- General availability of Image Automation APIs (ImagePolicy, ImageRepository, ImageUpdateAutomation) plus new features like remote cluster authentication via Workload Identity, mTLS for alerts and GitHub App, OpenTelemetry tracing, and CE...
- Introduces optional Kustomize components, RetryOnFailure lifecycle for HelmRelease, global SOPS Age keys, 3rd‑party source controllers, and source composition/decomposition patterns.
- Breaking change: removal of deprecated v1beta1 and v2beta1 APIs; clusters must run `flux migrate` before upgrading.