Ceph-CSI v3.12.3 Release

What's Changed

• revert: prepare for 3.12.2 release by @Madhu-1 in #4823
• Prevent dataloss due to the concurrent RPC calls (occurrence is very low) (backport #4970) by @mergify in #4972
• ci: prepare for 3.12.3 release by @Madhu-1 in #4975

Full Changelog: v3.12.2...v3.12.3

v3.12.2

What's Changed

• helm: Always add nodes read permissions to provisioner ClusterRole (backport #4798) by @mergify in #4810
• rbd: add a check for CSI pv (backport #4808) by @mergify in #4812
• helm: remove kube version check (backport #4817) by @mergify in #4818
• build: prepare for 3.12.2 release by @Madhu-1 in #4822

Full Changelog: v3.12.1...v3.12.2

Ceph-CSI v3.12.1 Release

What's Changed

Important Note: Users using topology-aware provisioning are now required to set the set TopologyConstrainedPools: <...> and volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer in the StorageClass and to configure the --domainlabels flag in the RBD nodeplugin. Refer to #4790 for more information.

• revert: changes for canary image for release-3.12 branch by @Madhu-1 in #4772
• helm: don't specify default topology domainlabels in rbd chart (backport #4776) by @mergify in #4778
• build: Use Go v1.22.5 (backport #4786) by @mergify in #4792
• rbd: add immediate topology flag (backport #4790) by @mergify in #4793
• rbd: add image size in toSnapshot (backport #4791) by @mergify in #4795
• deploy: update templates to v3.12.1 by @Rakshith-R in #4783

Full Changelog: v3.12.0...v3.12.1

v3.12.0

3.12.0 release notes

Important Note: Users are requested to use Ceph CSI v3.12.1 instead.

We are excited to announce another release of Ceph CSI, v3.12.0. This is another significant step towards using enhanced Container Storage Interface (CSI) features with Ceph Cluster in the backend. With this release, we are introducing many brand-new features and enhancements to the Ceph CSI driver. Here are the changelog/release highlights.

Changelog and Highlights:

Features

Deployment

• deploy: podSecurityContexts can be configured for ceph-csi-cephfs chart in PR.
• deploy: podSecurityContexts can be configured for ceph-csi-rbd chart in PR
• deploy: instanceID can be optionally configured for ceph-csi charts in PR
• deploy: radosNamespaceCephFS can be configured for ceph-csi-cephfs chart in PR

RBD

• rbd: add support for flattenMode option for replication in PR

CephFS

• cephfs: support omap data store in radosnamespace via cli argument in PR

Ceph distribution update

• build: update ceph release to squid in PR
• build: CentOS Stream 9 is used as OS in the container-images PR

What's Changed

CephFS

• cephfs: Add volumesnapshotclass for external-storage by @Madhu-1 in #4541
• cephfs: Avoid hanging lock in volume mutex lock by @Sunnatillo in #4725
• cephfs: close dir by @testwill in #4631
• cephfs: correct the id for cephfs locks by @NymanRobin in #4731
• cephfs: upgrade fscrypt version to fix concurrency issue by @NymanRobin in #4609

RBD

• Implement EncryptionKeyRotation spec by @black-dragon74 in #4690
• rbd: add backend support for VolumeGroup operations by @nixpanic in #4719
• rbd: add ParentInTrash parameter in rbdImage struct by @Rakshith-R in #4522
• rbd: add support for flattenMode option for replication by @Rakshith-R in #4678
• rbd: add VolumeGroup.ModifyVolumeGroupMembership CSI-Addons operation by @nixpanic in #4729
• rbd: add volume locks for reclaimspace operations by @iPraveenParihar in #4641
• rbd: base implementation for CSI-Addons VolumeGroup by @nixpanic in #4707
• rbd: implement CSI-Addons ControllerGetVolumeGroup operation by @nixpanic in #4733
• RBD: improvments to existing code to better align with volumegroup by @Madhu-1 in #4743
• rbd: make CreateVolumeGroup more idempotent by @nixpanic in #4730
• rbd: pre-work for VolumeGroup support by @nixpanic in #4701
• rbd: refactor mirroring to work with volume and volumegroup by @Madhu-1 in #4720
• rbd: remove topologyConstrainedPools parameter by @iPraveenParihar in #4499
• rbd: use internal as default error code in getGRPCError() by @Rakshith-R in #4671
• rbd: use ioctx locks for key rotation by @black-dragon74 in #4734

