Kubernetes v1.34: Of Wind & Will (O' WaW)

Kubernetes v1.34: Of Wind & Will (O' WaW) Release theme and logo Spotlight on key updates Stable: The core of DRA is GA Beta: Projected ServiceAccount tokens for kubelet image credential providers Alpha: Support for KYAML, a Kubernetes dialect of YAML Features graduating to Stable Delayed creation of Job’s replacement Pods Recovery from volume expansion failure VolumeAttributesClass for volume modification Structured authentication configuration Finer-grained authorization based on selectors Restrict anonymous requests with fine-grained controls More efficient requeueing through plugin-specific callbacks Ordered Namespace deletion Streaming list responses Resilient watch cache initialization Relaxing DNS search path validation Support for Direct Service Return (DSR) in Windows kube-proxy Sleep action for Container lifecycle hooks Linux node swap support Allow special characters in environment variables Taint management is separated from Node lifecycle New features in Beta Pod-level resource requests and limits. kuberc file for kubectl user preferences External ServiceAccount token signing DRA features in beta kube-scheduler non-blocking API calls Mutating admission policies Snapshottable API server cache Tooling for declarative validation of Kubernetes-native types Streaming informers for list requests Graceful node shutdown handling for Windows nodes In-place Pod resize improvements New features in Alpha Pod certificates for mTLS authentication "Restricted" Pod security standard now forbids remote probes Use. status. nominatedNodeName to express Pod placement DRA features in alpha Container restart rules Load environment variables from files created in runtime Graduations, deprecations, and removals in v1.34 Graduations to stable Deprecations and removals Release notes Availability Release Team Project Velocity Event Update Upcoming Release Webinar Get Involved Editors: Agustina Barbetta, Alejandro Josue Leon Bellido, Graziano Casto, Melony Qin, Dipesh Rawat Similar to previous releases, the release of Kubernetes v1.34 introduces new stable, beta, and alpha features. The consistent delivery of high-quality releases underscores the strength of our development cycle and the vibrant support from our community. This release consists of 58 enhancements. Of those enhancements, 23 have graduated to Stable, 22 have entered Beta, and 13 have entered Alpha. There are also some deprecations and removals in this release; make sure to read about those. A release powered by the wind around us — and the will within us. Every release cycle, we inherit winds that we don't really control — the state of our tooling, documentation, and the historical quirks of our project. Sometimes these winds fill our sails, sometimes they push us sideways or die down. What keeps Kubernetes moving isn't the perfect winds, but the will of our sailors who adjust the sails, man the helm, chart the courses and keep the ship steady.