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@Bigdelle Bigdelle commented Aug 20, 2025

This PR addresses this design CFP.

This change introduces packet tracing via trace IDs embedded in IP options, observable via cilium monitor and hubble

Summary

The design CFP is the ultimate resource for understanding this feature, but the following summary should provide context in a more succint way.

This pull request adds a packet tracing feature using a configurable IPv4 option.

The feature allows a trace ID to be embedded within a custom IPv4 option. When a packet containing this option is processed by Cilium, the trace ID is extracted and propagated into monitor events and Hubble flows. This enables the precise tracking of a specific packet's path and outcome, which is useful for debugging policy and connectivity issues.

Implementation Details

The implementation consists of three main parts:

  1. BPF Dataplane
  • A new Cilium agent flag, --ip-tracing-option-type, configures the BPF programs to look for a specific IP option type.
  • BPF programs were updated to parse this IPv4 option and extract its payload as a 64-bit trace ID.
  • The extracted trace ID is stored in a per-CPU map and associated with the packet during its processing in the datapath.
  1. Control Plane
  • The DropNotify and TraceNotify event structures have been extended to include the IPTraceID.
  • When a packet with a trace ID is dropped or traced, the ID is included in the corresponding event sent to the agent.
  • The cilium-monitor output now displays the IP Trace ID when present in an event.
  1. Hubble Observability
  • The Hubble flow.proto definition was updated to include an IPTraceID message within the Flow object.
  • The Hubble parser now populates this field from the monitor events.
  • A new filter, --ip-trace-id, has been added to the hubble observe command to allow filtering flows by one or more trace IDs.

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LGTM, just relaying some lingering comments from 8ffc09a

It looks like you addressed some of them, so perhaps you already looked into the others as well.

@pchaigno pchaigno added area/datapath Impacts bpf/ or low-level forwarding details, including map management and monitor messages. area/monitor Impacts monitoring, access logging, flow logging, visibility of datapath traffic. release-note/major This PR introduces major new functionality to Cilium. area/hubble Impacts hubble server or relay labels Aug 22, 2025
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@Bigdelle Bigdelle force-pushed the flows branch 2 times, most recently from 27e469b to 9a2580d Compare August 26, 2025 21:32
This change refactors the drop notify tests to be version-aware. This
is a preparatory step to allow for the introduction of new fields to
the `DropNotify` struct in a backward-compatible manner.

The tests are updated to:

- Define separate test cases for different versions of the `DropNotify`
struct.

Signed-off-by: Ben Bigdelle <[email protected]>
This change extends the `DropNotify` struct to include the IP trace

ID.

The following changes are included:
- The `DropNotify` struct in the control plane is updated to include
the `IPTraceID` field.
- The BPF code is updated to check to see if there is a stored trace ID
in the BPF map and, if so, populating it.
- The `cilium-monitor` output is updated to display the IP trace ID when
present in a drop notify message.

Signed-off-by: Ben Bigdelle <[email protected]>
This change extends the `TraceNotify` struct to include the IP trace.

The following changes are included:
- The `TraceNotify` struct in the control plane is updated to include
the `IPTraceID` field.
- At the creation of a TraceNotify event, check to see if IP trace is
stored in the BPF map and populate it in the message if so.
- The `cilium-monitor` output is updated to display the IP trace ID when
present in a trace notify message.

Signed-off-by: Ben Bigdelle <[email protected]>
This change introduces the IPTraceID field to the Hubble protobuf. This allows
IP-based tracing information to be propagated and associated with flows
observed by Hubble.

The following changes are included:
- A new `IPTraceID` message type is defined in `flow.proto`, containing
the trace ID and the IP option type.
- The Hubble parser is updated to decode the IP trace ID from monitor
events (both drop and trace notifications) and populate the `ip_trace_id`
field in the resulting `Flow` message.
- The Hubble printer is updated to display the IP trace ID in the
output.

Signed-off-by: Ben Bigdelle <[email protected]>
This change introduces the ability to filter Hubble flows by IP trace ID directly
from the Hubble CLI.

The following changes are included:
- A new `--ip-trace-id` flag is added to the `hubble observe` command,
which can be specified multiple times to filter for multiple trace IDs.
- A new `IPTraceIDFilter` is implemented to perform the filtering logic based
onthe provided trace IDs.
- The `IPTraceIDFilter` is added to the list of default filters.
- The help text for the `hubble observe` command is updated to include the new flag.

Signed-off-by: Ben Bigdelle <[email protected]>
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jrife commented Sep 8, 2025

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Bigdelle commented Sep 8, 2025

The two workflow failures relate to flakes:
ci-integration is hitting #41550
ci-e2e-upgrade is hitting #41520

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Bigdelle commented Sep 8, 2025

ci-e2e-upgrade hitting #37520

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Bigdelle commented Sep 8, 2025

Failing K8s test related to #40575 and this PR

*Reran and passed

@pchaigno pchaigno added this pull request to the merge queue Sep 11, 2025
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@Bigdelle Congrats on your first pull request in Cilium! Not starting with an easy one 😅

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joamaki commented Sep 24, 2025

This is causing flakes in CI: error="loading eBPF collection into the kernel: map cilium_percpu_trace_id: pin map to /sys/fs/bpf/tc/globals/cilium_percpu_trace_id: file exists" (1 occurrences)

The BPF loader in Cilium is trying to pin the map in parallel, causing the first load to succeed and others to fail. A map must either not be marked as PIN_BY_NAME or if it is it must be OpenAndCreated by the agent before the loader starts (e.g. from a Start hook added from a constructor that provides bpf.BpfMap). Or if there's no Cell for this it could be done the "old" way via e.g. daemon/cmd/datapath.go in Daemon.initMaps.

I know there's no way to discover this when you're new to the code base. We are trying to figure out how to avoid or enforce this.

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This is causing flakes in CI: error="loading eBPF collection into the kernel: map cilium_percpu_trace_id: pin map to /sys/fs/bpf/tc/globals/cilium_percpu_trace_id: file exists" (1 occurrences)

The BPF loader in Cilium is trying to pin the map in parallel, causing the first load to succeed and others to fail. A map must either not be marked as PIN_BY_NAME or if it is it must be OpenAndCreated by the agent before the loader starts (e.g. from a Start hook added from a constructor that provides bpf.BpfMap). Or if there's no Cell for this it could be done the "old" way via e.g. daemon/cmd/datapath.go in Daemon.initMaps.

I know there's no way to discover this when you're new to the code base. We are trying to figure out how to avoid or enforce this.

Thank you for letting me know about this! I'll work on this and update to avoid this issue coming up.

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This is causing flakes in CI: error="loading eBPF collection into the kernel: map cilium_percpu_trace_id: pin map to /sys/fs/bpf/tc/globals/cilium_percpu_trace_id: file exists" (1 occurrences)

The BPF loader in Cilium is trying to pin the map in parallel, causing the first load to succeed and others to fail. A map must either not be marked as PIN_BY_NAME or if it is it must be OpenAndCreated by the agent before the loader starts (e.g. from a Start hook added from a constructor that provides bpf.BpfMap). Or if there's no Cell for this it could be done the "old" way via e.g. daemon/cmd/datapath.go in Daemon.initMaps.

I know there's no way to discover this when you're new to the code base. We are trying to figure out how to avoid or enforce this.

Hi Jussi, I drafted a solution and have it open as a draft PR right now (#41886). Please feel free to take a look and leave comments. Thank you, again, for bringing this to our attention!

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jrife commented Sep 24, 2025

The BPF loader in Cilium is trying to pin the map in parallel

@joamaki No strong objections to just calling OpenAndCreate() on startup with something similar to the PR Ben opened. For the sake of argument though, I wonder if there's anything wrong with teaching the loader to ignore EEXISTS errors on map pins or more gracefully handle it? If the intent is to ensure a map exists at a desired pin path and another load operation beats the current one to the punch, that seems OK actually provided that the map at that pin path matches the desired spec from the operation that received the error. Maybe we could do something like this to avoid introducing startup cruft just to prevent races?

