kite

v0.14.0 Breaking

This release includes 2 breaking changes for platform teams planning a safe upgrade.

Published 9d Containers & Orchestration

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Topics

ai-agent cloud-native web helm-manager kubernetes kubernetes-addons

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monitoring multi-cluster prometheus

Affected surfaces

breaking_upgrade

ReleasePort's take

Moderate signal

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Legacy container image ghcr.io/zxh326/kite and Helm chart repository https://zxh326.github.io/kite/ will no longer receive updates.

Why it matters: Users relying on these legacy sources must migrate to alternative images or charts immediately; continued use risks missing security patches and feature enhancements.

Summary

AI summary

Updates Highlights, RBAC And Multi-Cluster, and Observability And Reliability across a mixed release.

Changes in this release

Type	Severity	Summary	CVE
Breaking	High	Legacy container image ghcr.io/zxh326/kite no longer receives updates. Legacy container image ghcr.io/zxh326/kite no longer receives updates. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high	—
Breaking	High	Legacy Helm chart repository https://zxh326.github.io/kite/ no longer receives updates. Legacy Helm chart repository https://zxh326.github.io/kite/ no longer receives updates. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high	—
Feature
Feature	Medium	Added custom resource history for create, update, delete, and apply operations. Added custom resource history for create, update, delete, and apply operations. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	Added richer StorageClass management with provisioner filtering, default selection, and PVC navigation. Added richer StorageClass management with provisioner filtering, default selection, and PVC navigation. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	Added customizable resource detail tabs with reordering and hiding support. Added customizable resource detail tabs with reordering and hiding support. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	Added label selector filtering from resource search boxes (e.g., app=nginx, env=prod,team=backend). Added label selector filtering from resource search boxes (e.g., app=nginx, env=prod,team=backend). Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Resource YAML now opens in read-only mode and requires explicit action before editing. Resource YAML now opens in read-only mode and requires explicit action before editing. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-17-audit Confidence: low	—
Feature	Low	Added support for Kubernetes-style [] JSONPath wildcards in CRD printer columns with safe failure on invalid expressions. Added support for Kubernetes-style [] JSONPath wildcards in CRD printer columns with safe failure on invalid expressions. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-17-audit Confidence: low	—
Feature	Low	Added broader support for group‑qualified custom resource permissions. Added broader support for group‑qualified custom resource permissions. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-17-audit Confidence: low	—
Dependency	Low	Updated frontend and Go dependencies: Helm 4.2.3, Gateway API 1.6.0, Recharts 3.9.2, Vite 8.1.4, Anthropic SDK 1.57.0. Updated frontend and Go dependencies: Helm 4.2.3, Gateway API 1.6.0, Recharts 3.9.2, Vite 8.1.4, Anthropic SDK 1.57.0. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high	—
Performance
Performance	Medium	Increased default Kubernetes cache sync timeout and client QPS/Burst settings; configurable via KITE_CACHE_SYNC_TIMEOUT. Increased default Kubernetes cache sync timeout and client QPS/Burst settings; configurable via KITE_CACHE_SYNC_TIMEOUT. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high	—
Performance	Low	Improved namespace-aware filtering across resource lists, search, events, metrics, related resources, Helm releases, apply operations, and AI tools. Improved namespace-aware filtering across resource lists, search, events, metrics, related resources, Helm releases, apply operations, and AI tools. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-17-audit Confidence: low	—
Performance	Low	Pod log streams now preserve historical tail buffer when connecting or reconnecting. Pod log streams now preserve historical tail buffer when connecting or reconnecting. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-17-audit Confidence: low	—
Performance	Low	Memory usage now uses the working set metric for more representative container memory reporting. Memory usage now uses the working set metric for more representative container memory reporting. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-17-audit Confidence: low	—
Bugfix
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed RBAC evaluation for users with roles across multiple namespaces. Fixed RBAC evaluation for users with roles across multiple namespaces. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed PostgreSQL login failures when avatar URLs exceed 500 characters. Fixed PostgreSQL login failures when avatar URLs exceed 500 characters. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Improved cluster‑aware API routing, fixing pod file exports and related operations on non‑default clusters. Improved cluster‑aware API routing, fixing pod file exports and related operations on non‑default clusters. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-17-audit Confidence: low	—
Bugfix	Low	Metrics endpoints now return empty arrays when no samples are available. Metrics endpoints now return empty arrays when no samples are available. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-17-audit Confidence: low	—

Full changelog

What's Changed

[!IMPORTANT]
Starting with this release:

The legacy container image ghcr.io/zxh326/kite no longer receives updates. Please switch to ghcr.io/kite-org/kite.

The legacy Helm chart repository https://zxh326.github.io/kite/ no longer receives updates. Please switch to https://kite-org.github.io/kite/.

Highlights

Added custom resource history for create, update, delete, and apply operations.
Added richer StorageClass management, including provisioner filtering, default selection, and related PVC navigation.
Added customizable resource detail tabs with support for reordering and hiding tabs.
Added label selector filtering from resource search boxes, such as app=nginx and env=prod,team=backend. Thanks @l0kki42!

Resource Management

Resource YAML now opens in read-only mode and requires an explicit action before editing.
Added support for Kubernetes-style [] JSONPath wildcards in CRD printer columns and made invalid expressions fail safely. Thanks @MasterTos!

RBAC And Multi-Cluster

Fixed RBAC evaluation for users whose roles grant access across multiple namespaces.
Improved namespace-aware filtering across resource lists, search, events, metrics, related resources, Helm releases, apply operations, and AI tools.
Improved cluster-aware API routing, fixing pod file exports and related operations on non-default clusters.
Added broader support for group-qualified custom resource permissions.

Observability And Reliability

Pod log streams now preserve the historical tail buffer when connecting or reconnecting. Thanks @ferdiina!
Memory usage now uses the working set metric for more representative container memory reporting.
Metrics endpoints now return empty arrays when no samples are available.
Increased the default Kubernetes cache synchronization timeout and client QPS/Burst settings for large or remote clusters, with KITE_CACHE_SYNC_TIMEOUT available for configuration. Thanks @ferdiina!

Fixes And Hardening

Fixed PostgreSQL login failures when identity providers return avatar URLs longer than 500 characters. Thanks @tedkulp!
Updated MFA, passkey, authentication, and user-management documentation.
Updated frontend and Go dependencies, including Helm 4.2.3, Gateway API 1.6.0, Recharts 3.9.2, Vite 8.1.4, and Anthropic SDK 1.57.0.

Full Changelog: v0.13.0...v0.14.0

Breaking Changes

Legacy container image ghcr.io/zxh326/kite no longer receives updates; switch to ghcr.io/kite-org/kite
Legacy Helm chart repository https://zxh326.github.io/kite/ no longer receives updates; switch to https://kite-org.github.io/kite/

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