v2.0.1

Below is the auto-generated changelog, which includes all PRs that went into the release.
For a shorter version that highlights only important changes, see CHANGELOG.md.

What's Changed

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Set proper IP family policy on NGINX LB Service (#3475) by @sjberman in #3476

📦 Helm Chart

• feat: Add helm values for cert-generator job pod placement by @baburciu in #3494
• Expose ability to configure cert generator Job ttlSecondsAfterFinished. Set default to 30s. by @ab-andresc in #3500
• feat: Add user-provided helm values for additional control plane service labels #3499 by @michasHL in #3501

📝 Documentation

• Add missing note from CHANGELOG (#3469) by @sjberman in #3474
• Add agent version to CHANGELOG template by @salonichf5 in #3490

⬆️ Dependencies

• Agent version update to v3.0.1 into release branch 2.0 by @salonichf5 in #3491

Full Changelog: v2.0.0...v2.0.1

v2.0.0

Below is the auto-generated changelog, which includes all PRs that went into the release.
For a shorter version that highlights only important changes, see CHANGELOG.md.

What's Changed

🚀 Features

• Listener Isolation for hostnames occupied by other listeners by @salonichf5 in #3067
• Allow configuration of NGINX Plus API access by @bjee19 in #3066
• Add regex matching for headers and query params for HTTPRoute and GRPCRoute by @salonichf5 in #3093
• Upgrade to NGINX Plus R34 by @sjberman in #3281
• Add support for RequestMirror filter by @sjberman in #3306
• Update Gateway API to v1.3.0 by @ciarams87 in #3348
• Support sending chunked files to agent by @sjberman in #3390
• Allow for provisioning NGINX as DaemonSet by @sjberman in #3397
• adding support for secrets for backendtlspolicy by @porthorian in #3084

💣 Breaking Changes

• Separate control plane and data plane; support multiple Gateways by @sjberman in #3318

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Modify listener isolation rules for routes by @salonichf5 in #3159
• De-duplicate base headers if specified by user by @sjberman in #3249
• Add 503 status code when there are zero upstream endpoints by @bjee19 in #3406
• Add fix to route parentRef internal logic by @bjee19 in #3418

📦 Helm Chart

• Update main for 1.6.1 release by @sjberman in #3129
• Add support for deployment labels to helm chart by @Butterneck in #3194
• Support provisioning of Gateway(s) in helm chart by @bjee19 in #3399
• Release 2.0.0 by @nginx-bot in #3439

🧪 Tests

• NFR Test Results for NGF version 1.6.0 by @nginx-bot in #3013
• Update main with 1.6.0 by @bjee19 in #3021
• move ks client reader to separated directory by @miledxz in #3018
• Add more details to release process by @bjee19 in #3031
• updated unit test files with logr.Discard by @KR411-prog in #3083
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.126.0 by @renovate in #3106, #3166, #3172, #3195, #3222, #3245, #3273, #3282, #3310, #3421
• Update curlimages/curl Docker tag to v8.13.0 by @renovate in #3127, #3290
• Update docker/dockerfile Docker tag to v1.16 by @renovate in #3156, #3309, #3394
• Update golang Docker tag to v1.24 by @renovate in #3128
• NFR Test Results for NGF version edge by @nginx-bot in #3079
• Update service labels in NFR tests by @sjberman in #3386
• Bulk delete namespaces in reconfiguration nfr test by @bjee19 in #3402
• Update directory structure by @sjberman in #3401
• Enable HTTP Mirror conformance tests by @salonichf5 in #3411
• Skip full upgrade test suite by @sjberman in #3427
• Cherry pick #3429 and #3431; longevity results and GKE annotation fix by @sjberman in #3437
• NFR Test Results for NGF version 2.0.0 by @nginx-bot in #3436

📝 Documentation

• Update from nginxinc to nginx (3) by @lucacome in #3000
• feat: Restructure how-to section layout, update frontmatter by @ADubhlaoich in #2991
• Remove documentation site and GitHub Action, update README references by @ADubhlaoich in #3047
• Update documentation step for the release process by @ADubhlaoich in #3158
• Update README with new NGINX forum by @sjberman in #3204
• Update README badge from slack to forum by @sjberman in #3297
• Update nginx Docker tag to v1.27.5 by @renovate in #3308
• Update README for nginx version by @sjberman in #3337

🔨 Maintenance

• Remove announce for slack by @lucacome in #3104
• Remove tools.go and require Go 1.24 by @sjberman in #3181
• Update main branch for 1.6.2 release by @sjberman in #3206
• Update golangci-lint to v2 by @sjberman in #3269
• Update Go to 1.24.2 by @ciarams87 in #3342
• Remove unnecessary step in build file by @bjee19 in #3361
• Update security workflows by @sjberman in #3373
• Add GKE router to nfr workflow by @bjee19 in #3392
• Update agent collector config by @sjberman in #3396
• Don't run Mend on fork by @sjberman in #3415
• Add actions to CodeQL to satisfy scanning by @sjberman in #3417

