Kubernetes 1.35 (2026) brings ML job orchestration, cluster-level automation, network observability, and Gateway API conformance. See what's new and how to upgrade.
Traefik 3.2 delivers enhanced Gateway API support, improved routing capabilities, better security features, and performance optimizations for modern ingress deployments.
Kubernetes 1.34 “Nova” brings AI-aware scheduling, WASM runtime integration, CRI v2, unified observability, and stronger security for edge and data workloads.
Linkerd 2.15 boosts observability, tightens policy, and speeds the data plane while keeping the mesh lightweight.
Contour 1.28 delivers enhanced Gateway API support, improved Envoy configuration management, better observability, and expanded routing capabilities for production ingress deployments.
Istio 1.21 sharpens Ambient Mesh, hardens security, and expands Gateway API support with leaner performance for production meshes.
Kubernetes 1.33, codenamed 'Orion', delivers 47 enhancements with 15 features graduating to stable, focusing on intelligent autoscaling, cost efficiency, enhanced observability, Gateway API maturity, and advanced security features. This release ushers in a new era of intelligent orchestration with predictive scaling, unified metrics pipeline, and comprehensive network policy improvements.
Cilium 1.17 delivers 2,761 new commits with major networking enhancements, improved security features, enhanced observability, and significant performance improvements for enterprise Kubernetes deployments.
Traefik 3.1 delivers enhanced Gateway API support, improved routing capabilities, better security features, and performance optimizations for modern ingress deployments.
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.