Release Notes — base-images v0.1.1

We are pleased to announce a stable release of the base-images repository, ensuring reliable base images for Gen3 services and the broader community. This release contains all recent improvements, is production-ready, and serves as a recommended foundation before our next major update.

Highlights

• Expanded image coverage
  Added new base images including Mimir, Loki, Alloy, Grafana, Node.js, Squid, Nginx, Ubuntu-FIPS, and Debug environments.
• Updated software versions
  Refreshed Grafana and Squid versions for improved stability and compatibility.
• Enhanced features
  Upgrades to Nginx configurations: increased timeouts, client body size limits, and proxy read timeouts for better performance, especially with Python-based apps.
• Community-requested improvements
  Implemented Dockerfile hardening, health-check log suppression, inclusion of license and notice files, and enhanced debugging capabilities.
• CI and build process enhancements
  Improved CI naming and brought Dockerfile standards up to date.

What's Next

The following releases will introduce Python 3.13 as the base default and further hardening measures.

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