⬆️ Dependencies

75 changes

• Update module sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools to v0.18.0 by @renovate in #2962, #3123, #3285, #3367
• Update quay.io/helmpack/chart-testing Docker tag to v3.12.0 by @renovate in #3016
• Update stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action action to v5.2.0 by @renovate in #3007, #3312
• Update dependency helm/chart-testing to v3.12.0 by @renovate in #3014
• Update github/codeql-action action to v3.28.18 by @renovate in #3001, #3043, #3050, #3068, #3075, #3109, #3163, #3202, #3255, #3293, #3324, #3354, #3388
• Update module sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime to v0.21.0 by @renovate in #2993, #3029, #3051, #3138, #3203, #3262, #3403
• Update actions/upload-artifact action to v4.6.2 by @renovate in #3002, #3161, #3254
• Update reviewdog/action-actionlint action to v1.65.2 by @renovate in #3009, #3040, https://github.com/nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric/pull/...

v1.6.2

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For a shorter version that highlights only important changes, see CHANGELOG.md.

What's Changed

📦 Helm Chart

• Release 1.6.2 by @nginx-bot in #3205

⬆️ Dependencies

• Update golang.org/x/oauth2 (#3185) by @sjberman in #3197

Full Changelog: v1.6.1...v1.6.2

v1.6.1

Below is the auto-generated changelog, which includes all PRs that went into the release.
For a shorter version that highlights only important changes, see CHANGELOG.md.

What's Changed

📦 Helm Chart

• Release 1.6.1 by @nginx-bot in #3103

📝 Documentation

• Deploy docs for release 1.6.0 by @bjee19 in #3022

🔨 Maintenance

• Remove announce for slack (#3104) by @lucacome in #3105

⬆️ Dependencies

• Update nginx Docker tag to v1.27.4 (#3099) by @lucacome in #3102

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.6.1

v1.6.0

Below is the auto-generated changelog, which includes all PRs that went into the release.
For a shorter version that highlights only important changes, see CHANGELOG.md.

What's Changed

🚀 Features

• Use state file for updating N+ upstreams by @sjberman in #2897
• Add UpstreamSetttingsPolicy by @kate-osborn in #2941
• Add path field for RequestRedirect Filter by @salonichf5 in #2979
• Add validation to ensure no duplicate TargetRefs in policies by @bjee19 in #2998

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Update ObservabilityPolicy API to have minimum one target ref by @salonichf5 in #2753
• Fix: SnippetsFilter CRD missing from crd.yaml by @kate-osborn in #2821
• Use staging endpoint for n+ reporting in pipeline by @kate-osborn in #2885
• Write deployment context in init container by @kate-osborn in #2871
• Omit empty deployment context fields by @sjberman in #2903
• Fix rewrite path for ReplacePrefixMatch to parse request arguments correctly by @salonichf5 in #2951

📦 Helm Chart

• NGINX Plus R33 support by @sjberman in #2760
• Update release version in docs by @salonichf5 in #2787
• feat: Update docs configuration for new logo by @ADubhlaoich in #2867
• Update main with 1.5.1 by @lucacome in #2918
• Update references to new repo by @lucacome in #2983
• Update references to new repo (2) by @lucacome in #2985
• Release 1.6.0 by @nginx-bot in #3003

🧪 Tests

21 changes

• Update dependency golangci/golangci-lint to v1.62.0 by @renovate in #2765
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.110.0 by @renovate in #2792
• Fix longevity results filenames by @sjberman in #2807
• NFR Test Results for NGF version edge by @nginx-bot in #2779
• Update docker/dockerfile Docker tag to v1.12 by @renovate in #2831
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.110.3 by @renovate in #2825
• Enable and update endpoint for telemetry for longevity tests by @salonichf5 in #2824
• Add more unit tests for GRPCRoute by @sjberman in #2835
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.110.4 by @renovate in #2872
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.110.5 by @renovate in #2878
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.110.7 by @renovate in #2890
• Update curlimages/curl Docker tag to v8.11.1 by @renovate in #2891
• Move check for plus usage endpoint to test-with-plus target by @kate-osborn in #2902
• Move check for plus usage endpoint to correct spot by @kate-osborn in #2904
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.111.0 by @renovate in #2920
• Add missing variable in NFR script by @lucacome in #2927
• Update ghcr.io/nginxinc/kic-test-grpc-server Docker tag to v0.2.4 by @renovate in #2969
• Fix NFR upgrade tests with NGINX Plus by @sjberman in #2967
• Improve usage reporting in automated tests by @kate-osborn in #2971
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.111.1 by @renovate in #2982
• (cherry-pick) NFR Test Results for NGF version 1.6.0 (#3013) by @bjee19 in #3019