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if err == EEXISTS {
    if the map spec at pin path == my map spec {
        // ignore the error
    } else {
        // return some other error
    }
}

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- 🛡️ **Network Policy**
  - 🃏 **Multi-Level DNS Matches**: DNS Policies match pattern now support a wildcard prefix(*`**.`*) to match multilevel subdomain as pattern prefix. ([cilium/cilium#43420](cilium/cilium#43420), [@&#8203;fristonio](https://github.com/fristonio))
  - 📡 **Match New Protocols**: You can now match VRRP and IGMP protocols in host firewall rules. ([cilium/cilium#39872](cilium/cilium#39872), [@&#8203;aditighag](https://github.com/aditighag); [cilium/cilium#41949](cilium/cilium#41949), [@&#8203;kyounghunJang](https://github.com/kyounghunJang))
  - ⛔ **Actively Deny Connections**: When Network Policies deny a connection, Cilium can return ICMPv4 "Destination unreachable" messages for a friendlier deny. ([cilium/cilium#41406](cilium/cilium#41406), [@&#8203;antonipp](https://github.com/antonipp))
  - 🌐 **Select Clusters Explicitly**: When network policy selectors don't explicitly define a cluster for communication to be allowed, they will now default to only allowing the local cluster. ([cilium/cilium#40609](cilium/cilium#40609), [@&#8203;MrFreezeex](https://github.com/MrFreezeex))
  - 🔧 **Unlock Future Work**: This release brings several internal improvements to the network policy engine in preparation for features planned in the next Cilium minor release ([cilium/cilium#39906](cilium/cilium#39906), [@&#8203;vipul-21](https://github.com/vipul-21); [cilium/cilium#42784](cilium/cilium#42784), [cilium/cilium#42896](cilium/cilium#42896), [@&#8203;jrajahalme](https://github.com/jrajahalme))
  - ⚠️ **Deprecate underutilized features**: To focus on solving common problems Cilium users face, this release deprecates the Kafka protocol match fields (beta), as well as the `ToRequires` and `FromRequires` policy fields. ([cilium/cilium#43167](cilium/cilium#43167), [@&#8203;sayboras](https://github.com/sayboras); [cilium/cilium#40967](cilium/cilium#40967), [@&#8203;TheBeeZee](https://github.com/TheBeeZee))

- 🔒 **Encryption & Authentication**
  - 🔐 **Encryption Strict Modes**: Both IPsec and WireGuard transparent encryption modes now support a "strict mode" to require traffic to be encrypted between nodes. Unencrypted traffic will be dropped in this mode. ([cilium/cilium#39239](cilium/cilium#39239), [cilium/cilium#42115](cilium/cilium#42115), [@&#8203;rgo3](https://github.com/rgo3), [@&#8203;julianwiedmann](https://github.com/julianwiedmann))
  - 🚇 **Ztunnel Beta**: You can enroll namespaces into Ztunnel, which enables TCP connections between workloads to be transparently encrypted and authenticated. ([cilium/cilium#42766](cilium/cilium#42766), [cilium/cilium#42819](cilium/cilium#42819), [cilium/cilium#43227](cilium/cilium#43227) and others,  [@&#8203;ldelossa](https://github.com/ldelossa), [@&#8203;rgo3](https://github.com/rgo3), [@&#8203;nddq](https://github.com/nddq))
  - 👥 **Mutual Authentication**: The out-of-band [Mutual Authentication](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.19.0/network/servicemesh/mutual-authentication/mutual-authentication/) feature is now disabled by default, pending community feedback. If you have a requirement for mTLS, consider trying the new Ztunnel integration. ([cilium/cilium#42665](cilium/cilium#42665), [@&#8203;christarazi](https://github.com/christarazi))
  - ↪️ **Accelerate IPsec**: The IPsec encryption mode now supports BPF Host Routing for faster route lookups ([cilium/cilium#41997](cilium/cilium#41997), [@&#8203;pchaigno](https://github.com/pchaigno))

- 🚠 **Networking**
  - 🚀  **BIG TCP in Tunnels**: Leverage upcoming Linux support for BIG TCP when communicating over UDP-based tunnels such as VXLAN and Geneve. ([cilium/cilium#43416](cilium/cilium#43416), [@&#8203;gentoo-root](https://github.com/gentoo-root))
  - 🥌 **Packetization-Layer Path MTU Discovery**: Detect maximum transmission unit (MTU) sizes for network paths using TCP. ([cilium/cilium#42012](cilium/cilium#42012), [cilium/cilium#43710](cilium/cilium#43710), [@&#8203;tommyp1ckles](https://github.com/tommyp1ckles))
  - 🚆 **IPv6 Underlay**: You can now choose IPv6 for the tunnel underlay address family on dual-stack clusters. ([cilium/cilium#40324](cilium/cilium#40324), [@&#8203;pchaigno](https://github.com/pchaigno))
  - 🏷️ **Multi-Pool IPAM is ready for wider use**: Update the Multi-Pool IPAM feature to work with IPsec and direct routing modes, and promote it from Beta to Stable. ([cilium/cilium#40460](cilium/cilium#40460), [cilium/cilium#42191](cilium/cilium#42191), [@&#8203;pippolo84](https://github.com/pippolo84))
  - 🎭 **More Configurable Masquerade**: IP Masquerade configuration can now be customized for traffic sent to nodes in other IP subnets, and addresses in IPAM pools can be excluded from masquerade ([cilium/cilium#37568](cilium/cilium#37568), [@&#8203;behzad-mir](https://github.com/behzad-mir); [cilium/cilium#43380](cilium/cilium#43380), [@&#8203;alimehrabikoshki](https://github.com/alimehrabikoshki))

- 🕸️ **Services and Service Mesh**
  - 📣 **Layer-2 Announcements**: Add support for Neighbor Discovery Advertisements for IPv6 Layer-2 Announcements. ([cilium/cilium#39648](cilium/cilium#39648), [@&#8203;msune](https://github.com/msune))
  - 🔁 **IPv6 Service Loopback**: Pods can now connect to themselves via a Kubernetes "loopback service" using IPv6. ([cilium/cilium#39594](cilium/cilium#39594), [@&#8203;saiaunghlyanhtet](https://github.com/saiaunghlyanhtet))
  - ⛩️ **Gateway API Enhancements**: Cilium's GAMMA support now includes support for using GRPCRoute as well as HTTPRoute. ([cilium/cilium#41936](cilium/cilium#41936), [@&#8203;youngnick](https://github.com/youngnick))

- 🛣️ **Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)**
  - 🔌 **Advertise Addresses from Interfaces**: There's a new Interface BGP advertisement type that allows advertisement of IPs assigned on local interfaces. This can be useful for example in multi-homing setups, where a common node's loopback address can be advertised via multiple BGP sessions over different network interfaces. ([cilium/cilium#42469](cilium/cilium#42469), [@&#8203;rastislavs](https://github.com/rastislavs))
  - ✉️ **Override Source IP addresses**: You can override the auto-generated BGP session source IP with the IP address applied on the configured `sourceInterface` to allow binding the BGP connection to the loopback address which is not tied to the specific physical interface's lifecycle ([cilium/cilium#42583](cilium/cilium#42583), [@&#8203;rastislavs](https://github.com/rastislavs))
  - 🔁 **Withdraw Empty Routes**: Optionally withdraw BGP routes when a service has 0 endpoints, to allow balancing to a different DC/cluster with `externalTrafficPolicy=Cluster` ([cilium/cilium#40717](cilium/cilium#40717), [@&#8203;oblazek](https://github.com/oblazek))
  - ⚠️ **Move to `cilium.io/v2` API**: The support for the older `CiliumBGPPeeringPolicy` v1 API is now removed and should be replaced with v2 APIs. ([cilium/cilium#42278](cilium/cilium#42278), [@&#8203;rastislavs](https://github.com/rastislavs))

- 🛰️ **Observability**
  - 🔬 **Trace IP Options**: Configure Cilium and Hubble to trace specific packets through the cluster using IP Options. ([cilium/cilium#41306](cilium/cilium#41306), [@&#8203;Bigdelle](https://github.com/Bigdelle))
  - 🚩 **Filter Encrypted Flows**: Filter flows when using the `hubble` command line to understand the encryption status of the traffic, either `--encrypted` or `--unencrypted`. ([cilium/cilium#43096](cilium/cilium#43096), [@&#8203;SRodi](https://github.com/SRodi))
  - 🔖 **Tag Drops with Policy Names**: Hubble v1.Events drop messages now include which Network Policy caused the drop. ([cilium/cilium#41693](cilium/cilium#41693), [@&#8203;41ks](https://github.com/41ks))

