[Deprecation Announcement] v2.28.0 of the EBS CSI Driver Helm Chart is the last minor version to support --reuse-values

[ConnorJC3]

Summary

Today, the EBS CSI Driver supports upgrading with --reuse-values in some scenarios (opt-in features do not support it). In a future release, that support will no longer be tested for or guaranteed.

If you use --reuse-values today, we strongly suggest you consider switching to --reset-then-reuse-values, a new Helm flag available in Helm 3.14.0 and later.

FAQ

I don't upgrade with --reuse-values, does this affect me?

If you (or a tool on your behalf) does not explicitly pass --reuse-values to Helm, this change does not affect you. helm upgrade, helm upgrade --reset-values, and helm upgrade --reset-then-reuse-values will still be supported.

Why is this happening?

--reuse-values behaves in an unintuitive way that greatly increases the burden on maintainers and contributors to the EBS CSI Driver Helm chart (this blog post provides a useful summary of the issue with --reuse-values). The team evaluated this burden and decided to deprecate --reuse-values upgrade support, which is consistent with other popular Helm charts.

When will this happen?

The specific release this deprecation will take place in is undecided at the moment. When more information is available, it will be announced on this issue and in the EBS CSI Helm chart CHANGELOG.

Update: As announced in the CHANGELOG, v2.28.0 will be the last minor version of the EBS CSI Driver Helm Chart to support --reuse values.

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[sossickd]

Whatever

[ConnorJC3]

/close

This deprecation has occurred as of v2.29.0 - the EBS CSI Driver chart no longer supports upgrading with --reuse-values, closing this announcement out.

We will continue to monitor this issue if anyone has any questions about the change.

[k8s-ci-robot]

@ConnorJC3: Closing this issue.

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/close

This deprecation has occurred as of v2.29.0 - the EBS CSI Driver chart no longer supports upgrading with --reuse-values, closing this announcement out.

We will continue to monitor this issue if anyone has any questions about the change.

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