📝 Documentation

• Docs: remove () typo from troubleshooting doc by @nginx-aoife in #2803
• Clear up installation language by @sjberman in #2808
• Docs: Update support referencing support package tool by @mrajagopal in #2789
• feat: Update documentation action, bump version for local testing by @ADubhlaoich in #2820
• Remove the email support section from the NGF README file by @sindhushiv in #2823
• Update data/control plane split design by @sjberman in #2729
• Update split design with some clearer details by @sjberman in #2836
• Update nginx Docker tag to v1.27.3 by @renovate in #2827
• Update Gateway API version to 1.2.1 by @sjberman in #2868
• Update release process doc by @sjberman in #2876
• Add/clarify more data plane split design by @sjberman in #2973
• Fix getting started link in README by @sjberman in #2978
• Change Plus runner name by @lucacome in #2989
• Add guide for UpstreamSettingsPolicy by @kate-osborn in #2987
• Update from nginxinc to nginx (3) (#3000) by @lucacome in #3012
• (cherry-pick) Restructure how-to section layout, update frontmatter (#2991) by @bjee19 in #3020

🔨 Maintenance

• Skip plus tests on a fork by @sjberman in #2784
• Fix search and replace for imagePullPolicy by @lucacome in #2889
• Add PLUS_USAGE_ENDPOINT to NFR tests by @lucacome in #2916
• Add patch version to site/go.mod by @sjberman in #2934
• Fix conformance profile upload by @lucacome in #2932
• Fix small typo in test name by @bjee19 in #2981

⬆️ Dependencies

74 changes

• Update dependency goreleaser/goreleaser to v2.4.7 by @renovate in #2774
• Update module github.com/nginxinc/nginx-go-crossplane to v0.4.67 by @renovate in #2770
• Update opentelemetry-go monorepo to v1.32.0 by @renovate in #2763
• Update kindest/node Docker tag to v1.31.2 by @renovate in #2762
• Update vitest monorepo to ^2.1.5 by @renovate in #2772
• Update module github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 to v2.22.0 by @renovate in #2794
• Update github/codeql-action action to v3.27.5 by @renovate in #2775
• Update docker/metadata-action action to v5.6.1 by @renovate in #2785
• Update DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action action to v18 by @renovate in #2776
• Update codecov/codecov-action action to v5 by @renovate in #2777
• Update actions/dependency-review-action action to v4.5.0 by @renovate in #2793
• Update module github.com/nginxinc/nginx-go-crossplane to v0.4.68 by @renovate in #2791
• Update kubernetes packages to v0.31.3 by @renovate in #2790
• Update anchore/sbom-action action to v0.17.8 by @renovate in #2804
• Update anchore/scan-action action to v5.3.0 by @renovate in #2806
• Update module sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime to v0.19.2 by @renovate in #2805
• Update dependency goreleaser/goreleaser to v2.4.8 by @renovate in #2814
• Update pre-commit hook rbubley/mirrors-prettier to v3.4.1 by @renovate in #2833
• Update dependency golangci/golangci-lint to v1.62.2 by @renovate in https://github.com/nginx/ng...

v1.5.1

Below is the auto-generated changelog, which includes all PRs that went into the release.
For a shorter version that highlights only important changes, see CHANGELOG.md.

What's Changed

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Write deployment context in init container by @kate-osborn in #2905
• Use staging endpoint for N+ reporting in pipeline (#2885) by @kate-osborn in #2907
• Omit empty deployment context fields (#2903) by @sjberman in #2910

📦 Helm Chart

• (cherrypick) feat: Update docs configuration for new logo (#2867) by @ADubhlaoich in #2880
• Release 1.5.1 by @nginx-bot in #2915

🧪 Tests

• Move check for plus usage endpoint to test-with-plus target (#2902) (#2904) by @kate-osborn in #2908
• Update to 1.5.1 in missed files by @lucacome in #2917

📝 Documentation

• Deploy docs for release 1.5.0 by @salonichf5 in #2800
• Cherry pick recent documentation changes by @ADubhlaoich in #2815
• (cherry-pick) Update documentation action, bump version for local testing by @ADubhlaoich in #2834
• Update NGF version in getting started document by @salonichf5 in #2870

🔨 Maintenance

• Fix: SnippetsFilter CRD missing from crd.yaml by @kate-osborn in #2822
• Fix search and replace for imagePullPolicy (#2889) by @lucacome in #2909

Other Changes

• Skip plus tests on a fork (#2784) by @sjberman in #2816

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.5.1

v1.5.0

Below is the auto-generated changelog, which includes all PRs that went into the release.
For a shorter version that highlights only important changes, see CHANGELOG.md.

