v0.5.1 (#234)

Signed-off-by: Volkan Özçelik <[email protected]>

Author: v0lkan

docs/operations/release/index.html

@@ -788,8 +788,7 @@ <h2 id="before-every-release">Before Every Release</h2>
 <ol>
 <li>Run the unit tests</li>
 <li>Run the following smoke tests documented in the next section.</li>
-<li>If everything passes, update <code>NexusVersion</code>, <code>PilotVersion</code>
-and <code>KeeperVersion</code> in <code>$WORKSPACE/spike/internal/config/config.go</code></li>
+<li>If everything passes, update <code>./app/VERSION.txt</code> to the release version.</li>
 <li>Update any necessary documentation.</li>
 <li>Update the changelog.</li>
 <li>Update the documentation snapshots page.</li>
@@ -800,7 +799,6 @@ <h2 id="before-every-release">Before Every Release</h2>
 policy creation work as expected.</li>
 <li>Run <code>./hack/bare-metal/cmd/read-sample-secrets.sh</code> to ensure secret and
 policy reading work as expected.</li>
-<li>Make sure you update <code>./app/VERSION.txt</code> with the new version.</li>
 <li>Make sure you run <code>make build</code> and the process cleanly exits with no errors.</li>
 <li>Make sure you run <code>make test</code> and the process cleanly exits with no errors.</li>
 <li>Make sure you run <code>make audit</code> and the process cleanly exits with no errors.</li>

docs/search_index.en.js

@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@
                                                 <li>
                                                         <a href="https://spike.ist/tracking/changelog/#recent">Recent</a>
                                                     </li>
+                                                <li>
+                                                        <a href="https://spike.ist/tracking/changelog/#0-5-1-2025-09-14">[0.5.1] - 2025-09-14</a>
+                                                    </li>
+                                                <li>
+                                                        <a href="https://spike.ist/tracking/changelog/#changed">Changed</a>
+                                                    </li>
                                                 <li>
                                                         <a href="https://spike.ist/tracking/changelog/#0-5-0-2025-09-11">[0.5.0] - 2025-09-11</a>
                                                     </li>
@@ -790,6 +796,14 @@
         <h1 id="spike-changelog">SPIKE Changelog</h1>
 <h2 id="recent">Recent</h2>
 <p>TBD</p>
+<h2 id="0-5-1-2025-09-14">[0.5.1] - 2025-09-14</h2>
+<h2 id="changed">Changed</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>Updated SPIKE Bootstrap to be more robust by adding exponential backoff while
+waiting for SPIKE Keepers to be ready.</li>
+<li>Enhancements in startup scripts to better enable local development with
+SPIFFE Helm Charts that have not been published yet.</li>
+</ul>
 <h2 id="0-5-0-2025-09-11">[0.5.0] - 2025-09-11</h2>
 <p>This is still a <strong>prerelease</strong> version; however, it includes major changes
 and improvements. We will cut a stable release once we have <strong>SPIKE Bootstrap</strong>
@@ -803,7 +817,7 @@ <h3 id="added">Added</h3>
 linters before submitting a PR.</li>
 <li>Enhancements to bare-metal installation scripts.</li>
 </ul>
-<h3 id="changed">Changed</h3>
+<h3 id="changed-1">Changed</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>Updated Go version to <code>1.25.1</code></li>
 <li>Updated <strong>SPIKE Bootstrap</strong> to be more robust and enabled it to work on
@@ -860,7 +874,7 @@ <h3 id="added-1">Added</h3>
 and use cases to allow users to understand the benefits and liabilities of
 SPIKE Lite and why they might want to use one over the other.</li>
 </ul>
-<h3 id="changed-1">Changed</h3>
+<h3 id="changed-2">Changed</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>Better alignment with idiomatic Go practices. SPIKE and SPIKE Go SDK code
 has been refactored to better align with common Go idioms and conventions.
@@ -891,7 +905,7 @@ <h3 id="added-2">Added</h3>
 Charts</a> and can
 <a href="https://vimeo.com/v0lkan/spike-federation">federate secrets across clusters</a></li>
 </ul>
-<h3 id="changed-2">Changed</h3>
+<h3 id="changed-3">Changed</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>Moved logging to SPIKE SDK. VSecM v2 will share the same logging setup.</li>
 <li><code>spike policy</code> command now accepts file input; you can design your policies
@@ -913,7 +927,7 @@ <h3 id="added-3">Added</h3>
 <li>Added the ability to optionally skip database schema creation during SPIKE
 initialization.</li>
 </ul>
-<h3 id="changed-3">Changed</h3>
+<h3 id="changed-4">Changed</h3>
 <ul>
 <li><strong>BREAKING</strong>: SDK validation methods now take trust root as an argument.</li>
 <li><strong>BREAKING</strong>: <code>SPIKE_NEXUS_KEEPER_URL</code> is now a comma-delimited list of URLs
@@ -950,7 +964,7 @@ <h3 id="fixed-3">Fixed</h3>
 up when no longer needed (but not before).</li>
 <li>Various bug fixes and improvements.</li>
 </ul>
-<h3 id="changed-4">Changed</h3>
+<h3 id="changed-5">Changed</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>Moved some common reusable code to <code>spike-sdk-go</code>.</li>
 <li>Various changes and improvements in SPIKE Go SDK.</li>
@@ -981,7 +995,7 @@ <h3 id="added-5">Added</h3>
 <li>Various documentation updates.</li>
 <li>Minor bug fixes in initialization scripts.</li>
 </ul>
-<h3 id="changed-5">Changed</h3>
+<h3 id="changed-6">Changed</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>Secrets now rehydrate from the backing store immediately after SPIKE
 Nexus crashes. Former implementation was using an optimistic algorithm
@@ -1016,7 +1030,7 @@ <h3 id="added-6">Added</h3>
 and design decisions transparently.</li>
 <li>Started working on containerization (<em>though it’s still a work in progress</em>).</li>
 </ul>
-<h3 id="changed-6">Changed</h3>
+<h3 id="changed-7">Changed</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>SPIKE Website has undergone a major overhaul.</li>
 <li>Documentation updates, especially around security and disaster recovery.</li>
@@ -1045,7 +1059,7 @@ <h3 id="added-7">Added</h3>
 <li>Implemented a Secret Metadata API.</li>
 <li>Implemented exponential retries across several API-consuming methods.</li>
 </ul>
-<h3 id="changed-7">Changed</h3>
+<h3 id="changed-8">Changed</h3>
 <ul>
 <li><strong>BREAKING</strong>: changed the CLI usage. Instead of <code>spike get</code>, for example, we
 now use <code>spike secret get</code>. The reason for this change is that we introduced
@@ -1071,7 +1085,7 @@ <h3 id="added-8">Added</h3>
 <li>Created initial smoke/integration tests.</li>
 <li>Stability improvements.</li>
 </ul>
-<h3 id="changed-8">Changed</h3>
+<h3 id="changed-9">Changed</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>Removed password authentication for admin users. Admin users’ SVIDs
 are good enough to authenticate them.</li>

