feat(helm): update chart node-feature-discovery ( 0.18.3 → 0.19.0 )

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Update	Change
node-feature-discovery	minor	0.18.3 → 0.19.0

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Release Notes

kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery (node-feature-discovery)

v0.19.0

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Highlights

• Immediate node re-labeling after a node rebuild (#​2545): nfd-master detects a recreated Node via the surviving NodeFeature's owner-reference / pod-UID annotation and re-labels immediately instead of waiting for the periodic reconcile.
• Configurable NodeFeature owner references: -owner-refs / core.ownerRefs (pod, ds, node; default pod,ds) (#​2545).
• core.noPublishFeatures to slim published NodeFeature objects (#​2530; whitespace-trim fix #​2535).
• New x86-64 microarchitecture level labels cpu-cpuid.X86_64_V1..V4 (#​2490).
• nfd-topology-updater: per-pod lookups served from a node-scoped Pod informer, eliminating high-volume per-pod GETs at scale (#​2509). Requires an RBAC update — see Action Required.
• nfd-master reconciles only on NodeFeature/NodeFeatureRule/NodeFeatureGroup spec changes (#​2532); MatchInRegexp pattern compilation cached (#​2531).

Action Required / Behavior Changes

1. nfd-topology-updater RBAC (#​2509): the ClusterRole needs list+watch on pods (was get only). Helm and kustomize manifests ship the update, but deployments that bump only the image will crash-loop with pods is forbidden ... cannot list resource "pods" until the new RBAC is applied.
2. NodeFeatureRule templates (#​2507): env, expandenv and getHostByName were removed from the available template functions (security hardening). Templates using them now fail to parse (function "env" not defined); the rule is skipped and an error is logged.
3. Helm worker updateStrategy default (#​2519): now rollingUpdate: {maxUnavailable: "10%"} (was Kubernetes default 1). Note for type: OnDelete users: the chart's default rollingUpdate block is deep-merged into your values; the API server accepts and ignores it (verified on v1.30). Optionally set worker.updateStrategy.rollingUpdate: null for a clean spec.
4. resyncPeriod (nfd-master): drives both the informer resync and the (new in this release, #​2415) periodic full reconcile that re-applies labels and cleans up drift. Setting it to 0 disables this safety net entirely.
5. Node-rebuild re-labeling dependency (#​2545): immediate re-label requires pod in -owner-refs (default) or the POD_UID env set on the worker; with ds-only/empty owner refs and no POD_UID, re-labeling falls back to the periodic reconcile interval. -owner-refs=node is unaffected.

Fixes

• nfd-master: don't remove node labels when the NodeFeature cache is incomplete; add periodic reconciliation to clean up genuinely absent NodeFeatures (#​2415).
• nfd-master: prevent stop() panic and informer leak on init failure (#​2534).
• nfd-worker: trim whitespace in comma-separated command-line list values (#​2535).
• Helm: render post-delete prune job resources at container level so they actually apply (#​2515).

Other

• Container images cross-compile from $BUILDPLATFORM via tonistiigi/xx (#​2512).
• Reduced cognitive complexity refactors in nfd-master controller and nfd-worker config (#​2536); nfd-master command-line unit tests (#​2469); codecov upload non-fatal in CI verify (#​2527); template/custom-api input-validation hardening (#​2507).

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Path: infrastructure/node-feature-discovery
Version: 0.18.3 -> 0.19.0

--- /tmp/tmp.JnIK9QkraV	2026-08-12 03:56:48.170221578 +0000
+++ /tmp/tmp.JYxOxNXu30	2026-08-12 03:56:48.635224937 +0000
@@ -134,12 +134,6 @@
       - list
       - watch
   - apiGroups:
-      - ""
-    resources:
-      - nodes/proxy
-    verbs:
-      - get
-  - apiGroups:
       - topology.node.k8s.io
     resources:
       - noderesourcetopologies
@@ -233,6 +227,9 @@
   namespace: default
 spec:
   revisionHistoryLimit:
+  updateStrategy:
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxUnavailable: 10%
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: node-feature-discovery
@@ -255,7 +252,7 @@
                 - ALL
             readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
             runAsNonRoot: true
-          image: "registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.18.3"
+          image: "registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.19.0"
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
@@ -296,7 +293,7 @@
             - "nfd-worker"
           args:
             # Go over featureGate and add the feature-gate flag
-            - "-feature-gates=NodeFeatureGroupAPI=false"
+            - "-owner-refs=pod,ds"
             - "-port=8080"
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
@@ -395,7 +392,7 @@
                 - ALL
             readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
             runAsNonRoot: true
-          image: "registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.18.3"
+          image: "registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.19.0"
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           startupProbe:
             httpGet:
@@ -428,9 +425,7 @@
               cpu: 100m
               memory: 128Mi
           args:
-            - "-enable-leader-election"
             # Go over featureGates and add the feature-gate flag
-            - "-feature-gates=NodeFeatureGroupAPI=false"
             - "-port=8080"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: nfd-master-conf
@@ -482,7 +477,7 @@
       hostNetwork: false
       containers:
         - name: gc
-          image: "registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.18.3"
+          image: "registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.19.0"
           imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
@@ -708,6 +703,7 @@
     "helm.sh/hook": post-delete
     "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
 spec:
+  ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 3600
   template:
     metadata: {}
     spec:
@@ -722,12 +718,18 @@
                 - ALL
             readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
             runAsNonRoot: true
-          image: "registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.18.3"
+          image: "registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.19.0"
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - "nfd-master"
           args:
             - "-prune"
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              memory: 4Gi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 128Mi
       restartPolicy: Never
       affinity:
         nodeAffinity:
@@ -742,9 +744,3 @@
       tolerations:
         - key: arm64
           operator: Exists
-      resources:
-        limits:
-          memory: 4Gi
-        requests:
-          cpu: 100m
-          memory: 128Mi