Redis Enterprise for Kubernetes 7.22.0-15 (July 2025) release notes

Highlights

• Helm chart support is now generally available.

New in this release

Redis Enterprise for Kubernetes 7.22.0-15 is a feature release that includes enhancements, platform updates, and support for Redis Software 7.22.0-216.

Enhancements

• Call home - support HTTP proxy configuration (RED-156935)
• Helm - optimize installation time (RED-153889)
• Add support for migrating to a Helm-based installation from a non-Helm installation (RED-113099)
• Support upgrade using Helm (RED-153890)
• Support any custom port for database service (different from cluster database port) (RED-156946)
• Hardened the securityContext of init containers created when readOnlyRootFilesystem is enabled
• Kubernetes platform updates, support for Kubernetes 1.33
• Support for Redis Software 7.22.0-216 (RED-163025)

Resolved Issues

• Adding servicesAnnotations in the REC spec keeps updating the services in a loop (RED-154777, RED-158816)
• New call home job is not created if the old one is stuck due to pod in imagePullBackoff (RED-157526)
• REAADB ACL roles do not get properly assigned according to rolesPermissions in spec (RED-158955)
• CVE fixes
• allowPrivilegeEscalation is unset in the init container for readOnlyRootFilesystem (RED-163637)

API changes

CRD	Field	Change	Description
REAADB	spec.databaseServicePort	Add	A custom port to be exposed by the database services. Can be modified/added/removed after REDB creation. If set, it replaces the default service port (namely, databasePort or defaultRedisPort).
REC	spec.usageMeterSpec.CallHomeClient.proxySecretName	Add	If needed, add proxy details in secret. The name of the proxy secret in the secret, can send the following keys: proxy-url, proxy-username, proxy-password (the URL includes the proxy port).
REDB	spec.databaseServicePort	Add	A custom port to be exposed by the database services. Can be modified/added/removed after REDB creation. If set, it replaces the default service port (namely, databasePort or defaultRedisPort).

RHEL9-based image

As of version 7.8.2-6, Redis Enterprise images are based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL9). This means upgrades require:

• Cluster version of 7.4.2-2 or later.
• Database version 7.2 or later.
• RHEL9 compatible binaries for any modules you need.

For detailed steps, see the relevant upgrade page:

• [OpenShift CLI]({{<relref "/operate/kubernetes/upgrade/openshift-cli">}})
• [OpenShift OperatorHub]({{<relref "/operate/kubernetes/upgrade/upgrade-olm">}})
• [Kubernetes]({{<relref "/operate/kubernetes/upgrade/upgrade-redis-cluster" >}})

Supported distributions

The following table shows supported distributions at the time of this release. You can also find this list in [Supported Kubernetes distributions]({{< relref "/operate/kubernetes/reference/supported_k8s_distributions" >}}).

<span title="Check mark icon">✅</span> Supported – This distribution is supported for this version of Redis Enterprise Kubernetes.

<span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span> Deprecated – This distribution is still supported for this version of Redis Enterprise Kubernetes, but support will be removed in a future release.

<span title="X icon">❌</span> End of life – Support for this distribution ended.

Any distribution not listed below is not supported for production workloads.

Kubernetes version	1.28	1.29	1.30	1.31	1.32	1.33
Community K8s			<span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>
Amazon EKS			<span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>
Azure AKS			<span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>
Google GKE			<span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>
Rancher	<span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>
OpenShift	4.15	4.16	4.17	4.18	4.19
	<span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>
VMware TKGI	1.19	1.20	1.21
	<span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>	<span title="Supported">✅</span>

Downloads

• Redis Enterprise: redislabs/redis:7.22.0-216
• Operator: redislabs/operator:7.22.0-15
• Services Rigger: redislabs/k8s-controller:7.22.0-15
• Call Home Client: redislabs/re-call-home-client:7.22.0-15
• OLM operator bundle: 7.22.0-15.0

Known limitations

See [7.22.0 releases]({{<relref "/operate/kubernetes/release-notes/7-22-0-releases/">}}) for information on known limitations.