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Tekton Pipelines

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Kubernetes-native building blocks for CI/CD pipelines

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Tekton names a new LTS while patching five older lines in the same fortnight

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◆Current state
Tekton Pipeline maintains an unusually wide set of branches — v1.3, v1.6, v1.9, v1.12, v1.14 and now v1.15 all received releases recently, several cut within minutes of each other. v1.15.0 arrives as an LTS with configurable backoffs, following v1.14.0 which added pipelines-in-pipelines by reference along with leaner controllers and sturdier reconcilers. Every release carries a Rekor attestation UUID.
◆Where it's heading
Two things are consistent here: composability is the feature direction, and supply-chain provenance is non-negotiable — attestation is part of every release entry, including patches on years-old branches. The LTS designation matters more than the version number for platform teams, since it determines what they can standardise on without re-qualifying every quarter.
◆Prediction
Expect patch releases to concentrate on v1.15 and the previous LTS lines, with older branches like v1.3 and v1.6 receiving fixes only until their support windows close.

◆Recent moves

  1. 6d ago

    Tekton Pipeline release v1.15.0 "Toyger Orisa" LTS

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    v1.15.0 arrives as an LTS release built around configurable backoffs and accumulated fixes. For platform teams the LTS label is the substance — it defines the version they can pin without re-qualifying each quarter.

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  2. 7d ago

    Tekton Pipeline release v1.6.6 "Sphynx Sentinels"

    A patch on the v1.6 line, carrying only installation instructions and a Rekor attestation in its notes. Long-tail branch maintenance with no described changes.

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  3. 15d ago

    Tekton Pipeline release v1.14.1 "Chartreux Cait Sith"

    The first patch on v1.14, published with no changelog beyond the install one-liner and attestation UUID. The release notes format does not surface what was fixed.

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  4. 29d ago

    Tekton Pipeline release v1.6.5 "Sphynx Sentinels"

    Another contentless v1.6 patch, cut within a minute of a v1.9 release. The paired timing shows fixes being fanned out across supported branches in one operation.

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  5. 29d ago

    Tekton Pipeline release v1.9.6 "Devon Rex Dreadnought"

    The v1.9 half of that same coordinated patch pass, carrying attestation details and nothing describing the change itself.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Tekton Pipeline release v1.14.0 "Chartreux Cait Sith"

    v1.14.0 adds pipelines-in-pipelines by reference alongside leaner controllers and sturdier reconcilers — real composability work, letting one pipeline invoke another without inlining it.

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