kops v1.36.0-alpha.1

What’s Changed

• Remove support for Amazon Linux 2 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17898
• Update distribution matrix for Amazon Linux 2 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17943
• metal: Unpin K8s version by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17944
• Create iproute2 symlink for kuberouter on older distros by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17945
• chore(channels): update alpha k8s versions with February releases by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17948
• versionbump: go 1.25.7 by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17956
• Feature: pull user defined images for warm pool instances by @dezmodue in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17861
• Fix creation of discovery and state store buckets by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17961
• Migrate more scenario scripts to —test=exec by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17962
• Migrate e2e template AMIs to SSM params by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17964
• LBC Scenario - Pass region to AWS CLI by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17965
• Set kubeconfig for LBC test suite by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17967
• Enable nf_conntrack kernel module on Rocky 9 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17968
• Remove DISCOVERY_STORE handling by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17969
• kube-router: bump version v2.5.0 -> 2.7.1 by @aauren in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17966
• chore: Add asset hashes for February 2026 releases by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17980
• Remove reference to unbound variable by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17985
• Use golang-based tool for AWS instances availability by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17953
• drop cdn.dl.k8s.io as a mirror by @upodroid in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17976
• drop storage.googleapis.com/k8s-artifacts-cni as a mirror by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17987
• tests/ai-conformance: don’t panic if no zones for AWS by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17994
• Scenario Fixes by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17997
• Use a deterministic bucket name in prow jobs by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17998
• Make region selection determistic from BUILD_ID by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18000
• Addon Scenario - Remove old feature flag by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17963
• aws: Bypass LBC webhook for cert-manager by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17999
• Bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.8.2 to 4.8.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18002
• tests/ai-conformance: fix syntax for enabling gatewayAPI with cilium by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17992
• tests/ai-conformance: fix syntax for enabling nvidia GPU in containerd by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18001
• Consolidate support for ENI-based CNIs by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17940
• tests/ai-conformance: use nvidia GPU operator by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18005
• tests/ai-conformance: create cluster with some non-GPU nodes by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18006
• tests/ai-conformance: update test job for DRA v1 by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18008
• tests/ai-conformance: use server-side-apply for KubeRay Operator by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18007
• fix: avoid panic if subnet ID is nil by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18010
• tests/ai-conformance: create first tests for AI Conformance by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18009
• gce: don’t request migration on instance types that don’t support it by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18004
• gce: Wait to delete InstanceManagers and InstanceTemplates by @Camila-B in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18013
• Bump release tools for E2E tests by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18017
• Add warning for non-production use in README by @ritazh in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17952
• Keep skipping certain tests on older cilium versions by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18019
• chore: Add hashes for additional February releases by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18021
• chore: Bump alpha channels with additional February releases by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18020
• chore: Bump etcd-manager to v3.0.20260227 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18026
• build(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18029
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 6.2.0 to 6.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18030
• chore(channels): promote alpha to stable by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18033
• feat: Use wellknownports for etcd and add cilium etcd ports by @apeabody in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18035
• tests/ai-conformance: Install prometheus for metrics by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18018
• build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.8.3 to 4.9.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18042
• Fix node bootstrap challenge response hashing by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18043
• Add addons node to scalability tests by @serathius in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18036
• test: Skip dumping not found nodes for GCE by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18049
• allow pods to reach metric ports running on control plane nodes when using gce alias ip by @upodroid in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18052
• [aiconformance] Add test for gang scheduling with kueue by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18053
• chore: Bump Go to v1.25.8 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18058
• [aiconformance] Add tests for security / isolation by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18055
• scaletest: Move Prometheus to addon nodes by @serathius in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18048
• [aiconformance]: Add robust_controller test using KubeRay by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18056
• scaletest: Use sleep instead of wait for large clusters by @serathius in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18065
• [aiconformance]: Enable Cluster Autoscaler for GPU Nodes by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18066
• scaletest: Increase scalability tests log verbosity to 3 by @serathius in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18069
• [aiconformance]: Enable Metrics Server by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18067
• fix: don’t panic when dumping nodes if we didn’t capture cloud resources by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18072
• [aiconformance]: Validate networking/ai_inference requirements by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18063
• [aiconformance]: Add accelerator metrics validator test by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18064
• [aiconformance]: observability/ai_service_metrics by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18071
• [aiconformance]: Add K8s wrapper for DaemonSet object by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18073
• [aiconformance]: Add driver_runtime_management validator by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18074
• [aiconformance]: unify output under tests/ directory by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18076
• [aiconformance]: render markdown to HTML by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18077
• scaletest: Align kops scalability configuration with kube-up for kube-apiserver deleteCollectionsWorkers and MaxRequestInflight by @ronaldngounou in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18081