- 🌅 **Performance and Scale**
  - ⚡ **Faster Network Policy Computation**: Improve Cilium resource usage for handling selectors in network policies. ([cilium/cilium#42008](cilium/cilium#42008), [@&#8203;jrajahalme](https://github.com/jrajahalme); [cilium/cilium#42580](cilium/cilium#42580), [@&#8203;odinuge](https://github.com/odinuge))
  - 🔌 **More Efficient Connection Tracking**: Several improvements have been made to reduce the number of connections being tracked by Cilium, particularly when using Geneve, VXLAN or WireGuard. ([cilium/cilium#38782](cilium/cilium#38782), [@&#8203;BenoitKnecht](https://github.com/BenoitKnecht); [cilium/cilium#41990](cilium/cilium#41990), [@&#8203;bersoare](https://github.com/bersoare))
  - 💾 **Better Scale in AWS**: Reduce memory usage for cilium-operator in large AWS environments with many resources. ([cilium/cilium#42529](cilium/cilium#42529), [@&#8203;liyihuang](https://github.com/liyihuang))

- ⚙️ **Operations**
  - 📦 **Access Helm charts via Registry**: Helm charts are also available under `quay.io/cilium/charts/cilium` ([cilium/cilium#43624](cilium/cilium#43624), [@&#8203;aanm](https://github.com/aanm))
  - 📊 **Metrics Encryption**: Add TLS/mTLS support for Prometheus metrics exposed by the Cilium Operator. ([cilium/cilium#42077](cilium/cilium#42077), [@&#8203;phuhung273](https://github.com/phuhung273))
  - 🤖 **Easier Multi-Cluster install**: There's now support for auto-installing the Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for Multi-Cluster  Services (MCS). ([cilium/cilium#40729](cilium/cilium#40729), [@&#8203;MrFreezeex](https://github.com/MrFreezeex))
  - 📜 **Simpler Certificate Management**: Streamline Cluster Mesh and Hubble certificate generation when using GitOps approaches. ([cilium/cilium#42298](cilium/cilium#42298), [@&#8203;MrFreezeex](https://github.com/MrFreezeex))
  - 🛠️ **Cilium dependencies** were updated to Kubernetes v1.35, Envoy v1.35, Gateway API v1.4, and GoBGP v3.37. ([cilium/cilium#43422](cilium/cilium#43422), [@&#8203;aanm](https://github.com/aanm); [cilium/cilium#40569](cilium/cilium#40569), [@&#8203;sayboras](https://github.com/sayboras); [cilium/cilium#41936](cilium/cilium#41936), [@&#8203;youngnick](https://github.com/youngnick); [cilium/cilium#42824](cilium/cilium#42824), [@&#8203;rastislavs](https://github.com/rastislavs)).

- 🏠 **Community**
  - ❤️ **Production Case Studies**: Many end-users have stepped forward to tell their stories running Cilium in production. If your company wants to submit their case studies let us know. We would love to hear your feedback!
  - 📰 See studies with [Airbnb](https://youtu.be/7KHenRXNGAw?si=ldTS-X_W0svxo429\&t=546), [Cloudera](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/migration-and-modernization/scaling-clouderas-development-environment-leveraging-amazon-eks-karpenter-bottlerocket-and-cilium-for-hybrid-cloud/),[ Cybozu](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/cybozu/), [ESnet](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/esnet/),[ Nutanix](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/nutanix/), [OVHcloud](https://corporate.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/newsroom/news/ovhcloud-managed-kubernetes-service-standard-3az/), [TikTok](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0qlhiKtDGo), [University of Wisconsin–Madison](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/university-of-wisconsin-madison/).
  - 🇺🇸 **Atlanta Events**: The community gathered at [CiliumCon](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDg_GiBbAx-mOnWuzd_NXoRfuW9HZAxeZ) and the [Cilium Developer Summit](https://github.com/cilium/dev-summits/blob/main/2025-NA/README.md) in Atlanta.
  - 🇳🇱 **Amsterdam Events**: Meet us at the upcoming [CiliumCon](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/co-located-events/ciliumcon/) and [Cilium Developer Summit](https://github.com/cilium/dev-summits/tree/main/2026-EU) in Amsterdam, March 23-27. [Read more](https://cilium.io/blog/2026/01/23/cilium-at-kubecon-eu-2026/) about where to find Cilium during the show.
  - 🔟 **Cilium is 10**: Read the [2025 Cilium Annual Report](https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/cilium-annual-report-2025-final.pdf) to see the latest project milestones, a decade on from its first commit.

To keep up to date with all the latest Cilium releases, join #release 🎉

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This is a very special release for Cilium, as it celebrates **10 years** since the first commit. We couldn’t be more proud of what this project has accomplished. All the GitHub issues, pull requests, reviews, stars, forks, Docker pulls, Helm installs, Kubernetes applies, CI runs, bug reports, design docs, discussions, meetings, Slack messages, YouTube streams, eCHO episodes, conference talks, blog posts, demos, and presentations have made the project the success it is today.
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##### Docker Manifests

##### cilium

`quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:be9f8571c2e114b3e12e41f785f2356ade703b2eac936aa878805565f0468c60`

##### clustermesh-apiserver

`quay.io/cilium/clustermesh-apiserver:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:0e3b89fdb116eb0f5579fe8ee3fabb1a7c4d97987a1ae927491d9185785d4a49`

##### docker-plugin

`quay.io/cilium/docker-plugin:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:35727047384f3d7a2684885003b266bf7a7add8fc66ca564b222f71c16057f50`

##### hubble-relay

`quay.io/cilium/hubble-relay:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:7f17e5bb51a9f35bbc8e7a9ad5e347f03ff8003c2e5cc81171e8727a10bf03b4`

##### operator-alibabacloud

`quay.io/cilium/operator-alibabacloud:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:5cb3d6981c233616037f3e13b5bc0020d114ad8db1b7360618b224e4c0b02ef0`

##### operator-aws

`quay.io/cilium/operator-aws:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:7a236ae256a4fbd3f72d516921131eba5b43f401ba37cdee5cd0e8c26f9263e6`

##### operator-azure

`quay.io/cilium/operator-azure:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:6ae7e0d75c74836af3600b775201c89ea7fcc13d6e08fdb0c52927309f31cd2a`

##### operator-generic

`quay.io/cilium/operator-generic:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:5b04006015e5800307dc6314676edc4c0bb7ac2fc7848be2b94b43bb030ab648`

##### operator

`quay.io/cilium/operator:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:deca84f442752dca0745dd09b13e8004569414839019ad79ac58f9fcaa3b9d65`

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### [`v1.19.0`](https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.0): 1.19.0

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🎉 **Release Announcement** 🎉: We are excited to announce the [Cilium 1.19.0](https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.0) release!

A total of **2934 new commits** have been contributed to this release by a growing community of over **1010 developers** and over **23,600 GitHub stars**! 🤩

⚠️ You may need to take action during upgrade to Cilium v1.19 if you use Network Policies, Cluster Mesh, LoadBalancer IPAM or BGP. See the [Upgrade Guide](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.19/operations/upgrade/#upgrade-notes) for more details.

The full changelog can be found [here](https://github.com/cilium/cilium/blob/v1.19/CHANGELOG.md).

