NVIDIA/k8s-launch-kit v26.4.0-beta.9

v26.4.0-beta.9

Repository: NVIDIA/k8s-launch-kit

Tag: v26.4.0-beta.9

Published: 2026-05-24T17:30:00Z

Prerelease: no

Release notes:

What's Changed

• Always deploy NicInterfaceNameTemplate when the flag is set by @almaslennikov in https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-launch-kit/pull/61
• Fix discover's kubeconfig fallback and namespace-probe logging by @almaslennikov in https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-launch-kit/pull/63
• beta.9 release by @almaslennikov in https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-launch-kit/pull/64
• Connectivity test by @almaslennikov in https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-launch-kit/pull/65
• Validation improvements by @almaslennikov in https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-launch-kit/pull/66
• discover: self-contained NIC daemon bootstrap, no Network Operator needed by @almaslennikov in https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-launch-kit/pull/67
• validate: gate PF section-header tint on actual conflict by @almaslennikov in https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-launch-kit/pull/68
• deploy: install Network Operator helm chart in-process with preflight drift checks by @almaslennikov in https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-launch-kit/pull/69

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-launch-kit/compare/v26.4.0-beta.7...v26.4.0-beta.9

Changelog

Other Changes

• 160ef51844ddf9d6e9fd0ec8b4990e4a56bbc3b0: Always deploy NicInterfaceNameTemplate when the flag is set (@almaslennikov)
• 3c9f2b7b5e880238bc99feb4f154d3892a761b0f: Brew formula update for l8k version v26.4.0 (@invalid-email-address)
• 9f2b11b4dbc7bac45649dc3b41740b38aded41cb: Brew formula update for l8k version v26.4.0 (@invalid-email-address)
• 15cfd6782b6c42d8c5a89e5ca0c09b991791e01e: Brew formula update for l8k version v26.4.0-beta.7 (@invalid-email-address)
• d6b8e31eb52112ea0189f2722634f69b6f9bffe1: Brew formula update for l8k version v26.4.0-beta.9 (@invalid-email-address)
• a6bf190a2e190591254cdab78843f7029f328d45: Brew formula update for l8k version v26.4.0-beta.9 (@invalid-email-address)
• dd506712f6bc09f6474b847cfdd63362c37b6d9a: Connectivity matrix + registry-backed validate (l8k validate --connectivity) (@almaslennikov)
• fc9a9927c3cfcbb6dd6b9f22941b150df91e0fbc: Fix discover's kubeconfig fallback and namespace-probe logging (@almaslennikov)
• b81467393c077cdd0e2b770d6a223523c48093db: Merge pull request #61 from NVIDIA/nicinterfacename (@almaslennikov)
• c54f8cab1e275799c73c1ace87d6c536f363c3f2: Merge pull request #63 from NVIDIA/bugfixes (@almaslennikov)
• 61d27411ba1bde4138cf8bd883954d2ca2c257e4: Merge pull request #64 from NVIDIA/pre-release (@almaslennikov)
• 86de8ce317669c44dfcd225a0db7301843391715: Merge pull request #65 from NVIDIA/connectivity-test (@almaslennikov)
• b5f17fcba90d2f6c22fd9af15afa5c1e7e3e08a5: Merge pull request #66 from NVIDIA/validation-improvements (@almaslennikov)
• 91d39528d2e672b2329da2a16bacaf167e5f008b: Merge pull request #67 from NVIDIA/nicconfig-daemon-discover (@almaslennikov)
• 4d7970490e723677f5e9bc269e192576e30966df: Merge pull request #68 from NVIDIA/highlight-fix (@almaslennikov)
• bc63a2020543d8d417c143f895436900d0ed18e5: Merge pull request #69 from NVIDIA/helm-chart-install (@almaslennikov)
• 4ebb9af926b8e79e7962b5d1c24ebdf76391e087: Per-Kind validator registry + four-phase deploy state machine (@almaslennikov)
• 4ec72b7146a047d063e616cccd00ee93d19984db: Phase 3: HTML validation report (l8k validate --report-path) (@almaslennikov)
• 5d25f1280dfc1e81f118aadea49a1ed1e01147ab: beta.9 release (@almaslennikov)
• 1e86910bb97d1715b168c804fc0a31c90ba70d2b: connectivity: scaffolding for rping + ib_write_bw matrix tests (@almaslennikov)
• 41c6dcb98c511036537e0e25f406ab76d24949bb: connectivity: wire RDMA stages into RunMatrix + per-kind matrix grids (@almaslennikov)
• aa48c78313d7d861099dec51317595d040126bfc: crstate/sriov: numVfs mismatch is in-progress, not error (@almaslennikov)
• c998fa20e46d60e7a9e815c53dedb46b6ec8c680: deploy: gate readiness on controller observation after apply (@almaslennikov)
• 7c38943509385cb0a55cf7511aca8b1a17c8a9cf: deploy: install Network Operator helm chart in-process with preflight drift checks (@almaslennikov)
• 9b9b5bcee352bce7896d7947e7060afa308a5828: deploy: rename --validate flag to --test-connectivity (@almaslennikov)
• dabeb54078e80e0e0b9695af7a5ca4167bfe6ee1: deploy: skip observation gate when validator reads companion CRs (@almaslennikov)
• 5f79c3de8eabe389d72135ab2a1406d538920afd: discover: self-contained NIC daemon bootstrap, no Network Operator needed (@almaslennikov)
• cf1835b00daddca15ef653e23f751b968e65917c: discovery: fabric probe falls back to /host/sys when /sys is empty (@almaslennikov)
• 87ca811a225160c1fa89cebd748c7d416c7b08f2: discovery: fabric probe reads only link_layer, no ACTIVE requirement (@almaslennikov)
• 66c6b18865ce34a43677e672aede6a2b26ff89be: macvlan-rdma-shared: inherit master PF MTU (mtu: 0) (@almaslennikov)
• 29ec48efdf7e7f42ef5afc092781c28346fc83a2: profiles: switch example DS image to nvcr.io/nvidia/doca:3.3.0-full-rt-host (@almaslennikov)
• bf9e76408daac89f9df9139abe3eb4e4af341979: report: Details / Live YAML drop down full table width (@almaslennikov)
• 1d2467c327d5ea8f3986562b26e46001329688f7: use latest stable release as default (@almaslennikov)
• 5dde5e14670a12dd62f8b56aa46c3ce35d89759e: validate: PASS/FAIL banner + per-group preset-match cross-check (@almaslennikov)
• b9a957598aa13f7024ceb88d2fd5451cfe98fb3e: validate: RDMA-only matrix, validation-report rename, non-blocking (@almaslennikov)
• d3678abd10d551b73c3053b8355dad8932f9f47e: validate: cross-check NCP/NNP component versions + always emit report (@almaslennikov)
• 42e6b705791e604d9034693344e305db2b8448a2: validate: gate PF section-header tint on actual conflict (@almaslennikov)
• 178d3ed029798755d37c270e6f3b899a8ed35f48: validate: render platform-topology mismatches as paired Actual / Expected PF tables (@almaslennikov)