• [aiconformance]: Write conformance report to file by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18084
• [aiconformance]: Unify how we write test artifacts by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18087
• scaletest: Align kops scalability configuration with kube-up for kubeapisever CompactionInterval by @ronaldngounou in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18086
• Refactor interface type check to more idiomatic syntax by @rramkumar1 in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17951
• scaletest: Align kops scalability configuration with kube-up for kubelet kubeAPIQPS by @ronaldngounou in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18085
• Move VFS acls framework closer to VFS implementation code by @rramkumar1 in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17949
• Fix existing VPCs/Subnets with IPv6 by @rlees85 in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18089
• [aiconformance]: test for schedulingOrchestration pod autoscaling by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18075
• Enable E2E external CSI testing on GCP by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18098
• [aiconformance] add test for schedulingOrchestration clusterAutoscaling by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18100
• Replace cwd with go:embed for storage.testdriver manifests by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18102
• chore(channels): bump alpha channel k8s and ubuntu AMI versions by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18103
• [aiconformance]: set namespace explicitly for testdata by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18101
• chore: Bump Google Cloud deps in kubetest by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18107
• [aiconformance] Explicity set the namespace for kubectl commands by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18108
• Fix S3 DeleteBucket 301 redirect during teardown by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18109
• Update Cluster Autoscaler to 1.35.0 by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18110
• [aiconformance] add test for schedulingOrchestration clusterAutoscaling by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18112
• Pin upload-artifacts GHA to commit sha by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18114
• Add troubleshooting info for E2E jobs by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18116
• Fix HasHighlyAvailableControlPlane to use AllInstanceGroups by @pkubicsek-sb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17740
• Honor stderrthreshold when logtostderr is enabled by @pierluigilenoci in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18115
• Add excludedInstanceTypes to instanceRequirements by @jim-barber-he in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18113
• chore(channels): promote alpha to stable by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18122
• Fix instanceRequirements memory assignment bug by @jim-barber-he in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18123
• Add —use-kubeconfig to kops reconcile cluster by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18126
• vfs: Silence warnings when the S3 provider has no supported checksum by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18128
• vfs: Pass VFS scheme to S3 client by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18129
• do: Upgrade CSI and enable E2E by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18131
• feat(vfs): add Linode (Akamai) object storage schema support by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18138
• aws: Add EnableOutOfServiceTaint field to NodeTerminationHandler by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18140
• test: Dump logs for upgrade-ab scenario when failing during validation by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18143
• azure: Add support for Azure Disk CSI Driver by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18141
• gce: support for role=apiserver by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18147
• Fix cilium-etcd on GCE by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18146
• gce: Fix instance group deletion by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18148
• Move johngmyers to emeritus by @johngmyers in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18144
• test: Update verify-terraform to use v1.14.8 and support optional filter by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18150
• Add node-volume-type flag to create cluster command by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18145
• Add NodeLeaseDurationSeconds and EventRecordQPS API fields by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18153
• Add some clarification to KubeSchedulerConfiguration by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18151
• Add EnableHostFirewall field to CiliumNetworkingSpec by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18152
• azure: Use larger VM SKU by default in tests and update skips by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18154
• feat: Replace shipbot with gh-based script for promoting binaries by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18095
• azure: Add experimental Terraform support by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18149
• azure: Set provider ID when starting kubelet by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18155
• azure: Fix task dependencies during cluster update by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18156
• azure: Fix Terraform LoadBalancer task dependencies on PublicIP by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18157
• gce: Fix apiserver e2e template by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18158
• gce: Fix instance tags with role=apiserver by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18159
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 6.3.0 to 6.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18161
• gce: Allow role=apiserver with dns=none by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18162
• gce: Add kops-controller to internal load balancer by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18169
• azure: Reduce flakiness of CSI e2e tests by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18168
• gce: Use SSL health check for kops-controller by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18171
• feat: Add optional leases etcd shard by @apeabody in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18054
• Add —control-plane-volume-type flag to kops create cluster by @Camila-B in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17955
• Revert “gce: Use SSL health check for kops-controller” by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18172
• Update Golang to 1.25.9 by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18173
• Reapply “gce: Use SSL health check for kops-controller” by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18174
• test: Run update cluster without —yes first for E2E templates by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18175
• linode: add Linode (Akamai) node configuration and identity by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18166
• Load nf_tables module and install iptables-nft on RHEL10+ by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18179
• aws: Use HTTPS for kops-controller TG health check by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18178
• build(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18180
• chore: Make AssetBuilder concurrency-safe by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18181
• feat(cloud): add Linode (Akamai) cloud provider API registration by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18177
• azure: Use HTTPS health check for kops-controller by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18182
• azure: Fix possible nil pointer dereferences by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18184
• azure: Fix deletion ordering issues by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18185
• azure: Delete RoleAssignment after VMScaleSet during cluster deletion by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18186