docs/tracking/changelog/index.html

@@ -781,14 +781,6 @@ <h1 id="configuring-spike">Configuring SPIKE</h1>
 <tr><td>All</td><td><code>SPIKE_TRUST_ROOT_LITE_WORKLOAD</code></td><td>The SPIFFE trust root used for lite workload instances. Can be a single entry, or a comma-delimited list of suitable trust roots.</td><td><code>"spike.ist"</code></td></tr>
 <tr><td>All</td><td><code>SPIKE_BANNER_ENABLED</code></td><td>Whether to display the SPIKE banner on startup. Set to <code>true</code> to enable.</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
 <tr><td>All</td><td><code>SPIFFE_ENDPOINT_SOCKET</code></td><td>The Unix domain socket path used for SPIFFE Workload API</td><td><code>"unix:///tmp/spire-agent/public/api.sock"</code></td></tr>
-<tr><td>Startup Scripts</td><td><code>SPIKE_SKIP_CLEAR_DATA</code></td><td>Skip clearing existing data during startup (used in <code>hack/bare-metal/startup/start.sh</code>).</td><td>not set (data is cleared)</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Startup Scripts</td><td><code>SPIKE_SKIP_SPIKE_BUILD</code></td><td>Skip building SPIKE binaries during startup (used in <code>hack/bare-metal/startup/start.sh</code>).</td><td>not set (binaries are built)</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Startup Scripts</td><td><code>SPIKE_SKIP_SPIRE_SERVER_START</code></td><td>Skip starting the SPIRE server during startup (used in <code>hack/bare-metal/startup/start.sh</code>).</td><td>not set (SPIRE server is started)</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Startup Scripts</td><td><code>SPIKE_SKIP_GENERATE_AGENT_TOKEN</code></td><td>Skip generating the SPIRE agent token during startup (used in <code>hack/bare-metal/startup/start.sh</code>).</td><td>not set (agent token is generated)</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Startup Scripts</td><td><code>SPIKE_SKIP_REGISTER_ENTRIES</code></td><td>Skip registering SPIRE entries during startup (used in <code>hack/bare-metal/startup/start.sh</code>).</td><td>not set (entries are registered)</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Startup Scripts</td><td><code>SPIKE_SKIP_SPIRE_AGENT_START</code></td><td>Skip starting the SPIRE agent during startup (used in <code>hack/bare-metal/startup/start.sh</code>).</td><td>not set (SPIRE agent is started)</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Startup Scripts</td><td><code>SPIKE_SKIP_KEEPER_INITIALIZATION</code></td><td>Skip initializing SPIKE Keeper instances during startup (used in <code>hack/bare-metal/startup/start.sh</code>).</td><td>not set (Keeper instances are started)</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Startup Scripts</td><td><code>SPIKE_SKIP_NEXUS_START</code></td><td>Skip starting SPIKE Nexus during startup (used in <code>hack/bare-metal/startup/start.sh</code>).</td><td>not set (Nexus is started)</td></tr>
 </tbody></table>
 <p>We’ll add more configuration options in the future. Stay tuned.</p>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>