
Prometheus 2.3: Remote Read Revamp and Massive Query Speedups
Prometheus 2.3 introduces subquery support, experimental remote read improvements, and smarter staleness handling—leveling up Kubernetes observability.

Prometheus 2.3 introduces subquery support, experimental remote read improvements, and smarter staleness handling—leveling up Kubernetes observability.

Google open sources gVisor, a userspace kernel that sandboxes containers with stronger isolation than runc—useful for multi-tenant clusters, CI runners, and serverless-style workloads.

Cilium 1.0 graduates to production with Kubernetes policy enforcement, transparent encryption, and Envoy-powered L7 load-balancing built on eBPF.

Kubernetes 1.10 promotes CSI and local persistent volumes to beta, introduces pod priority & preemption, dynamic kubelet configuration, and tighter security integrations for production clusters.

Calico 3.0 delivers a new CRD-backed data model, native Windows support, IP-in-IP upgrades, and tighter Kubernetes integration—setting the stage for secure, large-scale clusters.

Kubernetes 1.9 introduces Vertical Pod Autoscaler alpha, enabling automatic resource request and limit adjustment for pods based on historical usage patterns.

CoreDNS 1.0 graduates with GA stability, dynamic plugin loading and kube-dns parity—ready to become the default DNS server for Kubernetes clusters.

Across KubeCon EU (Berlin) and NA (Austin) in 2017, the ecosystem shifted from 'getting Kubernetes running' to standard interfaces, policy-driven operations, and production-grade day-2 practices—with early service-mesh thinking reshaping how teams design platforms.

Kubernetes 1.9 brought apps/v1 GA, expanded ecosystem support for Windows and Docker, and maturity upgrades across storage and admission-control.

Cilium 0.9 delivers production-ready eBPF datapath, HTTP-aware network policy, and kube-proxy replacement previews—setting the stage for the 1.0 release.