# CRI-O v1.36.6

> Kubernetes Core · 2026-09-21

A small feature release adds checkpoint and restore configuration and changes the default behavior of `checkpoint_only`. No disclosed security changes are included.

## Action needed
- **[breaking]** The `checkpoint_only` default and `checkpoint_restore.container_level_enabled` option
  - The `checkpoint_restore.container_level_enabled` option is added, and `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/v1.36.6)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/releases/tag/v1.36.6)