What's Changed

💣 Breaking Changes

• NGINX Plus R33 support (#2760) by @sjberman in #2783

🚀 Features

• Adds configuration to retain client IP information by @salonichf5 in #2284
• Support IP and Hostname trusted addresses by @sjberman in #2619
• Add configurable data plane log level by @bjee19 in #2603
• Add init container for setting up base config by @sjberman in #2649
• Add SnippetsFilter API by @sjberman in #2667
• Collect SnippetsFilter information by @bjee19 in #2677

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix graceful recovery tests by @kate-osborn in #2440
• Fix unit tests to avoid data race in pipelines by @salonichf5 in #2602
• Only set stream status zone if hostname exists by @sjberman in #2684
• Update backend group name with a prefix by @salonichf5 in #2730

📦 Helm Chart

• Add Helm schema by @lucacome in #2492
• Update dependency dadav/helm-schema to v0.14.1 by @renovate in #2628
• Feature/topology spread constraints by @Robsta86 in #2703
• Add loadbalancerIP as a helm parameter by @salonichf5 in #2766
• Add loadBalancerSourceRanges to helm parameters by @salonichf5 in #2773
• Release 1.5.0 by @nginx-bot in #2778

🧪 Tests

40 changes

• Reduce log verbosity by @sjberman in #2455
• Fix dependency name for OTEL collector by @lucacome in #2458
• Fix scale test errors caused by upstream server count by @bjee19 in #2439
• Update ghcr.io/nginxinc/kic-test-grpc-server Docker tag to v0.2.2 by @renovate in #2460
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.102.1 by @renovate in #2459
• Add fail-fast flag to ginkgo tests by @lucacome in #2389
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.103.0 by @renovate in #2482
• Test/add runtime manager tests by @miledxz in #2175
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.104.0 by @renovate in #2494
• Run tests in internal/mode/static/nginx/config in parallel (1) by @lucacome in #2493
• Clean up NFR test result formatting by @sjberman in #2505
• Add NginxGateway functional test by @bjee19 in #2486
• Update docker/dockerfile Docker tag to v1.10 by @renovate in #2531
• Update curlimages/curl Docker tag to v8.10.0 by @renovate in #2530
• Run tests in internal/mode/static/nginx/config in parallel (2) by @lucacome in #2533
• Run tests in internal/mode/static/state in parallel (1) by @lucacome in #2534
• Run tests in parallel by @lucacome in #2537
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.105.1 by @renovate in #2559
• NFR Test Results for NGF version edge by @nginx-bot in #2554
• Enable more linters by @lucacome in #2545
• Update curlimages/curl Docker tag to v8.10.1 by @renovate in #2576
• Enable more parallel tests by @lucacome in #2572
• Fix import shadowing and unchecked type assertions in test by @lucacome in #2574
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.106.0 by @renovate in #2583
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.106.1 by @renovate in #2590
• Fix unchecked type assertions by @lucacome in #2580
• Use go test as unit test runner by @sjberman in #2613
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.107.0 by @renovate in #2611
• Update ghcr.io/nginxinc/kic-test-grpc-server Docker tag to v0.2.3 by @renovate in #2615
• NFR Test Results for NGF version edge by @nginx-bot in #2633
• chore(deps): update helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.108.0 by @renovate in #2651
• Fix failing unit test by @sjberman in #2685
• Update ghcr.io/nginxinc/kic-test-grpc-server Docker tag to v0.2.3 by @renovate in #2670
• Lower upstream count for scale nfr test with nginx plus by @bjee19 in #2695
• NFR Test Results for NGF version edge by @nginx-bot in #2690
• Update docker/dockerfile Docker tag to v1.11 by @renovate in #2745
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.108.1 by @renovate in #2750
• Update curlimages/curl Docker tag to v8.11.0 by @renovate in #2755
• Update Helm release opentelemetry-collector to v0.109.0 by @renovate in #2757
• Longevity and NFR test results for NGF version 1.5.0 by @salonichf5 in #2771

