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2026 (2)

October (1)

aks: Release Notes 2026-09-25

Release notes from AKS

2026-10-01

AKS release v20260925 adds GA identity bindings, preview support for Ubuntu 26.04 and Windows Server 2022 to 2025 OS SKU migration, and includes multiple behavioral changes, bug fixes, and component updates across Kubernetes versions. It also announces upcoming VMAS cluster auto-migration to VM node pools starting 2026-09-30 and notes that Windows Server 2022 is unsupported on Kubernetes 1.37+.

August (1)

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.