Release 1.6.0 checklist

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This is a tentative list of features, no commitment on the list.

Major Tasks

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1. support n-5 Kubernetes versions starting with Talos 1.6 #7740
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2. machine configuration to manage firewall #4421
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Smaller Tasks

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1. stop validating machine disk if installed
2. set environment variables early from the command line #7696
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3. update containerd to 1.7.x
4. enable KubePrism by default #7787
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5. Print error message when talos.config endpoint return an error #7919
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6. OIDC Device Flow with extra variables #7939
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7. Enable service extensions before machine config is applied #7083
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8. Supporting extra config files for k8s components #7911
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9. show warning on .machine.install.extensions (config validation) #7972
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10. remove .persist option in the machine config #7507
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11. Support for Specifying Custom Node Taints via Machine Configuration #7581
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12. Ability to remove image-default kernel args #7613
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13. allow multiple SideroLink endpoints #7973
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14. Ability to provide customise intra-host communication #7754
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15. Etcd advertisedSubnets #7947
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16. 🐛 installer for sbc is broken in master #8009
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17. 🐛 Talos does not change the network configuration before installation #7808
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18. 🐛 Talos turns shutdown into reboot event #7854
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19. 🐛 initialManifests not working as expected #7993
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20. 🐛 panic in config patch merger #8005
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21. 📘 provide documentation for multi-doc machine config #7995
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22. 🐛 talos 1.6.0-beta.0 cannot boot in qemu/kvm #8023
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23. update Go to 1.21.5
24. 📦 Talos v1.6.0-beta.1 #8027
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25. 🐛 fix crash/slowness in talosctl pcap at high packet rate (when decoding packets) #7994
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26. :book: trim headings > 6 in config reference docs
27. 🐛 graceful reset (etcd leave) doesn't work with KubeSpan #8057
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28. feat: update Kubernetes to v1.29.0 #8067
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29. feat: update to Talos 1.6.0 cluster-api-bootstrap-provider-talos#180
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30. feat: update to Talos 1.6.0 cluster-api-control-plane-provider-talos#187
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31. feat: update Talos to 1.6.0 sidero#1258
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32. chore: bump talos machinery to v1.6.0 terraform-provider-talos#138
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33. docs: provide documentation for Talos 1.6 #8071
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34. Conformance results for v1.29/talos cncf/k8s-conformance#2941
    conformance-product-submission no-failed-tests-v1.29 release-documents-checked release-v1.29 tests-verified-v1.29 +5
35. chore: fix the gvisor test #8061
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Continuous Integration

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1. E2E Tests using Terraform instead of CAPI
2. NVIDIA e2e test

Document Updates

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1. Document updates for Trustedboot/TPM workflow, imager customization, NVIDIA drivers etc