📝 Documentation

31 changes

• Add guide for TLS Route in site by @sarthyparty in #2363
• NFR Test Results for NGF version 1.4.0 (#2413) by @sjberman in #2414
• Update troubleshooting doc for policy restriction by @sjberman in #2420
• Add longevity results for 1.4.0 by @sjberman in #2427
• Update release version and process doc by @sjberman in #2432
• Add CRD versioning developer doc by @sjberman in #2404
• Update README.md by @mpstefan in #2423
• Fix broken URLs in documentation by @nginx-aoife in #2474
• Update SnippetFilter validation rules in enhancement proposal by @kate-osborn in #2471
• Update documentation Makefile and README by @ADubhlaoich in #2507
• Update release process doc for auto-docs push by @sjberman in #2509
• Enhancement Proposal for UpstreamSettingsPolicy by @sjberman in #2489
• Use CLA GitHub Action by @lucacome in #2510
• Update OpenSSF badge by @lucacome in #2527
• Change validation in Duration type in CRDs and NGF by @bjee19 in #2525
• Remove extra endifs in docs Makefile by @bjee19 in #2543
• Add description for enabling experimental features by @bjee19 in #2546
• docs-fix-broken-url by @nginx-aoife in #2585
• Fix relative link in docs by @sjberman in #2596
• Use correct indentation in lifecyce examples by @Defrank in #2588
• Add crossplane framework for testing by @sjberman in #2522
• Docs: Fix broken redirect in usage-repor...

v1.4.0

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For a shorter version that highlights only important changes, see CHANGELOG.md.

What's Changed

🚀 Features

• Add provisional Enhancement Proposal-2035: Advanced NGINX Extensions by @pleshakov in #2039
• Collect ClientSettingsPolicy, ObservabilityPolicy, and NginxProxy count by @bjee19 in #2179
• Add possibility to provide custom pod annotations by @Robsta86 in #2250
• Add support for IPv6 by @salonichf5 in #2190
• Move Advanced NGINX Extensions proposal to Implementable by @pleshakov in #2201
• Add seccompProfile to Helm chart by @lucacome in #2323
• Rewrite Client IP Enhancement Proposal by @kate-osborn in #2329
• Add support for TLS Passthrough using TLSRoutes by @sarthyparty in #2356
• Add server zone metrics by @sjberman in #2360
• Support cross-namespace routing with TLSRoutes by @kate-osborn in #2379

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Remove sock files on nginx startup by @ciarams87 in #2131
• Replace TODO route condition with an Accepted/False condition by @kate-osborn in #2228
• Properly disable leader election by @sjberman in #2307
• Disallow route to attach to listener if not present in allowed routes. by @salonichf5 in #2314
• Check for ReferenceGrants from GRPCRoutes to Services by @kate-osborn in #2337
• Restrict policies to non-duplicate routes by @sjberman in #2318
• update upstreams to format ipv6 adddress for nginx plus by @salonichf5 in #2339

📦 Helm Chart

• Update docs for 1.3 release by @kate-osborn in #2125
• Allow resource allocation by @anwbtom in #2216
• Add Helm Chart examples by @lucacome in #2292
• Release 1.4.0 by @nginx-bot in #2411

📝 Documentation

36 changes

• Update release doc for conformance by @sjberman in #2123
• Fix error in uninstall gateway api resources doc by @kate-osborn in #2127
• Update GRPCRoute Core Support Level by @kate-osborn in #2142
• Add generate-all make target by @lucacome in #2122
• Fix tracing doc namespace by @sjberman in #2157
• Automate remaining graceful recovery tests by @bjee19 in #2140
• Add more linters by @lucacome in #2092
• Fix ObservabilityPolicy TargetRefs documentation by @pleshakov in #2202
• Update Troubleshooting guide by @salonichf5 in #2141
• fix: update kubectl exec syntax to remove deprecation warning by @aknot242 in #2218
• NFR Test Results for NGF version edge (Plus) by @nginx-bot in #2209
• Use doctoc to automatically generate TOCs by @lucacome in #2213
• Fix HTTP Response Headers document link by @ADubhlaoich in #2210
• Fix: include security note for JWT and password in history by @mjang in #2227
• Update Community Meeting Schedule in README by @kate-osborn in #2236
• Update Community Meeting Schedule to every Tuesday in README by @kate-osborn in #2239
• NFR Test Results for NGF version edge by @nginx-bot in #2229
• Add oss suffix to OSS tests results by @lucacome in #2261
• NFR Test Results for NGF version edge by @nginx-bot in #2262
• docs: adds info on setting up host network access by @fardarter in #2263
• Update documentation for style consistency by @ADubhlaoich in #2256
• Automate Zero Downtime Scale tests by @sjberman in #2259
• Fix: update support link to KB K000140156 by @mjang in #2289
• Update release process doc by @sjberman in #2291
• Use /usr/bin/env for scripts by @lucacome in #2315
• Remove steps no longer needed by @lucacome in #2324
• Add docs build and deploy github action by @sjberman in #2351
• Automate Reconfiguration Performance Test by @bjee19 in #2313
• NFR Test Results for NGF version edge by @nginx-bot in #2393
• Add high level doc for data plane config by @sjberman in #2378
• Add NGF telemetry data for TLSRoute by @bjee19 in #2387
• NFR Test Results for NGF version edge by @nginx-bot in #2408
• Add guide for TLS Route in site (#2363) by @kate-osborn in #2412
• NFR Test Results for NGF version 1.4.0 by @nginx-bot in #2413
• Update troubleshooting doc for policy restriction (#2420) by @sjberman in #2422
• (Cherry-pick) Add longevity results for 1.4.0 (#2427) by @sjberman in #2428

