What’s New in Calico v3.31: eBPF, NFTables, and More

Calico NFTables is now Generally Available (GA)! Calico eBPF data plane Enhancements eBPF Based Installation Resource Configurable cgroupv2 path Calico Whisker (Calico Observability Stack) Networking Calico Bandwidth Management Quality of Service (QoS) Traffic Classification How it works: Why it matters: Encapsulation Routes Programmed Direct From Felix Granular Control Over natOutgoing (A Community Contribution!) BGP Enhancements Performance & Usability We’re excited to announce the release of Calico v3.31, 🎉 which brings a wave of new features and improvements. For a quick look, here are the key updates and improvements in this release: Calico NFTables Dataplane is now Generally Available Calico eBPF Dataplane Enhancements Simplified installation: new template defaults to eBPF , automatically disables kube-proxy via kubeProxyManagement field, and adds bpfNetworkBootstrap for auto API endpoint detection. Configurable cgroupv2 path: support for immutable OSes (e. g. , Talos). Simplified installation: new template defaults to eBPF , automatically disables kube-proxy via kubeProxyManagement field, and adds bpfNetworkBootstrap for auto API endpoint detection. eBPF kube-proxy kubeProxyManagement bpfNetworkBootstrap Configurable cgroupv2 path: support for immutable OSes (e. g. , Talos). Calico Whisker (Observability Stack) Improved UI and performance in Calico v3.31. New policy trace categories: Enforced vs Pending. Lower memory use, IPv6 fixes, and more efficient flow streaming.