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This guide describes the differences between v1beta1 Tekton entities and their v1 counterparts, including changed fields and deprecated features.

Changes to Fields

In Tekton v1, the following fields have been changed:
Old FieldReplacement
pipelineRun.spec.TimeoutpipelineRun.spec.timeouts.pipeline
pipelineRun.spec.taskRunSpecs.taskServiceAccountNamepipelineRun.spec.taskRunSpecs.serviceAccountName
pipelineRun.spec.taskRunSpecs.taskPodTemplatepipelineRun.spec.taskRunSpecs.podTemplate
taskRun.status.taskResultstaskRun.status.results
pipelineRun.status.pipelineResultspipelineRun.status.results
taskRun.spec.taskRef.bundletaskRun.spec.taskRef.resolver
pipelineRun.spec.pipelineRef.bundlepipelineRun.spec.pipelineRef.resolver
task.spec.resourcesRemoved from Task
taskrun.spec.resourcesRemoved from TaskRun
taskRun.status.cloudEventsRemoved from TaskRun
taskRun.status.resourcesResultRemoved from TaskRun
pipeline.spec.resourcesRemoved from Pipeline
pipelineRun.spec.resourcesRemoved from PipelineRun
pipelineRun.spec.serviceAccountNamepipelineRun.spec.taskRunTemplate.serviceAccountName
pipelineRun.spec.podTemplatepipelineRun.spec.taskRunTemplate.podTemplate
task.spec.steps[].resourcestask.spec.steps[].computeResources
task.spec.stepTemplate.resourcestask.spec.stepTemplate.computeResources
task.spec.sidecars[].resourcestask.spec.sidecars[].computeResources
taskRun.spec.sidecarOverridestaskRun.spec.sidecarSpecs
taskRun.spec.stepOverridestaskRun.spec.stepSpecs
taskRun.spec.sidecarSpecs[].resourcestaskRun.spec.sidecarSpecs[].computeResources
taskRun.spec.stepSpecs[].resourcestaskRun.spec.stepSpecs[].computeResources

Replacing Bundle References with Bundle Resolver

taskRef.bundle and pipelineRef.bundle have been removed from v1. Use the bundle resolver instead.
The bundle resolver in remote resolution should be used instead of taskRun.spec.taskRef.bundle and pipelineRun.spec.pipelineRef.bundle. The enable-bundles-resolver feature flag must be enabled to use this feature.
apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
kind: TaskRun
spec:
  taskRef:
    name: example-task
    bundle: python:3-alpine

Replacing ClusterTask with Remote Resolution

ClusterTask is deprecated. Use the cluster resolver instead.
The enable-cluster-resolver feature flag must be enabled to use this feature. The cluster resolver allows Pipelines, PipelineRuns, and TaskRuns to refer to Pipelines and Tasks defined in other namespaces in the cluster.
apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
kind: TaskRun
metadata:
  name: cluster-task-reference
spec:
  taskRef:
    name: example-task
    kind: ClusterTask
For more information, see TEP-0060: Remote Resource Resolution.

Removing PipelineResources

PipelineResources and the resources fields of Task, TaskRun, Pipeline, and PipelineRun have been removed.
Please use Tasks instead. For more information, see Replacing PipelineResources.

Using TaskRunTemplate in PipelineRun

ServiceAccountName and PodTemplate are moved to TaskRunTemplate so that users can specify common configuration that will apply to all TaskRuns.
apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
kind: PipelineRun
metadata:
  name: template-pr
spec:
  pipelineRef:
    name: clone-test-build
  serviceAccountName: build
  podTemplate:
    securityContext:
      fsGroup: 65532
For more information, see TEP-0119: Add taskRunTemplate in PipelineRun.

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