🧪 Tests

• Add options for chart version and add command output by @lucacome in #2332
• Print logs and events on test failure by @lucacome in #2347
• Add NGF build information to test results by @lucacome in #2353
• Run tests in cmd/ in parallel by @lucacome in #2361
• Run tests in internal/framework in parallel (1) by @lucacome in #2362
• Add teardown of NGF to start of reconfiguration performance test by @bjee19 in #2381
• Add NFR flag to NGF configuration on reconfiguration performance test by @bjee19 in #2391
• Run tests in internal/framework in parallel (2) by @lucacome in #2367

🧹 Tech debt

• Refacter code to use new ObjectType by @sarthyparty in #2121
• Remove unnecessary telemetry header by @salonichf5 in #2403

🔨 Maintenance

23 changes

• Fix conformance release upload by @sjberman in #2126
• Update stale.yml by @lucacome in #2155
• Use new wildcard feature in dependabot by @lucacome in #2174
• Run CI and Lint workflows on PRs to any branch by @lucacome in #2180
• Update CodeQL workflow by @lucacome in #2181
• Update Docker frontend and remove noisy summaries for tests by @lucacome in #2182
• Use yamllint action from reviewdog by @lucacome in #2186
• Group otel and k8s.io updates by @lucacome in #2200
• Upload Plus Docker images to GAR by @lucacome in #2192
• Add helm-docs to pre-commit by @lucacome in #2230
• Run NFR tests on 1st and 15th of every month by @lucacome in #2249
• Use separate clusters for Plus and OSS by @lucacome in #2253
• Truncate test result files by @lucacome in ht...

v1.3.0

Below is the auto-generated changelog, which includes all PRs that went into the release.
For a shorter version that highlights only important changes, see CHANGELOG.md.

What's Changed

🚀 Features

• Add ClientSettingsPolicy CRD by @kate-osborn in #1793
• Add NginxProxy CRD by @sjberman in #1815
• Add ObservabilityPolicy CRD by @sjberman in #1848
• Support NginxProxy CRD and global tracing settings by @sjberman in #1870
• GRPCRoute Support by @ciarams87 in #1835
• Add support for ResponseHeaderModifier for HTTPRouteRule objects by @salonichf5 and @kevin85421 in #1880
• Add request header filter support for gRPC by @ciarams87 in #1909
• Add field to NginxProxy to allow disabling HTTP2 by @ciarams87 in #1925
• Support response header filter for GRPCRoute by @ciarams87 in #1983
• Upgrade Gateway API to v1.1.0 by @ciarams87 in #1975
• Collect backendTLSPolicy and GRPCRoute Count by @salonichf5 in #1954
• Implement ClientSettingsPolicy by @kate-osborn in #1940
• Support tracing via the ObservabilityPolicy by @sjberman in #2004
• Run graceful recovery tests in pipeline by @salonichf5 in #2045

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix: Fix reload errors due long matching conditions by @salonichf5 in #1829
• Fix crdPath in automated tests when applying the crd directory by @bjee19 in #1890
• Fix httproute counts by @ciarams87 in #1922
• Remove zone size for invalid backend ref by @bjee19 in #1931
• Add directive for SSL Server block by @salonichf5 in #1934
• Fix rbac ServiceAccount imagePullSecrets template by @bjee19 in #1953
• Allow NGF to run on Openshift by @bjee19 in #1976
• Update secrets on resource version change only by @ciarams87 in #2047

📦 Helm Chart

• Move CRDs to config directory by @lucacome in #1798
• Update minimum k8s version to 1.25 by @lucacome in #1885
• Use kustomize to generate a single CRDs file by @lucacome in #1886
• Enable yamllint for Helm Chart and GitHub Actions by @lucacome in #2018
• Add minimum k8s version in Helm by @lucacome in #2025
• Add Gateway API CRDs to the repo with kustomize by @lucacome in #2011
• Use chart-testing to lint the Helm Chart by @lucacome in #2027
• Add custom annotations into GatewayClass and NginxGateway manifests by @sgavrylenko in #1993
• Use helm-docs to automatically generate Helm docs by @lucacome in #2058
• Release 1.3.0 by @nginx-bot in #2113

