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A substantial operator-facing release with new capabilities, behavior changes, a compatibility constraint, and a deprecation. It is the first annual LTS release under a Kubernetes-aligned cadence, with support planned for at least two years.
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breakingPlugin names disallow commas
OCI hook adjustments accumulate owners, and commas are disallowed in plugin names in this release.
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deprecatedThe shim. API, deprecated
Applies if you use shim..
A broad operator-significant release with API, configuration, CLI default, scheduling, runtime, feature-gate, metric, and dependency changes. Upgrade review and testing matter for users of removed or deprecated interfaces, changed defaults, custom scheduler integrations, CRDs, audit logging, and affected metrics.
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breakingStrictIPCIDRValidation enabled by default
The StrictIPCIDRValidation feature gate in kube-apiserver is enabled by default.
breakingThe default debug profile, changed to general
The default debug profile changes from legacy to general.
breakingWatchCacheInitializationPostStartHook enabled by default
The WatchCacheInitializationPostStartHook feature gate is enabled by default.
breakingKubeletPSI graduation to GA
The KubeletPSI feature graduated to GA and is enabled by default.
breakingRelaxedServiceNameValidation at beta, enabled by default
The RelaxedServiceNameValidation feature gate graduated to beta and is enabled by default.
breakingRestartAllContainersOnContainerExits at beta, enabled by default
The RestartAllContainersOnContainerExits feature gate graduated to beta and is enabled by default.
breakingSuspended-job feature gates enabled by default
The MutablePodResourcesForSuspendedJobs and MutableSchedulingDirectivesForSuspendedJobs feature gates are enabled by default.
breakingAtomicFIFO informer store updates
Default informer behavior now updates store state with all objects in a list or relist before invoking individual-item handler methods. This behavior is associated with AtomicFIFO.
breakingUnlockWhileProcessing informer behavior
Informers can now enqueue new watch events while already-queued events are being processed. This behavior is associated with UnlockWhileProcessing.
breakingClientsAllowCARotation functionality enabled by default
This functionality is enabled by default and can be disabled through the ClientsAllowCARotation feature gate.
breakingClientsAllowTLSCacheGC functionality enabled by default
This functionality is enabled by default and can be controlled through the ClientsAllowTLSCacheGC feature gate.
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breakingThe volume_operation_total_errors metric, renamed
Applies if you use volume_operation_total_errors.
breakingThe git-repo volume plugin, disabled
Applies if you use the git-repo volume plugin.
breakingAllowlistEntry., renamed to AllowlistEntry.
Applies if you configure AllowlistEntry..
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deprecatedService . deprecation
Applies if you configure Service ..
deprecatedDirect access to metav1., deprecated
Applies if you use metav1..
deprecatedMinNodeScore and MaxNodeScore, deprecated
Applies if you use MinNodeScore or MaxNodeScore.
A maintenance release that adds operator-facing options and transport, plugin, and protocol support while correcting defects. It is built with Go 1., which contains fixes for disclosed CVEs; other changes concern operators using the affected features or behaviors.
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securitycriticalGo 1. build with security fixes
The release is built with Go 1., which includes security fixes for CVE-2026-32282, CVE-2026-32289, CVE-2026-33810, CVE-2026-27144, CVE-2026-27143, CVE-2026-32288, CVE-2026-32283, CVE-2026-27140, CVE-2026-32936, CVE-2026-33190, CVE-2026-33489, CVE-2026-32934, and CVE-2026-35579.
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breakingOversized DoH GET query parameter rejection
Applies if you use DoH.
containerd v2.2.3 includes a disclosed security-related update to spdystream, alongside correctness, runtime, extraction, and dependency/toolchain changes. The recorded advisory is CVE-2026-35469.
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securityhighspdystream dependency update for CVE-2026-35469
The spdystream dependency is updated in containerd v2.2.3 in connection with CVE-2026-35469.
containerd v2.0.8 is a maintenance release with security fixes, a CNI restart correction, and dependency and toolchain updates. The security changes concern spdystream and credential handling in CRI pod events.
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securityhighThe spdystream update for CVE-2026-35469
The spdystream security update for CVE-2026-35469 ships in containerd v2.0.8.
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securityCredential sanitization before gRPC returns
Applies if you use pod events through the Container Runtime Interface (CRI).
A maintenance release with fixes across CRI, runtime, image distribution, and security-sensitive paths. It also updates dependencies and toolchains, including a spdystream security update and a fix for credential leakage.
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securityhighCVE-2026-35469 and GHSA-pc3f-x583-g7j2
The release includes CVE-2026-35469 and GHSA-pc3f-x583-g7j2, related to the spdystream security fix.
securityhighgithub. v0.5.1 update
The release updates github. to v0.5.1. The update carries fixes associated with CVE-2026-35469 and GHSA-pc3f-x583-g7j2.
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securityCredential sanitization before gRPC returns
Applies if pod events are used.
containerd v1.7.31 is a maintenance release with a disclosed security fix in spdystream, alongside dependency, toolchain, correctness, and behavior updates. The spdystream fix requires upgrading; the other changes matter when affected behaviors or versions are in use.
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securityhighThe spdystream CVE-2026-35469 fix
containerd v1.7.31 includes the spdystream fix for CVE-2026-35469 and GHSA-pc3f-x583-g7j2.
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securitySanitized gRPC errors in pod events
Applies if you use pod events.
A maintenance release with security fixes affecting Helm plugins. It also changes plugin-load error handling in the CLI and getter paths.
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securitymediumGHSA-hr2v-4r36-88hr security fix
GHSA-hr2v-4r36-88hr is addressed in this release.
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securityhighPlugin verification when . is missing
Applies if you use plugins.
securityhighPlugin metadata version path traversal
Applies if you use plugins.