• azure: Get node info from node labels for CSI driver by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18170
• azure: Move load balancer probe and rule configuration to model by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18183
• test: Set E2E —node-os-arch=arm64 for Rocky10 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18192
• Continue skipping networking tests in k8s 1.37 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18193
• azure: Fix disk deletion loop during cluster teardown by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18191
• tests: fix KOPS_BASE_URL for build-kubernetes runs by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18189
• Fix nil panic during GCE deletion by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18195
• azure: Handle missing resource group in disk listing by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18194
• azure: Move hardcoded task config to model using SDK types by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18190
• azure: Fix disk deletion by blocking on parent VMSS instead of VM instance by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18196
• vfs: Pass S3 provider-specific options to clients by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18132
• azure: Deploy cloud-controller-manager for node lifecycle and LB support by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18197
• fix: use KOPS_BASE_URL image version when side-loading by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18200
• chore: Remove support for Kubernetes 1.30 in kOps 1.36 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18202
• e2e: Stop running in-tree volume tests for CSI-migrated drivers by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18201
• chore(channels): update k8s and ubuntu jammy ami versions in alpha channel by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18203
• gce: Disallow role=apiserver with dns=none by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18214
• hetzner: add cluster-autoscaler addon for Hetzner cloud provider by @bjornharrtell in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18135
• upgrade-ab: source env file to get CLUSTER_NAME by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18219
• aws: Update EBS CSI driver to 1.58.0 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18220
• aws: update LBC to v3.2.2 via helm+kustomize by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18221
• aws: Prune LBC deployment by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18222
• aws: Run LBC E2E tests in parallel by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18223
• azure: add regenerate.sh for addons by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18225
• do: migrate to NodeReconciler and drop legacy code by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18227
• fix: honor klog -stderrthreshold even when -logtostderr is true by @pierluigilenoci in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18231
• Initial support for Ubuntu 26.04 by @upodroid in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18232
• aws: Remove ALBTargetControlConfig CRD from LBC manifest by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18233
• Deprecreate Debian 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 in kops 1.35 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18234
• Remove support for Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 10 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18235
• aws: Use HTTPS health check with /healthz for kops-controller by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18236
• Support NLBSecurityGroupMode for AWS Cloud Controller Manager by @mfbonfigli in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18211
• cilium: require k8s-connectivity in liveness probe by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18237
• feat: verify config server IPs with DNS name by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18241
• gce: Include MIG scaling errors when instances are not found by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18247
• azure: drop unused UsesPrivateDNS clause from API LB by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18252
• aws: skip node S3 permissions when kops-controller serves node config by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18251
• tests: add minimal gossip create/update integration tests by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18256
• validation: enforce supported DNS topology per cloud provider by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18255
• Release notes for 1.35 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18250
• addons: drop legacy 9.99.0 version shim by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18257
• e2e: Pass prow job name to kops cloud labels by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18258
• Remove explicit sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches setting by @ajoga in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17556
• chore(channels): promote alpha to stable by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18259
• azure: enable CCM cloud routes for kubenet and kindnet by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18262
• build: strip release binaries by default by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18263
• Fix support for VPC CNI + Debian 11 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18261
• Update k8s.io dependencies and Go to v1.26.2 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18267
• Fix support for VPC CNI + RHEL9 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18264
• protobuf: Migrate to google.golang.org/protobuf by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18230
• chore: drop helm dependency and fork strvals by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18272
• chore: switch structured-merge-diff from v4 to v6 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18273
• chore: drop cloud-provider-gcp dependency and fork NewAltTokenSource by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18274
• Upgrade AWS load balancer controller to 3.3.0 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18276
• azure: encode storage account in azureblob:// URLs by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18260
• nodeup: stream verified image bytes into ctr import by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18278
• nodeup: drop containerized mounter and Archive task by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18277
• hetzner: Upgrade hcloud-cloud-controller-manager to v1.30.1 by @bjornharrtell in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18281
• Migrate deprecated kubelet flags to config file by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18280
• cilium: allow setting arbitrary cilium-config entries by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18285
• etcd-manager: Bump etcd patches and drop 3.4 support by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18290
• gce: shrink etcd-cluster disk label to fit 63-char limit by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18292
• protokube: drop unused flags, fields, and methods and cleanup by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18293
• dns-controller: make priorityClassName configurable by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18298
• dns-controller: default Provider when ExternalDNS is partially set by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18302
• e2e: add upgrade test for gossip by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18296
• aws: Only set nodeAllocatableUpdatePeriodSeconds on K8s 1.35+ by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18305
• build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.9.0 to 5.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18297
• gce: expose kops-controller on internal LB for gossip clusters by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18307
• e2e: heartbeat Boskos lease during upgrade test by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18310
• e2e: Improve resource dump reliability by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18311
