Kubernetes 1.34 “Nova” brings AI-aware scheduling, WASM runtime integration, CRI v2, unified observability, and stronger security for edge and data workloads.
Kubernetes 1.30, codenamed 'Uwubernetes', delivers 45 enhancements with 17 features graduating to stable, including Native Sidecar Containers (Beta), Gateway API GA, PodSchedulingReadiness (GA), JobSet API (Beta), enhanced security policies, and improved developer tooling. This release emphasizes developer experience, network traffic management maturity, and workload scheduling predictability.
Kubernetes 1.29, codenamed 'Mandala,' delivers 49 enhancements with 18 features graduating to stable, including Job lifecycle improvements, NodeLogQuery API (Alpha), KMS v2 as default for secret encryption, PodSecurity Admission enhancements, dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 production readiness, and completed CSI migration. This release emphasizes performance optimization, security hardening, and improved observability for large-scale deployments.
Cilium 1.0 graduates to production with Kubernetes policy enforcement, transparent encryption, and Envoy-powered L7 load-balancing built on eBPF.
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 1.7 introduces stronger security (encryption, network policies, node authorizer), enhanced extensibility (API aggregation, CRDs) and stateful workload updates — a key enterprise release.
Calico CNI 1.0: Network Policy Comes to Kubernetes