Minutes: StarlingX Release Meeting - Aug 27 / 2025
Agenda/Minutes are posted at: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/stx-releases Release Team Meeting - Aug 27 2025 stx.11.0 - Release/Feature Planning: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-mUbqc0KOPwHLrOXLilHyUfw-EbtCrx64YVi... - Milestone-3 Review: - Criteria - All feature code merged and feature testing completing within an acceptable timeframe - 34 out of 55 features are code complete and feature tested. - Kernel Upversion to 6.12.x - Enable stalld to protect low-priority tasks from starvation - Raise priority of critical platform kernel tasks - k8s update to 1.30 - k8s update to 1.31 - k8s update to 1.32 - k8s conformance testing for 1.30 - k8s conformance testing for 1.31 - k8s conformance testing for 1.32 - CIS Benchmark for Host - Network Configuration Updates (sysctl.conf) - Container Network Interface (CNI) Plugin Up-version - K8s 1.30 - 1.32 - SRIOV FEC Operator Update - Configurable Platform Network Traffic Bandwidth - Unified PTP Notification Overall Sync State - User Management GUI/CLI/RESTAPI Enhancements --- Deletion Restriction - User Management GUI/CLI Enhancements --- Operation Confirmation - CIS Benchmark for Host - File Permissions - Platform Application Maintenance - oidc-auth - Platform Application Maintenance - ingress-nginx - Platform Application Maintenance - cert-manager - Platform Application Maintenance - audit - Platform Application Maintenance - harbor - New keystone access-control roles for configurator and operator - Enhanced Secure Boot UEFI Certificate Signing Capability - Intermediate CA Support for external kube-apiserver connections - Update volume-snapshot-controller for all supported k8s versions - Maintain Platform App - metrics-server - Maintain Platform App - platform-integ-apps - Maintain Platform App - rook-ceph - Update Netapp Trident for K8s 1.29-1.33 - OpenStack services up-version to 2024.1 (Caracal) - Openstack Upgrades: In-place N+1 SLURP up-versioning - Open vSwitch + DPDK Support - stx-openstack: rook-ceph integration - An additional 19 features are code complete w/ testing in progress and completing by Sept 24 (the Feature Tested milestone) - System Snapshot and Restore - Flock Services Scalability Improvements - Upgrade maintenance and optimization - Upgrade rollback post-deploy activate stage - Upgrade rollback for duplex configuration - stx 11 Platform Maintenance - Maintain Platform App - snmp - Maintain Platform App - FluxCD & helm - Maintain Platform App - Kubevirt - Platform Network Address Reduction - AIO-SX - Platform Application Maintenance - intel-device-plugins - Platform Application Maintenance - node-interface-metrics-exporter - Platform Application Maintenance - istio - Support for DPLL module and netlink API for PTP/SyncE - Secure Inter-Host Pod-to-Pod Network Traffic using IPSEC - Platform Application Maintenance - portieris - Platform Application Maintenance - spo - Maintain Platform App - dell-storage - Maintain Platform App - oran-o2 - Openstack Support stx IPv6/Dual-Stack deployments - 2 features have code still in progress and are considered reasonable exceptions (code complete by Sept 9 and tested by Sept 24) - Platform Application Maintenance - ptp-notification Ghada Khalil - Support for DPLL module and netlink API for PTP/SyncE Guilherme Batiste / Ghada Khalil - No blocking issues from Automated Sanity and Regression - Platform sanity is green: https://lists.starlingx.io/archives/list/starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.i... - Openstack sanity is yellow: https://lists.starlingx.io/archives/list/starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.i... - No critical issues severely impacting system stability or release test activities - None - Release regression testing starting - Regression test plans were previously confirmed by Test prime: Nimalini Rasa (who is currently on vacation) - Documentation plan defined, including a prioritized list of the various documentation items - Features requiring doc updates have been identified and doc reviews are in progress for most features - Blog Posts planned/available - One blog is planned: - Secure Inter-Host Pod-to-Pod Network Traffic using IPSEC - 3 blogs were initially marked TBD, but were moved to No - Upgrade rollback post-deploy activate stage - Rationale: The USM blog is still not done, so that would take priority - Upgrade rollback for duplex configuration - Rationale: The USM blog is still not done, so that would take priority - Support for DPLL module and netlink API for PTP/SyncE - Rationale: Related to new Intel Granite Rapids-D platform; would need Intel approval which is typically difficult to get - Verdict - Pass Blogs - Unified Software Management (stx.10.0) - Prime: Jim Beacom / Lisa Henderson - Status: Planned / Starting - Forecast: 03/31/2025 >> 09/15/2025 - Pull Request: TBD - Secure Inter-Host Pod-to-Pod Network Traffic using IPSEC (stx.11.0) - Prime: Ghada Khalil / Andy Ning - Status: Planned - Forecast: TBD - Pull Request: TBD
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Khalil, Ghada