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October (1)

aks: Release 2026-10-25

Release notes from AKS

2026-10-27

AKS release v20261025 adds Kubernetes 1.37 GA/LTS, makes 1.36 the default for new clusters, and ships multiple component and image upgrades. It also introduces several NAP enhancements and previews, plus notable behavior changes around automatic upgrades, Istio, AKS Automatic, etcd encryption, and VMAS-to-VMS migration.

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.