Release Flagger 1.45.0

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

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

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

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:
 

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

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"