- Added security patches by updating go‑git to v5.19.1 (fixing CVE‑2026‑45571/45570) and upgrading Kubernetes to v1.36.1.
- Improved reliability of helm and source controllers with a configurable HTTP timeout, memory‑growth fix, corrected chart CRD handling, Helm test name‑length fix, and path‑handling improvements.
- Added support for GCP sovereign‑cloud artifact registries and moved Helm back to upstream v4.2.0.
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Fixed Helm controller rendering so empty lines no longer disappear from generated chart manifests.
Fixed regression causing Kustomization with openapi.path URLs to fail reconciliation
Disabled Flux variable substitution on all CRDs to prevent schema corruption with post‑build substitution.