sig-cli Kustomize Triage

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Kustomize Triage

102 unique items

Completion ETA: ~2026-09-15

Assi	New issues that need triage	PRs that need attention
	#5878 Utilize x-kubernetes-list-type and x-kubernetes-list-map-keys annotations 🌊 5909
	#5729 Release docker image for arm64 🌊 5730 5799
	#5653 kustomize example in README uses deprecated commonLabels 🌊 5656 5659 5965 6217
	#5084 Performance improvements for `kustomize build` 🌊 5425 5481
	#4679 kustomize edit add replacement 🌊 4608 5444
	#5110 Allow custom merge keys? 🌊 6099 #4121 Better document field/feature availability across Kustomize versions 🌊 #3951 Document `kubectl kustomize` integration 🌊 #3944 Reconcile crds and openapi fields 🌊 #3418 Support generic resource references in name reference tracking 🌊
	#3941 Telemetry to guide investment decisions 🌊
	#4024 kyaml should implement KRM Functions Spec v1 🌊 3995 4091 4190 4248 4249 4253 5441	#5819 allow using helmChart without repo URL 🌊
	#4593 HelmChartInflationGenerator ignores releaseNamespace 🌊 4716 6128
	#5816 Kustomize hangs on replacements with regex key-value pair and create: true 🌊 #5123 Create long-term plan for openapi, crds, and configurations fields 🌊 #6233 Regression: db6d67b0 introduces bug involving boolean-looking strings and vars 🌊 6234	#5926 feat: use strict unmarshalling for LoadFunctionConfig 🌊
	#5140 Make the `apiVersion` and `kind` fields mandatory in Kustomization/Component v1 🌊 5938
	#4763 Use labels to filter `source` in `replacements` 🌊 5237
nobody	#6142 `namePrefix`/`nameSuffix` in Components Do Not Rewrite `secretKeyRef` for External Generator Secrets #6241 Helm flag injection via `helmCharts[].releaseName` leads to client-side arbitrary code execution 6242 #6124 Allow loading configurations from parent directories in Kustomize 6126 #6101 Support structured-data traversal in nameReference transformer 6125 #6225 kustomize edit set image exponentially duplicates block-scalar content 6226 #6166 Missing --enable-helm when running kustomize localize 6169 6215 #5997 Strategic merge failures are unclear 5998 #5925 fileloader: Add support for query parameters #5904 Strategic merge patches change the order of containers #6000 Statefulset volumeClaimTemplates labels not properly merged after patch 6175 #6146 kyaml merge2: `$patch` directives on list elements ignored with `ListPrepend` 6147 6214 6265 #5829 pass arguments down to the helm chart inflator #5714 Allow using Helm charts as bases and values.yaml file patching in overlays #5664 Using digest and newTag outputs both when docs indicate newTag is ignored #5626 Kustomize patches overwritten by namespace 5911 #5563 Standardized behavior for `kustomize edit` #5504 nameReference transformer is not updating fields in all configured resource kinds #5482 In `replacements`, the type of source value is not retained when the target fieldPath is not existent an configured with `option.create: true` #5470 extend Kustomization resource with sibling to helmGlobals, helmCharts, with (?helmHealth?) to await resources for state #6004 REQUEST for kustomize logo design proposals #6089 File content merging in config map generator 6050 #5122 Prioritize friction with migration from deprecated fields to new fields. #5113 Better error message when patch is the wrong type? #5092 Cross-version compatibility tests #4724 kustomize edit set image should be idempotent #5422 Researching performance degradation (and improvement) over a number of releases 5425 5082 #4613 OpenAPI field should support merging #4224 Regression: Resource with generateName builds with 4.1.1, fails with anything later #4752 patchesStrategicMerge is not working for service of single port but multiple protocols. 6191 6192 #3974 Docs site should integrate Kustomize repo examples #3973 Improve docs for getting started with Kustomize 4508 4516 4748 5121 #3950 Improve kyaml documentation #3829 explain in eschewed features position on sorting 4237 #3464 Add documentation for kustomize commands #4130 install_kustomize.sh returns `Version vX.X.X does not exist` for non module versions. 4131 6224 #3248 Add a set of performance benchmark 4396 #119 globbing/wildcards in "resources" field 133 5728	#6274 build: use the golangci-lint v2 with release binary #6271 test: add coverage for the load restrictor flag validation #6272 fix: use the legacy tag scheme for kustomize versions before 3.2.1 #6260 fix: pull helm charts atomically to survive concurrent kustomize builds #6265 fix: apply $patch: replace to list elements when patch lists are prepended #6147 kyaml: fix `$patch` directives ignored with `ListPrepend` merge #6232 feat: add rooted io/fs adapter #6264 fix: report the real file and index in kyaml input errors #6127 docs(plugin): document KUSTOMIZE_PLUGIN_HOME and plugin-home resolution #6108 fix(helm): Set namespace on templates that does not contain a namespace #6197 chore: union kubernetes api definition for v1.36 #6208 api/image: escape images[].name before interpolating into regexp #5944 feat: add Windows support by handling empty path case in PathSplit function #6182 feat: add support for OCI helm charts digest pinning #6145 Fix helm chart rendering without values file #6226 fix: stop duplicating block-scalar lines that look like comments #6218 docs: link kustomize.io from the README #6224 fix: support legacy release downloads #6183 Automate the multi-module release with release-all.sh #6217 docs: replace deprecated commonLabels in examples #6201 fix: apply name references to kinds of unknown scope across namespaces #6211 fix: preserve resolved scalar type for replacement-created fields #6219 docs: migrate more examples off deprecated commonLabels #6196 docs: add ReplacementTransformer reference #6200 fix: make `edit add label` generate the labels field instead of deprecated commonLabels #6195 version: error on invalid --output instead of silent success #6192 fix(kyaml): correctly handle patches with a partial compound merge key #6169 localize: expose --enable-helm for verification builds ( #6166 ) #6062 feat: preserve initial document separator with kyaml #6126 feat: allow loading configurations from parent directories #6152 chore: add a script to auto-bump go runtime version #6154 fix: detect nil list items in RNode #6162 feat: add Gateway certificateRefs to builtin nameReference config #6148 refactor: introduce golden file testing to simplify test expectation updates #6139 feat(build): flag -strict-warnings to enforce policy failures #6159 api/krusty: add SuppressDeprecationWarnings option to suppress lib warnings #5869 Add --not-in-schema Flag to Helm #6095 chore: build kustomize binary into _output/ directory #6125 feat(nameref): follow name references inside embedded YAML/JSON #5998 docs: Clarify error on strategic merge failure #6270 test: add direct coverage for kyaml resource matchers #6247 feat(loader): oci:// remote resources (pull only)
	#6035 Replacements / Reject: labelSelector does not filter correctly and applies the Replacement to all 🌊 6228
	#5452 Add an option in kustomize lib to suppress the deprecation warnings. 🌊 5466 6109 6159
	#4146 kustomize is converting quoted("123") string to non-quoted one due to which resource apply is failing 🌊