bugs in the gRPC Allocation endpoint, as well as fixing a memory leak inherited from client-go. Therefore, we recommend upgrading your install of Agones as soon as possible. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Remove the documentation for helm v2 #1859 (roberthbailey) Security fixes: update node.js dependencies #1868 (steven-supersolid) Implemented enhancements: Adding allocator log level #1879 Adding allocator resources #1873 Add troubleshooting section to allocator and multicluster allocation #1866 Helm setting the annotation of controller and allocator #1848 Change the multi-cluster allocation feature to stable version #1780 Updated C# documentation to use NuGet package #1769 Documented assumed prerequisite knowledge for the project #1759 Multicluster: Add gRPC dial timeout #1700 Add new projects to Third Party section of the site #1882 (danieloliveira079) Add log level setting in allocator #1880 (8398a7) Add troubleshooting for allocation gRPC request #1878 (pooneh-m) Add allocator resources #1874 (8398a7) [Unreal SDK] Added a response code check to some functions #1870 (dotcom) Built tools: Update install with Allocation certs #1869 (markmandel) Add gRPC load test for allocation service #1867 (ilkercelikyilmaz) Add pod annotations #1849 (8398a7) Useful Unreal links #1846 (domgreen) Make the force_update option configurable in Helm/Terraform #1844 (comerford) [Doc] Mark multicluster allocation feature as stable #1843 (pooneh-m) Docs: Prerequisite Knowledge section #1821 (markmandel) adding timeout to remote cluster allocate call and adding total timeout to allocate #1815 (kdima) Docs: Update C# SDK docs page #1796 (Reousa) See CHANGELOG for more details on changes. /site/blog/2020/11/03/1.10.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/11/03/1.10.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.10.0-rc release of Agones. This release fixes critical performance bugs in the gRPC Allocation endpoint, as well as fixing a memory leak inherited from client-go. Therefore, we recommend upgrading your install of Agones as soon as possible. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Remove the documentation for helm v2 #1859 (roberthbailey) Security fixes: update node.js dependencies #1868 (steven-supersolid) Implemented enhancements: Adding allocator log level #1879 Adding allocator resources #1873 Add troubleshooting section to allocator and multicluster allocation #1866 Helm setting the annotation of controller and allocator #1848 Change the multi-cluster allocation feature to stable version #1780 Updated C# documentation to use NuGet package #1769 Documented assumed prerequisite knowledge for the project #1759 Multicluster: Add gRPC dial timeout #1700 Add new projects to Third Party section of the site #1882 (danieloliveira079) Add log level setting in allocator #1880 (8398a7) Add troubleshooting for allocation gRPC request #1878 (pooneh-m) Add allocator resources #1874 (8398a7) [Unreal SDK] Added a response code check to some functions #1870 (dotcom) Built tools: Update install with Allocation certs #1869 (markmandel) Add gRPC load test for allocation service #1867 (ilkercelikyilmaz) Add pod annotations #1849 (8398a7) Useful Unreal links #1846 (domgreen) Make the force_update option configurable in Helm/Terraform #1844 (comerford) [Doc] Mark multicluster allocation feature as stable #1843 (pooneh-m) Docs: Prerequisite Knowledge section #1821 (markmandel) Docs: Update C# SDK docs page #1796 (Reousa) Documentation: https://development. /site/blog/2020/09/29/1.9.0-kubernetes-1.16-nuget-and-tcp-udp/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/09/29/1.9.0-kubernetes-1.16-nuget-and-tcp-udp/ This is the 1.9.0 release of Agones. Note: In this release we are upgrading the supported Kubernetes version to 1.16, so please make sure to upgrade your clusters. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Upgrade Kubectl to 1.16.15 #1806 (markmandel) Upgrade client-go and apimachinery to 0.16.15 #1794 (markmandel) Update GKE Terraform clusters to 1.16 #1772 (markmandel) Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.16 #1649 Implemented enhancements: [Doc] add a caveat on setting expiration for cert-manager certificate resources #1781 Helm chart: allow to specify loadBalancerIP #1709 Terraform, Helm module install: Allow gameserver namespaces and port ranges to be specified in terraform #1692 Support using the same port for both TCP/UDP forwarding #1523 Write Tests for Terraform configs #1227 Add player tracking and shutdown to the supertuxkart example server #1825 (sudermanjr) Add logging for the client certificate verification #1812 (pooneh-m) Troubleshooting - namespace stuck terminating #1795 (domgreen) Add load balancer configuration for Helm options #1793 (yoshd) Added option to hardcode load balancer IP for allocator. /site/blog/2020/09/22/1.9.