Release BlogPost 2.28

[dimitrieh]

Description

Write the release announcement blog post for FlowFuse 2.28, releasing on March 12.

Epic/Story

Will be linked to parent tracking issue

Have you provided an initial effort estimate for this issue?

I have provided an initial effort estimate

[dimitrieh]

@lbeau we need to gather what we want in the release post.

Cc: @Yndira-E (also see https://github.com/FlowFuse/product/issues/34)

[ppawlowski]

As discussed with @knolleary and @hardillb , the blog post should contain a paragraph mentioning that, due to the Ingress Nginx retirement, we prepared a blueprint for an ingress controller migration procedure to migrate from Ingress Nginx to Traefik: https://flowfuse.com/docs/install/kubernetes/ingress-controller-migration/

[dimitrieh]

Content Consideration

Include in blog post

#	Feature	Repo(s)	headline?	User outcome
1	Expert: Debug Log Context	nr-assistant#151	-	Troubleshoot errors faster by pointing Expert at actual log entries
2	Expert: Update Banner	nr-assistant#156	-	Always know when Expert has new capabilities — one-click update
3	Device Agent: NodeJS Options	device-agent#572	-	Tune memory, enable private CA certs on edge devices — no SSH
4	Device Agent: apiMaxLength UI	flowfuse#6799, device-agent#592	-	Handle larger payloads on remote instances via the UI
5	Team NPM Registry	docker-compose#291	-	Self-hosted teams get a private NPM registry for custom nodes
6	Ingress Migration Tool	helm#826	-	Self-hosted K8s users can migrate from Nginx to Traefik cleanly
7	Separate Ingress Class for Projects	helm#823	-	Run project instances on a different ingress than the platform
8	Persistent Storage Access Mode	helm#836, driver-k8s#317	-	Configure PVC access modes (ReadWriteMany, etc.) for hosted instances
9	File-Server PVC Configuration	helm#818	-	Configure size, access modes, storage class for file storage
10	Private CA Path in Docker Compose	docker-compose#297	-	Self-hosted Docker users can mount private CA certificates
11	AutoStackUpdate on TeamType change	flowfuse#6780 (follow-up to flowfuse#5554)	Yes (via parent #5554)	Instances auto-update when team tier changes

Note: Only 1 of the 11 features had the headline label — and only indirectly via its parent issue flowfuse#5554 (Scheduled instance restart, originally shipped in 2.25). The remaining 10 features were not labeled for release communication.

Looking to consolidate items 5–10 into a single "Self-hosted deployment improvements" section rather than individual features — they share the same user outcome (more flexibility for self-hosted environments).

Exclude from blog post (part of 2.28 but not user-outcome relevant)

#	What	Repo	headline?	Why exclude
1	Hide Expert selectors in non-immersive mode	flowfuse#6859	-	Minor UI cleanup
2	Fix context hydration race condition	flowfuse#6810	-	Bug fix, no user-visible outcome
3	Valkey/Redis cache reconnection	flowfuse#6778	-	Infrastructure fix
4	Safeguard dialog.close	flowfuse#6808	-	Defensive coding fix
5	Fix tour styling	flowfuse#6841	-	Minor CSS fix
6	Device editor tunnel error handling	flowfuse#6798	-	Better error messages
7	Device Agent: update FF state on shutdown	device-agent#577	-	Internal state management
8	Device Agent: log MQTT failure causes	device-agent#581	-	Debugging improvement
9	nr-tables-nodes: Pool error handler	nr-tables-nodes#49	-	Crash prevention fix
10	Pinia migration (Task 0)	flowfuse#6811	-	Internal refactor, no user impact
11	Sass import migration	flowfuse#6831	-	Internal cleanup
12	VS Code Go-to-Definition for components	flowfuse#6790	-	Dev-only DX improvement
13	Docs: Ingress migration plan, Traefik, license	flowfuse#6817, #6843, #6842	-	Docs supporting features above
14	Expert docs restructure	flowfuse#6779	-	Docs reorganization
15	Minimize container sizes	helm#821, docker-compose#282	-	Internal optimization
16	Node-RED 4.1.6/4.1.7 in containers	helm#820, #837, docker-compose#281, #298	-	Routine NR version update
17	~25 dependency bumps	Various	-	Routine maintenance

cc @lbeau @Yndira-E

[dimitrieh]

Blogpost in draft at #4686