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Buoyant Extension

v0.41.0

October 6, 2026
  • Updated linkerd-control-plane-operator to support latest BEL releases.
  • Made linkerd-control-plane-validator highly available, with a configurable replica count and an optional PodDisruptionBudget.
  • Updated buoyant-cloud-metrics to Grafana Alloy v1.20.1.
  • Added HAZL topology labels and adaptive load balancer metrics to buoyant-cloud-metrics.

The maximum supported Linkerd versions for this release of the Buoyant Extension are:

ChannelSupported versionWhen air-gapped
edgeedge-25.4.4edge-25.4.4
enterprise-2.13enterprise-2.13.7-22enterprise-2.13.7-22
enterprise-2.14enterprise-2.14.10-24enterprise-2.14.10-24
enterprise-2.15enterprise-2.15.7enterprise-2.15.7
enterprise-2.16enterprise-2.16.5enterprise-2.16.5
enterprise-2.17enterprise-2.17.11enterprise-2.17.11
enterprise-2.18enterprise-2.18.14enterprise-2.18.14
enterprise-2.19enterprise-2.19.12enterprise-2.19.12
enterprise-2.20enterprise-2.20.4enterprise-2.20.4
hotpatch-2.15enterprise-2.15.7-9enterprise-2.15.7-9
hotpatch-2.16enterprise-2.16.5-4enterprise-2.16.5-4
hotpatch-2.17enterprise-2.17.11-0enterprise-2.17.11-0
hotpatch-2.18enterprise-2.18.14-0enterprise-2.18.14-0
previewpreview-26.6.3preview-26.6.3
stable-2.13stable-2.13.7stable-2.13.7
stable-2.14stable-2.14.10stable-2.14.10