Argo CD v1.1.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

## Quick Start ### Non-HA: ``` kubectl create namespace argocd kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v1.1.0/manifests/install.yaml ``` ### HA: ``` kubectl create namespace argocd kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v1.1.0/manifests/ha/install.yaml ``` ### New Features #### Sync Waves Sync waves feature allows executing a sync operation in a number of steps or waves. Within each synchronization phase (pre-sync, sync, post-sync) you can have one or more waves, than allows you to ensure certain resources are healthy before subsequent resources are synced. #### Optimized interaction with Git Argo CD needs to execute `git fetch` operation to access application manifests and `git ls-remote` to resolve ambiguous git revision. The `git ls-remote` is executed very frequently and although the operation is very lightweight it adds unnecessary load on Git server and might cause performance issues. In v1.1 release, the application reconciliation process was optimized which significantly reduced the number of Git requests. With v1.1 release, Argo CD should send 3x ~ 5x fewer Git requests. #### User defined Application metadata User-defined Application metadata enables the user to define a list of useful URLs for their specific application and expose those links on the UI (e.g. reference tp a CI pipeline or an application-specific management tool). These links should provide helpful shortcuts that make easier to integrate Argo CD into existing systems by making it easier to find other components inside and outside Argo CD. ### Deprecation Notice * Kustomize v1.0 is deprecated and support will be removed in the Argo CD v1.2 release. #### Enhancements - Sync waves [#1544](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1544) - Adds Prune=false and IgnoreExtraneous options [#1629](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1629) - Forward Git credentials to config management plugins [#1628](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1628) - Improve Kustomize 2 parameters UI [#1609](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1609) - Adds `argocd logout` [#1210](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1210) - Make it possible to set Helm release name different from Argo CD app name. [#1066](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1066) - Add ability to specify system namespace during cluster add operation [#1661](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pull/1661) - Make listener and metrics ports configurable [#1647](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pull/1647) - Using SSH keys to authenticate kustomize bases from git [#827](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/827) - Adds `argocd app sync APPNAME --async` [#1728](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1728) - Allow users to define app specific urls to expose in the UI [#1677](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1677) - Error view instead of blank page in UI [#1375](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1375) - Project Editor: Whitelisted Cluster Resources doesn't strip whitespace [#1693](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1693) - Eliminate unnecessary git interactions for top-level resource changes (#1919) - Ability to rotate the bearer token used to manage external clusters (#1084) #### Bug Fixes - Project Editor: Whitelisted Cluster Resources doesn't strip whitespace [#1693](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1693) - \[ui small bug\] menu position outside block [#1711](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1711) - UI will crash when create application without destination namespace [#1701](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1701) - ArgoCD synchronization failed due to internal error [#1697](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1697) - Replicasets ordering is not stable on app tree view [#1668](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1668) - Stuck processor on App Controller after deleting application with incomplete operation [#1665](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1665) - Role edit page fails with JS error [#1662](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1662) - failed parsing on parameters with comma [#1660](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1660) - Handle nil obj when processing custom actions [#1700](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pull/1700) - Account for missing fields in Rollout HealthStatus [#1699](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pull/1699) - Sync operation unnecessary waits for a healthy state of all resources [#1715](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1715) - failed parsing on parameters with comma [#1660](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/1660) - argocd app sync hangs when cluster is not configured (#1935) - Do not allow app-of-app child app's Missing status to affect parent (#1954) - Argo CD don't handle well k8s objects which size exceeds 1mb (#1685) - Secret data not redacted in last-applied-configuration (#897) - Running app actions requires only read privileges (#1827) - UI should allow editing repo URL (#1763) - Make status fields as optional fields (#1779) - Use correct healthcheck for Rollout with empty steps list (#1776) ### Other - Add Prometheus metrics for git repo interactions (#1912) - App controller should log additional information during app syncing (#1909) - Make sure api server to repo server grpc calls have timeout (#1820) - Forked tool processes should timeout (#1821) - Add health check to the controller deployment (#1785) #### Contributors * [Aditya Gupta](https://github.com/AdityaGupta1) * [Alex Collins](https://github.com/alexec) * [Alex Matyushentsev](https://github.com/alexmt) * [Danny Thomson](https://github.com/dthomson25) * [jannfis](https://github.com/jannfis) * [Jesse Suen](https://github.com/jessesuen) * [Liviu Costea](https://github.com/lcostea) * [narg95](https://github.com/narg95) * [Simon Behar](https://github.com/simster7) See also [milestone v1.1](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/milestone/13)