Continuous Integration and Testing

• ci: add more tests for cephfs external test by @Madhu-1 in #4568
• ci: add test for uncommitted changes in deploy directory by @Nikhil-Ladha in #4759
• ci: do not add the ok-to-test label if there is a conflict by @nixpanic in #4557
• ci: do not require Kubernetes 1.26 tests for the devel branch by @nixpanic in #4578
• ci: install ruby-devel in test container by @Madhu-1 in #4622
• ci: prevent breakage when including certain commands in the PR by @nixpanic in #4751
• ci: prevent incorrect pattern matching for skipping ci command by @nixpanic in #4754
• ci: remove feature gates by @Madhu-1 in #4766
• ci: remove k8s 1.30 tests check by @iPraveenParihar in #4647
• CI: remove used rules from mergify config file by @Madhu-1 in #4533
• ci: run snapshot tests and expand tests by @Madhu-1 in #4545
• ci: update centos stream 8 baseurl by @iPraveenParihar in #4658
• ci: Update golangci lint and helm version by @Madhu-1 in #4539
• ci: update PR-commenter and Mergify for Kubernertes 1.26/1.30 by @nixpanic in #4589
• ci: upgrade_version update by @karthik-us in #4537
• ci: use latest Fedora container-image by @nixpanic in #4745
• ci: Use temporary directory for unit tests by @mayankpall in #4626
• e2e: retry when a pod does not have a host assigned (yet) by @nixpanic in #4669

Deployment

• deploy: configurable podSecurityContexts in ceph-csi-cephfs chart by @1602077 in #4664
• deploy: configurable podSecurityContexts in ceph-csi-rbd by @1602077 in #4668
• deploy: setting RequiredDropCapabilities to ALL for ceph-csi scc by @ShravaniVangur in #4767
• helm: add cli argument instanceid by @zerotens in #4666

Documentation

• doc: add release note for flattenMode option by @Rakshith-R in #4737
• doc: inform users that the OS in the container-image is updated by @nixpanic in #4744
• doc: Remove podSecurityPolicy from helm docs by @black-dragon74 in #4746
• doc: reset PendingReleaseNotes.md to v3.12.0 by @Rakshith-R in #4670
• docs: proposal for providing PV key rotation by @black-dragon74 in #4655
• doc: update coding guideline to suggest to place local imports last by @nixpanic in #4721
• doc: update dev standup day to Monday by @Rakshith-R in #4696
• Fix the Slack invite link on the README by @tullis in #4621
• helm: fix typo in document by @Madhu-1 in #4718

Journaling

• journal: fix empty csiCreationTimeKey value by @iPraveenParihar in #4755
• journal: store CreationTime for VolumeGroups by @nixpanic in #4753
• journal: Update group journal to accomudate rbd group by @Madhu-1 in #4687

Build and Cleanups

• build: include MirrorDaemonCount in the ConfigMap API by @nixpanic in #4577
• build: prepare of 3.12.0 by @Madhu-1 in #4770
• build: prevent "Operation not supported" failures while extracting Golang in CI jobs by @nixpanic in #4584
• build: update ceph image and rook version by @Madhu-1 in #4736
• build: use Go 1.21.9 to include latest security fixes by @nixpanic in #4554
• build: use Go 1.22 by @nixpanic in #4593
• cleanup: client cert decoding is not required by @iPraveenParihar in #4558
• cleanup: destroy connections after .Copy() an other one by @nixpanic in #4524
• cleanup: incorrect fuserecovery logging by @iPraveenParihar in #4598
• cleanup: remove global CSIInstanceID and pass configured value instead by @nixpanic in #4747
• cleanup: rename EncryptionTypeString() to EncryptionType.String() by @nixpanic in #4525

Updates of dependencies

• csiaddons: update csi-addons spec by @Madhu-1 in #4692
• deploy: update CSI sidecar driver-registrar to v2.11.1 by @iPraveenParihar in #4717
• deploy: update CSI sidecars to latest versions available by @iPraveenParihar in #4573
• deploy: update CSI sidecars to latest versions available by @iPraveenParihar in #4660
• rebase: bump github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity from 1.5.1 to 1.6.0 by @dependabot in #4676
• rebase: bump github.com/ceph/go-ceph from 0.26.1-0.20240319113421-755481f8c243 to 0.27.0 by @dependabot in #4560
• rebase: bump github.com/ceph/go-ceph from 0.27.0 to 0.28.0 by @dependabot in #4685
• rebase: Bump github.com/c...

v3.11.0

3.11.0 release notes

We are excited to announce another release of Ceph CSI, v3.11.0. This is another significant step towards using enhanced Container Storage Interface (CSI) features with Ceph Cluster in the backend. With this release, we are introducing many brand-new features and enhancements to the Ceph CSI driver. Here are the changelog/release highlights.

