Kubernetes release 1.26.0
- Deprecated beta APIs scheduled for removal in v1.26 are no longer served.
- In-tree cloud provider for OpenStack and cinder volume provider removed; switch to external cloud provider and CSI driver.
- GlusterFS in-tree storage driver removed; migrate volumes to alternative storage solutions.
- CLI flag
pod-eviction-timeout deprecated, removal in v1.27. - Kube-apiserver flag
--master-service-namespace deprecated, removal in v1.27. - Removal of
gcp and azure auth plugins from client-go and kubectl.
- New
preEnqueue extension point added to scheduler's component config. - Added
ResourceClaim API for flexible resource allocation. - Container lifecycle handlers using
httpGet now honor scheme and headers fields.
- Selector validation added to
HorizontalPodAutoscaler. - Pod Security admission:
warn level defaults to enforce level. - Promoted
APIServerIdentity to Beta, enabling Lease creation for active API server identification.
- Fixed spurious
field is immutable errors for Event API objects. - Corrected protobuf serialization of metav1.MicroTime timestamps.
- Fixed ephemeral port exhaustion issue in
kubectl with exec auth.