GoogleForGames/agones: Release v1.44.0

Name: agones

Release: v1.44.0

Released: 2024-10-08

Release Assets:

This is the 1.44.0 release of Agones.

In this release, we have added beta support for Extended Duration Pods on GKE Autopilot, improved the Minikube documentation for running Agones, and updated the Helm and Fleet Autoscaler documentation. Additionally, we've upgraded the versions of Go and gRPC for improved performance and security.

Beta Support for Extended Duration Pods on GKE Autopilot: The GKEAutopilotExtendedDuration feature has progressed to beta in this release and is now enabled by default.
Documentation Enhancement for Setting Up Agones on Minikube with Docker on Windows: We have updated the instructions for running Agones on Minikube using the Docker driver on Windows. This update includes simple steps for publishing ports, making it easy to connect to GameServers without any extra setup.
Documentation Updates for Agones component Host Network Support: The documentation now includes Helm fields for enabling extensions components to use the host network and configure ports on EKS. For more details, please refer to our Helm and EKS guides.
Documentation Update for Fleet Autoscaler: Added documentation on schedule and chain policy features to optimize game server Fleet Autoscaler.
Updated Versions Go v1.22.6 and gRPC v1.65.0 Now Live: We have upgraded to Go v1.22.6 and gRPC v1.65.0, which bring enhanced performance and crucial security updates.

What's Changed

Implemented enhancements

Unreal SDK - Added counters to unreal sdk by @GloryOfNight in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3935
Unreal SDK - Add Support for GameServer Status Addresses by @KAllan357 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3932
Updates upgrade test to install multiple versions of Agones on a cluster in succession by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3982
Adds game server template with containerized sdk-client-test by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3987
Adds clusters for the in place upgrades tests by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3990
Test in place upgrades run tests by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3991
Move Feature GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods To Beta by @kamaljeeti in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/4006

Fixed bugs

fix: remove bad character from metrics markdown by @code-eg in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3981
Updating UpdateList to update the values on a list by @chrisfoster121 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3899
Cleanup Patch Sidecar Logging by @markmandel in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3973
Refactor metrics registry exporter by @kamaljeeti in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3989
Fix the build-e2e error by @gongmax in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/4009
Add a flag to sdkserver to avoid a collision on port 8080 by @KAllan357 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/4010

Other

Update the note at the top of the player tracking docs by @roberthbailey in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3974
Adds schedule and chain policy to fleetautoscaler documentation by @indexjoseph in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3934
Improve documentation to run performance script by @vicentefb in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3948
Preparation for Release v1.44.0 by @kamaljeeti in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3975
Add instructions for running Agones on Minikube with the Windows Docker driver by @brightestpixel in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3965
Use Markdown when use k8s-api-version variable by @peterzhongyi in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3964
Refactor Terraform by @kamaljeeti in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3958
Created performance cluster 1.29 by @ashutosji in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3986
Adding missing documentation about: add option for extensions components to use host network and configure ports by @Orza in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3912
fix: correct misspelled metric in docs by @antiphp in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3999
Add finalizer name change to create gameserver example by @indexjoseph in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/4005
Formatting code with gofmt by @cuishuang in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/4000
Add 'Trace' to LogLevel in GameServer.Spec.SdkServer by @0xaravindh in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3995
Upgrade to Golang Version 1.22.6 and Golangci lint version v1.61.0 by @0xaravindh in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3988
Update the go version upgrade template by @gongmax in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/4011

New Contributors

@GloryOfNight made their first contribution in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3935
@brightestpixel made their first contribution in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3965
@code-eg made their first contribution in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3981
@chrisfoster121 made their first contribution in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3899
@cuishuang made their first contribution in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/4000
@0xaravindh made their first contribution in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3995

Full Changelog: https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/compare/v1.43.0...v1.44.0

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.44.0

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