Here are some of the highlights:

- 🛡️ **Network Policy**
  - 🃏 **Multi-Level DNS Matches**: DNS Policies match pattern now support a wildcard prefix(*`**.`*) to match multilevel subdomain as pattern prefix. ([cilium/cilium#43420](cilium/cilium#43420), [@&#8203;fristonio](https://github.com/fristonio))
  - 📡 **Match New Protocols**: You can now match VRRP and IGMP protocols in host firewall rules. ([cilium/cilium#39872](cilium/cilium#39872), [@&#8203;aditighag](https://github.com/aditighag); [cilium/cilium#41949](cilium/cilium#41949), [@&#8203;kyounghunJang](https://github.com/kyounghunJang))
  - ⛔ **Actively Deny Connections**: When Network Policies deny a connection, Cilium can return ICMPv4 "Destination unreachable" messages for a friendlier deny. ([cilium/cilium#41406](cilium/cilium#41406), [@&#8203;antonipp](https://github.com/antonipp))
  - 🌐 **Select Clusters Explicitly**: When network policy selectors don't explicitly define a cluster for communication to be allowed, they will now default to only allowing the local cluster. ([cilium/cilium#40609](cilium/cilium#40609), [@&#8203;MrFreezeex](https://github.com/MrFreezeex))
  - 🔧 **Unlock Future Work**: This release brings several internal improvements to the network policy engine in preparation for features planned in the next Cilium minor release ([cilium/cilium#39906](cilium/cilium#39906), [@&#8203;vipul-21](https://github.com/vipul-21); [cilium/cilium#42784](cilium/cilium#42784), [cilium/cilium#42896](cilium/cilium#42896), [@&#8203;jrajahalme](https://github.com/jrajahalme))
  - ⚠️ **Deprecate underutilized features**: To focus on solving common problems Cilium users face, this release deprecates the Kafka protocol match fields (beta), as well as the `ToRequires` and `FromRequires` policy fields. ([cilium/cilium#43167](cilium/cilium#43167), [@&#8203;sayboras](https://github.com/sayboras); [cilium/cilium#40967](cilium/cilium#40967), [@&#8203;TheBeeZee](https://github.com/TheBeeZee))

- 🔒 **Encryption & Authentication**
  - 🔐 **Encryption Strict Modes**: Both IPsec and WireGuard transparent encryption modes now support a "strict mode" to require traffic to be encrypted between nodes. Unencrypted traffic will be dropped in this mode. ([cilium/cilium#39239](cilium/cilium#39239), [cilium/cilium#42115](cilium/cilium#42115), [@&#8203;rgo3](https://github.com/rgo3), [@&#8203;julianwiedmann](https://github.com/julianwiedmann))
  - 🚇 **Ztunnel Beta**: You can enroll namespaces into Ztunnel, which enables TCP connections between workloads to be transparently encrypted and authenticated. ([cilium/cilium#42766](cilium/cilium#42766), [cilium/cilium#42819](cilium/cilium#42819), [cilium/cilium#43227](cilium/cilium#43227) and others,  [@&#8203;ldelossa](https://github.com/ldelossa), [@&#8203;rgo3](https://github.com/rgo3), [@&#8203;nddq](https://github.com/nddq))
  - 👥 **Mutual Authentication**: The out-of-band [Mutual Authentication](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.19.0/network/servicemesh/mutual-authentication/mutual-authentication/) feature is now disabled by default, pending community feedback. If you have a requirement for mTLS, consider trying the new Ztunnel integration. ([cilium/cilium#42665](cilium/cilium#42665), [@&#8203;christarazi](https://github.com/christarazi))
  - ↪️ **Accelerate IPsec**: The IPsec encryption mode now supports BPF Host Routing for faster route lookups ([cilium/cilium#41997](cilium/cilium#41997), [@&#8203;pchaigno](https://github.com/pchaigno))

- 🚠 **Networking**
  - 🚀  **BIG TCP in Tunnels**: Leverage upcoming Linux support for BIG TCP when communicating over UDP-based tunnels such as VXLAN and Geneve. ([cilium/cilium#43416](cilium/cilium#43416), [@&#8203;gentoo-root](https://github.com/gentoo-root))
  - 🥌 **Packetization-Layer Path MTU Discovery**: Detect maximum transmission unit (MTU) sizes for network paths using TCP. ([cilium/cilium#42012](cilium/cilium#42012), [cilium/cilium#43710](cilium/cilium#43710), [@&#8203;tommyp1ckles](https://github.com/tommyp1ckles))
  - 🚆 **IPv6 Underlay**: You can now choose IPv6 for the tunnel underlay address family on dual-stack clusters. ([cilium/cilium#40324](cilium/cilium#40324), [@&#8203;pchaigno](https://github.com/pchaigno))
  - 🏷️ **Multi-Pool IPAM is ready for wider use**: Update the Multi-Pool IPAM feature to work with IPsec and direct routing modes, and promote it from Beta to Stable. ([cilium/cilium#40460](cilium/cilium#40460), [cilium/cilium#42191](cilium/cilium#42191), [@&#8203;pippolo84](https://github.com/pippolo84))
  - 🎭 **More Configurable Masquerade**: IP Masquerade configuration can now be customized for traffic sent to nodes in other IP subnets, and addresses in IPAM pools can be excluded from masquerade ([cilium/cilium#37568](cilium/cilium#37568), [@&#8203;behzad-mir](https://github.com/behzad-mir); [cilium/cilium#43380](cilium/cilium#43380), [@&#8203;alimehrabikoshki](https://github.com/alimehrabikoshki))

- 🕸️ **Services and Service Mesh**
  - 📣 **Layer-2 Announcements**: Add support for Neighbor Discovery Advertisements for IPv6 Layer-2 Announcements. ([cilium/cilium#39648](cilium/cilium#39648), [@&#8203;msune](https://github.com/msune))
  - 🔁 **IPv6 Service Loopback**: Pods can now connect to themselves via a Kubernetes "loopback service" using IPv6. ([cilium/cilium#39594](cilium/cilium#39594), [@&#8203;saiaunghlyanhtet](https://github.com/saiaunghlyanhtet))
  - ⛩️ **Gateway API Enhancements**: Cilium's GAMMA support now includes support for using GRPCRoute as well as HTTPRoute. ([cilium/cilium#41936](cilium/cilium#41936), [@&#8203;youngnick](https://github.com/youngnick))

- 🛣️ **Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)**
  - 🔌 **Advertise Addresses from Interfaces**: There's a new Interface BGP advertisement type that allows advertisement of IPs assigned on local interfaces. This can be useful for example in multi-homing setups, where a common node's loopback address can be advertised via multiple BGP sessions over different network interfaces. ([cilium/cilium#42469](cilium/cilium#42469), [@&#8203;rastislavs](https://github.com/rastislavs))
  - ✉️ **Override Source IP addresses**: You can override the auto-generated BGP session source IP with the IP address applied on the configured `sourceInterface` to allow binding the BGP connection to the loopback address which is not tied to the specific physical interface's lifecycle ([cilium/cilium#42583](cilium/cilium#42583), [@&#8203;rastislavs](https://github.com/rastislavs))
  - 🔁 **Withdraw Empty Routes**: Optionally withdraw BGP routes when a service has 0 endpoints, to allow balancing to a different DC/cluster with `externalTrafficPolicy=Cluster` ([cilium/cilium#40717](cilium/cilium#40717), [@&#8203;oblazek](https://github.com/oblazek))
  - ⚠️ **Move to `cilium.io/v2` API**: The support for the older `CiliumBGPPeeringPolicy` v1 API is now removed and should be replaced with v2 APIs. ([cilium/cilium#42278](cilium/cilium#42278), [@&#8203;rastislavs](https://github.com/rastislavs))

- 🛰️ **Observability**
  - 🔬 **Trace IP Options**: Configure Cilium and Hubble to trace specific packets through the cluster using IP Options. ([cilium/cilium#41306](cilium/cilium#41306), [@&#8203;Bigdelle](https://github.com/Bigdelle))
  - 🚩 **Filter Encrypted Flows**: Filter flows when using the `hubble` command line to understand the encryption status of the traffic, either `--encrypted` or `--unencrypted`. ([cilium/cilium#43096](cilium/cilium#43096), [@&#8203;SRodi](https://github.com/SRodi))
  - 🔖 **Tag Drops with Policy Names**: Hubble v1.Events drop messages now include which Network Policy caused the drop. ([cilium/cilium#41693](cilium/cilium#41693), [@&#8203;41ks](https://github.com/41ks))

