Release Notes

NICo v2.0 is scheduled for release in late July, 2026.

Upgrade note: REST database consolidation

The NICo REST API database has moved from a standalone PostgreSQL instance to the shared Zalando-managed nico-pg-cluster. A new nico_rest database and nico-rest.nico user are provisioned automatically (gated on rest.enabled: true). Database credentials are now synced by External Secrets Operator as the nico-rest-pg-creds secret in the nico-rest namespace, replacing the former db-creds secret.

To upgrade from v0.x, do the following:

1. Back up the REST database from the old standalone PostgreSQL pod.
2. Run setup.sh as normal to provision the new database and apply the ESO secret sync.
3. (Optional) Migrate data from the backup into nico_rest on nico-pg-cluster if you need to preserve existing REST state.
4. Confirm nico-rest-pg-creds exists in the nico-rest namespace before you start the nico-rest-db migration job