Seccomp

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 1.28: Planternetes — Stability, Sustainability, and Scalability

Kubernetes 1.28: Planternetes — Stability, Sustainability, and Scalability

Kubernetes 1.28, codenamed 'Planternetes,' focuses on platform stability and sustainability with 45 enhancements including KMS v2 API (GA), VolumeGroupSnapshots (Alpha), Node lifecycle improvements, completed CSI migration, and enhanced Pod readiness gates. This release emphasizes long-term reliability with 19 features graduating to stable, improved storage capacity tracking, and refined networking for dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 support.

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Kubernetes 1.26: Electrifying the Core – Security, Scalability, and Modern APIs

Kubernetes 1.26: Electrifying the Core – Security, Scalability, and Modern APIs

Kubernetes 1.26, codenamed 'Electrifying the Core,' graduates Storage Capacity Tracking and Ephemeral Containers to GA. This release completes CSI migration, introduces SeccompDefault for enhanced security, and modernizes APIs with v1beta1 removals and improved CRD validation.

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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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