- 🌅 **Performance and Scale**
  - ⚡ **Faster Network Policy Computation**: Improve Cilium resource usage for handling selectors in network policies. ([cilium/cilium#42008](cilium/cilium#42008), [@&#8203;jrajahalme](https://github.com/jrajahalme); [cilium/cilium#42580](cilium/cilium#42580), [@&#8203;odinuge](https://github.com/odinuge))
  - 🔌 **More Efficient Connection Tracking**: Several improvements have been made to reduce the number of connections being tracked by Cilium, particularly when using Geneve, VXLAN or WireGuard. ([cilium/cilium#38782](cilium/cilium#38782), [@&#8203;BenoitKnecht](https://github.com/BenoitKnecht); [cilium/cilium#41990](cilium/cilium#41990), [@&#8203;bersoare](https://github.com/bersoare))
  - 💾 **Better Scale in AWS**: Reduce memory usage for cilium-operator in large AWS environments with many resources. ([cilium/cilium#42529](cilium/cilium#42529), [@&#8203;liyihuang](https://github.com/liyihuang))

- ⚙️ **Operations**
  - 📦 **Access Helm charts via Registry**: Helm charts are also available under `quay.io/cilium/charts/cilium` ([cilium/cilium#43624](cilium/cilium#43624), [@&#8203;aanm](https://github.com/aanm))
  - 📊 **Metrics Encryption**: Add TLS/mTLS support for Prometheus metrics exposed by the Cilium Operator. ([cilium/cilium#42077](cilium/cilium#42077), [@&#8203;phuhung273](https://github.com/phuhung273))
  - 🤖 **Easier Multi-Cluster install**: There's now support for auto-installing the Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for Multi-Cluster  Services (MCS). ([cilium/cilium#40729](cilium/cilium#40729), [@&#8203;MrFreezeex](https://github.com/MrFreezeex))
  - 📜 **Simpler Certificate Management**: Streamline Cluster Mesh and Hubble certificate generation when using GitOps approaches. ([cilium/cilium#42298](cilium/cilium#42298), [@&#8203;MrFreezeex](https://github.com/MrFreezeex))
  - 🛠️ **Cilium dependencies** were updated to Kubernetes v1.35, Envoy v1.35, Gateway API v1.4, and GoBGP v3.37. ([cilium/cilium#43422](cilium/cilium#43422), [@&#8203;aanm](https://github.com/aanm); [cilium/cilium#40569](cilium/cilium#40569), [@&#8203;sayboras](https://github.com/sayboras); [cilium/cilium#41936](cilium/cilium#41936), [@&#8203;youngnick](https://github.com/youngnick); [cilium/cilium#42824](cilium/cilium#42824), [@&#8203;rastislavs](https://github.com/rastislavs)).

- 🏠 **Community**
  - ❤️ **Production Case Studies**: Many end-users have stepped forward to tell their stories running Cilium in production. If your company wants to submit their case studies let us know. We would love to hear your feedback!
  - 📰 See studies with [Airbnb](https://youtu.be/7KHenRXNGAw?si=ldTS-X_W0svxo429\&t=546), [Cloudera](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/migration-and-modernization/scaling-clouderas-development-environment-leveraging-amazon-eks-karpenter-bottlerocket-and-cilium-for-hybrid-cloud/),[ Cybozu](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/cybozu/), [ESnet](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/esnet/),[ Nutanix](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/nutanix/), [OVHcloud](https://corporate.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/newsroom/news/ovhcloud-managed-kubernetes-service-standard-3az/), [TikTok](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0qlhiKtDGo), [University of Wisconsin–Madison](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/university-of-wisconsin-madison/).
  - 🇺🇸 **Atlanta Events**: The community gathered at [CiliumCon](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDg_GiBbAx-mOnWuzd_NXoRfuW9HZAxeZ) and the [Cilium Developer Summit](https://github.com/cilium/dev-summits/blob/main/2025-NA/README.md) in Atlanta.
  - 🇳🇱 **Amsterdam Events**: Meet us at the upcoming [CiliumCon](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/co-located-events/ciliumcon/) and [Cilium Developer Summit](https://github.com/cilium/dev-summits/tree/main/2026-EU) in Amsterdam, March 23-27. [Read more](https://cilium.io/blog/2026/01/23/cilium-at-kubecon-eu-2026/) about where to find Cilium during the show.
  - 🔟 **Cilium is 10**: Read the [2025 Cilium Annual Report](https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/cilium-annual-report-2025-final.pdf) to see the latest project milestones, a decade on from its first commit.

To keep up to date with all the latest Cilium releases, join #release 🎉

:birthday::heart::heart::heart::birthday:
This is a very special release for Cilium, as it celebrates **10 years** since the first commit. We couldn’t be more proud of what this project has accomplished. All the GitHub issues, pull requests, reviews, stars, forks, Docker pulls, Helm installs, Kubernetes applies, CI runs, bug reports, design docs, discussions, meetings, Slack messages, YouTube streams, eCHO episodes, conference talks, blog posts, demos, and presentations have made the project the success it is today.
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#### Docker Manifests

##### cilium

`quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:be9f8571c2e114b3e12e41f785f2356ade703b2eac936aa878805565f0468c60`

##### clustermesh-apiserver

`quay.io/cilium/clustermesh-apiserver:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:0e3b89fdb116eb0f5579fe8ee3fabb1a7c4d97987a1ae927491d9185785d4a49`

##### docker-plugin

`quay.io/cilium/docker-plugin:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:35727047384f3d7a2684885003b266bf7a7add8fc66ca564b222f71c16057f50`

##### hubble-relay

`quay.io/cilium/hubble-relay:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:7f17e5bb51a9f35bbc8e7a9ad5e347f03ff8003c2e5cc81171e8727a10bf03b4`

##### operator-alibabacloud

`quay.io/cilium/operator-alibabacloud:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:5cb3d6981c233616037f3e13b5bc0020d114ad8db1b7360618b224e4c0b02ef0`

##### operator-aws

`quay.io/cilium/operator-aws:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:7a236ae256a4fbd3f72d516921131eba5b43f401ba37cdee5cd0e8c26f9263e6`

##### operator-azure

`quay.io/cilium/operator-azure:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:6ae7e0d75c74836af3600b775201c89ea7fcc13d6e08fdb0c52927309f31cd2a`

##### operator-generic

`quay.io/cilium/operator-generic:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:5b04006015e5800307dc6314676edc4c0bb7ac2fc7848be2b94b43bb030ab648`

##### operator

`quay.io/cilium/operator:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:deca84f442752dca0745dd09b13e8004569414839019ad79ac58f9fcaa3b9d65`

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### Release Notes

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###
[`v1.19.0`](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.0):
1.19.0

[Compare
Source](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/compare/1.18.6...1.19.0)

🎉 **Release Announcement** 🎉: We are excited to announce the [Cilium
1.19.0](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.0)
release!

A total of **2934 new commits** have been contributed to this release by
a growing community of over **1010 developers** and over **23,600 GitHub
stars**! 🤩

⚠️ You may need to take action during upgrade to Cilium v1.19 if you use
Network Policies, Cluster Mesh, LoadBalancer IPAM or BGP. See the
[Upgrade
Guide](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.19/operations/upgrade/#upgrade-notes)
for more details.

The full changelog can be found
[here](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/blob/v1.19/CHANGELOG.md).

