Kubernetes v1.34 Sneak Peek

Kubernetes v1.34 Sneak Peek Featured enhancements of Kubernetes v1.34 The core of DRA targets stable ServiceAccount tokens for image pull authentication Pod replacement policy for Deployments Production-ready tracing for kubelet and API Server PreferSameZone and PreferSameNode traffic distribution for Services Support for KYAML: a Kubernetes dialect of YAML Fine-grained autoscaling control with HPA configurable tolerance Want to know more? Get involved Kubernetes v1.34 is coming at the end of August 2025. This release will not include any removal or deprecation, but it is packed with an impressive number of enhancements. Here are some of the features we are most excited about in this cycle! Please note that this information reflects the current state of v1.34 development and may change before release. The following list highlights some of the notable enhancements likely to be included in the v1.34 release, but is not an exhaustive list of all planned changes. This is not a commitment and the release content is subject to change. Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) provides a flexible way to categorize, request, and use devices like GPUs or custom hardware in your Kubernetes cluster. Since the v1.30 release, DRA has been based around claiming devices using structured parameters that are opaque to the core of Kubernetes. The relevant enhancement proposal, KEP-4381 , took inspiration from dynamic provisioning for storage volumes. DRA with structured parameters relies on a set of supporting API kinds: ResourceClaim, DeviceClass, ResourceClaimTemplate, and ResourceSlice API types under resource. k8s. io , while extending the. spec for Pods with a new resourceClaims field.