Changelog and Highlights:

Features

RBD

• kms: added Azure Key Vault as a supported KMS by @iPraveenParihar in #4455

CephFS

• cephfs: add support for encryption in ceph-csi-cephfs chart by @NymanRobin in #4504
• kms: added Azure Key Vault as a supported KMS by @iPraveenParihar in #4455

Enhancements

• rebase: all the dependencies have been updated to latest available release.
• rbd: log sitestatuses and description by @yati1998 in #4431
• rbd: make pool optional in rbd sc if topologyconstraints are present by @parth-gr in #4459
• rbd: free snapshot resources after allocation by @nixpanic in #4514
• added permission to get nodes for rbd by @nemcikjan in #4302
• cleanup: simplify rbdGetDeviceList() by @nixpanic in #4364
• cephfs: make fsName as optional for static PVC by @Madhu-1 in #4372
• cephfs: do not run modprobe if support is compiled into the kernel by @nixpanic in #4378
• kms: refactor functions to accept a context parameter by @iPraveenParihar in #4477
• util: Add helper functions for GroupController by @Madhu-1 in #4417
• util: log repication RequestID by @Madhu-1 in #4429
• deploy: use release repository for csi-resizer by @sebhoss in #4319
• deploy: added json field tags for csi config map by @iPraveenParihar in #4329
• helm: align seLinuxMount option w/ deploy folder by @sebhoss in #4346
• deploy: update csi sidecars to latest versions by @riya-singhal31 in #4352
• deploy: update CSI sidecars to latest versions available by @iPraveenParihar in #4420
• deploy: make the csi-*plugin containers the default for kubectl commands by @nixpanic in #4434
• cleanup: simplify rbdGetDeviceList() by @nixpanic in #4364
• cleanup: use real version for k8s.io/pod-security-admission instead of v0.0.0 by @nixpanic in #4483
• cleanup: don't return an internal type from VolumeGroupJournal.Connect() by @nixpanic in #4491
• cleanup: correct typo in NewCSIVolumeroupJournal() function by @nixpanic in #4495
• cleanup: do not pass EncodingVersion to GenerateVolID() by @nixpanic in #4498
• cleanup: use standard Golang "slices" instead of k8s package by @nixpanic in #4521
• api: add CSIProvisionerRBAC functions for the NFS-provisioner by @nixpanic in #4395
• build: use Go 1.21.5 by @nixpanic in #4332

Bug Fixes

• deploy: use release repository for csi-resizer by @sebhoss in #4319

E2E

• e2e: address regression in NFS deployment by @nixpanic in #4500

CI

• ci: update pr-commentor and mergify rules for v3.10 by @Rakshith-R in #4293
• ci: allow Mergify to merge PRs that modify the mergify configuration by @nixpanic in #4294
• ci: the release-v3.10 branch needs Kubernetes 1.28 jobs by @nixpanic in #4295
• ci: Change upgrade version by @karthik-us in #4301
• ci: update Mergify config for automatic merging of backports to 3.10 by @nixpanic in #4308
• ci: Update the upgrade_version by @karthik-us in #4338
• ci: update github actions for k8s-1.29 by @riya-singhal31 in #4354
• ci: update the upgrade_version by @karthik-us in #4424
• ci: update mergify rules for kubernetes 1.29 by @riya-singhal31 in #4355
• ci: update install-snapshot script to deploy newer version of snapshotter by @Madhu-1 in #4438
• ci: update the mergify rule to exclude k8s 1.25 by @yati1998 in #4452

Documentation

• doc: add Go API documentation index files for storage backends by @nixpanic in #4377
• doc: Update README.md with slack invite and channel links by @switchboardOp in #4405
• doc: Update capabilities readme to solve to open permissions in it by @dragoangel in #4469
• doc: csi driver object options by @iPraveenParihar in #4527
• doc : modify README and upgrade docs for v3.11.0 by @Rakshith-R in #4528

