Releases

Stable release highlights and the historical record for OpenBao Operator.

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The current manual stays focused on the current contract. Release pages preserve historical changes, migration notes, artifacts, and links to archived documentation when exact older behavior matters.

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Archive

ReleasePublishedContext
0.5.02026-08-31Stable v1alpha1 subset and lifecycle correctness
0.4.22026-07-15Idle upgrade-strategy switching
0.4.12026-07-15OpenBao 2.6.0 rolling compatibility
0.4.02026-07-04Security hardening and recovery-key bootstrap
0.3.02026-06-01Authentication, observability, networking, and recovery hardening
0.2.02026-05-01Read replicas and safer maintenance controls
0.1.12026-03-31CI and helper-image verification corrections
0.1.02026-03-30Initial stable pre-GA release

Older release candidates remain available through GitHub Releases without occupying the primary documentation navigation.

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