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May (1)

ai: What’s new in Microsoft Foundry | April 2026

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-05-12

April 2026 Microsoft Foundry updates include Foundry Local GA for local AI development, GPT-5.5 support with default Tier 5 and Tier 6 quota, and new tracing, monitoring, and evaluation features for agents. The release also adds CodeAct with Hyperlight for sandboxed code execution and SDK updates for Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, .NET, and Java.

April (5)

azure: [Launched] Public Preview: Container Network Insights Agent

Azure Updates

2026-04-28

Azure has launched a public preview of the Container Network Insights Agent for troubleshooting Kubernetes networking issues. It provides a lightweight, web-based way to inspect and correlate network signals that are otherwise spread across multiple tools.

k8s: Kubernetes v1.36: Staleness Mitigation and Observability for Controllers

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-04-28

Kubernetes v1.36 adds client-go and kube-controller-manager changes to reduce controller actions based on stale caches, and adds metrics for observing cache freshness. The initial rollout targets DaemonSet, StatefulSet, ReplicaSet, and Job controllers, with feature gates available to disable the behavior.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor pipeline

Azure Updates

2026-04-21

Azure Monitor pipeline is now generally available. It provides a centralized control point for telemetry ingestion and transformation for secure, high-throughput, enterprise-scale scenarios.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Monitor AKS applications with OpenTelemetry and Azure Monitor

Azure Updates

2026-04-13

Azure Monitor now supports monitoring applications running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with OpenTelemetry. The preview includes autoinstrumentation to deploy the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry distribution to workloads.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Observability in AKS Namespace and Workload Views

Azure Updates

2026-04-08

AKS Namespace and Workload views now include observability data from Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus. This adds cluster and workload health, troubleshooting, and resource utilization details directly in those views.

March (2)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Container network metrics filtering for AKS

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

Azure Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS now supports container network metrics filtering in general availability. This lets operators reduce metric volume and focus on operationally relevant data.

security: Observability for AI Systems: Strengthening visibility for proactive risk detection

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-03-18

The post says observability is becoming necessary as AI systems become more autonomous, because visibility into AI behavior can help detect risk earlier and support secure development. It is presented as a Microsoft Security Blog article focused on proactive risk detection.

February (1)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: WAF Insights for Application Gateway

Azure Updates

2026-02-23

Azure Application Gateway WAF Insights is now in public preview, adding an interactive view of WAF logs and metrics. It is intended to help investigate blocked requests and analyze attack patterns.