September 16, 2026 - Operator - Helm chart 1.8.1 / Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog 0.12.1

This release includes updates in the following areas for the F5 AI Security Operator:

• Operator versions
• What's new

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Operator versions

Distribution	Version
Helm chart (f5-ai-security-operator-helm)	1.8.1
Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog (operator bundle)	0.12.1

Application version

App	Version
Moderator	v10.102.0.7

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What's new

This release includes the following updates:

• Centralized image redirection for air-gapped installations

  You can set spec.registryAuth.registry to your private registry host and mirror path. You no longer need to override each image repository in the custom resource.

  For example, use the following setting to redirect product images to registry.example.com/f5-images:

  spec:
    registryAuth:
      registry: registry.example.com/f5-images

  ::: important Keep each original image name and tag when you copy images to the private registry. Registry redirection requires the mirrored images to retain both values. :::

• Custom namespace service addresses

  If you set a custom namespace at the top level of the product section in the SecurityOperator custom resource, the operator now derives all service addresses from these settings:

  spec:
    moderator:
      namespace: moderator-custom
    postgresql:
      namespace: database-custom
    inference:
      namespace: inference-custom
    jobManager:
      namespace: jobs-custom

  If defined, explicit service addresses in the custom resource still take precedence.

• Custom image pull secret names

  Fixed an issue where some components could retain the default regcred image pull secret. The operator now applies spec.registryAuth.secretName to the nested chart settings that each product uses.

• Registry authentication updates

  Fixed an issue where changes to the registry address or image pull secret name did not trigger product updates. The operator now applies these changes during reconciliation.

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