From a8d587a78555b2df6680b3dbaa23db0ec3c46f99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sanskar Jaiswal <jaiswalsanskar078@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:30:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Release Flagger 1.45.0

Signed-off-by: Sanskar Jaiswal <jaiswalsanskar078@gmail.com>
---
 CHANGELOG.md                              | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 artifacts/flagger/deployment.yaml         |  2 +-
 charts/flagger/Chart.yaml                 |  4 ++--
 charts/flagger/values.yaml                |  2 +-
 kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml |  2 +-
 pkg/version/version.go                    |  2 +-
 6 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 455dfaf19..5d7848f1c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,31 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## 1.45.0
+
+**Release date:** 2026-08-11
+
+This release comes with a new Azure Monitor Workspace metrics provider,
+improvements to service reconciliation, and fixes for custom External Metrics
+provider authentication.
+
+Additionally, a bug which made port discovery incompatible with Linkerd has
+been fixed.
+
+#### Improvements
+- Add Azure Monitor Workspace metrics provider
+  [#1954](https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/pull/1954)
+- Exclude Linkerd proxy sidecar ports from workload port discovery
+  [#1955](https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/pull/1955)
+- Update Go dependencies
+  [#1958](https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/pull/1958)
+
+#### Fixes
+- Reconcile Kubernetes Service trafficDistribution updates
+  [#1943](https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/pull/1943)
+- Build clean externalmetrics client config for custom provider addresses
+  [#1957](https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/pull/1957)
+
 ## 1.44.0
 
 **Release date:** 2026-07-14
diff --git a/artifacts/flagger/deployment.yaml b/artifacts/flagger/deployment.yaml
index 0fdb3b194..dcacd6639 100644
--- a/artifacts/flagger/deployment.yaml
+++ b/artifacts/flagger/deployment.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: flagger
       containers:
       - name: flagger
-        image: ghcr.io/fluxcd/flagger:1.44.0
+        image: ghcr.io/fluxcd/flagger:1.45.0
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         ports:
         - name: http
diff --git a/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml b/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml
index abeed1b21..3624578d5 100644
--- a/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: flagger
-version: 1.44.0
-appVersion: 1.44.0
+version: 1.45.0
+appVersion: 1.45.0
 kubeVersion: ">=1.19.0-0"
 engine: gotpl
 description: Flagger is a progressive delivery operator for Kubernetes
diff --git a/charts/flagger/values.yaml b/charts/flagger/values.yaml
index 3e8e0416a..1f34320e7 100644
--- a/charts/flagger/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/flagger/values.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/fluxcd/flagger
-  tag: 1.44.0
+  tag: 1.45.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   pullSecret:
 
diff --git a/kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml
index 8a9488102..eca11bfaf 100644
--- a/kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ resources:
 images:
   - name: ghcr.io/fluxcd/flagger
     newName: ghcr.io/fluxcd/flagger
-    newTag: 1.44.0
+    newTag: 1.45.0
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index 6a31e6891..496b9ae6a 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package version
 
-var VERSION = "1.44.0"
+var VERSION = "1.45.0"
 var REVISION = "unknown"