DOCSP-44992 2.5.0 release notes (#159)

Co-authored-by: Melissa Mahoney <[email protected]>

Author: pierwill

source/ak8so-changelog.txt

@@ -19,6 +19,29 @@
    You can find the full list of |ak8so| releases `here
    <https://github.com/mongodb/mongodb-atlas-kubernetes/releases>`_.
 
+.. _ako_250:
+
+|ak8so| 2.5.0
+-------------
+
+New Features, Improvements and Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Adds support for local credentials for custom resources,
+  allowing specific custom resources to be managed using specific Atlas Admin API credentials.
+- ``AtlasDeployment`` and ``AtlasDatabaseUser`` can now be used as :ref:`independent resources <ak8so-independent-crd>`,
+  meaning you can manage |service| deployments without also managing the project using the |ak8so|.
+- Adds new "basic deployment" and "advanced deployment"
+  :ref:`Helm templates <ak8so-quick-start-helm-ref>` that allow provisioning of
+  |service| projects, deployments, and database users.
+- Fixes the case when changing the Instance Size was ignored for a shared cluster.
+- Resolves Operator panic when changing a deployment to or from serverless instances.
+- Adds cleanup of orphan connection strings after a database user was deleted.
+- Fixes the case when an ``AtlasTeam`` resource that is not managed by the |ak8so| (not assigned to any ``AtlasProject`` resource) was wrongly deleted.
+- Removes custom ``ResourceWatcher`` in favor of controller-runtime field indexers.
+  The legacy internal custom ``ResourceWatcher`` had bugs and its usage was error prone which could lead to
+  lost data and data integrity issues with resources managed by |ak8so|.
+
 .. _ako_241:
 
 |ak8so| 2.4.1

source/ak8so-compatibility.txt

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ Compatibility
      - OpenShift
      - Base Image
 
+   * - 2.5.0
+     - Nov 1, 2024
+     - 1.28, 1.29, 1.30
+     - 4.16
+     - Red Hat UBI 8 Base Image
+
    * - 2.4.0
      - July 16, 2024
      - 1.28, 1.29, 1.30