Release v0.51.0

Release Date: 2025-05-23

🐞 Fix

• [e61afb1] vcsim: Avoid possible race in SessionManager.Logout

💫 API Changes

• [2250eba] Add option to use a filter function as value of property.Match (#3785)
• [a534f39] Add object.VirtualMachine.CreateSnapshotEx method
• [761efe9] Add object.VirtualMachine.PromoteDisks method
• [a09e0ec] Extend vmdk.Info to include Descriptor

💫 govc (CLI)

• [59cb29b] Add vm.disk.promote command
• [eaaeb84] Add import.vmdk '-i' flag to output vmdk info only

💫 vcsim (Simulator)

• [30750a6] Add CreateSnapshotEx for simulator
• [6af11fc] Use OptionManager to configure session timeout duration
• [40a596c] Add VirtualMachine.PromoteDisks_Task method
• [22c7be3] Use vmdk.Descriptor for vmdk file metadata
• [54f2b70] Avoid use of sha1 for stable UUIDs (OIDs) (#3766)

🧹 Chore

• [5019694] Update version.go for v0.51.0
• [a5f933d] update container images
• [9002dc9] update .goreleaser.yml to v2

⚠️ BREAKING

Use OptionManager to configure session timeout duration [6af11fc]:
var simulator.SessionIdleTimeout has been removed.
Use sim25.SetSessionTimeout instead.

📖 Commits

• [5019694] chore: Update version.go for v0.51.0
• [2250eba] api: Add option to use a filter function as value of property.Match (#3785)
• [30750a6] vcsim: Add CreateSnapshotEx for simulator
• [a534f39] api: Add object.VirtualMachine.CreateSnapshotEx method
• [6af11fc] vcsim: Use OptionManager to configure session timeout duration
• [2bcb4c3] build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 5.4.0 to 5.5.0
• [bf0dfcb] chore(deps): go mod tidy
• [d41f29d] build(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.24.0 to 0.25.0
• [40a596c] vcsim: Add VirtualMachine.PromoteDisks_Task method
• [59cb29b] govc: Add vm.disk.promote command
• [761efe9] api: Add object.VirtualMachine.PromoteDisks method
• [22c7be3] vcsim: Use vmdk.Descriptor for vmdk file metadata
• [98ad4c1] build(deps): bump mxschmitt/action-tmate from 3.21 to 3.22
• [eaaeb84] govc: Add import.vmdk '-i' flag to output vmdk info only
• [a09e0ec] api: Extend vmdk.Info to include Descriptor
• [e61afb1] fix: vcsim: Avoid possible race in SessionManager.Logout
• [0cbdbf0] emacs: Add datastore.ls '-a' flag when prefix arg is given
• [a5f933d] chore: update container images
• [54f2b70] vcsim: Avoid use of sha1 for stable UUIDs (OIDs) (#3766)
• [49ec77a] build(deps): bump test-unit from 3.6.7 to 3.6.8 in /gen
• [ecbccf5] build(deps): bump mxschmitt/action-tmate from 3.20 to 3.21
• [b1a3a20] build(deps): bump nokogiri in /gen in the bundler group
• [9002dc9] chore: update .goreleaser.yml to v2