chore: release 0.18.0

Signed-off-by: akhil nittala <nakhil@redhat.com>

Author: akhilnittala

build/util/Dockerfile

@@ -15,11 +15,16 @@ RUN groupadd -g $ARGOCD_USER_ID argocd && \
     chown argocd:0 /home/argocd && \
     chmod g=u /home/argocd && \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get dist-upgrade -y && \
-    apt-get install -y \
-    git git-lfs tini curl python3-pip gpg tzdata unzip && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      git tini curl python3-pip gpg tzdata unzip ca-certificates && \
+    curl -L \
+      https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/download/v3.7.1/git-lfs-linux-amd64-v3.7.1.tar.gz \
+      -o /tmp/git-lfs.tar.gz && \
+    tar -xzf /tmp/git-lfs.tar.gz -C /tmp && \
+    /tmp/git-lfs-3.7.1/install.sh && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/git-lfs* && \
     apt-get clean && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Create a symlink for python to point to python3
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python

bundle/manifests/argocd-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ metadata:
     capabilities: Deep Insights
     categories: Integration & Delivery
     certified: "false"
-    createdAt: "2026-02-23T10:26:04Z"
+    createdAt: "2026-05-07T10:34:17Z"
     description: Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes.
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-v1.35.0
     operators.operatorframework.io/project_layout: go.kubebuilder.io/v4
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ spec:
                       fieldPath: metadata.annotations['olm.targetNamespaces']
                 - name: ENABLE_CONVERSION_WEBHOOK
                   value: "true"
-                image: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-operator:v0.18.0
+                image: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-operator@sha256:d547d9d09d0386694508d42f65a298e448a3c3045ed94251f6f6162aff2345b3
                 livenessProbe:
                   httpGet:
                     path: /healthz
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ spec:
   maturity: alpha
   provider:
     name: Argo CD Community
-  replaces: argocd-operator.v0.16.0
+  replaces: argocd-operator.v0.17.0
   version: 0.18.0
   webhookdefinitions:
   - admissionReviewVersions:

common/defaults.go

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ const (
 	ArgoCDDefaultExportJobImage = "quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-operator-util"
 
 	// ArgoCDDefaultExportJobVersion is the export job container image tag to use when not specified.
-	ArgoCDDefaultExportJobVersion = "sha256:0745934cb55d95c266daa5423ece9c149bb67db99eb2b3d9215597903724c636" // 0.13.0
+	ArgoCDDefaultExportJobVersion = "sha256:44b1338ee05eaed42a0685dc37490275de2c687da67de02c8c12e8ec88a4a276" // 0.18.0
 
 	// ArgoCDDefaultExportLocalCapicity is the default capacity to use for local export.
 	ArgoCDDefaultExportLocalCapicity = "2Gi"

config/manager/kustomization.yaml

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ configMapGenerator:
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 images:
-- name: controller
+- digest: sha256:d547d9d09d0386694508d42f65a298e448a3c3045ed94251f6f6162aff2345b3
+  name: controller
   newName: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-operator
-  newTag: v0.18.0

config/manifests/bases/argocd-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -1471,5 +1471,5 @@ spec:
   maturity: alpha
   provider:
     name: Argo CD Community
-  replaces: argocd-operator.v0.16.0
-  version: 0.17.0
+  replaces: argocd-operator.v0.17.0
+  version: 0.18.0

deploy/catalog_source.yaml

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: argocd-catalog
 spec:
   sourceType: grpc
-  image: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-operator-registry@sha256:f0d2bb73e8b9d0561c931b2f2afc81cf28ca5711c476b02ac1887770e799ab92 # 0.13.0
+  image: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-operator-registry@sha256:2f1c40d59db153f2310a80c8fb29e3ceacb1913ef24f25b6215dd2d8e6c5c94b # 0.18.0
   displayName: Argo CD Operators
   publisher: Argo CD Community

deploy/olm-catalog/argocd-operator/0.18.0/argocd-operator.v0.18.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ metadata:
     capabilities: Deep Insights
     categories: Integration & Delivery
     certified: "false"
-    createdAt: "2026-02-23T10:26:04Z"
+    createdAt: "2026-05-07T10:34:17Z"
     description: Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes.
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-v1.35.0
     operators.operatorframework.io/project_layout: go.kubebuilder.io/v4
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ spec:
                       fieldPath: metadata.annotations['olm.targetNamespaces']
                 - name: ENABLE_CONVERSION_WEBHOOK
                   value: "true"
-                image: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-operator:v0.18.0
+                image: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-operator@sha256:d547d9d09d0386694508d42f65a298e448a3c3045ed94251f6f6162aff2345b3
                 livenessProbe:
                   httpGet:
                     path: /healthz
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ spec:
   maturity: alpha
   provider:
     name: Argo CD Community
-  replaces: argocd-operator.v0.16.0
+  replaces: argocd-operator.v0.17.0
   version: 0.18.0
   webhookdefinitions:
   - admissionReviewVersions:

deploy/olm-catalog/argocd-operator/argocd-operator.package.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 channels:
-- currentCSV: argocd-operator.v0.17.0
+- currentCSV: argocd-operator.v0.18.0
   name: alpha
 defaultChannel: alpha
 packageName: argocd-operator