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  Consul on Kubernetes release notes for version 0.49.x
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# Consul on Kubernetes 0.49.0

## Release Highlights

- **Consul CNI Plugin - OpenShift support**: Support for OpenShift and Multus CNI plugin [GH-1527](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1527)

- **Consul API Gateway secondary datacenter support**: Use global ACL auth method to provision ACL tokens for API Gateway in secondary datacenter and Set primary datacenter flag when deploying controller into secondary datacenter with federation enabled [GH-1481](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1481)

- **Cluster Peering**: Utilize new `use_auto_cert` value to gRPC TLS config when auto-encrypt is enabled. [GH-1541](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1541)

- **Service tag annotation improvements**: Support escaped commas in service tag annotations for pods which use consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-tags or consul.hashicorp.com/service-tags. [GH-1532](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1532)
  
- **MaxInboundConnections in service-defaults CRD**: Add support for MaxInboundConnections on the Service Defaults CRD. [[GH-1437](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1437)]

## Supported Software

- Consul 1.11.x, Consul 1.12.x and Consul 1.13.1+
- Kubernetes 1.19-1.24
- Kubectl 1.19+
- Helm 3.2+
- Envoy proxy support is determined by the Consul version deployed. Refer to
  [Envoy Integration](/docs/connect/proxies/envoy) for details.

## Upgrading

For detailed information on upgrading, please refer to the [Upgrades page](/docs/k8s/upgrade)

## Known Issues
The following issues are know to exist in the v0.49.0 release: 

- Kubernetes 1.25 is not supported as the [Pod Security Admission controller](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/08/25/pod-security-admission-stable/) is currently not supported by Consul K8s. 

## Changelogs

The changelogs for this major release version and any maintenance versions are listed below.

~> **Note:** The following link takes you to the changelogs on the GitHub website.

- [0.49.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/releases/tag/v0.49.0)
draft release notes 2022-09-29 17:58:43 +00:00			`---`
			`layout: docs`
			`page_title: 0.49.x`
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			`Consul on Kubernetes release notes for version 0.49.x`
			`---`

			`# Consul on Kubernetes 0.49.0`

			`## Release Highlights`

added missing links per davids advice 2022-09-30 15:29:14 +00:00			`- Consul CNI Plugin - OpenShift support: Support for OpenShift and Multus CNI plugin [GH-1527](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1527)`
draft release notes 2022-09-29 17:58:43 +00:00
added missing links per davids advice 2022-09-30 15:29:14 +00:00			`- Consul API Gateway secondary datacenter support: Use global ACL auth method to provision ACL tokens for API Gateway in secondary datacenter and Set primary datacenter flag when deploying controller into secondary datacenter with federation enabled [GH-1481](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1481)`
finalized 0.49 release notes 2022-09-29 21:12:12 +00:00
added missing links per davids advice 2022-09-30 15:29:14 +00:00			- Cluster Peering: Utilize new `use_auto_cert` value to gRPC TLS config when auto-encrypt is enabled. [GH-1541](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1541)
finalized 0.49 release notes 2022-09-29 21:12:12 +00:00
added missing links per davids advice 2022-09-30 15:29:14 +00:00			`- Service tag annotation improvements: Support escaped commas in service tag annotations for pods which use consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-tags or consul.hashicorp.com/service-tags. [GH-1532](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1532)`
draft release notes 2022-09-29 17:58:43 +00:00
			`- MaxInboundConnections in service-defaults CRD: Add support for MaxInboundConnections on the Service Defaults CRD. [[GH-1437](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1437)]`

			`## Supported Software`

			`- Consul 1.11.x, Consul 1.12.x and Consul 1.13.1+`
			`- Kubernetes 1.19-1.24`
			`- Kubectl 1.19+`
finalized 0.49 release notes 2022-09-29 21:12:12 +00:00			`- Helm 3.2+`
draft release notes 2022-09-29 17:58:43 +00:00			`- Envoy proxy support is determined by the Consul version deployed. Refer to`
			`[Envoy Integration](/docs/connect/proxies/envoy) for details.`

			`## Upgrading`

			`For detailed information on upgrading, please refer to the [Upgrades page](/docs/k8s/upgrade)`

			`## Known Issues`
			`The following issues are know to exist in the v0.49.0 release:`

Update website/content/docs/release-notes/consul-k8s/v0_49_x.mdx Co-authored-by: David Yu <dyu@hashicorp.com> 2022-09-30 15:22:12 +00:00			`- Kubernetes 1.25 is not supported as the [Pod Security Admission controller](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/08/25/pod-security-admission-stable/) is currently not supported by Consul K8s.`
draft release notes 2022-09-29 17:58:43 +00:00
			`## Changelogs`

			`The changelogs for this major release version and any maintenance versions are listed below.`

			`~> Note: The following link takes you to the changelogs on the GitHub website.`

			`- [0.49.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/releases/tag/v0.49.0)`