feat(helm): update node-feature-discovery ( 0.18.3 ➔ 0.19.0 )

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
node-feature-discovery		minor	0.18.3 → 0.19.0
node-feature-discovery	HelmChart	minor	0.18.3 → 0.19.0

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Release Notes

kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery (node-feature-discovery)

v0.19.0

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Highlights

• Immediate node re-labeling after a node rebuild (#​2545): nfd-master detects a recreated Node via the surviving NodeFeature's owner-reference / pod-UID annotation and re-labels immediately instead of waiting for the periodic reconcile.
• Configurable NodeFeature owner references: -owner-refs / core.ownerRefs (pod, ds, node; default pod,ds) (#​2545).
• core.noPublishFeatures to slim published NodeFeature objects (#​2530; whitespace-trim fix #​2535).
• New x86-64 microarchitecture level labels cpu-cpuid.X86_64_V1..V4 (#​2490).
• nfd-topology-updater: per-pod lookups served from a node-scoped Pod informer, eliminating high-volume per-pod GETs at scale (#​2509). Requires an RBAC update — see Action Required.
• nfd-master reconciles only on NodeFeature/NodeFeatureRule/NodeFeatureGroup spec changes (#​2532); MatchInRegexp pattern compilation cached (#​2531).

Action Required / Behavior Changes

1. nfd-topology-updater RBAC (#​2509): the ClusterRole needs list+watch on pods (was get only). Helm and kustomize manifests ship the update, but deployments that bump only the image will crash-loop with pods is forbidden ... cannot list resource "pods" until the new RBAC is applied.
2. NodeFeatureRule templates (#​2507): env, expandenv and getHostByName were removed from the available template functions (security hardening). Templates using them now fail to parse (function "env" not defined); the rule is skipped and an error is logged.
3. Helm worker updateStrategy default (#​2519): now rollingUpdate: {maxUnavailable: "10%"} (was Kubernetes default 1). Note for type: OnDelete users: the chart's default rollingUpdate block is deep-merged into your values; the API server accepts and ignores it (verified on v1.30). Optionally set worker.updateStrategy.rollingUpdate: null for a clean spec.
4. resyncPeriod (nfd-master): drives both the informer resync and the (new in this release, #​2415) periodic full reconcile that re-applies labels and cleans up drift. Setting it to 0 disables this safety net entirely.
5. Node-rebuild re-labeling dependency (#​2545): immediate re-label requires pod in -owner-refs (default) or the POD_UID env set on the worker; with ds-only/empty owner refs and no POD_UID, re-labeling falls back to the periodic reconcile interval. -owner-refs=node is unaffected.

Fixes

• nfd-master: don't remove node labels when the NodeFeature cache is incomplete; add periodic reconciliation to clean up genuinely absent NodeFeatures (#​2415).
• nfd-master: prevent stop() panic and informer leak on init failure (#​2534).
• nfd-worker: trim whitespace in comma-separated command-line list values (#​2535).
• Helm: render post-delete prune job resources at container level so they actually apply (#​2515).

Other

• Container images cross-compile from $BUILDPLATFORM via tonistiigi/xx (#​2512).
• Reduced cognitive complexity refactors in nfd-master controller and nfd-worker config (#​2536); nfd-master command-line unit tests (#​2469); codecov upload non-fatal in CI verify (#​2527); template/custom-api input-validation hardening (#​2507).

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Summary:

Modified (2):
± infra (+1|-1)
± node-feature-discovery (+7|-12)

infra (kubernetes/bootstrap/infra.yaml)

Application: argocd/node-feature-discovery

   destination:
     namespace: infra
     server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
   info:
   - name: Chart
-    value: node-feature-discovery@0.18.3
+    value: node-feature-discovery@0.19.0
   project: default
   source:
     path: kubernetes/infra/node-feature-discovery/
     repoURL: https://github.com/mpeterson/homelab
     targetRevision: main

node-feature-discovery (kubernetes/infra/node-feature-discovery/app.yaml)

DaemonSet: infra/node-feature-discovery-worker

         app.kubernetes.io/name: node-feature-discovery
         role: worker
     spec:
       containers:
       - args:
-        - -feature-gates=NodeFeatureGroupAPI=false
+        - -owner-refs=pod,ds
         - -port=8080
         command:
         - nfd-worker
         env:
         - name: NODE_NAME
@@ skipped 6 lines (40 -> 45) @@
               fieldPath: metadata.name
         - name: POD_UID
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.uid
-        image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.18.3
+        image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.19.0
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /healthz
             port: http
@@ skipped 77 lines (58 -> 134) @@
           items:
           - key: nfd-worker.conf
             path: nfd-worker.conf
           name: node-feature-discovery-worker-conf
         name: nfd-worker-conf
+  updateStrategy:
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxUnavailable: 10%

Deployment: infra/node-feature-discovery-gc

         env:
         - name: NODE_NAME
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-        image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.18.3
+        image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.19.0
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /healthz
             port: http

Deployment: infra/node-feature-discovery-master

                 values:
                 - ""
             weight: 1
       containers:
       - args:
-        - -enable-leader-election
-        - -feature-gates=NodeFeatureGroupAPI=false
         - -port=8080
         command:
         - nfd-master
         env:
         - name: NODE_NAME
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-        image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.18.3
+        image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.19.0
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /healthz
             port: http

ClusterRole: node-feature-discovery-gc

   resources:
   - nodes
   verbs:
   - list
   - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - nodes/proxy
-  verbs:
-  - get
 - apiGroups:
   - topology.node.k8s.io
   resources:
   - noderesourcetopologies
   verbs:

Stats:
[Applications: 86], [Full Run: 1m42s], [Rendering: 40s], [Cluster: 18s], [Argo CD: 44s]