New Contributors

• @nemcikjan made their first contribution in #4302
• @sebhoss made their first contribution in #4319
• @maximus13th made their first contribution in #4363
• @switchboardOp made their first contribution in #4405
• @mgfritch made their first contribution in #4464
• @dragoangel made their first contribution in #4475
• @muxuelanKK made their first contribution in #4291
• @NymanRobin made their first contribution in #4504
• @parth-gr made their first contribution in #4459

Full Changelog: v3.10.2...v3.11.0

Thanks to the fantastic Ceph CSI community for this great release 👍 🎉

Ceph-CSI v3.10.2 Release

What's Changed

• helm: align seLinuxMount option w/ deploy folder (backport #4346) by @mergify in #4358
• cephfs: do not run modprobe if support is compiled into the kernel (backport #4378) by @mergify in #4381
• cephfs: make fsName as optional for static PVC (backport #4372) by @mergify in #4409

Full Changelog: v3.10.1...v3.10.2

Ceph-CSI v3.10.1 Release

What's Changed

• revert: revert to 3.10-canary by @Rakshith-R in #4296
• helm: add default false value for --enable-read-affinity (backport #4298) by @mergify in #4307
• added permission to get nodes for rbd (backport #4302) by @mergify in #4310
• cephfs: fix network fencing admin id (backport #4316) by @mergify in #4318
• deploy: use release repository for csi-resizer (backport #4319) by @mergify in #4320
• build: create /etc/selinux/config in case it is missing by @nixpanic in #4335
• cephFS: fix fetchIP to support more formats (backport #4321) by @mergify in #4333
• deploy: update templates to v3.10.1 by @riya-singhal31 in #4336

Full Changelog: v3.10.0...v3.10.1

Ceph-CSI v3.10.0 Release

3.10.0 release notes

We are excited to announce another feature-packed release of Ceph CSI, v3.10.0. This is another significant step towards using enhanced Container Storage Interface (CSI) features with Ceph Cluster in the backend. With this release, we are introducing many brand-new features and enhancements to the Ceph CSI driver. Here are the changelog/release highlights.

Changelog and Highlights:

Features

RBD

• deploy: support for read affinity options per cluster by @iPraveenParihar in #4165

CephFS

• cephfs: Add support to create RWX PVC from ROX PVC by @Madhu-1 in #4094
• cephfs: enable read affinity by @iPraveenParihar in #4153
• deploy: support for read affinity options per cluster by @iPraveenParihar in #4165
• cephfs: kernel and fuse mount options per cluster by @iPraveenParihar in #4245

NFS

• nfs: add support for clients in the StorageClass by @spuiuk in #3895

Breaking Changes

• Removed the deprecated grpc metrics flag's in #4225
• Support for pre-creation of cephFS subvolumegroup before creating subvolume
  is removed in #4195. Users will need to create the specified(or default csi) subvolumegroup before provisioning CephFS PVC on a new ceph. Refer to deploy-cephfs.md for more details.

Note:

• Support is limited to only the active Ceph releases. Support for EOLed Ceph
  releases are removed in #4262

Enhancements

• rbd: do not execute rbd sparsify when volume is in use by @Rakshith-R in #3985
• rbd: Don't depend on image state to issue resync by @Madhu-1 in #4076
• rebase: all the dependencies have been updated to latest available release.
• cephfs: handle cephfs clone limit error by @karthik-us in #4276
• cephfs: remove snapshot protect/unprotect by @iPraveenParihar in #4202
• cephfs: Update fetchIP() to add support for IPv6 address by @riya-singhal31 in #4230
• helm: add option to enable read affinity for rbd by @iPraveenParihar in #4111
• helm: Allow templating of RBD striping parameters by @KingJ in #4229
• helm: add annotations for ceph-csi-rbd secret by @mustdiechik in #4248
• util: Remove deprecated grpc metrics code by @Madhu-1 in #4225
• util: include request-IDs in all gRPC calls for the Controller by @nixpanic in #4263
• deploy: allow mkfsOptions by @Sea-you in #4233
• deploy: update CSI sidecars to latest versions available by @iPraveenParihar in #4132
• deploy: enable featuregate for volume expansion recovery by @iPraveenParihar in #4279
• deploy: API for CSI Config Struct by @iPraveenParihar in #4278

