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Light signalPortainer MCP spec-bump release 2.42.0 adds a maintainer release skill and upgrades the embedded Portainer EE spec to 2.42.0, while updating CI workflows.
Why it matters: Plan migration testing for new maintainer release skill before upgrading; update CI configurations to actions/checkout v6.0.2 and astral-sh/setup-uv v8.1.0.
Summary
AI summaryEmbedded spec bumped to Portainer EE 2.42.0, increasing operation coverage and removing the intel tag.
Changes in this release
| Type | Severity | Summary | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | Medium |
Maintainer release skill added for Portainer MCP spec-bump releases. Maintainer release skill added for Portainer MCP spec-bump releases. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Medium |
Embedded spec upgraded to Portainer EE 2.42.0 from 2.41.1. Embedded spec upgraded to Portainer EE 2.42.0 from 2.41.1. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Medium |
CI workflows updated to actions/checkout v6.0.2 and astral-sh/setup-uv v8.1.0. CI workflows updated to actions/checkout v6.0.2 and astral-sh/setup-uv v8.1.0. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22 Confidence: low |
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| Performance | Low |
Profile coverage increased: default profiles grow from ~180 to ~197 ops; union grows from ~306 to ~342 ops. Profile coverage increased: default profiles grow from ~180 to ~197 ops; union grows from ~306 to ~342 ops. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-22-audit Confidence: low |
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| Deprecation | Low |
Removed `intel` tag (6 operations) from orphan list in docs/profiles.md. Removed `intel` tag (6 operations) from orphan list in docs/profiles.md. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-22-audit Confidence: low |
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Full changelog
PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-portainer/2.42.0/
Targets Portainer 2.42.x.
Added
- Maintainer release skill at
.claude/skills/portainer-mcp-release/. Project-local Claude Code skill that walks through spec-bump releases (Portainer minor → MCP minor): finding the upstream patch target, spec regeneration, op/tag delta recounting, orphan inventory refresh, pin bumps across distribution docs, CHANGELOG promotion, commit, push, merge, tag. Bundles aspec_deltas.pyscript that prints the new per-profile coverage and orphan table paste-ready fordocs/profiles.md.
Changed
- Embedded spec bumped to Portainer EE 2.42.0 (was 2.41.1). Default
BASE,DOCKER,KUBERNETESprofile coverage grows from ~180 to ~197 operations; the five-profile union grows from ~306 to ~342. Upstream removed theinteltag (6 operations); dropped from the orphan tag list indocs/profiles.md. - Bump
actions/checkoutto v6.0.2 andastral-sh/setup-uvto v8.1.0 in the CI and release workflows. Clears the Node.js 20 deprecation warning ahead of the forced Node.js 24 default on 2026-06-02.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/portainer/portainer-mcp/compare/2.41.0...2.42.0
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Earlier breaking changes
- v2.42.1 Breaks `make dev` to now require PORTAINER_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN for local HTTP loop.
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