Add release blog for ACE-v2026.3.30

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Author: samiulsami

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+title: Announcing ACE v2026.3.30
+date: "2026-03-30"
+weight: 16
+authors:
+- Samiul Islam
+tags:
+- billing-ui
+- cloud-native
+- cluster-ui
+- database
+- kubedb
+- kubedb-ui
+- kubernetes
+- kubestash
+- platform-ui
+---
+
+We are pleased to announce the release of `ACE v2026.3.30`.
+
+ACE **v2026.3.30** brings improvements to installer configuration, site administration, and form-driven workflows across the platform. This release also includes several backend and upgrade related improvements to make cluster onboarding, routing, and operational management more reliable. In this post, we'll highlight the changes done in this release.
+
+### Key Changes
+- **Alertmanager configuration is now exposed through ACE installer options** with email and webhook routing support.
+- **Site Administration is improved** with a dedicated cluster inventory page and better orphan organization management flows.
+- **Feature set and preset workflows are improved** in Cluster UI with dedicated pages and manifest preview support.
+- **Installer and backend flows are more reliable** with safer `user-config` handling, better credential-less EKS onboarding, and safer upgrade handling for backup components.
+
+Here are the components specific changes:
+
+### Billing UI
+#### Enhancements
+- Added an **Auto Assign Cluster** toggle in contract cluster settings for eligible users.
+- Improved deep-link handling with `redirect_to` support so billing links can take users directly to the intended page.
+- Simplified the **Add Cluster** flow with a lighter editor and inline error handling.
+
+#### Fixes & Improvements
+- Fixed routing issues when switching usage type or product in usage views.
+- Updated customer-facing copy in contract link actions.
+
+### Cluster UI
+#### Enhancements
+- Moved feature-set configuration from modal dialogs to dedicated pages across cluster, hub, and spoke flows.
+- Added generated manifest preview and edit support before deployment in feature-set workflows.
+- Extended the same guided flow to preset editing.
+
+#### Fixes & Improvements
+- Improved public cluster import routing to support cluster names that contain slashes.
+- Creating KubeDB resources from Cluster UI now redirects users to the dedicated **KubeDB UI** flow.
+- Reduced noisy upgrade prompts by waiting for version data before showing new-version notices.
+
+### KubeDB UI
+#### Enhancements
+- Improved project quota visibility in the initial database create flow, including cases where only CPU or memory limits are partially set.
+- Added an **Edit** action for `kubestash.com` resources to make related edit flows easier to reach.
+- Updated several related navigation flows to stay in the same tab.
+
+#### Fixes & Improvements
+- Clarified quota charts when no CPU or memory limit is set instead of showing misleading empty states.
+- Hid the snapshot create button where it should not be exposed.
+- Added earlier validation for overly long resource names in create flows.
+
+### Platform UI
+#### Enhancements
+- Added a dedicated **Clusters** page in Site Administration with search and key cluster metadata.
+- Added orphan organization visibility in the Site Administration organization list and direct delete action from the table.
+- Improved URL handling by automatically adding `https` where needed.
+
+#### Fixes & Improvements
+- Cluster navigation now stays in the same tab instead of opening a new tab unexpectedly.
+
+### Platform Backend
+#### Enhancements
+- Exposed **Alertmanager** email and webhook routing through ACE installer options.
+- Added support for Gateway API based service presets in installer-driven deployments.
+- Improved credential-less **EKS** onboarding with better IAM setup and smoother OCM registration behavior.
+- Added APIs to list and delete orphan organizations.
+- Implemented **get-update API pagination** for update workflows.
+- Added an admin API to list cluster information for site administration workflows.
+- Updated scripts to support running outbox workflows on macOS.
+
+#### Fixes & Improvements
+- Preserved existing platform `user-config` secrets instead of overwriting them during install or upgrade.
+- Added safer handling for existing **KubeStash** components during ACE upgrades.
+- Made `storageClass` optional in `ace-options`.
+- Improved billing event handling and contract reminder timing in backend flows.
+- Updated observability and networking dependencies including **Envoy**, **KEDA**, **ingress-nginx**, **grafana-tools**, and **Voyager**.
+- Improved OpenShift monitoring deployment behavior and fixed RBAC for license proxyserver metrics.
+
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