Bug Fixes

• cephfs: Fix cephfs PVC sizing by @karthik-us in #4180
• cephfs: prevent hanging NodeGetVmolumeStats on stat() syscall when an MDS is slow by @nixpanic in #4200
• cephfs: remove subvolume during clone by @Madhu-1 in #4223
• cephfs: set Pool parameter to empty for Snapshot-backed volumes by @Rakshith-R in #4047
• cephfs: safeguard localClusterState struct from race conditions by @Rakshith-R in #4163
• rbd: do not try to run resizefs on an encrypted BlockMode volume by @nixpanic in #3958
• rbd: discard not found error from GetMetadata by @Madhu-1 in #4097
• rbd: update snap RbdImageName by @iPraveenParihar in #4152
• rbd: update snap RbdImageName in createSnapshot by @iPraveenParihar in #4156

E2E

• e2e: add test for validation of fuseMountOptions and kernelMountOptions by @riya-singhal31 in #3970
• e2e: Fixing the TODO in createCephfsStorageClass by @karthik-us in #3995
• e2e: add timeout for pvc deletion in ephemeral e2e by @riya-singhal31 in #4058
• e2e: add option to enable read affinity for rbd by @iPraveenParihar in #4111
• e2e: add multiple labels to node by @Madhu-1 in #4224

CI

• ci: run tickgit after merging a PR in the devel branch by @nixpanic in #4241
• ci: skip ./api/vendor in codespell runs by @nixpanic in #4201
• ci: group golang.org/x/ under golang dependencies by @nixpanic in #4178
• ci: disable addons after cluster creation by @Madhu-1 in #4170
• ci: add CSI_UPGRADE_VERSION var to build.env by @Rakshith-R in #4008
• ci: use podman for simple GitHub workflows by @nixpanic in #4035
• mergify: add support for 3.9 backports by @Rakshith-R in #3936
• ci: run versioned k8s jobs only on selected branches by @nixpanic in #4061
• ci: exclude branches from the testing matrix for ok-to-test comments by @nixpanic in #4068
• ci: only add /test .. comment if the branch for the PR matches by @nixpanic in #4070
• ci: enable debug logs in kubelet by @Madhu-1 in #4074
• ci: use dependabot group feature by @Madhu-1 in #4087
• ci: add snyk for security scanning by @Madhu-1 in #4259
• ci: add snyk for container image by @Madhu-1 in #4261
• ci: add ci bot for auto assigning issue by @riya-singhal31 in #4275
• ci: update minikube to v1.32.0 by @nixpanic in #4284
• build: disable ceph-iscsi repository by @nixpanic in #3959
• build: disable ceph-iscsi repository for test-container builds too by @nixpanic in #3965
• build: make sure nfs-utils is installed by @nixpanic in #4243

Documentation

• doc: remove /retest all command for Jenkins jobs by @nixpanic in #3957
• doc: update documentation for v3.8.1 release by @Rakshith-R in #4006
• doc: adding empty storageClassName in static pvc by @subhamkrai in #4010
• doc: fix helm doc of ceph-csi deployment by @astraw99 in #4036
• doc: Update cephcsi.go by @runzhliu in #4096
• doc: adding empty storageClassName in static pvc by @Rakshith-R in #4110
• doc: add design doc for RBD QoS by @Madhu-1 in #4089
• doc: Remove unwanted steps/details from upgrade doc by @Madhu-1 in #4123
• doc: remove storageclass details for shallow volume by @Madhu-1 in #4124
• doc:add reference to CSI snapshot deployment guide by @iPraveenParihar in #4119
• doc: remove unwanted steps from upgrade by @Madhu-1 in #4133
• doc: Clarify default values for mountOptions and mkfsOptions in storageclass example by @MaGaroo in #4197
• doc: add pending release notes by @Madhu-1 in #4222
• doc: remove use of XXX in example descriptions by @nixpanic in #4228
• doc: update release notes for grpc metrics by @Madhu-1 in #4237
• doc: modify README and upgrade docs for release v3.10.0 by @Rakshith-R in #4286

New Contributors ( Thanks !! 👍 )

• @spuiuk made their first contribution in #3895
• @subhamkrai made their first contribution in #4010
• @astraw99 made their first contribution in #4036
• @runzhliu made their first contribution in #4096
• @crazytaxii made their first contribution in #4099
• @MaGaroo made their first contribution in #4197
• @mustdiechik made their first contribution in #4248

Full Changelog: v3.9.0...v3.10.0

Thanks to the fantastic Ceph CSI community for this great release 👍 🎉

Ceph-CSI v3.8.1 Release

Changelog and Highlights:

Bug Fixes

• Do not execute rbd sparsify when volume is in use #3985
• Fix invalid "invalid encryption kms configuration" error #3854
• Limit cryptsetup PBKDF memory usage #3781

CI

• Install Helm with script located on GitHub #3843
• Disable ceph-iscsi repository #3959
• Disable ceph-iscsi repository for test-container builds too #3965
• Fix codespell and shell check failures #3762
• Update github actions for k8s 1.27 #3745

Vendor Updates

• Update golang to 1.19.8 #3768
• Update minikube to 1.30 #3734
• Bump github.com/hashicorp/vault from 1.4.2 to 1.9.9 #3712

Documentation

• Use the Ceph Slack instance and not our silo'ed own one #3782

Full Changelog: v3.8.0...v3.8.1

Ceph-CSI v3.9.0 Release

We are excited to announce another feature-packed release of Ceph CSI, v3.9.0. This is another significant step towards using enhanced Container Storage Interface (CSI) features with Ceph Cluster in the backend. With this release, we are introducing many brand-new features and enhancements to the Ceph CSI driver. Here are the changelog/release highlights.

Changelog and Highlights:

Features

RBD

• Add mkfsOptions to the StorageClass and pass them to mkfs by @nixpanic in #3692
• Get lastsyncbytes and lastsycduration for volume replication by @yati1998 in #3894
• Complete removal and migration of replication server into csiaddons by @riya-singhal31 in #3924 #3884 #3608
• Add support for efficient selinux relabelling support by @Rakshith-R in #3902

CephFS

• Honor MountOptions during NodeStageVolume request and add support for efficient selinux relabelling support by @Rakshith-R in #3902
• Add cephFS/CSIDriver and cephFS/csi-config-map to API by @riya-singhal31 in #3837

NFS

• Add support for secTypes parameters in StorageClass by @nixpanic in #3434
• Add support for efficient selinux relabelling support by @Rakshith-R in #3902

Breaking Changes

• #3902 introduced a breaking change in CephFS driver. Please follow the steps mentioned in the upgrade guide to ensure a smooth upgrade.
• Volumereplication service running on the controller server is now completely removed and replaced by CSI-Addons. See #3314 for more details

Enhancements

• Exit early if image-meta.json does not exist by @microyahoo in #3788
• Update golang to 1.20 #3879
• Rebase: bump k8s.io/kubernetes from 1.26.2 to 1.27.2 by @dependabot in #3848
• Update various dependencies #3896 #3850 #3917
• Add support & e2e for mountOptions & efficient selinux relabelling support by @Rakshith-R in #3902
• Helm: add imagePullSecrets for helm charts by @fungaren in #3906
• Deploy: update CSI sidecars to the latest versions available by @iPraveenParihar in #3871
• Cleanup: Move common files to the deploy folder by @karthik-us in #3860

Bug Fixes

• Helm chart rendered duplicate affinities in rbd and cephFS by @dashjay in #3751
• Invalid "invalid encryption KMS configuration" error by @riya-singhal31 in #3854
• Configuring cephFS snapshots and clones by @riya-singhal31 in #3742
• Limit cryptsetup PBKDF memory usage by @BenoitKnecht in #3781
• Set pid limit only for nodeserver by @Madhu-1 in #3776

E2E

• Remove extra check for snapshot count by @riya-singhal31 in #3735
• Fix codespell and shell check failures by @riya-singhal31 in #3762
• Add test cases for pv.Spec.MountOptions by @rakshith in #3902

CI

• Install Helm with a script located on GitHub by @nixpanic in #3843
• Many Mergify enhancements for better CI resource utilization #3672 #3797
• Added gha-mergify-merge-queue-labels-copier action to better handle merge queue prs #3809
• Use the "ceph-csi-bot" account for commenting on PRs by @nixpanic in #3877
• Prevent Retest Workflow from running on forked repos by @nixpanic in #3883
• Do not add ok-to-test if CentOS jobs were successful by @nixpanic in #3688
• Run ci tests on latest k8s versions v1.25, v1.26 and v1.27

New Contributors ( Thanks !! 👍 )

• @karthik-us made their first contribution in #3761
• @microyahoo made their first contribution in #3788
• @dashjay made their first contribution in #3751
• @iPraveenParihar made their first contribution in #3871
• @fungaren made their first contribution in #3906

Full Changelog: v3.8.0...v3.9.0

Thanks to the fantastic Ceph CSI community for this great release 👍 🎉