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/09/22/1.9.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.9.0-rc release of Agones. Note: In this release we are upgrading the supported Kubernetes version to 1.16, so please make sure to upgrade your clusters. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Upgrade Kubectl to 1.16.15 #1806 (markmandel) Upgrade client-go and apimachinery to 0.16.15 #1794 (markmandel) Update GKE Terraform clusters to 1.16 #1772 (markmandel) Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.16 #1649 Implemented enhancements: [Doc] add a caveat on setting expiration for cert-manager certificate resources #1781 Helm chart: allow to specify loadBalancerIP #1709 Terraform, Helm module install: Allow gameserver namespaces and port ranges to be specified in terraform #1692 Support using the same port for both TCP/UDP forwarding #1523 Write Tests for Terraform configs #1227 Add player tracking and shutdown to the supertuxkart example server #1825 (sudermanjr) Add logging for the client certificate verification #1812 (pooneh-m) Troubleshooting - namespace stuck terminating #1795 (domgreen) Add load balancer configuration for Helm options #1793 (yoshd) Added option to hardcode load balancer IP for allocator. /site/blog/2020/08/18/1.8.0-sdk-improvements-including-a-new-unreal-sdk/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/08/18/1.8.0-sdk-improvements-including-a-new-unreal-sdk/ This is the 1.8.0 release of Agones. Lots of changes to SDKs in this release, including a replacement Unreal SDK. The previous Unreal SDK will continue to work, but we recommend users upgrade to this latest version, as it has far more functionality. We also see more SDKs supporting the alpha Player Tracking functionality as well. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: [Discussion] Assimilate netspeakgames/UnrealAgonesSDK #1683 move Netspeak Unreal SDK into Agones Unreal SDK #1739 (domgreen) Security fixes: /site/blog/2020/08/11/1.8.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/08/11/1.8.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.8.0-rc release of Agones. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Lots of changes to SDKs in this release, including a replacement Unreal SDK. The previous Unreal SDK will continue to work, but we recommend users upgrade to this latest version, as it has far more functionality. We also see more SDKs supporting the alpha Player Tracking functionality as well. Breaking changes: [Discussion] Assimilate netspeakgames/UnrealAgonesSDK #1683 move Netspeak Unreal SDK into Agones Unreal SDK #1739 (domgreen) Security fixes: /site/blog/2020/07/07/1.7.0-helm-3-metrics-sdk-and-allocation-improvements/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/07/07/1.7.0-helm-3-metrics-sdk-and-allocation-improvements/ This is the 1.7.0 release of Agones. The ContainerPortAllocation feature has been moved to beta in this release, and the SDK.WatchGameServer() command has a new alpha feature to immediately return a result. We also have new metric and dashboard features, upgraded all our documentation and testing to Helm 3, updated the C# SDK, improved the allocation endpoint system and more. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. /site/blog/2020/06/30/1.7.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/06/30/1.7.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.7.0-rc release of Agones. The ContainerPortAllocation feature has been moved to beta in this release, and the SDK.WatchGameServer() command has a new alpha feature to immediately return a result. We also have new metric and dashboard features, upgraded all our documentation and testing to Helm 3, updated the C# SDK, improved the allocation endpoint system and more. