flux

Update dependency fluxcd/flux2 to v2.8.2

Michi Kofler-Häusler

13 Mar 2026 — 1 min read

Updated minor release successfully via Homebrew and CLI bootstrapping Proxmox VE K3s Kubernetes cluster.

This MR contains the following updates:

Package	Update	Change
fluxcd/flux2	patch	`v2.8.1` → `v2.8.2`

Release Notes

fluxcd/flux2 (fluxcd/flux2)

`v2.8.2`

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Highlights

Flux v2.8.2 is a patch release that comes with various fixes. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

ℹ️ Please follow the Upgrade Procedure for Flux v2.7+ for a smooth upgrade from Flux v2.6 to the latest version.

Fixes:

Fix enqueuing new reconciliation requests for events on source Flux objects when they are already reconciling the revision present in the watch event (kustomize-controller, helm-controller)
Fix the Go templates bug of YAML separator --- getting concatenated to apiVersion: by updating to Helm 4.1.3 (helm-controller)
Fix canceled HelmReleases getting stuck when they don't have a retry strategy configured by introducing a new feature gate DefaultToRetryOnFailure that improves the experience when the CancelHealthCheckOnNewRevision is enabled (helm-controller)
Fix the auth scope for Azure Container Registry to use the ACR-specific scope (source-controller, image-reflector-controller)
Fix potential Denial of Service (DoS) during TLS handshakes (CVE-2026-27138) by building all controllers with Go 1.26.1

Components changelog

source-controller v1.8.1
kustomize-controller v1.8.2
notification-controller v1.8.2
helm-controller v1.5.2
image-reflector-controller v1.1.1
image-automation-controller v1.1.1
source-watcher v2.1.1

CLI changelog

[release/v2.8.x] build(deps): bump the ci group across 1 directory with 11 updates by @fluxcdbot in #5765
Update fluxcd/pkg dependencies by @fluxcdbot in #5767
Update toolkit components by @matheuscscp in #5770
Update fluxcd/pkg dependencies by @fluxcdbot in #5771

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/compare/v2.8.1...v2.8.2

Update istio monorepo to v1.29.1 (patch)

No issues whatsoever by manually upgrading by means of istioctl and redeploying affected workloads resp. pods in the K3s Kubernetes cluster with dependency update facilitated by Mend's Renovate Bot. This MR contains the following updates: Package Update Change docker.io/istio/pilot patch 1.29.0 → 1.29.

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No problems upgrading the frontend Docker container with a Docker compose yaml file within Portainer and by means of Portainer DevOps resp. GitOps with dependency update facilitated by Mend's Renovate Bot. This MR contains the following updates: Package Update Change docker.io/dependencytrack/frontend (source, changelog) minor 4.

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No problems upgrading the backend Docker container with a Docker compose yaml file within Portainer and by means of Portainer DevOps resp. GitOps with dependency update facilitated by Mend's Renovate Bot. This MR contains the following updates: Package Update Change docker.io/dependencytrack/apiserver (source, changelog) minor 4.

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