v0.26.0

Release Date: 2026-03-19

Description

Please read below information before updating.

This release is a major step for Turtles and CAPI in Rancher as it ships with CAPI v1.12 and adopts the new core CAPI contract v1beta2. The Rancher team has put together a simplified migration guide to make the transition as easy as possible.

Additionally, you can refer to the official CAPI migration guide to understand the full extent of the implications of moving to a CAPI version >=v1.11.

Before updating we recommend that you familiarize with the changes introduced by your provider/s of choice and, if needed, adapt your cluster templates accordingly.

Notable Changes

  • Add support for CAPI v1.12 by @salasberryfin in #2097 (also worth looking at bump CAPI to v1.11.5 by @salasberryfin in #2056)

  • Disable Rancher k8s version management for CAPI imported Clusters by @anmazzotti in #2011

  • Bump go to 1.25.8 by @rancher-backport-assistant[bot] in #2198

Additions

  • Increase turtles pod memory limits by @rancher-backport-assistant[bot] in #2099

  • Feat: Allow customizing the rancher cluster description by @valaparthvi in #1969

Bug Fixes

  • Make delete hooks do a full cleanup by @alexander-demicev in #2027

  • Use systemDefaultRegistry for chart shell image by @anmazzotti in #2034

  • Improve import controller deletion reconcile by @rancher-backport-assistant[bot] in #2073

Full Changelog:

Review the full list of changes: v0.25.4…​v0.26.0

Download

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rancher-turtles-0.26.0.tgz

2026-03-19

2026-03-19

Information retrieved from v0.26.0 GitHub release.