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February (5)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: AKS support for Kubernetes version 1.34

Azure Updates

2026-02-13

AKS now generally supports Kubernetes v1.34. The upstream v1.34 release includes 58 enhancements across feature maturity levels.

k8s: Spotlight on SIG Architecture: API Governance

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-02-12

Interview with Jordan Liggitt describing SIG Architecture’s API Governance subproject: it defines and enforces conventions across Kubernetes API surfaces to balance stability/compatibility with ongoing evolution.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Container Storage v2.1.0 now with Elastic SAN integration and on demand installation

Azure Updates

2026-02-03

Azure Container Storage v2.1.0 is generally available, adding native Elastic SAN support and a lightweight on‑demand installation model to simplify deployment and operations for Kubernetes workloads on Azure.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager namespace-scoped resource placement

Azure Updates

2026-02-03

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager now offers namespace‑scoped resource placement in public preview, providing fine‑grained control to select and propagate individual namespace resources across multiple clusters.

k8s: Introducing Node Readiness Controller

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-02-03

The Node Readiness Controller is a new Kubernetes project that provides a declarative system (NodeReadinessRule) to manage node taints based on custom node conditions. It extends readiness guardrails during node bootstrapping and runtime by automating taint application/removal so workloads land only on nodes that meet infrastructure-specific requirements.

January (7)

k8s: New Conversion from cgroup v1 CPU Shares to v2 CPU Weight

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-01-30

An improved, non-linear conversion from cgroup v1 CPU shares to cgroup v2 CPU weight replaces the previous linear formula to restore intended priority relationships and improve granularity for small CPU requests. The change is implemented in OCI runtimes (runc >=1.3.2, crun >=1.23) and may require updates to tooling that assumed the old mapping.

k8s: Ingress NGINX: Statement from the Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-01-29

Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees announced Ingress NGINX will be retired in March 2026. There will be no further releases, bug fixes, or security patches. Roughly 50% of cloud-native environments rely on it, so many clusters are at risk unless teams check and migrate; alternatives (Gateway API or third‑party Ingress controllers) are not direct drop‑in replacements and require planning and engineering time. There are about two months to prepare.

k8s: Experimenting with Gateway API using kind

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-01-28

This guide shows how to run a local experimental Gateway API environment using kind and cloud-provider-kind. It walks through creating a kind cluster, running cloud-provider-kind (which provides a LoadBalancer and a Gateway API controller and CRDs), deploying a Gateway and an HTTPRoute, deploying a demo echo application, testing with curl, troubleshooting common issues, and cleaning up. The setup is intended for learning and testing only — not production.

k8s: Cluster API v1.12: Introducing In-place Updates and Chained Upgrades

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-01-27

Cluster API v1.12.0 adds two major features — in‑place updates and chained upgrades — enabling mutable updates of existing Machines when safe and orchestrated multi‑minor‑version upgrades respectively, while keeping immutable rollouts and strong extensibility as core design principles.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Deployment safeguards – pod security standard support in AKS

Azure Updates

2026-01-22

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now generally available: Pod Security Standards are supported in Deployment Safeguards, enabling centralized enforcement of pod security configurations across clusters.

k8s: Headlamp in 2025: Project Highlights

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-01-22

Headlamp’s 2025 recap highlights major growth: the project joined Kubernetes SIG UI, absorbed many community contributions via the Linux Foundation mentorship, and shipped several UX and platform features — multi-cluster views, Projects for grouping resources, a taskbar/activities model, improved search and map, OIDC/auth improvements, Helm/App Catalog enhancements, plugin ecosystem growth (including an AI Assistant), and performance, accessibility, and security upgrades.

k8s: Announcing the Checkpoint/Restore Working Group

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-01-21

Kubernetes has launched the Checkpoint Restore Working Group to advance integration of checkpoint/restore functionality (primarily via the CRIU ecosystem) into Kubernetes. The WG will explore use cases like faster startup, resource optimization for interactive AI workloads, fault-tolerance for long runs, interruption-aware scheduling, live Pod migration, and forensic checkpointing, and invites contributors to join meetings, Slack, and the mailing list.