v0.26.0

Description

Release Date: 2026-03-19

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.

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.