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Release Notes

We have a regular 2-week release cadence. NOTE: Please make sure that you update your Codezero Local Agent and the in-cluster Space Agent to the same version.

2.8.1 [2024-12-18]​

  • Correct the port mapping in the Variant dialog. The local and remote ports were incorrectly displayed.
  • Allow setting of external host and load balancer IP of Space Agent.
  • Added warning triangle to variant avatars of disconnected users.
  • Added avatar images to Teamspaces and services.
  • Various bug fixes and security updates.

2.8.0 [2024-12-10]​

  • Added options to scale Router for improved reliability. (docs)
  • Preview: Allow Space Agent to be horizontally scaled with a Redis/Valkey backend. (docs)
  • Preview Release of Space Agent for VMs: Enabling users to consume services from virtual machines or VPCs outside of Kubernetes clusters. (docs)
  • Improved User Interface of the Desktop Application, including new in-app chat with our support team and integration with our new Codezero Tutorial.
  • New command czctl diagnostics to package system diagnostics for our support team.
  • New command czctl tutorial to connect to a demo Teamspace and open the Codezero Tutorial.
  • Added czctl.exe to PATH environment variable during installation for Windows users.
  • Various bug fixes and security updates.

2.7.4 [2024-11-13]​

  • New Feature: helm uninstall codezero now deletes the Teamspace in the Hub.
  • Fix(Windows): The last build was not properly timestamped which caused the validity of the code signature to expire in early November.
  • Fix: Only check for updates if your computer is online.
  • Fix: The menubar/tray menu was not updated after logout.
  • Removed ability to connect to pre-2.7.0 Teamspaces.
  • Various bug fixes and security updates.

2.7.3 [2024-10-31]​

  • Create variant target port displays cluster port in Desktop App if the default value is not numeric.
  • Windows binaries are now signed.
  • When switching Organizations, automatically select first Teamspace.
  • Fix: Allow spaces in the installation path on Windows.

2.7.2 [2024-10-28]​

  • Fix: In some scenarios the Serve session reinstatement would not reinstate the K8s service selector properly.

2.7.1 [2024-10-27]​

  • Serve sessions are now reinstated after service deployments.
  • Added ability to Serve K8s services of type LoadBalancer.
  • The Desktop app now supports Dark Mode OS setting.
  • New Organizations in the Hub can now add a Demo Teamspace.
  • Renamed system service to spaceagent in the K8s Space Agent.
  • Various bug fixes and security updates.

2.7.0 [2024-10-20]​

note

The 2.7.0 CLI does not provide access to the Service Catalog in the Hub. To access the Service Catalog, use the Desktop Application or the czctl services list command.

  • Local Agent 2.7.0 can connect to Space Agents 2.7.0 and below.
  • Local Agents below version 2.6.0 cannot connect to the Space Agents 2.7.0 and above.
  • We strongly recommend updating your Local Agents of all developers to version 2.7.0 before updating your Space Agents to avoid connectivity interruptions.

Local Agent​

  • New Desktop Application which provides:

    • Quick access to the Service Catalog
    • Easy Consume All / Clear button (blue)
    • Fast filtering for Namespace & Services at top of screen
    • Quick Switch between Teamspaces
    • Organization access (if you belong to more than one Codezero Org)
    • Easy Test connect to Variants+ - (one-click copy of curl command when clicking on a user’s Variant in the Service Catalog)

  • The Daemon now runs as a background service and is automatically started on startup.

  • New CLI commands: czctl consume all, czctl consume clear, czctl daemon and czctl services list.

    • czctl services list provides your cluster service details in the terminal!

  • Deprecated commands: czctl options and czctl organization clear.

  • Improved connection stability.

Space Agent​

  • The Operator is now enabled by default.
  • The Space Agent requires fewer resources. It now only consists of System and Operator (Orchestrator has been removed).

How to Install Desktop App using CLI?​

The Desktop App contains the binary for the CLI. If you have installed the CLI via homebrew, simply run the following commands to uninstall the previous CLI czctl and install the new Desktop App:

brew uninstall codezero
brew install --cask c6o/tap/codezero-app

2.6.0 [2024-08-06]​

  • Preview release of our new Codezero K8s operator: Setting operator.enabled to true in the Codezero Helm chart values, will enable the use of the new Codezero K8s operator for creating Serve sessions.
  • Various bug fixes and security updates.

2.5.2 [2024-07-23]​

  • Added option to run the router pod of Codezero Space Agent with privileged access. By default, the router pod runs with a security context with only the NET_BIND_SERVICE capability. When the router.privilegedAccess option is set to true in the Codezero Helm chart values, the router pods are deployed with an empty security context.
  • We switched to a new auth provider resulting in a new login page.
  • Various bug fixes and security updates.

2.5.1 [2024-07-09]​

  • Support use of named targetPort references in K8s service definitions
  • Improved network connectivity between Local and Space Agent

2.5.0 [2024-06-25]​

  • New Teamspace installation method to facilitate automated scripting of Teamspace deployments
  • Fix namespace filter in Service Catalog
  • Added security context to Router pods to satisfy Restricted Pod Security policy
  • Bug fixes and security updates

2.4.0 [2024-06-11]​

2.3.4 [2024-06-05]​

  • New Scoop installation package for Windows: You can now install and update your Local Agent via Scoop.

    scoop bucket add codezero https://github.com/c6o/scoop-codezero.git;scoop install codezero

  • ARM64 images for the Space Agent: Codezero now supports Kubernetes clusters running on ARM64 nodes.

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

2.3.3 [2024-05-28]​

  • New Homebrew installation package: You can now install and update your Local Agent via Homebrew.

    To switch to Homebrew on macOS or Linux, run the following commands:

    curl -L https://releases.codezero.io/uninstall.sh | /bin/bash
    brew install c6o/tap/codezero

  • Fixed a bug that caused sticky HTTP connections in serve sessions when using persistent connections.

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the Windows background service from starting on some machines.

  • New icons for Consume and Serve

2.3.2 [2024-05-22]​

  • Bug fixes and security updates

2.3.1 [2024-05-13]​

  • Prevent crash-loop when serving a resource in a non-existent namespace
  • Fix CPU thrashing during system startup

2.3.0 [2024-05-08]​

  • We have started to version our Helm charts. In order to upgrade your Space Agent from an earlier version to this release, please run the following:

    helm repo add --force-update codezero https://charts.codezero.io && helm upgrade --namespace=codezero codezero codezero/codezero --reset-values

  • Bug Fix: czctl auth login now correctly opens a web browser on Linux

  • Experimental Windows support.

  • Various package upgrades and security patches

2.2.0 [2024-04-24]​

  • New command: czctl compose start to start consume and serve sessions based on rules in codezero-compose.yml. You can read about this new feature in the Codezero Compose guide.

2.1.1 [2024-04-11]​

  • Fixed startup bug in Space Agent

2.1.0 [2024-04-11]​

  • New command: czctl reset to remove all consume and serve sessions.
  • Improved startup sequence of Space Agent

2.0.0 [2024-02-16]​

Complete rewrite of Codezero for improved stability and reliability.