Cilium
v1.18.12Networking & MessagingJul 16, 2026
Cilium v1.18.12 is a routine bugfix release that fixes a policy-denial regression, a kvstore-mode startup regression, and several other issues; it also adds a minor Gateway API feature for access logs configuration.
Key changes (7)
- Gateway API: access logs field added to CiliumGatewayClassConfig
- Policy denial regression fixed for L7 load-balanced services when remote identity changes
- KVStore mode startup regression fixed when etcd is behind a Kubernetes service
- Gateway API: validation added to flag Gateways with hostNetwork enabled
- IPAM multi-pool: eliminated unnecessary wait on zero prealloc requests
- Policy metric warning fixed (policy_change_total incorrect label value)
- k8s.io/utils dependency updated