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 ### Highlighting the value of Knative for the c-suite
 

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+**Authors: [Evan Anderson](https://twitter.com/e_k_anderson) (VMware), Paul Schweigert (IBM)**
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+**Date: 2022-07-12**
+
+# Announcing Knative 1.6 Release
+
+A new version of Knative is now available across multiple components.
+
+Follow the instructions in [Installing Knative](https://knative.dev/docs/install/) to install the components you require.
+
+This release brings a number of smaller improvements to the core Knative Serving and Eventing components, and several improvements to specific plugins, in particular `net-kourier`, `net-gateway-api`, and `eventing-rabbitmq`.
+
+## Table of Contents
+- [Serving](#serving)
+- [Eventing](#eventing)
+- [`kn` CLI](#client)
+- [Knative Operator](#operator)
+- [Networking Extensions](#networking-extensions)
+    - [Kourier plugin](#kourier-plugin)
+    - [Gateway-API plugin](#gateway-api-plugin)
+- [Eventing Extensions](#eventing-extensions)
+    - [Apache Kafka Source](#apache-kafka-source)
+    - [RabbitMQ Broker and Source](#rabbitmq-broker-and-source)
+- [Thank you contributors](#thank-you-contributors)
+
+## Serving
+
+[Release Notes](https://github.com/knative/serving/releases/tag/knative-v1.6.0)
+
+### 💫 New Features & Changes
+
+* The `HTTPRedirect` feature is stable and the feature flag has been removed. This feature enabled use of the `networking.knative.dev/httpOption` annotation to configure HTTP -> HTTPS redirect on a per-service basis. [#13084](https://github.com/knative/serving/pull/13084)
+* The Serving API no longer rejects unknown fields, and instead relies on the kubernetes apiserver to prune (remove) those fields. [#13095](https://github.com/knative/serving/pull/13095), [#13111](https://github.com/knative/serving/pull/13111)
+
+## Eventing
+
+[Release Notes](https://github.com/knative/eventing/releases/tag/knative-v1.6.0)
+
+### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+* Parallel was creating invalid subscriptions in some cases. [#6405](https://github.com/knative/eventing/pull/6405)
+
+## Client
+
+[Release Notes](https://github.com/knative/client/releases/tag/knative-v1.6.0)
+
+### 💫 New Features & Changes
+
+* Eventing support for the `--broker-config` flag has been added to `broker create` [#1700](https://github.com/knative/client/pull/1700)
+* Serving support for `--probe-*` flags have been added to manage service liveness and readiness [#1697](https://github.com/knative/client/pull/1697)
+* Serving support for mounting EmptyDir and PersistentVolumeClaims has been added [#1679](https://github.com/knative/client/pull/1679), [#1693](https://github.com/knative/client/pull/1693)
+
+## Operator
+
+[Release Notes](https://github.com/knative/operator/releases/tag/knative-v1.6.0)
+
+### 💫 New Features & Changes
+
+* The operator supports overriding the default broker class. [#1123](https://github.com/knative/operator/pull/1123)
+* Implement minAvailable in PodDisruptionBudget. [#1125](https://github.com/knative/operator/pull/1125)
+
+### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+* The `v1alpha1` versions have been removed. [#1104](https://github.com/knative/operator/pull/1104)
+
+## Networking Extensions
+
+### kourier plugin
+
+#### 💫 New Features & Changes
+
+* Add a new experimental configuration parameter to separate internal traffic for different namespaces by TCP port. This should enable use of NetworkPolicy with Knative. [#852](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/net-kourier/pull/852)
+* Experimentally enable filtered secret watches when using AutoTLS. This should provide performance improvements in large clusters. [#862](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/net-kourier/pull/862)
+
+### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+* Fix SNI when using `proxy_protocol`. [#869](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/net-kourier/pull/869)
+
+### Gateway-API plugin
+
+#### 💫 New Features & Changes
+
+* Adds support for AutoTLS [#316](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/net-gateway-api/pull/316)
+
+### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+* Network programming probes now respect the Service port of the gateway. [#310](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/net-gateway-api/pull/310)
+
+## Eventing Extensions
+
+### Apache Kafka Source
+
+#### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+* Deletion of KafkaSource resources now properly cleans up internal scheduling resources. [#1206](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/eventing-kafka/pull/1206)
+
+
+### RabbitMQ Broker and Source
+
+#### Breaking Changes
+
+* Some deprecated fine-grained configuration options have been removed from RabbitMQSource. [#800](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/eventing-rabbitmq/pull/800)
+* RabbitMQSource now uses a RabbitCluster reference like the Broker. [#801](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/eventing-rabbitmq/pull/801)
+* RabbitMQSource parameters have been re-arranged into logical groups. [#810](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/eventing-rabbitmq/pull/810)
+
+#### 💫 New Features & Changes
+
+* Message pre-fetch is now automatically set to 100, increasing steady-state throughput. [#856](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/eventing-rabbitmq/pull/856)
+* Added the ability to configure queue types in RabbitmqBrokerConfig. [#808](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/eventing-rabbitmq/pull/803)
+* Support for RabbitMQ ClusterReference connection secrets. [#822](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/eventing-rabbitmq/pull/822)
+
+#### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+* Fixed a bug where RabbitMQSource objects with `retries` configured could crash when receiving an error from the event destination. [#831](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/eventing-rabbitmq/pull/831)
+
+
+## Thank you, contributors
+
+#### Release Leads:
+
+- [@evankanderson](https://github.com/evankanderson)
+- [@psschwei](https://github.com/psschwei)
+
+#### Contributors:
+
+- [@aavarghese](https://github.com/aavarghese)
+- [@aliok](https://github.com/aliok)
+- [@carlisia](https://github.com/carlisia)
+- [@davidsalerno](https://github.com/davidsalerno)
+- [@dprotaso](https://github.com/dprotaso)
+- [@dsimansk](https://github.com/dsimansk)
+- [@evankanderson](https://github.com/evankanderson)
+- [@gab-satchi](https://github.com/gab-satchi)
+- [@gabo1208](https://github.com/gabo1208)
+- [@houshengbo](https://github.com/houshengbo)
+- [@ikvmw](https://github.com/ikvmw)
+- [@lionelvillard](https://github.com/lionelvillard)
+- [@mattmoor](https://github.com/mattmoor)
+- [@naderziada](https://github.com/naderziada)
+- [@nak3](https://github.com/nak3)
+- [@RamyChaabane](https://github.com/RamyChaabane)
+- [@skonto](https://github.com/skonto)
+- [@vyasgun](https://github.com/vyasgun)
+
+## Learn more
+
+Knative is an open source project that anyone in the [community](https://knative.dev/docs/community/) can use, improve, and enjoy. We'd love you to join us!
+
+- [Knative docs](https://knative.dev/docs)
+- [Quickstart tutorial](https://knative.dev/docs/getting-started)
+- [Samples](https://knative.dev/docs/samples)
+- [Knative Working Groups](https://github.com/knative/community/blob/main/working-groups/WORKING-GROUPS.md)
+- [Knative User Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/knative-users)
+- [Knative Development Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/knative-dev)
+- Knative on Twitter [@KnativeProject](https://twitter.com/KnativeProject)
+- Knative on [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/knative)
+- Knative [Slack](https://slack.knative.dev)
+- Knative on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq7cipu-A1UHOkZ9fls1N8A)