Here are some of the highlights:

- 🛡️ **Network Policy**
- 🃏 **Multi-Level DNS Matches**: DNS Policies match pattern now support
a wildcard prefix(*`**.`*) to match multilevel subdomain as pattern
prefix.
([cilium/cilium#43420](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43420),
[@&#8203;fristonio](https://redirect.github.com/fristonio))
- 📡 **Match New Protocols**: You can now match VRRP and IGMP protocols
in host firewall rules.
([cilium/cilium#39872](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/39872),
[@&#8203;aditighag](https://redirect.github.com/aditighag);
[cilium/cilium#41949](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41949),
[@&#8203;kyounghunJang](https://redirect.github.com/kyounghunJang))
- ⛔ **Actively Deny Connections**: When Network Policies deny a
connection, Cilium can return ICMPv4 "Destination unreachable" messages
for a friendlier deny.
([cilium/cilium#41406](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41406),
[@&#8203;antonipp](https://redirect.github.com/antonipp))
- 🌐 **Select Clusters Explicitly**: When network policy selectors don't
explicitly define a cluster for communication to be allowed, they will
now default to only allowing the local cluster.
([cilium/cilium#40609](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40609),
[@&#8203;MrFreezeex](https://redirect.github.com/MrFreezeex))
- 🔧 **Unlock Future Work**: This release brings several internal
improvements to the network policy engine in preparation for features
planned in the next Cilium minor release
([cilium/cilium#39906](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/39906),
[@&#8203;vipul-21](https://redirect.github.com/vipul-21);
[cilium/cilium#42784](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42784),
[cilium/cilium#42896](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42896),
[@&#8203;jrajahalme](https://redirect.github.com/jrajahalme))
- ⚠️ **Deprecate underutilized features**: To focus on solving common
problems Cilium users face, this release deprecates the Kafka protocol
match fields (beta), as well as the `ToRequires` and `FromRequires`
policy fields.
([cilium/cilium#43167](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43167),
[@&#8203;sayboras](https://redirect.github.com/sayboras);
[cilium/cilium#40967](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40967),
[@&#8203;TheBeeZee](https://redirect.github.com/TheBeeZee))

- 🔒 **Encryption & Authentication**
- 🔐 **Encryption Strict Modes**: Both IPsec and WireGuard transparent
encryption modes now support a "strict mode" to require traffic to be
encrypted between nodes. Unencrypted traffic will be dropped in this
mode.
([cilium/cilium#39239](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/39239),
[cilium/cilium#42115](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42115),
[@&#8203;rgo3](https://redirect.github.com/rgo3),
[@&#8203;julianwiedmann](https://redirect.github.com/julianwiedmann))
- 🚇 **Ztunnel Beta**: You can enroll namespaces into Ztunnel, which
enables TCP connections between workloads to be transparently encrypted
and authenticated.
([cilium/cilium#42766](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42766),
[cilium/cilium#42819](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42819),
[cilium/cilium#43227](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43227)
and others, [@&#8203;ldelossa](https://redirect.github.com/ldelossa),
[@&#8203;rgo3](https://redirect.github.com/rgo3),
[@&#8203;nddq](https://redirect.github.com/nddq))
- 👥 **Mutual Authentication**: The out-of-band [Mutual
Authentication](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.19/network/servicemesh/mutual-authentication/mutual-authentication/)
feature is now disabled by default, pending community feedback. If you
have a requirement for mTLS, consider trying the new Ztunnel
integration.
([cilium/cilium#42665](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42665),
[@&#8203;christarazi](https://redirect.github.com/christarazi))
- ↪️ **Accelerate IPsec**: The IPsec encryption mode now supports BPF
Host Routing for faster route lookups
([cilium/cilium#41997](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41997),
[@&#8203;pchaigno](https://redirect.github.com/pchaigno))

- 🚠 **Networking**
- 🚀 **BIG TCP in Tunnels**: Leverage upcoming Linux support for BIG TCP
when communicating over UDP-based tunnels such as VXLAN and Geneve.
([cilium/cilium#43416](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43416),
[@&#8203;gentoo-root](https://redirect.github.com/gentoo-root))
- 🥌 **Packetization-Layer Path MTU Discovery**: Detect maximum
transmission unit (MTU) sizes for network paths using TCP.
([cilium/cilium#42012](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42012),
[cilium/cilium#43710](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43710),
[@&#8203;tommyp1ckles](https://redirect.github.com/tommyp1ckles))
- 🚆 **IPv6 Underlay**: You can now choose IPv6 for the tunnel underlay
address family on dual-stack clusters.
([cilium/cilium#40324](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40324),
[@&#8203;pchaigno](https://redirect.github.com/pchaigno))
- 🏷️ **Multi-Pool IPAM is ready for wider use**: Update the Multi-Pool
IPAM feature to work with IPsec and direct routing modes, and promote it
from Beta to Stable.
([cilium/cilium#40460](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40460),
[cilium/cilium#42191](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42191),
[@&#8203;pippolo84](https://redirect.github.com/pippolo84))
- 🎭 **More Configurable Masquerade**: IP Masquerade configuration can
now be customized for traffic sent to nodes in other IP subnets, and
addresses in IPAM pools can be excluded from masquerade
([cilium/cilium#37568](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/37568),
[@&#8203;behzad-mir](https://redirect.github.com/behzad-mir);
[cilium/cilium#43380](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43380),
[@&#8203;alimehrabikoshki](https://redirect.github.com/alimehrabikoshki))

- 🕸️ **Services and Service Mesh**
- 📣 **Layer-2 Announcements**: Add support for Neighbor Discovery
Advertisements for IPv6 Layer-2 Announcements.
([cilium/cilium#39648](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/39648),
[@&#8203;msune](https://redirect.github.com/msune))
- 🔁 **IPv6 Service Loopback**: Pods can now connect to themselves via a
Kubernetes "loopback service" using IPv6.
([cilium/cilium#39594](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/39594),
[@&#8203;saiaunghlyanhtet](https://redirect.github.com/saiaunghlyanhtet))
- ⛩️ **Gateway API Enhancements**: Cilium's GAMMA support now includes
support for using GRPCRoute as well as HTTPRoute.
([cilium/cilium#41936](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41936),
[@&#8203;youngnick](https://redirect.github.com/youngnick))

- 🛣️ **Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)**
- 🔌 **Advertise Addresses from Interfaces**: There's a new Interface BGP
advertisement type that allows advertisement of IPs assigned on local
interfaces. This can be useful for example in multi-homing setups, where
a common node's loopback address can be advertised via multiple BGP
sessions over different network interfaces.
([cilium/cilium#42469](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42469),
[@&#8203;rastislavs](https://redirect.github.com/rastislavs))
- ✉️ **Override Source IP addresses**: You can override the
auto-generated BGP session source IP with the IP address applied on the
configured `sourceInterface` to allow binding the BGP connection to the
loopback address which is not tied to the specific physical interface's
lifecycle
([cilium/cilium#42583](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42583),
[@&#8203;rastislavs](https://redirect.github.com/rastislavs))
- 🔁 **Withdraw Empty Routes**: Optionally withdraw BGP routes when a
service has 0 endpoints, to allow balancing to a different DC/cluster
with `externalTrafficPolicy=Cluster`
([cilium/cilium#40717](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40717),
[@&#8203;oblazek](https://redirect.github.com/oblazek))
- ⚠️ **Move to `cilium.io/v2` API**: The support for the older
`CiliumBGPPeeringPolicy` v1 API is now removed and should be replaced
with v2 APIs.
([cilium/cilium#42278](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42278),
[@&#8203;rastislavs](https://redirect.github.com/rastislavs))

- 🛰️ **Observability**
- 🔬 **Trace IP Options**: Configure Cilium and Hubble to trace specific
packets through the cluster using IP Options.
([cilium/cilium#41306](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41306),
[@&#8203;Bigdelle](https://redirect.github.com/Bigdelle))
- 🚩 **Filter Encrypted Flows**: Filter flows when using the `hubble`
command line to understand the encryption status of the traffic, either
`--encrypted` or `--unencrypted`.
([cilium/cilium#43096](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43096),
[@&#8203;SRodi](https://redirect.github.com/SRodi))
- 🔖 **Tag Drops with Policy Names**: Hubble v1.Events drop messages now
include which Network Policy caused the drop.
([cilium/cilium#41693](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41693),
[@&#8203;41ks](https://redirect.github.com/41ks))

- 🌅 **Performance and Scale**
- ⚡ **Faster Network Policy Computation**: Improve Cilium resource usage
for handling selectors in network policies.
([cilium/cilium#42008](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42008),
[@&#8203;jrajahalme](https://redirect.github.com/jrajahalme);
[cilium/cilium#42580](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42580),
[@&#8203;odinuge](https://redirect.github.com/odinuge))
- 🔌 **More Efficient Connection Tracking**: Several improvements have
been made to reduce the number of connections being tracked by Cilium,
particularly when using Geneve, VXLAN or WireGuard.
([cilium/cilium#38782](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/38782),
[@&#8203;BenoitKnecht](https://redirect.github.com/BenoitKnecht);
[cilium/cilium#41990](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41990),
[@&#8203;bersoare](https://redirect.github.com/bersoare))
- 💾 **Better Scale in AWS**: Reduce memory usage for cilium-operator in
large AWS environments with many resources.
([cilium/cilium#42529](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42529),
[@&#8203;liyihuang](https://redirect.github.com/liyihuang))