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. /site/blog/2020/05/26/1.6.0-player-tracking-kubernetes-1.15-node.js-sdk-updates/ Tue, 26 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/05/26/1.6.0-player-tracking-kubernetes-1.15-node.js-sdk-updates/ This is the v1.6.0 release of Agones. This release includes several breaking changes to be aware of: Upgrade to required Kubernetes version to 1.15 The Alpha Multi Cluster Allocator API has been renamed, refactored slightly and moved to Stable. It is worth noting that Multi Cluster Allocation as a whole (installation, setup, etc) is still in beta, and may change in the future. The node.js SDK has switched to grpc-js. It should be backward compatible, but please let us know if there are issues. /site/blog/2020/05/19/1.6.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 19 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/05/19/1.6.0-release-candidate/ This is the v1.6.0-rc release of Agones. This release includes several breaking changes to be aware of: Upgrade to required Kubernetes version to 1.15 The Alpha Multi Cluster Allocator API has been renamed, refactored slightly and moved to Stable. It is worth noting that Multi Cluster Allocation as a whole (installation, setup, etc) is still in beta, and may change in the future. The node.js SDK has switched to grpc-js. It should be backward compatible, but please let us know if there are issues. /site/blog/2020/04/13/1.5.0-csharp-sdk-multiple-port-allocations-agones-faq/ Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/04/13/1.5.0-csharp-sdk-multiple-port-allocations-agones-faq/ This is the 1.5.0 release of Agones. This release sees the release of an official C# SDK, as well as our first Alpha feature, being able to allow port mapping to any container in the backing GameServer Pod. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Implemented enhancements: FAQ for Agones #1460 (markmandel) GameServer remains “STATE:Creating” if not create serviceaccount #1370 Site: Prioritise search results on agones.dev better #1327 Create and document rules of thumb for log levels in agones code #1223 Configurable Log Level for Agones controllers #1218 Refactor Docker files for gRPC between SDK and allocation #1115 C# SDK #884 Feature Gates: EnableAllFeatures #1448 (markmandel) Local implementation of Set/GetPlayerCapacity #1444 (markmandel) Alpha GameServer attributes added to SDK #1440 (markmandel) Added version to stress tests files #1433 (akremsa) Terraform: Add FeatureGates into helm release #1431 (aLekSer) SuperTuxKart Game Server that allows AI connections #1424 (markmandel) Fix wrong condition check for Memory limit #1418 (aLekSer) Applied allocation test #1417 (akremsa) Add shutdown duration option to Node. /site/blog/2020/04/06/1.5.0-release-candidate/ Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/04/06/1.5.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.5.0-rc release of Agones. This release sees the release of an official C# SDK, as well as our first Alpha feature, being able to allow port mapping to any container in the backing GameServer Pod. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Implemented enhancements: GameServer remains “STATE:Creating” if not create serviceaccount #1370 Site: Prioritise search results on agones.dev better #1327 Create and document rules of thumb for log levels in agones code #1223 Configurable Log Level for Agones controllers #1218 Refactor Docker files for gRPC between SDK and allocation #1115 C# SDK #884 Feature Gates: EnableAllFeatures #1448 (markmandel) Local implementation of Set/GetPlayerCapacity #1444 (markmandel) Alpha GameServer attributes added to SDK #1440 (markmandel) Added version to stress tests files #1433 (akremsa) Terraform: Add FeatureGates into helm release #1431 (aLekSer) SuperTuxKart Game Server that allows AI connections #1424 (markmandel) Fix wrong condition check for Memory limit #1418 (aLekSer) Applied allocation test #1417 (akremsa) Add shutdown duration option to Node. /site/blog/2020/03/03/1.4.0-kubernetes-1.14-unreal-sdk-improvements-reliability-improvements/ Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/03/03/1.4.0-kubernetes-1.14-unreal-sdk-improvements-reliability-improvements/ This is the 1.4.0 release of Agones. This release includes the upgrade to Kubernetes 1.14, so please be sure to upgrade your clusters. The Node package has now been officially moved to NPM, away from Github packages as well. This includes the previous 1.3.0 release. Between RC and Stable, critical issues with the Terraform scripts for GKE were discovered. In the process some duplicate example scripts for GKE were removed, and others were adjusted. /site/blog/2020/02/25/1.4.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/02/25/1.4.