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k8s: Kubernetes v1.35: Fine-grained Supplemental Groups Control Graduates to GA

Kubernetes Official Blog

2025-12-23

Kubernetes v1.35 graduates fine-grained supplemental groups control to GA via a new Pod field, supplementalGroupsPolicy, letting clusters choose whether to merge group memberships from the container image (/etc/group) or enforce only groups declared in the Pod (Strict) to reduce implicit, hard-to-audit GIDs and improve security (especially for volume access).

k8s: Kubernetes v1.35: Kubelet Configuration Drop-in Directory Graduates to GA

Kubernetes Official Blog

2025-12-22

Kubernetes v1.35 graduates the kubelet configuration drop-in directory to GA: the --config-dir kubelet flag is now production-ready and automatically merges drop-in files with the main kubelet configuration. This simplifies managing different kubelet settings across heterogeneous node pools and supports staged rollouts and targeted overrides without complex tooling.

k8s: Kubernetes 1.35: In-Place Pod Resize Graduates to Stable

Kubernetes Official Blog

2025-12-19

Kubernetes 1.35 graduates In-Place Pod Resize (In-Place Pod Vertical Scaling) to stable (GA). The feature makes CPU and memory requests and limits mutable on a running Pod (via a resize subresource), often without restarting containers. This enables non-disruptive resource adjustments, more powerful autoscaling (e.g., VPA InPlaceOrRecreate), transient boosts like CPU startup boost, and better resource efficiency. The release also adds prioritized retries, allows memory limit decreases (best-effort OOM protection), alpha support for Pod Level Resources, and new kubelet metrics/events. Work remains on runtime support, scheduler/kubelet races, expanded feature support, and integrations with autoscalers and other projects.

k8s: Kubernetes v1.35: Job Managed By Goes GA

Kubernetes Official Blog

2025-12-18

Kubernetes v1.35 promotes .spec.managedBy for Jobs to GA, enabling external controllers (e.g., MultiKueue) to take full responsibility for Job reconciliation and enabling multi-cluster batch scheduling patterns while leaving built-in Job controller behavior intact for other Jobs.

azure: [In preview] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files cross-zone-region replication (CZRR)

Azure Updates

2025-12-16

Azure NetApp Files cross-zone-region replication (CZRR) is now generally available. CZRR builds on existing cross-region and cross-zone replication capabilities to let you replicate volumes both across Azure regions and across availability zones within a region, providing a combined solution for improved disaster recovery and resiliency.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: The ip4r extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now supports the ip4r extension (Generally Available). ip4r provides efficient storage and indexing for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and ranges and can be installed on Flexible Server instances.

November (6)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Local redirect policy in Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS now generally available: the local redirect policy reduces cross-node traffic routing to improve latency and performance for high-scale AKS workloads.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Cluster-wide Cilium network policy with Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure announced General Availability of cluster-wide Cilium network policy for AKS clusters using Azure CNI powered by Cilium. The feature enables consistent, cluster-scoped network policy enforcement across Kubernetes namespaces, addressing a common challenge for platform teams and multi-tenant environments.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Layer 7 policy with Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS announces general availability of Layer 7 Policy, enabling customers to enforce fine‑grained application‑layer traffic control in microservices architectures.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: TLS and TCP termination on Azure Application Gateway

Azure Updates

2025-11-19

Azure Application Gateway is generally available with support for TLS and TCP termination, enabling load balancing and secure processing of non-HTTP(S) traffic.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Python driver for SQL Server

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced that the mssql-python driver for SQL Server is now generally available (GA). The release delivers a modern, high-performance, and developer-friendly experience for Python developers working with SQL Server and Azure SQL Database.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Fuzzy search in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL full-text search

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL now generally supports fuzzy search in its built-in full-text search, enabling typo-tolerant and error-resilient search experiences so users can find relevant results even when queries contain mistakes.