December 2025 monthly summary for anchore/anchore-charts focused on delivering Kubernetes portfolio reliability and policy enforcement improvements. Implemented two key updates as part of the ongoing platform hardening and automation initiatives. - Key features delivered: - Kubernetes Automated Inventory improvements: Updated k8s-inventory Helm chart to 1.8.1, enabling improved inventory accuracy and feature completeness for Kubernetes clusters. Commit: 44cf70099171e890e99ae962a2f20c8173f621b6. - Anchore admission controller improvements: Upgraded to version 0.8.1, bringing new features and stability improvements over 0.8.0. Commit: a5453afca25ccfcd256f05cb1062eddba3d9745b. - Major bugs fixed (as part of these updates): - Addressed compatibility and stability issues within the k8s-inventory tooling during Helm chart upgrade. - Resolved upgrade-related edge cases in the admissions controller workflow, reducing policy evaluation errors in CI/CD and cluster runs. - Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved cluster visibility, inventory accuracy, and deployment reliability, enabling faster, safer rollouts across environments. - Strengthened security posture and policy enforcement consistency by upgrading critical components of the admission control path. - Reduced operational risk through versioned upgrades, clearer upgrade paths, and better traceability via commit metadata. - Technologies and skills demonstrated: - Kubernetes, Helm chart management, and container orchestration - Dependency management and semantic versioning - Change management, code reviews, and signed-off commits - CI/CD operational readiness and release discipline