• Address misc TODO comments by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18314
• azure: match VMSS VM/NIC ARM IDs case-insensitively in dumper by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18315
• Dump containerd config files by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18313
• azure: list VMSS NICs in protokube gossip seed discovery by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18319
• etcd-manager: upgrade to v3.0.20260512 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18323
• Use N4A machine type in GCE by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18330
• hetzner: upgrade CCM to v1.31.0 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18317
• hetzner: upgrade CSI driver to v2.20.2 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18318
• kops toolbox dump fixes by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18326
• Disable kube-proxy when Calico runs in eBPF mode by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18334
• vfs: Use HeadBucket to resolve S3 bucket region by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18335
• aws: drop cloud-provider-aws dependency by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18336
• Abort rolling update on load balancer deregister failure by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18338
• aws: allow disabling NTH enableScheduledEventDraining in Queue Processor mode by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18339
• Reject non-http(s) URLs for assets.fileRepository by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18340
• Align instancegroup node label across create cluster/instancegroup by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18341
• aws: apply onDemandAllocationStrategy to ASG mixed instances policy by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18342
• aws: propagate taints without value to ASG tags by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18343
• kube-proxy: bind-mount kubeconfig directory instead of the file by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18344
• e2e: trim job name by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18346
• Remove the unused in-tree cloud config by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18347
• azure: load cloud config from a Secret instead of azure.json by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18345
• dump: time out per-node log dumping after one minute by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18349
• e2e: delete upgraded clusters with the new kops binary by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18350
• gossip: introduce hybrid worker bootstrap for gossip clusters by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18245
• gce: allow BGP from nodes to control plane for Calico by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18351
• gossip: restrict seed discovery to control-plane nodes by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18352
• azure: fix control-plane role tag spelling by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18353
• gossip: stop exporting unused cloud credentials to worker nodes by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18354
• azure: restrict VMSS role assignments to the control plane by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18357
• gce: stop granting compute.viewer to worker nodes by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18356
• aws: remove unused IAM server certificate permissions by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18355
• nodeup: skip protokube/channels assets on workers by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18358
• aws: remove KMS-based RNG seeding in nodeup by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18359
• Bump CoreDNS memory on large clusters in scalability scenario by @Jefftree in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18361
• vfs: reject GCS paths without buckets by @immanuwell in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18360
• aws: scope ec2:DescribeInstances/DescribeRegions to roles that use them by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18362
• Support containerd v3 config schema by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18291
• aws: Use kms:ViaService condition on KMS data actions by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18363
• chore(channels): bump k8s versions in alpha channel by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18367
• linode: Add VPC cloudup task by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18316
• nodeup: populate DefaultMachineType for Cilium-ENI clusters by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18365
• Update coredns to v1.14.3 by @Jefftree in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18368
• Downgrade coredns to v1.14.2 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18369
• Upgrade containerd to v2.3.0 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18364
• aws: Use amazonaws.com suffix for kms:ViaService in all partitions by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18372
• channels: move from protokube to a static pod by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18328
• decouple client HTTP traffic in kops scalability tests by @Jefftree in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18370
• cilium: add flags for bpf-lb-sock and bpf-lb-sock-hostns-only by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18375
• kops-controller and nodeup bug fixes by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18379
• nodeup: fix protokube skip on hybrid-bootstrap workers by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18378
• channels: stop distributing the standalone binary by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18374
• kubetest2-kops: fix GCE DNS truncation by @Jefftree in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18382
• channels: build static pod manifest in cloudup by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18373
• Fix kops get assets when spec.dnsZone is a DNS name by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18384
• channels: fix region detection and discovery cache permission noise by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18390
• Validate instance group names in kops-controller by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18391
• Upgrade Go to 1.26.3 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18395
• Update dependencies by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18398
• gomod: tidy and verify all modules by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18401
• e2e: set the v3 runtime class path in apiserver templates by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18402
• build: use gcr.io/distroless/static as base image by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18403
• addons: render addons as tasks by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18215
• chore(channels): promote alpha to stable by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18409
• hetzner: enable Cluster Autoscaler by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18226
• chore(networking): bump aws cni to version 1.21.2 by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18410
• Use protobuf by @serathius in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18068
• Release 1.36.0-alpha.1 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18413

New Contributors

• @ritazh made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17952
• @serathius made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18036
• @pkubicsek-sb made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17740
• @pierluigilenoci made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18115
• @mfbonfigli made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18211
• @ajoga made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17556
• @Jefftree made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18361
• @immanuwell made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18360

Full Changelog: https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/compare/v1.35.0-beta.1…v1.36.0-alpha.1

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