- ⚙️ **Operations**
- 📦 **Access Helm charts via Registry**: Helm charts are also available
under `quay.io/cilium/charts/cilium`
([cilium/cilium#43624](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43624),
[@&#8203;aanm](https://redirect.github.com/aanm))
- 📊 **Metrics Encryption**: Add TLS/mTLS support for Prometheus metrics
exposed by the Cilium Operator.
([cilium/cilium#42077](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42077),
[@&#8203;phuhung273](https://redirect.github.com/phuhung273))
- 🤖 **Easier Multi-Cluster install**: There's now support for
auto-installing the Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for Multi-Cluster
Services (MCS).
([cilium/cilium#40729](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40729),
[@&#8203;MrFreezeex](https://redirect.github.com/MrFreezeex))
- 📜 **Simpler Certificate Management**: Streamline Cluster Mesh and
Hubble certificate generation when using GitOps approaches.
([cilium/cilium#42298](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42298),
[@&#8203;MrFreezeex](https://redirect.github.com/MrFreezeex))
- 🛠️ **Cilium dependencies** were updated to Kubernetes v1.35, Envoy
v1.35, Gateway API v1.4, and GoBGP v3.37.
([cilium/cilium#43422](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43422),
[@&#8203;aanm](https://redirect.github.com/aanm);
[cilium/cilium#40569](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40569),
[@&#8203;sayboras](https://redirect.github.com/sayboras);
[cilium/cilium#41936](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41936),
[@&#8203;youngnick](https://redirect.github.com/youngnick);
[cilium/cilium#42824](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42824),
[@&#8203;rastislavs](https://redirect.github.com/rastislavs)).

- 🏠 **Community**
- ❤️ **Production Case Studies**: Many end-users have stepped forward to
tell their stories running Cilium in production. If your company wants
to submit their case studies let us know. We would love to hear your
feedback!
- 📰 See studies with
[Airbnb](https://youtu.be/7KHenRXNGAw?si=ldTS-X_W0svxo429\&t=546),
[Cloudera](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/migration-and-modernization/scaling-clouderas-development-environment-leveraging-amazon-eks-karpenter-bottlerocket-and-cilium-for-hybrid-cloud/),[
Cybozu](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/cybozu/),
[ESnet](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/esnet/),[
Nutanix](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/nutanix/),
[OVHcloud](https://corporate.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/newsroom/news/ovhcloud-managed-kubernetes-service-standard-3az/),
[TikTok](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0qlhiKtDGo), [University of
Wisconsin–Madison](https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/university-of-wisconsin-madison/).
- 🇺🇸 **Atlanta Events**: The community gathered at
[CiliumCon](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDg_GiBbAx-mOnWuzd_NXoRfuW9HZAxeZ)
and the [Cilium Developer
Summit](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/dev-summits/blob/main/2025-NA/README.md)
in Atlanta.
- 🇳🇱 **Amsterdam Events**: Meet us at the upcoming
[CiliumCon](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/co-located-events/ciliumcon/)
and [Cilium Developer
Summit](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/dev-summits/tree/main/2026-EU)
in Amsterdam, March 23-27. [Read
more](https://cilium.io/blog/2026/01/23/cilium-at-kubecon-eu-2026/)
about where to find Cilium during the show.
- 🔟 **Cilium is 10**: Read the [2025 Cilium Annual
Report](https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/cilium-annual-report-2025-final.pdf)
to see the latest project milestones, a decade on from its first commit.

To keep up to date with all the latest Cilium releases, join #release 🎉

:birthday::heart::heart::heart::birthday:
This is a very special release for Cilium, as it celebrates **10 years**
since the first commit. We couldn’t be more proud of what this project
has accomplished. All the GitHub issues, pull requests, reviews, stars,
forks, Docker pulls, Helm installs, Kubernetes applies, CI runs, bug
reports, design docs, discussions, meetings, Slack messages, YouTube
streams, eCHO episodes, conference talks, blog posts, demos, and
presentations have made the project the success it is today.
:birthday::heart::heart::heart::birthday:

#### Docker Manifests

##### cilium


`quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:be9f8571c2e114b3e12e41f785f2356ade703b2eac936aa878805565f0468c60`

##### clustermesh-apiserver


`quay.io/cilium/clustermesh-apiserver:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:0e3b89fdb116eb0f5579fe8ee3fabb1a7c4d97987a1ae927491d9185785d4a49`

##### docker-plugin


`quay.io/cilium/docker-plugin:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:35727047384f3d7a2684885003b266bf7a7add8fc66ca564b222f71c16057f50`

##### hubble-relay


`quay.io/cilium/hubble-relay:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:7f17e5bb51a9f35bbc8e7a9ad5e347f03ff8003c2e5cc81171e8727a10bf03b4`

##### operator-alibabacloud


`quay.io/cilium/operator-alibabacloud:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:5cb3d6981c233616037f3e13b5bc0020d114ad8db1b7360618b224e4c0b02ef0`

##### operator-aws


`quay.io/cilium/operator-aws:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:7a236ae256a4fbd3f72d516921131eba5b43f401ba37cdee5cd0e8c26f9263e6`

##### operator-azure


`quay.io/cilium/operator-azure:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:6ae7e0d75c74836af3600b775201c89ea7fcc13d6e08fdb0c52927309f31cd2a`

##### operator-generic


`quay.io/cilium/operator-generic:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:5b04006015e5800307dc6314676edc4c0bb7ac2fc7848be2b94b43bb030ab648`

##### operator


`quay.io/cilium/operator:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:deca84f442752dca0745dd09b13e8004569414839019ad79ac58f9fcaa3b9d65`

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### Release Notes

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###
[`v1.19.0`](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.0):
1.19.0

[Compare
Source](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/compare/1.18.6...1.19.0)

🎉 **Release Announcement** 🎉: We are excited to announce the [Cilium
1.19.0](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.0)
release!

A total of **2934 new commits** have been contributed to this release by
a growing community of over **1010 developers** and over **23,600 GitHub
stars**! 🤩

⚠️ You may need to take action during upgrade to Cilium v1.19 if you use
Network Policies, Cluster Mesh, LoadBalancer IPAM or BGP. See the
[Upgrade
Guide](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.19/operations/upgrade/#upgrade-notes)
for more details.

The full changelog can be found
[here](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/blob/v1.19/CHANGELOG.md).

Here are some of the highlights:

- 🛡️ **Network Policy**
- 🃏 **Multi-Level DNS Matches**: DNS Policies match pattern now support
a wildcard prefix(*`**.`*) to match multilevel subdomain as pattern
prefix.
([cilium/cilium#43420](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43420),
[@&#8203;fristonio](https://redirect.github.com/fristonio))
- 📡 **Match New Protocols**: You can now match VRRP and IGMP protocols
in host firewall rules.
([cilium/cilium#39872](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/39872),
[@&#8203;aditighag](https://redirect.github.com/aditighag);
[cilium/cilium#41949](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41949),
[@&#8203;kyounghunJang](https://redirect.github.com/kyounghunJang))
- ⛔ **Actively Deny Connections**: When Network Policies deny a
connection, Cilium can return ICMPv4 "Destination unreachable" messages
for a friendlier deny.
([cilium/cilium#41406](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41406),
[@&#8203;antonipp](https://redirect.github.com/antonipp))
- 🌐 **Select Clusters Explicitly**: When network policy selectors don't
explicitly define a cluster for communication to be allowed, they will
now default to only allowing the local cluster.
([cilium/cilium#40609](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40609),
[@&#8203;MrFreezeex](https://redirect.github.com/MrFreezeex))
- 🔧 **Unlock Future Work**: This release brings several internal
improvements to the network policy engine in preparation for features
planned in the next Cilium minor release
([cilium/cilium#39906](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/39906),
[@&#8203;vipul-21](https://redirect.github.com/vipul-21);
[cilium/cilium#42784](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42784),
[cilium/cilium#42896](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42896),
[@&#8203;jrajahalme](https://redirect.github.com/jrajahalme))
- ⚠️ **Deprecate underutilized features**: To focus on solving common
problems Cilium users face, this release deprecates the Kafka protocol
match fields (beta), as well as the `ToRequires` and `FromRequires`
policy fields.
([cilium/cilium#43167](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43167),
[@&#8203;sayboras](https://redirect.github.com/sayboras);
[cilium/cilium#40967](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40967),
[@&#8203;TheBeeZee](https://redirect.github.com/TheBeeZee))

