Our selection of the latest prominent software updates from the cloud native ecosystem:

1. Apache SkyWalking 10 was released last month. Written in Java, it is an APM (Application Performance Monitor) tool for distributed systems with a focus on microservices, containers, and cloud native apps. This latest release brings numerous new features, including the ability to monitor the Kubernetes network traffic by using eBPF.

2. Istio v1.22 is another noticeable release from May. Istio APIs are promoted to v1, Gateway API became stable for service mesh, and Delta xDS was enabled by default. Find a more detailed overview of the latest changes in this recent blog post.

3. k0smotron 1.0 was released by Mirantis last week. This Open Source tool helps you to manage Kubernetes clusters using k0s, the company’s distribution focused on edge and IoT. The new version brings remote machine support, improves the control plane’s high availability, enables updates-in-place, and adds support for clusterctl CLI.

4. Kargo v0.7.0 was released by Akuity last week. This project is described as “a next-generation continuous delivery and application lifecycle orchestration platform,” which aims to “provide an intuitive and flexible layer above existing GitOps tooling.” Its latest version got improvements for ECR and Google Artifact Registry, better artifact discovery, and manual “freight” assembly.

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