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Kustomize Triage

101 unique items

Completion ETA: ~2026-10-30

Assi New issues that need triage PRs that need attention

#5084 Performance improvements for `kustomize build`
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#4024 kyaml should implement KRM Functions Spec v1
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#5819 allow using helmChart without repo URL
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#5729 Release docker image for arm64
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#5653 kustomize example in README uses deprecated commonLabels
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#5110 Allow custom merge keys?
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#4121 Better document field/feature availability across Kustomize versions
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#3951 Document `kubectl kustomize` integration
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#3944 Reconcile crds and openapi fields
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#3418 Support generic resource references in name reference tracking
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#6329 Be more homogenous with support for specifying targets (e.g. generalizing replacements select/reject)
#6328 replacements append 99 looks silly, psychological barrier to using
#6313 Allow to mount configmap files in subdirectory with only configmapgenerator (no manual volume items: key/path)
#6312 Document strong guidelines/convetions on how to organize kustomize definitions
#6303 Establish a single authoritative documentation source and clearly mark legacy documentation
#6293 kustomize localize generates file names that Windows cannot create
#6289 Built-in support to make components ordering less error prone
#6336 GetFieldValue misreads non-decimal YAML integers compared with parent mapping decoding
#6300 Strategic merge patches cost O(n²) each: `resWrangler.ApplySmPatch` re-appends every resource with a linear duplicate-ID scan
#6166 Missing --enable-helm when running kustomize localize
#6142 `namePrefix`/`nameSuffix` in Components Do Not Rewrite `secretKeyRef` for External Generator Secrets
#6317 `GetFieldValue` returns string "null" for null field value
#6124 Allow loading configurations from parent directories in Kustomize
#5997 Strategic merge failures are unclear
#6089 File content merging in config map generator
#5925 fileloader: Add support for query parameters
#6000 Statefulset volumeClaimTemplates labels not properly merged after patch
#6146 kyaml merge2: `$patch` directives on list elements ignored with `ListPrepend`
#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
#5904 Strategic merge patches change the order of containers
#5626 Kustomize patches overwritten by namespace
#5563 Standardized behavior for `kustomize edit`
#5482 In `replacements`, the type of source value is not retained when the target fieldPath is not existent an configured with `option.create: true`
#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
#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.
#5422 Researching performance degradation (and improvement) over a number of releases
#3974 Docs site should integrate Kustomize repo examples
#3950 Improve kyaml documentation
#4130 install_kustomize.sh returns `Version vX.X.X does not exist` for non module versions.
#3973 Improve docs for getting started with Kustomize
#3829 explain in eschewed features position on sorting
#3464 Add documentation for kustomize commands
#3248 Add a set of performance benchmark
#6004 REQUEST for kustomize logo design proposals
#119 globbing/wildcards in "resources" field
#641 Kustomize doesn't support metadata.generateName
#6304 fix: make ConfigMap output deterministic
#6265 fix: apply $patch: replace to list elements when patch lists are prepended
#6127 docs(plugin): document KUSTOMIZE_PLUGIN_HOME and plugin-home resolution
#6299 ci: run api and kustomize tests on Windows
#6200 fix: make `edit add label` generate the labels field instead of deprecated commonLabels
#6247 feat(loader): oci:// remote resources (pull only)
#6337 fix(kyaml): decode YAML integer scalars consistently
#6302 Strategic merge patches cost O(n²) each: make ApplySmPatch collision check linear
#6169 localize: expose --enable-helm for verification builds ( #6166 )
#6162 feat: add Gateway certificateRefs to builtin nameReference config
#6062 feat: preserve initial document separator with kyaml
#6148 refactor: introduce golden file testing to simplify test expectation updates
#6192 fix(kyaml): correctly handle patches with a partial compound merge key
#6159 api/krusty: add SuppressDeprecationWarnings option to suppress lib warnings
#6128 fix(api/types): map HelmChartArgs.ReleaseNamespace -> HelmChart.Namespace
#5869 Add --not-in-schema Flag to Helm
#6095 chore: build kustomize binary into _output/ directory
#6139 feat(build): flag -strict-warnings to enforce policy failures
#6183 Automate the multi-module release with release-all.sh
#6301 Avoid quadratic ID scans when applying strategic merge patches
#6260 fix: pull helm charts atomically to survive concurrent kustomize builds
#6281 fix: quote ConfigMap and Secret data values in YAML output
#6108 fix(helm): Set namespace on templates that does not contain a namespace
#6294 feat: preserve explicit YAML document start markers
#6288 fix(kyaml): honor CRD list-map merge keys
#6285 fix: explain non-string inline patch errors
#6282 fix: update nameReferences for unknown cluster-scoped CRDs
#6147 kyaml: fix `$patch` directives ignored with `ListPrepend` merge
#6145 Fix helm chart rendering without values file
#5944 feat: add Windows support by handling empty path case in PathSplit function
#6201 fix: apply name references to kinds of unknown scope across namespaces
#6324 fix: return nil from GetFieldValue for a null scalar
#6211 fix: preserve resolved scalar type for replacement-created fields
#6287 fix: preserve hash lines in block scalars as content
#6208 api/image: escape images[].name before interpolating into regexp

#5140 Make the `apiVersion` and `kind` fields mandatory in Kustomization/Component v1
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#4679 kustomize edit add replacement
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#4146 kustomize is converting quoted("123") string to non-quoted one due to which resource apply is failing
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#6225 kustomize edit set image exponentially duplicates block-scalar content
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#5452 Add an option in kustomize lib to suppress the deprecation warnings.
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#4763 Use labels to filter `source` in `replacements`
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#5504 nameReference transformer is not updating fields in all configured resource kinds
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#3941 Telemetry to guide investment decisions
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#4593 HelmChartInflationGenerator ignores releaseNamespace
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#6035 Replacements / Reject: labelSelector does not filter correctly and applies the Replacement to all
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#5816 Kustomize hangs on replacements with regex key-value pair and create: true
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#6232 feat: add rooted io/fs adapter
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#5926 feat: use strict unmarshalling for LoadFunctionConfig
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#5988 Severe performance degradation when enabling resource tracking
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