GoogleForGames/agones: Release v1.43.0

Name: agones

Release: v1.43.0

Released: 2024-08-28

Release Assets:

This is the 1.43.0 release of Agones.

In this release, we updated the supported Kubernetes version, added a new scheduled autoscaler, as well as Unity support for Counters and Lists..

Kubernetes 1.30 Support With this release, the Kubernetes support matrix for Agones is now 1.28, 1.29 and 1.30.
Alpha support for ScheduledAutoscaler This provides the ability to have Fleet autoscaler scheduling with the feature flag ScheduledAutoscaler, to allow you to schedule what level of autoscaling you would like on a schedule or between dates, giving you more control over your autoscaling needs.
Unity SDK: Counters and Lists We now have support for GameServer Counters and Lists with our Unity SDK!
New Helm Installation Configuration Options Two new installation options!

We made the parameters that control how fast we scale up and down GameServers configurable, so you can see how fast your Kubernetes control plane really is when spinning up lots of GameServer instances.

We also have new Helm configuration options that allow the use of the host network for the Agones controller and extensions for AWS EKS when using Cilium.
Beta support for Passthrough PortPolicy on GKE Autopilot We’ve graduated Passthrough Port Policy support from Alpha to Beta on GKE Autopilot, which you can now enable using the feature flag AutopilotPassthroughPort.

What's Changed

Breaking changes

Revert "Update Supported Kubernetes to 1.28, 1.29, 1.30 (#3933)" by @gongmax in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3952

Implemented enhancements

Add Option to Use Host Network and Configure Ports by @Orza in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3895
Graduate Passthrough Port Policy to Beta on Autopilot by @vicentefb in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3916
Agones Unity SDK development setup instructions + Agones Unity SDK Ready test by @aallbrig in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3887
feat: Add API Changes and Validation for FleetAutoscaler Schedule/Chain Policy by @indexjoseph in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3893
feat: Adds autoscaling logic for new Chain and Schedule policies by @indexjoseph in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3929
Adds basic framework for the in place Agones upgrades test controller by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3956
[Performance] - Added a new metric inside the allocator to track the success retry rate inside the retry loop by @vicentefb in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3927
Make the parameters that limits the number of GameServers to add configurable by @vicentefb in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3950
feat: Adds e2e tests for chain/schedule policy and bump ScheduledAutoscaler to Alpha by @indexjoseph in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3946
Implement CountsAndLists for Unity SDK + Tests by @ZeroParticle in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3883

Fixed bugs

Resolves make site-server issue #3885 by @aallbrig in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3914

Other

Preparation for Release v1.43.0 by @kamaljeeti in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3910
Introduce external resource(s) on multiplayer game programming to docs by @aallbrig in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3884
Added line of code to update failure count details inside runscenario by @vicentefb in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3915
updated golang upgrade template by @ashutosji in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3902
Changes for GitHub/Cloud Build app integration by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3918
Meta: Contributor role by @markmandel in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3922
Fix allocator metrics endpoint by @vicentefb in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3921
Meta: Contributor => Collaborator by @markmandel in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3928
Rewrite agones-bot, commit to Agones repo by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3923
Small cleanup of incorrect comment in features.go file by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3944
Update Supported Kubernetes to 1.28, 1.29, 1.30 by @ashutosji in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3933
remove ctx within the condition func by @peterzhongyi in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3959
Reapply "Update Supported Kubernetes to 1.28, 1.29, 1.30 (#3933)" (#3… by @gongmax in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3961
change kubernetes API version to fix broken CI by @peterzhongyi in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3962
docs(godot): add Agones x Godot third party example by @andresromerodev in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3938
Link Unity Netcode for Gameobjects example in documentation by @mbychkowski in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3937
Docs: Use k8s-api-version for links by @markmandel in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3963

New Contributors

@Orza made their first contribution in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3895

Full Changelog: https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/compare/v1.42.0...v1.43.0

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.43.0

Make sure to add our stable helm repository using helm repo add agones https://agones.dev/chart/stable