Cluster Autoscaler patch releases Nov 2023

[x13n]

I'm planning to cut new Cluster Autoscaler patch releases for 1.26-28 next week. If there are any bugfix cherry-picks you want included, please prepare the PRs and let me know in the comments.

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[jackfrancis]

@x13n thank you for this, my merged PRs are fine to skip and wait to be included in next minor release

[RainbowMango]

LGTM thank you for the notice

[ricardov1]

@x13n these have been merged but just want to make sure they're included in the releases:
1.26: #6287
1.27: #6285
1.28: #6283

[ctrox]

@x13n thanks!

#6303
#6304
#6305

[x13n]

@ricardov1 @ctrox Thanks, all the PRs you listed will be included.

[ClareCat]

Any chance a patch release can be cut for 1.25 too?

[x13n]

Unfortunately, 1.25 reached end of life a month ago, I'm only patching the k/k versions that are still supported: https://kubernetes.io/releases/

[ricardov1]

hey @x13n, there was a bug introduced by this PR (#6072) that causes the cluster autoscaler pod to crash when using the leader-elect flag. This PR (#6115) fixes it but it wasn't included in the patch. is it posible to create an adhoc patch with this bug fix? and if so, what would that timeline look like?

[x13n]

Ah, good catch. I think this justifies a new set of patches. Can you cherrypick the changes to affected release branches?

[allenmun197]

@x13n

here are the backport PRs of #6115 to 1.26/1.27/1.28 release branches

1.26 - #6332
1.27 - #6331
1.28 - #6330

[x13n]

Thanks! Approved all 3, will cut new images next week.

[vishalanarase]

@x13n is it possible to include?

1.28.2 - #6322
1.28.2 - #6324

[x13n]

I'd like to limit the changes just to fix the bug introduced with the November patches. For all other changes we'll follow the regular schedule. Please prepare cherrypick PRs to make sure the changes are included in the next patch release.

[x13n]

A new set of patches has been released, fixing the --leader-elect flag problem. Thanks @ricardov1 for raising this!