k8s: Gateway API v1.6: TCPRoute and UDPRoute Graduate to Standard
Kubernetes Official Blog
2026-08-03
Gateway API v1.6.0 promotes TCPRoute and UDPRoute to Standard/v1, adding GA-level raw TCP and UDP routing. It also moves experimental APIs into a separate gateway.networking.x-k8s.io group with X-prefixed kinds to make the experimental boundary explicit.