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.4.0-rc release of Agones. This release includes the upgrade to Kubernetes 1.14, so please be sure to upgrade your clusters. The Node package has now been officially moved to NPM, away from Github packages as well. This includes the previous 1.3.0 release. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Update documentation (examples and website) to use Kubernetes 1.14 #1364 (roberthbailey) Update terraform configs to use Kubernetes 1. /site/blog/2020/01/20/1.3.0-more-terraform-node-packages-and-unity-sdk-enhancements/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/01/20/1.3.0-more-terraform-node-packages-and-unity-sdk-enhancements/ This is the 1.3.0 release of Agones. This release includes the Node SDK packaged as a NPM module and hosted on github. That being said, the functionality of the Node SDK has not changed, and previous versions will continue to work as normal. The upgraded gRPC across Agones and SDKs is marked as a breaking change as a precaution, as we expect previous versions of the SDK to continue to work as per normal. /site/blog/2020/01/13/1.3.0-release-candidate/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2020/01/13/1.3.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.3.0-rc release of Agones. This release includes the Node SDK packaged as a NPM module and hosted on github. That being said, the functionality of the Node SDK has not changed, and previous versions will continue to work as normal. The upgraded gRPC across Agones and SDKs is marked as a breaking change as a precaution, as we expect previous versions of the SDK to continue to work as per normal. /site/blog/2019/12/10/1.2.0-kubernetes-1.13-local-dev-and-unity-sdk/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/12/10/1.2.0-kubernetes-1.13-local-dev-and-unity-sdk/ This is the 1.2.0 release of Agones. This release includes an upgrade of the supported Kubernetes version from 1.12 to 1.13. Make sure to check the Upgrading Guide for details on how to perform this upgrade safely. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Update client-go to kubernetes-1.13.12 #1189 (heartrobotninja) Update the default gRPC and HTTP ports for the sdkserver for the 1.2.0 release #1180 (roberthbailey) Update terraform configs to use Kubernetes 1. /site/blog/2019/12/03/1.2.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/12/03/1.2.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.2.0-rc release of Agones. This release includes an upgrade of the supported Kubernetes version from 1.12 to 1.13. Make sure to check the Upgrading Guide for details on how to perform this upgrade safely. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Update client-go to kubernetes-1.13.12 #1189 (heartrobotninja) Update the default gRPC and HTTP ports for the sdkserver for the 1.2.0 release #1180 (roberthbailey) Update terraform configs to use Kubernetes 1. /site/blog/2019/10/28/1.1.0-bug-fixes-documentation-and-more/ Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/10/28/1.1.0-bug-fixes-documentation-and-more/ This is the 1.1.0 release of Agones. Starting with the 1.1.0 release of Agones, the ports to which the sdkserver sidecar binds are now configurable. To take advantage of this feature, your game will need to use an updated SDK from the 1.1.0 release. The default ports that the sdkserver binds to are ephemeral and can cause the sidecar to intermittently fail to start. For backwards compatibility with game servers compiled against the 1. /site/blog/2019/10/21/1.1.0-release-candidate/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/10/21/1.1.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.1.0-rc release of Agones. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Change the API for allocator to allocation.proto #1123 (pooneh-m) Implemented enhancements: Allocator service should log the Agones version #1042 Allocation policy needs to expose namespace of the targeted cluster #980 Configurable log level for agones sidecar #971 Add dynamic configuration of the sidecar http port to the unreal sdk. #1131 (roberthbailey) Retry on failures for multi-cluster allocation #1130 (pooneh-m) Simplify the selection of the dynamic port in the nodejs sdk. /site/blog/2019/09/16/1.0.0-a-huge-milestone/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/09/16/1.0.0-a-huge-milestone/ This is the 1.0.0 release of Agones 🎉 Agones is now ready for production workloads. Unless otherwise indicated (by an alpha version), this API surface is now stable, and all endeavours will be made to maintain its backward compatibility. Congratulations to everyone involved for code, bug reports, feedback, usage and more. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Implemented enhancements: JSON serialisation error reporting on Mutation/Validation webhooks #992 CRASH for simple-udp example #1032 (markmandel) Rust SDK: Reserved #1030 (markmandel) Define the proto definition for the allocator service #1025 (pooneh-m) Documentation on Fleet Updates and Upgrades #1020 (markmandel) Documentation on how to upgrade Agones and/or Kubernetes. /site/blog/2019/09/09/1.0.0-release-candidate/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/09/09/1.0.0-release-candidate/ This is the 1.0.0-rc release of Agones. We continues with documentation updates, making some improvements to local development tools and improving error validation handling. Next week will be the stable 1.0.0 release 🎉 We are now in feature freeze until Tuesday, 17th of September. This means only docs, bug fixes and tests PRs will be merged during this time. (Other PRs will be labelled feature-freeze-do-not-merge and will be held until after that date) /site/blog/2019/08/05/0.12.0-preparation-for-1.0/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/08/05/0.12.0-preparation-for-1.0/ This is the 0.12.0 stable release of Agones. This release includes all breaking changes that are required for the 1.0 release that is coming in the release in September - so please review the breaking changes below, and the link to the updated documentation below to see all the changes that have occurred in this release. This includes moving all CRDs to v1, and upgrading to Kubernetes 1.12 as the supported platform. /site/blog/2019/07/30/0.12.0-release-candidate/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/07/30/0.12.0-release-candidate/ This release includes all breaking changes that are required for the 1.0 release that is coming in the release in September - so please review the breaking changes below, and the link to the updated documentation below to see all the changes that have occurred in this release. This includes moving all CRDs to v1, and upgrading to Kubernetes 1.12 as the supported platform. We’ve also worked to complete functionality across GameServer SDKs, but we still have some work left. /site/blog/2019/06/24/0.11.0-unity-sdk-better-packing-and-more/ Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/06/24/0.11.0-unity-sdk-better-packing-and-more/ More awesome things in this release! Massive thanks to the community for working on Agones 👏 Unity SDK! Better packing on GameServerAllocation without a drop in performance. Being able to use the same container port as the externally exposed port and much more! Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Move FleetAutoscaling to autoscaling.agones.dev group #829 (markmandel) Fixing SDK proto file according to style guide #776 (aLekSer) Implemented enhancements: /site/blog/2019/06/17/0.11.0-release-candidate/ Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/06/17/0.11.0-release-candidate/ This cycles release candidate! Test is out for the next week, and try out the new features: Unity SDK! Better packing on GameServerAllocation without a drop in performance. Being able to use the same container port as the externally exposed port and much more! We are now in feature freeze until Tuesday, 25th of June. This means only docs, bug fixes and tests PRs will be merged during this time. /site/blog/2019/05/13/0.10.0-unreal-self-allocation-and-performance-improvements/ Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/05/13/0.10.0-unreal-self-allocation-and-performance-improvements/ Great stuff in this release! Unreal Server SDK! GameServers can self Allocate Faster Allocations As always, huge thanks to the team of people working on Agones! Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Add status subresource for FleetAutoscaler #730 (aLekSer) Implement GameServerAlocation as API Extension #682 (markmandel) Implemented enhancements: Implementing cross cluster allocation request #757 (pooneh-m) Rename APIServerEndpoint to AllocationEndpoint for multi-cluster allocation #755 (pooneh-m) Implement multicluster allocation for local cluster allocation. /site/blog/2019/05/06/0.10.0-release-candidate/ Mon, 06 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/05/06/0.10.0-release-candidate/ Great stuff in this release! Unreal Server SDK! GameServers can self Allocate Faster Allocations We are now in feature freeze until Tuesday, 14th of May. This means only docs, bug fixes and tests PRs will be merged during this time. (Other PRs will be marked as “merge-after-release” and will be held until after that date) Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Add status subresource for FleetAutoscaler #730 (aLekSer) Implement GameServerAlocation as API Extension #682 (markmandel) Implemented enhancements: /site/blog/2019/04/01/0.9.0-the-sdk-release/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/04/01/0.9.0-the-sdk-release/ There is a new Node SDK in this release, and CMake support for our C++ SDK as well! As always, huge thanks to the team of people working on Agones! This is the 0.9.0 release of Agones. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: Consistency: Portpolicy static=>Static & dynamic=>Dynamic #617 (markmandel) Implemented enhancements: Adding a section in the documentation about deploying Agones using GCP Marketplace. #664 (bbf) Add Agones Kubernetes API docs generator #645 (aLekSer) Added support for persisting logs in ’emptyDir’ volume attached to agones controller. /site/blog/2019/03/25/0.9.0-release-candidate/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/03/25/0.9.0-release-candidate/ New Node SDK in this release, and CMake support for our C++ SDK as well! Check it out! We are now in feature freeze until Tuesday, 2nd of April. This means only docs, bug fixes and tests PRs will be merged during this time. (Other PRs will be marked as “merge-after-release” and will be held until after that date) Details: Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. /site/blog/2019/03/14/0.8.1-helm-configuration-hotfix/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/03/14/0.8.1-helm-configuration-hotfix/ Hotfixes to Helm configuration options, and bug fixes. As always, huge thanks to the team of people working on Agones! Details: Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. This is the 0.8.1 release of Agones. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Merged pull requests: Tarballing source into the images for dependencies that are required by their licenses. #634 (bbf) 2 Hotfixes: Allow Helm to reference image digests and inject licenses #631 (bbf) [Hotfix] Prep work for hotfix 0. /site/blog/2019/02/20/0.8.0-gameserverallocations-performance-improvements-monitoring-improvements-and-more/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/02/20/0.8.0-gameserverallocations-performance-improvements-monitoring-improvements-and-more/ So many amazing features in this release! More sophisticated allocation with GameServerAllocation More metrics and dashboards Build in support for node selection on Agones deployments Stackdriver support And more (see below) – download it now, and take it for a spin! As always, huge thanks to the team of people working on Agones! Details: This is the 0.8.0 release of Agones. Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. /site/blog/2019/02/13/0.8.0-release-candidate/ Wed, 13 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/02/13/0.8.0-release-candidate/ Our biggest release ever! Lots of awesome new features, so please take them for a spin! We are now in feature freeze until Tuesday, 19th of February. This means only docs, bug fixes and tests PRs will be merged during this time. (Other PRs will be marked as “merge-after-release” and will be held until after that date) Details: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/agones/releases/tag/v0.8.0-rc Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Documentation: https://development. /site/blog/2019/01/08/0.7.0-latency-measuring-fleet-autoscaling-webhooks-and-metrics/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /site/blog/2019/01/08/0.7.0-latency-measuring-fleet-autoscaling-webhooks-and-metrics/ Massive release with 0.7.0! Lots of great new features, from latency measuring tools, fleet autoscaling webhooks and OpenCensus metrics! Take them a spin, and let us know how they go. As always, thanks to everyone involved - several new faces in this release providing new features, and feedback - awesome to see the community grow! 👌🌱 Details: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/agones/releases/tag/v0.7.0 Check the README for details on features, installation and usage. Breaking changes: