operator-framework · acornett21 · Jul 8, 2025 · Jul 8, 2025
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SHELL = /bin/bash
 # This value must be updated to the release tag of the most recent release, a change that must
 # occur in the release commit. IMAGE_VERSION will be removed once each subproject that uses this
 # version is moved to a separate repo and release process.
-export IMAGE_VERSION = v1.40.0
+export IMAGE_VERSION = v1.41.0
 # Build-time variables to inject into binaries
 export SIMPLE_VERSION = $(shell (test "$(shell git describe --tags)" = "$(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0)" && echo $(shell git describe --tags)) || echo $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0)+git)
 export GIT_VERSION = $(shell git describe --dirty --tags --always)

diff --git a/changelog/fragments/upgrade_kb_latest.yaml b/changelog/fragments/upgrade_kb_latest.yaml
diff --git a/changelog/generated/v1.41.0.md b/changelog/generated/v1.41.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+## v1.41.0
+
+### Additions
+
+- For Go-based operators, add new target to setup/teardown Kind cluster for E2E tests  and remove Kind setup from CI workflows. ([#6954](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/6954))
+
+### Changes
+
+- **Breaking change**: For Go-based operators, upgrade the Go version from `1.23` to `1.24`. ([#6954](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/6954))
+- For Go-based operators, upgrade golangci-lint to `v2.1.0` and update `.golangci.yml`  to the v2 config format with enhanced structure and controls. ([#6954](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/6954))
+- For Go-based operators, upgrade controller-gen from `v0.17.2` to `v0.18.0`. ([#6954](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/6954))
+- For Go-based operators, upgrade controller-runtime from `v0.20.4` to `v0.21.0`  and kubernetes dependencies to `v0.33`. ([#6954](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/6954))
diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/Makefile b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ endif
 
 # Set the Operator SDK version to use. By default, what is installed on the system is used.
 # This is useful for CI or a project to utilize a specific version of the operator-sdk toolkit.
-OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.40.0
+OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.41.0
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
 IMG ?= controller:latest
 

diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - basic-check-spec
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: basic
       test: basic-check-spec-test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-bundle-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-bundle-validation-test
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-validation-test
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-resources
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-resources-test
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-spec-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-spec-descriptors-test
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-status-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-status-descriptors-test

diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - basic-check-spec
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: basic
       test: basic-check-spec-test
diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-bundle-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-bundle-validation-test
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-validation-test
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-resources
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-resources-test
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-spec-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-spec-descriptors-test
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-status-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-status-descriptors-test
diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/Makefile b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ endif
 
 # Set the Operator SDK version to use. By default, what is installed on the system is used.
 # This is useful for CI or a project to utilize a specific version of the operator-sdk toolkit.
-OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.40.0
+OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.41.0
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
 IMG ?= controller:latest
 

diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - basic-check-spec
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: basic
       test: basic-check-spec-test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-bundle-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-bundle-validation-test
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-validation-test
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-resources
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-resources-test
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-spec-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-spec-descriptors-test
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-status-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-status-descriptors-test

diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - basic-check-spec
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: basic
       test: basic-check-spec-test
diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-bundle-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-bundle-validation-test
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-validation-test
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-resources
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-resources-test
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-spec-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-spec-descriptors-test
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-status-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.40.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.41.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-status-descriptors-test
diff --git a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Dockerfile b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM quay.io/operator-framework/helm-operator:v1.40.0
+FROM quay.io/operator-framework/helm-operator:v1.41.0
 
 ENV HOME=/opt/helm
 COPY watches.yaml ${HOME}/watches.yaml