---
launchpad: ironic
release-model: cycle-with-intermediary
stable-branch-type: std-with-versions
team: ironic
type: service
repository-settings:
  openstack/ironic: {}
releases:
  - version: 23.1.0
    projects:
      - repo: openstack/ironic
        hash: 281cebedd6e436033dbf47fabe714c941b0a5e69
  - version: 24.0.0
    projects:
      - repo: openstack/ironic
        hash: 9050f66a1b8ec8778fec06fd00a7f2254663608c
branches:
  - name: bugfix/23.1
    location: 23.1.0
  - name: bugfix/24.0
    location: 24.0.0
cycle-highlights:
  - Ironic has enabled RBAC support by default by changing the default
    values of ``[oslo_policy]enforce_scope`` and
    ``[oslo_policy]enforce_new_defaults`` to ``True``. Additionally, we
    added ``[DEFAULT]rbac_service_project_name`` to define a project where
    users in that project are treated as having a service role.
    Please see Ironic release notes for full details.
  - Ironic has added the ability to drain active tasks from a conductor
    before shutdown. Sending a ``SIGUSR2`` signal to an ironic-conductor
    will now attempt to complete running tasks with a timeout of
    ``[DEFAULT]drain_shutdown_timeout``. No new tasks will be started on
    the conductor while it's draining.
  - Ironic now has basic testing for OVN-based deployments, using the OVN
    DHCP service. This includes lightly tested support for OVN VTEP switches.
    Operators considering use of this support should read
    `Ironic OVN documentation <https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/latest/admin/ovn-networking.html>`_
    for more information and details on limitations.
  - Several Ironic drivers have been deprecated in favor of more modern,
    redfish-based drivers. The ``ibmc``, ``xclarity``, and ``idrac-wsman``
    drivers will be removed during a future development cycle. Operators
    utilizing these drivers are encouraged to use the redfish hardware type
    instead. Additionally, users of the ``ilo`` hardware type on newer ILO6-based
    hardware will now be prompted to use ``redfish`` instead.
  - Ironic now supports UEFI HTTP mode booting. The ``http`` boot interface is
    based upon the ``pxe`` interface, and ``http-ipxe`` is based upon ``ipxe``.
  - Ironic now supports in-band inspection and node auto-discovery without an
    additional ironic-inspector service. An online data migration was added which
    migrates inspection interface on idle nodes to ``agent`` if inspector-based
    inspection is disabled, and agent-based inspection is enabled.
  - Ironic will now reserve a small number of worker threads for user-interactive
    API usage. Previously, an overloaded Ironic cluster could fail API calls if many
    nodes performed provisioning actions at the same time.
  - Ironic now supports pulling down images from a web server authenticated
    using basic auth. This permits standalone Ironic users to secure their
    external image repositories.