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2026 (6)

April (1)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Pod CIDR expansion in AKS

Azure Updates

2026-04-07

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports generally available Pod CIDR expansion for overlay-based clusters. This lets teams increase the pod IP range when clusters run out of addresses, avoiding cluster rebuilds.

March (5)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Blue-green agent pool upgrade in AKS

Azure Updates

2026-03-25

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now offers a public preview of blue-green agent pool upgrades. The feature creates a parallel node pool with the new configuration so you can validate it before moving workloads, reducing risk from in-place upgrades.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Container network metrics filtering for AKS

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

Azure Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS now supports container network metrics filtering in general availability. This lets operators reduce metric volume and focus on operationally relevant data.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: AKS managed GPU metrics in Azure Monitor

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

AKS public preview adds managed GPU metrics for NVIDIA GPU-enabled node pools. The metrics are exposed automatically into managed Prometheus, giving teams GPU performance and utilization visibility alongside Kubernetes metrics.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Container network logs in AKS

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) container network logs are now generally available. The feature adds visibility into pod/network traffic to help diagnose Kubernetes networking issues and failures.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Application routing with meshless Istio in AKS

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

Azure AKS preview introduces Application Routing with meshless Istio as a supported ingress migration path after ingress-nginx deprecation, without requiring a full service mesh. It is positioned around Kubernetes Gateway API support and Istio-based routing.