# CRI-O v1.34.14

> Kubernetes Core · 2026-09-21

A small feature release that adds checkpoint-restore configuration and changes its default behavior. It contains no security or dependency changes.

## Action needed
- **[breaking]** The `checkpoint_only` default
  - `checkpoint_only` is now enabled by default in CRI-O.

## Other recorded changes
- 1 (added 1)

[Full analysis](https://ratatosk.io/en/releases/cri-o/v1.34.14)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/releases/tag/v1.34.14)
