k8s: Kubernetes v1.36: Advancing Workload-Aware Scheduling
Kubernetes Official Blog
2026-05-13
Kubernetes v1.36 introduces a redesigned workload-aware scheduling model with separate Workload and PodGroup APIs, a dedicated PodGroup scheduling cycle for gang scheduling, topology-aware placement, workload-aware preemption, DRA ResourceClaim support for PodGroups, and initial Job controller integration. All of these features are alpha and require specific feature gates; the Job integration currently applies only to fixed-size, Indexed Jobs.