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2026 (3)

May (1)

k8s: Kubernetes v1.36: New Metric for Route Sync in the Cloud Controller Manager

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-05-15

Kubernetes v1.36 adds an alpha CCM route-controller metric, `route_controller_route_sync_total`, which counts cloud route syncs. It is meant to help validate the watch-based route reconciliation feature gate by comparing sync frequency against the existing fixed-interval loop.

April (2)

k8s: Kubernetes v1.36: Mutable Pod Resources for Suspended Jobs (beta)

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-04-27

Kubernetes v1.36 promotes Mutable Pod Resources for Suspended Jobs to beta. It lets controllers change CPU, memory, GPU, and other container resource requests/limits in a suspended Job’s pod template before resuming it, without recreating the Job.

k8s: SELinux Volume Label Changes goes GA (and likely implications in v1.37)

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-04-22

Kubernetes v1.36 introduces stable Pod field `spec.securityContext.seLinuxChangePolicy` and a new optional `selinux-warning-controller` to help prepare for a likely v1.37 default-on `SELinuxMount` change. When SELinux is enabled, mounts can switch from recursive relabeling to mount-time labeling, which improves performance but can break some shared-volume patterns; clusters should audit for conflicts and opt out per Pod with `Recursive` if needed.