📝 Documentation

32 changes

• Update release docs in main branch by @sjberman in #1748
• Fix release notes link by @lucacome in #1752
• Mark old data plane proposal as Replaced by @sjberman in #1756
• Client Settings Policy Enhancement Proposal by @kate-osborn in #1692
• Update ClientSettingsPolicy future work section by @kate-osborn in #1785
• Gateway Settings Enhancement Proposal by @sjberman in #1776
• ObservabilityPolicy Enhancement Proposal by @sjberman in #1795
• Move the helm chart to charts by @lucacome in #1862
• Docs: add basic grpc example by @ciarams87 in #1905
• Update docs process in release-guide by @sjberman in #1928
• Fixing the 'pre-commit install' command in the quick start guide of the NGF by @sindhushiv in #1944
• Add documentation for nginx_reloads_milliseconds metrics by @salonichf5 in #1986
• Automate scale test by @pleshakov in #1926
• Move conformance tests to tests directory by @lucacome in #1969
• Add missing upstream remote command to quickstart guide by @sarthyparty in #2003
• Add functional tests for ClientSettingsPolicies by @kate-osborn in #2013
• Bump NGINX Plus to R32 by @lucacome in #2057
• Add tracing how-to guide by @sjberman in #2026
• Bump nginx from 1.25.5-alpine-otel to 1.27.0-alpine-otel in /build by @dependabot in #2063
• Extend troubleshooting doc by @sjberman in #2072
• Update release doc by @lucacome in #2082
• Add 1.3.0 zero-downtime-scaling test results by @sjberman in #2096
• Add manual Graceful recovery results for 1.3.0 by @ciarams87 in #2102
• NFR Test Results for NGF version 1.3.0 by @nginx-bot in #2107
• NFR Test Results for NGF version 1.3.0 (Plus) by @nginx-bot in #2110
• Add GRPCRoute to list of core Gateway APIs in architecture doc by @ciarams87 in #2103
• Add specific instruction for upgrading NGF from OSS to Plus by @ciarams87 in #2104
• Add how-to for ClientSettingsPolicy by @kate-osborn in #2071
• Add 1.3.0 longevity test results by @pleshakov in #2093
• Add 1.3 reconfig test results by @bjee19 in #2114
• Add overview of custom NGF policies by @kate-osborn in #2088
• Generate API docs by @lucacome in #1884

🧪 Tests

• Force conformance tests to fail properly by @sjberman in #1786
• Run functional and NFR tests with ginkgo by @lucacome in #1833
• Automate Graceful Recovery NFR by @bjee19 in #1832
• Get correct leader election holder ID in upgrade test by @ciarams87 in #1994
• Add NFR scale test to GitHub actions pipeline by @pleshakov in #2024
• Fix longevity test runs by @pleshakov in #2065
• Increase timeout for tracing test by @sjberman in #2068
• Fix GRPCRoute check in tests by @sjberman in #2100
• Add retries to tracing tests by @sjberman in #2101

🧹 Tech debt

• Add delete predicate for gateway class by @hckuo in #1696
• Refactor Status Updater to be resource agnostic by @pleshakov in #1814

🔨 Maintenance

• Add workaround for golangci-lint errors by @lucacome in #1751
• Fix permissions for Release PR workflow by @lucacome in #1797
• Add EditorConfig by @lucacome in #1849
• Remove replace no longer needed by @lucacome in #1900
• Fix conformance tests using cached binary by @lucacome in https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric...

v1.2.0

Below is the auto-generated changelog, which includes all PRs that went into the release.
For a shorter version that highlights only important changes, see CHANGELOG.md.

What's Changed

🚀 Features

• Maintain the order from the Gateway resource by @kevin85421 in #1324
• Add NGINX plus Dockerfile, add make command, add metrics by @ciarams87 in #1394
• Support for URL Rewrite filter by @sjberman in #1396
• Add telemetry job by @pleshakov in #1448
• Check resource generation when processing updates of some resources to skip config regeneration by @kevin85421 in #1422
• Expose NGINX Plus dashboard by @sjberman in #1488
• NGINX Plus: dynamic upstream reloads support by @sjberman in #1469
• helm: Add support to define nodeSelector for the NGINX Gateway Fabric pod. by @leandrocostam in #1531
• Add Telemetry collector structure with some collected resources by @bjee19 in #1497
• Add telemetry collection of deployment replica count by @bjee19 in #1551
• feat: Add BackendTLS Policy support by @ciarams87 in #1487
• Collects ClusterId for Telemetry Object Collector by @salonichf5 in #1565
• Add image source to telemetry data by @ciarams87 in #1600
• Add installed architecture to telemetry data by @sjberman in #1604
• feat: Add deploymentID to telemetry object collector by @salonichf5 in #1597
• Collect Deployment Flag Options by @bjee19 in #1578
• Integrate telemetry exporter by @pleshakov in #1656
• Collect Kubernetes distribution platform and version by @bjee19 in #1651
• Enable Production Endpoint for Product Telemetry by @pleshakov in #1699

