Kubernetes Releases

• relnotes.k8s.io: Kubernetes Release Notes Tip: Click on “deprecation” and select “releaseVersions: 1.x
• sysdig.com: What’s new in Kubernetes 1.20?
• magalix: What You Should Know about Kubernetes 1.20
• towardsdatascience.com: Kubernetes is deprecating Docker in the upcoming release Kubernetes and Docker will part ways; what does that mean to you?
• zdnet.com: Kubernetes dropping Docker is not that big of a deal Chill, people. Your Docker skills haven’t suddenly become useless. Here’s what’s really going on.
• thenewstack.io: Kubernetes 1.20 Lands with 44 Enhancements
• thenewstack.io: Kubernetes 1.20 Enhances the Operator Experience and Brings New Features to the Container Runtime
• openshift.com: Kubernetes is Removing Docker Support, Kubernetes is Not Removing Docker Support
• sysdig.com: What’s new in Kubernetes 1.21?
• devopscube.com: Kubernetes v1.21 Released: Here is What you should know
• thenewstack.io: Kubernetes 1.21 Brings a New Memory Manager, More Flexible Scheduling
• kubernetes.io: kubernetes 1.21: CronJob Reaches GA
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes 1.21: Power to the Community
• devclass.com: Kubernetes 1.21 unloads pod security, adds dual IPv4/IPv6 networking, and shuts down gracefully
• kubernetes.io: Introducing Suspended Jobs in Kubernetes 1.21
• analyticsindiamag.com: Kubernetes v1.21 Released: Major Updates & Latest Features
• openshift.com: Kubernetes 1.21 Grows Innovative New Features
• Kubernetes v1.16 API deprecation testing Examples of how to test the impact of the v1.16 API deprecations and ways to debug early!
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes 1.21: Metrics Stability hits GA
• sysdig.com: Kubernetes 1.22 – What’s new?
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes API and Feature Removals In 1.22: Here’s What You Need To Know In this version, multiple beta APIs will be removed. Not deprecated, removed. Specifically, the following:
  • Ingress
  • CustomResourceDefinition
  • ValidatingWebhookConfiguration
  • MutatingWebhookConfiguration
  • CertificateSigningRequest
  • etc
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes 1.22: Reaching New Peaks Kubernetes’ default backend storage, etcd, has a new release: 3.5.0. The new release comes with improvements to the security, performance, monitoring, and developer experience.
• thenewstack.io: Less Is More with Kubernetes 1.22
• acloudguru.com: What’s new with Kubernetes 1.22?
• kubernetes.io: Graceful Node Shutdown Goes Beta
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes Memory Manager moves to beta
• kubernetes.io: Dockershim removal is coming. Are you ready?
• medium: Kubernetes v1.22 ends Cloud Provider LoadBalancer lock-in Users of Cloud Provider provisioned Kubernetes have been locked into using the Cloud providers LoadBalancers for external access to their applications. This changed in v1.22, a new feature called LoadBalancer class allows 3^rd party solutions to selected as an alternative to the default Cloud LoadBalancer.
• sysdig.com: Kubernetes 1.23 – What’s new?
• armosec.io: Kubernetes version 1.23 is out – everything you should know
• thenewstack.io: Kubernetes 1.23: Dual Stack IPv4/IPv6, CronJobs, Ephemeral Volumes
• blog.aquasec.com: Kubernetes Version 1.23: What’s New for Security?
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes 1.23: The Next Frontier
• loft.sh: Kubernetes 1.23 Release
• infoq.com: Kubernetes Proceeding with Deprecation of Dockershim in Upcoming 1.24 Release
• blog.runx.dev: Will That Kubernetes v1.22 Upgrade Break My Application?
• Concerned about the Dockershim removal in the upcoming Kubernetes 1.24 release? We’ve updated the faq with additional info, migration guide links and more: http://k8s.io/dockershim
• kubernetes.io: Updated: Dockershim Removal FAQ
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes Release Cadence Change: Here’s What You Need To Know
• aws.amazon.com: Amazon EKS now supports Kubernetes 1.22
• blog.aquasec.com: Kubernetes Version 1.23: What’s New for Security?
• sysdig.com: Kubernetes 1.24 – What’s new?
• inder-devops.medium.com: It’s Time to Migrate your Container Runtime, Kubernetes 1.24 is coming In this post, you’ll learn the terminology and tooling around container runtimes. By the end, you’ll have a better idea of what a container runtime is, how the container landscape has evolved over time, and how we got to where we are today.
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes Removals and Major Changes In 1.25
• sysdig.com: Kubernetes 1.25 – What’s new?
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes v1.25: Combiner Announcing the release of Kubernetes v1.25! 🚀 This release includes a total of 40 enhancements. 15 of those are entering Alpha, 10 are graduating to Beta, and 13 are graduating to Stable. We also have two features being deprecated or removed.
• kubernetes.io: PodSecurityPolicy: The Historical Context 🌟 PodSecurityPolicy (PSP) admission controller has been removed as of Kubernetes v1.25. This blog shares some historical context and why it has been replaced by Pod Security admission control.
• macchaffee.com: The Fumbled Deprecation of PodSecurityPolicies In this article, you will learn why PodSecurityPolicies never made it as a GA feature, why they had to be replaced and what you should consider going forward.
• datree.io: EKS 1.22 Upgrade Tutorial
• kubernetes.io: registry.k8s.io: faster, cheaper and Generally Available (GA) Starting with Kubernetes 1.25, our container image registry has changed from k8s.gcr.io to registry.k8s.io. This new registry spreads the load across multiple Cloud Providers & Regions, functioning as a sort of content delivery network (CDN) for Kubernetes container images. This change reduces the project’s reliance on a single entity and provides a faster download experience for a large number of users.
• sysdig.com: Kubernetes 1.26 – What’s new?
• armosec.io: Kubernetes Version 1.26: Everything You Should Know
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes 1.26: Non-Graceful Node Shutdown Moves to Beta
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes 1.26: Support for Passing Pod fsGroup to CSI Drivers At Mount Time
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes 1.26: Pod Scheduling Readiness Very interesting use case dealing with ResourceQuota; if a new Pod exceeds the CPU quota, it gets rejected. Now you can avoid this and build your queue or scale on demand using scheduling gates.
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes v1.26: CPUManager goes GA
• itnext.io: Unleashing the Power of Kubernetes 1.26: Exploring the New ValidatingAdmissionPolicy Feature with CEL
• kubernetes.io: Kubernetes 1.26: Job Tracking, to Support Massively Parallel Batch Workloads, Is Generally Available