What rancher/rancher shipped
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Week of September 14, 2026
What shipped
- Fixed retry and recovery logic for failed deferred controller starts, addressing issue #54006. Pull request #57296
- Added deterministic check for last etcd node protection to manage pre-terminate annotations for etcd machines. Pull request #54202
- Added API type definitions for operation cancellation. Pull request #57392
- Updated Fleet to v0.14.11 in release/v2.13. Pull request #57436
- Updated Fleet to v0.13.16 in release/v2.12. Pull request #57437
- Updated Fleet to v0.16.2 in release/v2.15. Pull request #57440
- Updated Fleet to v0.15.7 in release/v2.14. Pull request #57438
- Updated Fleet to v0.12.20 in release/v2.11. Pull request #57439
- Fixed klipper repository URLs in image origins for v2.13 to reflect new k3s-io organization home. Pull request #57370
- Bumped remotedialer-proxy to stable v0.8.2 in release/v2.15. Pull request #57404
Why it matters
This week focused on stability improvements with controller retry fixes and etcd node protection logic, while updating core dependencies like Fleet across all supported release branches. Multiple klipper repository URL corrections ensure accurate artifact generation across releases.
Changelog entry
- Fix retry and recovery from failed deferred controller starts (#54006) Pull request #57296
- Add deterministic check for last etcd node protection (#53836) Pull request #54202
- Add operation cancellation API types (#54267) Pull request #57392
- Update Fleet to v0.14.11 (v2.13) Pull request #57436
- Update Fleet to v0.13.16 (v2.12) Pull request #57437
- Update Fleet to v0.16.2 (v2.15) Pull request #57440
- Update Fleet to v0.15.7 (v2.14) Pull request #57438
- Update Fleet to v0.12.20 (v2.11) Pull request #57439
- Fix klipper repository URLs in image origins (v2.13) Pull request #57370
- Fix klipper repository URLs in image origins (v2.14) Pull request #57369
- Fix klipper repository URLs in image origins (v2.15) Pull request #57368
- Bump remotedialer-proxy to v0.8.2 (v2.15) Pull request #57404
- Bump remotedialer-proxy to v0.7.6 (v2.14) Pull request #57403
- Bump remotedialer-proxy to v0.6.4 (v2.13) Pull request #57402
This week: fixed controller startup recovery, added etcd node protection checks, updated Fleet and remotedialer-proxy across release branches, corrected klipper repository references.
Rancher shipped stability and dependency updates this week: controller retry and recovery fixes for failed deferred starts, deterministic etcd node protection for safe machine termination, and Fleet updates across v2.11-v2.15. Also corrected klipper repository URLs reflecting the k3s-io organization move, ensuring accurate image origin tracking in release artifacts.