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Prevent paths in HTTPRoute matches from conflicting with internal locations in NGINX by @salonichf5 in #1445
• Remove webhook validation code by @ciarams87 in #1590
• Move version in event handler by @ciarams87 in #1622
• Avoid unnecessary build of NGF by @pleshakov in #1681
• Disable sending telemetry in tests by @pleshakov in #1714
• Fix NFR upgrade test by @pleshakov in #1716
• Do not send telemetry data if failure in collection by @bjee19 in #1731

📦 Helm Chart

• Update documentation on main after 1.1 release by @kate-osborn in #1390
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools from 0.13.0 to 0.14.0 by @dependabot in #1461
• feat: Add docs to install Nginx Gateway Fabric with N+ by @salonichf5 in #1524
• Support NGINX Plus usage reporting by @sjberman in #1544
• Add flag to opt out of product telemetry by @sjberman in #1605
• Release 1.2.0 by @nginx-bot in #1742

📝 Documentation

46 changes

• Fix Gateway API Compatibility doc by @sjberman in #1402
• Results from re-run of longevity test by @ciarams87 in #1401
• Extend resource validation doc to include NGINX Gateway Fabric resources by @kate-osborn in #1399
• Add dataplane performance automated test by @ciarams87 in #1356
• Add ephemeral debugging guide by @kate-osborn in #1202
• Test automation: zero-downtime upgrades by @sjberman in #1438
• Add Helm Chart configuration table reference to installation guide by @ADubhlaoich in #1452
• Add a document about how to get support by @Jcahilltorre in #1388
• Update guidance and tooling for documentation by @ADubhlaoich in #1431
• Fix markdownlint in site by @lucacome in #1499
• Update N+ to R31 by @sjberman in #1501
• Add community meeting info to README.md by @mpstefan in #1503
• Reduce contextual use of "NGF" three letter acronym by @ADubhlaoich in #1516
• Build NGINX Plus images by @lucacome in #1477
• Update stale workflow by @lucacome in #1525
• Add plus to test suites by @ciarams87 in #1536
• Add release-note section in PR template by @lucacome in #1574
• Remove "build images" link from README by @sjberman in #1575
• Add more badges by @lucacome in #1587
• Update NGINX version in README by @sjberman in #1592
• chore: add NGF docs to catalog by @Jcahilltorre in #1599
• Fix typo in Gateway API compatibility doc by @kate-osborn in #1606
• Add NGINX bot by @lucacome in #1607
• Add Codecov by @lucacome in #1626
• Fix experimental feature flag name in docs and conformance makefile by @ciarams87 in #1624
• Add NGINX extensions enhancement proposal by @kate-osborn in #1567
• Bump Node to v20 and add .nvmrc by @lucacome in #1627
• Add NFR workflow by @ciarams87 in #1621
• NFR: Add convenience script and update workflow token by @ciarams87 in #1639
• Update community meeting schedule to every other Monday by @kate-osborn in #1650
• Add Grafana dashboard and installation steps by @sjberman in #1620
• Automate longevity test by @sjberman in #1657
• Automate functional test in the pipeline by @salonichf5 in #1634
• Add functional test for product telemetry by @pleshakov in #1659
• Product Telemetry collection document by @sjberman in #1614
• Graceful Recovery Results 1.2 by @kate-osborn in #1717
• Reconfig test results for 1.2.0 by @sjberman in #1718
• Remove broken Conformance badge from README by @sjberman in #1719
• NFR Test Results for NGF version 1.2.0 by @github-actions in #1723
• NFR Test Results for NGF version 1.2.0 (Plus) by @github-actions in #1724
• Added product telemetry performance test results by @pleshakov in #1727
• Update the docs to point to v1.1.0 by @lucacome in #1730
• Add scale test results for 1.2 by @kate-osborn in #1734
• Add longevity test results for 1.2.0 by @pleshakov in #1737
• Create Release PR workflow by @lucacome in #1732
• Add test results for zero downtime scaling by @salonichf5 in #1733

🧪 Tests

• Fix namespace for longevity cronjob by @sjberman in #1691
• Fix automated NFR issues with OSS vs Plus by @sjberman in #1721

🧹 Tech debt

• Namespace resources are...