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2026 (4)

September (1)

aks: Release 2026-09-04

Release notes from AKS

2026-09-09

AKS release v20260904 rolls out Kubernetes 1.37 preview, adds GA autoscaling for VM node pools, and includes updates across gateway, service mesh, CSI, and cloud-provider components. It also introduces several behavioral changes, bug fixes, and retirement notices for VMAS clusters and Azure Linux with OS Guard.

August (2)

aks: AppNet 2026-08-19

Release notes from AKS

2026-08-31

AppNet 2026-08-19 adds public preview availability in more Azure regions, retires AppNet 1.0–1.2, and updates supported versions to Istio 1.28.10, 1.29.6, and new AppNet 1.5 on Istio 1.30.3. The release also includes fixes for cluster validation, gateway CRD conflicts, certificate rotation, multicluster traffic, identity-based updates, cleanup on delete/leave, diagnostics, and clearer error reporting.

aks: Release 2026-08-07

Release notes from AKS

2026-08-11

AKS release v20260807 adds Node Auto Provisioning support for restricted publicNetworkAccess clusters, global automatic availability zone placement, control-plane-only upgrades to AKS LTS, and GA node pool rollback. It also includes several behavioral changes that can trigger immediate node reimages on Kubernetes 1.37+, plus component and image updates.

July (1)

aks: Release 2026-07-17

Release notes from AKS

2026-07-24

AKS v20260717 adds Artifact Streaming GA, new preview networking and scheduling features, and multiple behavior changes and bug fixes. It also updates Kubernetes patch versions, core add-ons, node images, and includes several retirement notices and upcoming defaults.