- 🔒 **Encryption & Authentication**
- 🔐 **Encryption Strict Modes**: Both IPsec and WireGuard transparent
encryption modes now support a "strict mode" to require traffic to be
encrypted between nodes. Unencrypted traffic will be dropped in this
mode.
([cilium/cilium#39239](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/39239),
[cilium/cilium#42115](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42115),
[@&#8203;rgo3](https://redirect.github.com/rgo3),
[@&#8203;julianwiedmann](https://redirect.github.com/julianwiedmann))
- 🚇 **Ztunnel Beta**: You can enroll namespaces into Ztunnel, which
enables TCP connections between workloads to be transparently encrypted
and authenticated.
([cilium/cilium#42766](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42766),
[cilium/cilium#42819](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42819),
[cilium/cilium#43227](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43227)
and others, [@&#8203;ldelossa](https://redirect.github.com/ldelossa),
[@&#8203;rgo3](https://redirect.github.com/rgo3),
[@&#8203;nddq](https://redirect.github.com/nddq))
- 👥 **Mutual Authentication**: The out-of-band [Mutual
Authentication](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.19/network/servicemesh/mutual-authentication/mutual-authentication/)
feature is now disabled by default, pending community feedback. If you
have a requirement for mTLS, consider trying the new Ztunnel
integration.
([cilium/cilium#42665](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42665),
[@&#8203;christarazi](https://redirect.github.com/christarazi))
- ↪️ **Accelerate IPsec**: The IPsec encryption mode now supports BPF
Host Routing for faster route lookups
([cilium/cilium#41997](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41997),
[@&#8203;pchaigno](https://redirect.github.com/pchaigno))

- 🚠 **Networking**
- 🚀 **BIG TCP in Tunnels**: Leverage upcoming Linux support for BIG TCP
when communicating over UDP-based tunnels such as VXLAN and Geneve.
([cilium/cilium#43416](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43416),
[@&#8203;gentoo-root](https://redirect.github.com/gentoo-root))
- 🥌 **Packetization-Layer Path MTU Discovery**: Detect maximum
transmission unit (MTU) sizes for network paths using TCP.
([cilium/cilium#42012](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42012),
[cilium/cilium#43710](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43710),
[@&#8203;tommyp1ckles](https://redirect.github.com/tommyp1ckles))
- 🚆 **IPv6 Underlay**: You can now choose IPv6 for the tunnel underlay
address family on dual-stack clusters.
([cilium/cilium#40324](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40324),
[@&#8203;pchaigno](https://redirect.github.com/pchaigno))
- 🏷️ **Multi-Pool IPAM is ready for wider use**: Update the Multi-Pool
IPAM feature to work with IPsec and direct routing modes, and promote it
from Beta to Stable.
([cilium/cilium#40460](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40460),
[cilium/cilium#42191](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42191),
[@&#8203;pippolo84](https://redirect.github.com/pippolo84))
- 🎭 **More Configurable Masquerade**: IP Masquerade configuration can
now be customized for traffic sent to nodes in other IP subnets, and
addresses in IPAM pools can be excluded from masquerade
([cilium/cilium#37568](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/37568),
[@&#8203;behzad-mir](https://redirect.github.com/behzad-mir);
[cilium/cilium#43380](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/43380),
[@&#8203;alimehrabikoshki](https://redirect.github.com/alimehrabikoshki))

- 🕸️ **Services and Service Mesh**
- 📣 **Layer-2 Announcements**: Add support for Neighbor Discovery
Advertisements for IPv6 Layer-2 Announcements.
([cilium/cilium#39648](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/39648),
[@&#8203;msune](https://redirect.github.com/msune))
- 🔁 **IPv6 Service Loopback**: Pods can now connect to themselves via a
Kubernetes "loopback service" using IPv6.
([cilium/cilium#39594](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/39594),
[@&#8203;saiaunghlyanhtet](https://redirect.github.com/saiaunghlyanhtet))
- ⛩️ **Gateway API Enhancements**: Cilium's GAMMA support now includes
support for using GRPCRoute as well as HTTPRoute.
([cilium/cilium#41936](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/41936),
[@&#8203;youngnick](https://redirect.github.com/youngnick))

- 🛣️ **Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)**
- 🔌 **Advertise Addresses from Interfaces**: There's a new Interface BGP
advertisement type that allows advertisement of IPs assigned on local
interfaces. This can be useful for example in multi-homing setups, where
a common node's loopback address can be advertised via multiple BGP
sessions over different network interfaces.
([cilium/cilium#42469](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42469),
[@&#8203;rastislavs](https://redirect.github.com/rastislavs))
- ✉️ **Override Source IP addresses**: You can override the
auto-generated BGP session source IP with the IP address applied on the
configured `sourceInterface` to allow binding the BGP connection to the
loopback address which is not tied to the specific physical interface's
lifecycle
([cilium/cilium#42583](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/42583),
[@&#8203;rastislavs](https://redirect.github.com/rastislavs))
- 🔁 **Withdraw Empty Routes**: Optionally withdraw BGP routes when a
service has 0 endpoints, to allow balancing to a different DC/cluster
with `externalTrafficPolicy=Cluster`
([cilium/cilium#40717](https://redirect.github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/40717),
[@&#8203;oblazek](https://redirect.github.com/oblazek))
- ⚠️ **Move to `cilium.io/v2` API**: The support for the older
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- 🛰️ **Observability**
- 🔬 **Trace IP Options**: Configure Cilium and Hubble to trace specific
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- 🌅 **Performance and Scale**
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- 🔌 **More Efficient Connection Tracking**: Several improvements have
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- ⚙️ **Operations**
- 📦 **Access Helm charts via Registry**: Helm charts are also available
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- 📊 **Metrics Encryption**: Add TLS/mTLS support for Prometheus metrics
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- 🏠 **Community**
- ❤️ **Production Case Studies**: Many end-users have stepped forward to
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- 📰 See studies with
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#### Docker Manifests

##### cilium


`quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:be9f8571c2e114b3e12e41f785f2356ade703b2eac936aa878805565f0468c60`

##### clustermesh-apiserver


`quay.io/cilium/clustermesh-apiserver:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:0e3b89fdb116eb0f5579fe8ee3fabb1a7c4d97987a1ae927491d9185785d4a49`

##### docker-plugin


`quay.io/cilium/docker-plugin:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:35727047384f3d7a2684885003b266bf7a7add8fc66ca564b222f71c16057f50`

##### hubble-relay


`quay.io/cilium/hubble-relay:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:7f17e5bb51a9f35bbc8e7a9ad5e347f03ff8003c2e5cc81171e8727a10bf03b4`

##### operator-alibabacloud


`quay.io/cilium/operator-alibabacloud:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:5cb3d6981c233616037f3e13b5bc0020d114ad8db1b7360618b224e4c0b02ef0`

##### operator-aws


`quay.io/cilium/operator-aws:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:7a236ae256a4fbd3f72d516921131eba5b43f401ba37cdee5cd0e8c26f9263e6`

##### operator-azure


`quay.io/cilium/operator-azure:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:6ae7e0d75c74836af3600b775201c89ea7fcc13d6e08fdb0c52927309f31cd2a`

##### operator-generic


`quay.io/cilium/operator-generic:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:5b04006015e5800307dc6314676edc4c0bb7ac2fc7848be2b94b43bb030ab648`

##### operator


`quay.io/cilium/operator:v1.19.0@&#8203;sha256:deca84f442752dca0745dd09b13e8004569414839019ad79ac58f9fcaa3b9d65`

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