From 8197f7d5a66a40f3a97b58ec4eb4d5bc978da922 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sylvain Bauza Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:17:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add Epoxy prelude section Shamelessly copied from the cycle highlights Change-Id: I9c949db80ad795d67e75c464eec6cc683e80f4af --- .../notes/epoxy-prelude-f164cc03b742cfc5.yaml | 47 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 releasenotes/notes/epoxy-prelude-f164cc03b742cfc5.yaml diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/epoxy-prelude-f164cc03b742cfc5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/epoxy-prelude-f164cc03b742cfc5.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f3c880f611 --- /dev/null +++ b/releasenotes/notes/epoxy-prelude-f164cc03b742cfc5.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +prelude: | + The OpenStack 2025.1 Epoxy (Nova 31.0.0) release includes many new features + and bug fixes. Please be sure to read the upgrade section which describes + the required actions to upgrade your cloud from 30.0.0 (2024.2) to 31.0.0 + (2025.1). + As a reminder, OpenStack 2025.1 is a `Skip-Level-Upgrade Release`__ + (starting from now, we name it a `SLURP release`) meaning that you can + do rolling-upgrades from 2024.1 Caracal directly by skipping to upgrade to + 2024.2 Dalmatian release. + + .. __: https://governance.openstack.org/tc/resolutions/20220210-release-cadence-adjustment.html + + There are a few major changes worth mentioning. This is not an exhaustive + list: + + - The latest Compute API microversion supported for 2024.2 is `v2.100`__. + + .. __: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/reference/api-microversion-history.html#maximum-in-2025-1-epoxy + + - New kernel vfio-PCI variant drivers like nvidia GRID on Ubuntu 24.04 are + now supported by our PCI passthrough feature. You can create instances + using those specific PCI devices but also live migrate them. + + - Manila shares can now be directly attached to instances by a new Nova + shares API. + + - A new ImagePropertiesWeigher is able to spread or pack instances using the + same image properties. + + - The nova-scheduler service now does leader election in an attempt to have + only one run host discovery periodically (if configured) instead of all + of them running it all the time in parallel. + + - Image properties and scheduler hints are now returned as part of the + instance show API response. + + - Nova added support for the IGB VIF model. + + - Unified limits are no longer experimental since we added a nova-manage tool + for migrating existing quota limits to Keystone automatically and given + we added new configuration options for telling which resource classes + are either required or ignored. + + - Nova now supports a new console type called `spice-direct`  if you define + a specific SPICE protocol native proxy URL (eg. a kerbside URL). Direct + SPICE VDI consoles enable a much richer virtual desktop experience.