1.44.0 - Beta support for Extended Duration Pods, Documentation Enhancements and version updates

This is the 1.44.0 release of Agones.

In this release, we have added beta support for Extended Duration Pods on GKE Autopilot, improved the Minikube documentation for running Agones, and updated the Helm and Fleet Autoscaler documentation. Additionally, we’ve upgraded the versions of Go and gRPC for improved performance and security.

  • Beta Support for Extended Duration Pods on GKE Autopilot: The GKEAutopilotExtendedDuration feature has progressed to beta in this release and is now enabled by default.

  • Documentation Enhancement for Setting Up Agones on Minikube with Docker on Windows: We have updated the instructions for running Agones on Minikube using the Docker driver on Windows. This update includes simple steps for publishing ports, making it easy to connect to GameServers without any extra setup.

  • Documentation Updates for Agones component Host Network Support: The documentation now includes Helm fields for enabling extensions components to use the host network and configure ports on EKS. For more details, please refer to our Helm and EKS guides.

  • Documentation Update for Fleet Autoscaler: Added documentation on schedule and chain policy features to optimize game server Fleet Autoscaler.

  • Updated Versions Go v1.22.6 and gRPC v1.65.0 Now Live: We have upgraded to Go v1.22.6 and gRPC v1.65.0, which bring enhanced performance and crucial security updates.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

Make sure to add our stable helm repository using helm repo add agones https://agones.dev/chart/stable

Last modified November 2, 2024: Write Terraform scripts and docs to show how to create OKE cluster and install Agones (#4023) (e8f7ccd)