4.18.0-0.nightly-2025-12-16-021026

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Upgrades from:

4.18.0-0.nightly-2025-12-15-111314 - S F S F S
4.17.46 (changes) - Success

Upgrades to:

4.18.0-0.nightly-2025-12-16-085657 (changes) - S S S

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Changes from 4.18.0-0.nightly-2025-12-15-111314

Created: 2025-12-16 02:12:19 +0000 UTC

Image Digest: sha256:998aac95ec21eb393633c5f0fbc4ac1ebc4f5e125d5abae056bfbc5c67d1c312

Components

Kubectl 1.31.1
Kubernetes 1.31.14
Kubernetes Tests 1.31.12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 418.94.202512150318-0

FeatureGate Changes

FeatureGate	Default Hypershift	Default SelfManagedHA	DevPreviewNoUpgrade Hypershift	DevPreviewNoUpgrade SelfManagedHA	TechPreviewNoUpgrade Hypershift	TechPreviewNoUpgrade SelfManagedHA
StreamingCollectionEncodingToJSON (0 tests)	Enabled	Enabled (Changed)	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled
StreamingCollectionEncodingToProtobuf (0 tests)	Enabled	Enabled (Changed)	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled

Rebuilt images without code change

baremetal-installer git 12952edc sha256:7d6ecf0c82e3bd56fc83fe0624c8f8cdc58382221e5ae040b33de79bec0fc028
cli-artifacts git 3a48fc29 sha256:b69ef3ef8007edc3648a622215449e522fe547562c5a9f71ed6a9618e8d84099
cloud-credential-operator git ea76059d sha256:18316aa9283ec448ea3c48555a0b11c6b14de88f4ba5b80e1deb56257ec9e460
console git a29310af sha256:a842a2ee977025353b4177d0d7082137a10f4963f7365d92c273945c5772aef5
driver-toolkit git 2e139edc sha256:dd509bd59e405c3a703365c691ca923b49745676bbdfe2afeaaae5642be78b61
installer git 12952edc sha256:edba2471c3183bd561f07676981f4065ec478de4c07e8cb53b9b04b6cf1627a6
installer-altinfra git 12952edc sha256:2d2c3756c9ffdbf93f2570e30191e2f387a06097583186f3191b748eb5017c36
installer-artifacts git 12952edc sha256:3709c662fb71e46f26c27993388e736d6a4974ee17861e447078e22e1cccc185
machine-os-images git ab432836 sha256:7d08f80fe2a096b2f48a4c0b26f55ef420324dbad50e80634301dda7ec559c18
monitoring-plugin git 6bd0ca3a sha256:b30d9b646429238df385855666918434c78a211d6934d32071c4895aa64ed9b3
network-tools git 47b13549 sha256:f6cc92003e1af6489884d0f522e8e2cfed4d54343cdb6e0e7d0c9293d7d2ad6c
networking-console-plugin git d050ffbc sha256:e3fbff4852690ef4ae05aa002c2c177941bf1eff3787ac40062bfadfbd33f41c
oc-mirror git 9d8a1a83 sha256:2f3f949b8c7313d98b9b30b5ed61acf34220b6624d1c102604ceb2baca9fbc14
ovirt-csi-driver git 1db726a9 sha256:9663a7ced4cdf572cfec02a19bbfa450441b0ef152ca8d2dcb85a84570c5f450
tests git b90833a7 sha256:774ebde24c13343c7eb01765967227687eef71e91192418a27dcba59b2c12316
tools git 3a48fc29 sha256:d51e8f7f2c71c3ca39694436b218b594bcd458534c5260d4c6fecace1b80ca0d

cluster-config-api

OCPBUGS-67214: Introduce ClosedClientConnectionPolicy to IngressController API #2618
CNTRLPLANE-1980: Promote streaming list encoding to Default #2598
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ovn-kubernetes, ovn-kubernetes-microshift

OCPBUGS-68347: Add ricky-rav to OWNERS for release-4.18 #2897
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