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Kubernetes 1.31: Ethereal Elephants — Performance, Observability, and Fine-Grained Control

Kubernetes 1.31: Ethereal Elephants — Performance, Observability, and Fine-Grained Control

Kubernetes 1.31, codenamed 'Ethereal Elephants', delivers 45 enhancements with 14 features graduating to stable, including Fine-Grained Admission Control (Alpha), CRI v1.2 performance optimizations, Gateway API GRPCRoute (GA), BackendTLSPolicy (Beta), Metrics Stability Framework completion, and enhanced security policies. This release emphasizes runtime performance, observability maturity, and policy precision for modern Kubernetes operations.

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Kubernetes 1.24: Removing Dockershim and Strengthening Core Security

Kubernetes 1.24: Removing Dockershim and Strengthening Core Security

Kubernetes 1.24 marks a historic milestone by removing Dockershim, completing the transition to CRI-based runtimes. This release introduces PodSecurity Admission (Beta), enhances CSI storage capabilities, and strengthens security defaults with ServiceAccount token projection and Seccomp improvements.

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