kops v1.37.0-beta.1

See the full kOps 1.37 release notes for details, including breaking changes and deprecations.

What’s Changed

• docs: update 1.36 release notes by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18592
• fix: retry listing cloud resources in kops delete cluster by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18595
• hack: parallelize GitHub release promotion and add checksum validation by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18594
• feat(linode): Refactor VPC model into broader Network model, and add subnet task by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18590
• chore: Remove support for Kubernetes 1.31 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18598
• docs: update 1.36 release notes post-release by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18599
• nodeup: don’t mutate the cluster spec when clearing authenticator config by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18600
• azure: allow kindnet pod CIDR to reach the kube-apiserver by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18604
• Replace gsutil with gcloud storage by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18609
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 6.5.0 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18611
• Adding suitable control plane machine for gce by @YahiaBadr in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18612
• Allow specifying number of nodes that can be unready during validation by @Jefftree in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18614
• chore(networking): bump aws-cni to v1.22.3 by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18615
• Tolerate unready nodes during scalability test validation by @Jefftree in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18616
• aws: remove support for Classic Load Balancer for the API by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18617
• chore(channels): bump k8s and Ubuntu AMI versions in alpha channel by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18621
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18626
• gce: open control-plane node-exporter port (tcp/9100) by @Jefftree in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18620
• aws: add option for IP-based node names by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18632
• aws: allow shared subnets to omit the zone by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18630
• hetzner: Ignore WellKnownServices when comparing load balancers by @krillerdk in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18631
• Enable nri mounting on kindnet in kops by @michaelasp in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18635
• azure: support terraform provider azurerm v5 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18636
• Update hcloud-go/v2 to latest version (v2.47.0) by @krillerdk in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18638
• gce: download nodeup from private GCS buckets with curl by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18623
• aws: do not set the primary network interface to “Unmanaged=yes” by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18642
• rolling-update: restore 5s delay between pod eviction retries by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18641
• Remove support for gossip DNS by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18601
• etcd-manager: compute kops-utils-cp image at use time by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18645
• chore(channels): Promote alpha to stable channel by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18647
• aws: Default to AWS CCM v1.36.1 for all k8s versions by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18649
• chore(networking): bump aws-cni to version 1.22.4 by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18648
• Remove gossip leftovers by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18650
• Remove the protokube binary by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18653
• docs: gossip removal in kOps 1.37 and migration guide by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18651
• Narrow instance cloud permissions to actual consumers by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18654
• Narrow instance describe permissions by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18656
• Clean up remaining gossip removal leftovers by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18658
• Adding dynamic channel labels by @cheftako in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18640
• fix(channels): only treat known ready conditions as health signals by @argoyle in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18657
• aws: download nodeup from private S3 buckets with curl by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18661
• scaletest: Align kops scalability configuration with kube-up for scheduler QPS/BURST by @ronaldngounou in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18080
• azure: download nodeup from Blob Storage with curl by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18666
• Do not upload stale images. by @cheftako in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18665
• scaletest: Align kops scalability configuration with kube-up for CCM concurrentNodeSyncs by @ronaldngounou in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18082
• docs: remove seccomp feature gate by @eshaanm25 in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17954
• Install CNI plugins bundle for chained Cilium by @rdebnath-x-ion in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18589
• Validate Kubernetes feature gate input during cluster creation by @fallintoplace in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18408
• Register completion func for kubernetes-feature-gates flag by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18667
• azure: detect VMs needing update from latestModelApplied by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18669
• aws: Generate EC2NodeClass block device mapping for root volume by @danports in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18655
• iam: do not mutate Policy.Statement in AsJSON() by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18672
• tests/e2e: use gs:// base URL only for kops versions supporting it by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18670
• aws: Restrict KMS permissions to service-mediated calls by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18671
• Cap the kops-controller bootstrap retry backoff, and verify the e2e upgrade actually rolls by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18675
• kube-dns: use policy/v1 for PodDisruptionBudget by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18678
• coredns: Tighten PDB to maxUnavailable 33% and always allow unhealthy pod eviction by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18679
• tests/e2e: drop the deprecated KOPS_CONTROL_PLANE_SIZE fallback by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18682
• tests/e2e: honor KOPS_EXTRA_FLAGS in the karpenter scenario by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18681
• containerd: default to 2.3.4 / runc 1.4.3 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18683
• Fix node bootstrap in IPv6-only clusters with —dns=none by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18684
• tests/e2e: resolve SSH keys the same way on every cloud by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18686
• tests/integration: remove stale privateweave fixtures by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18689
• feat(linode): Add Linode (Akamai) instance management capabilities by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18622
• Makefile: build with grpcnotrace to reduce binary size by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18687
• etcd-manager: remove kops-utils-cp and use image volumes on all supported Kubernetes versions by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18688
• upup/pkg/fi: use literal method names for task dispatch by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18690
• gce: open the etcd events metrics port in the node-to-master firewall by @Jefftree in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18685
• refactor: Rename Linode references to Akamai (Linode) across the codebase by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18691
• chore(networking): bump aws-cni to version 1.23.0 by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18692
• iam: grant ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups for AWS VPC CNI by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18693
• refactor(linode): build SSH keys with instances by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18694
• fix(akamai): Fix Akamai (Linode) Instance tag filter function by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18696
• digitalocean: delete SSH keys when deleting a cluster by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18697
• aws: report the SSH user for Rocky Linux instances by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18698
• tests/e2e: determine the SSH user from the cluster when not configured by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18699
• feat(akamai): Add volume task and extend cloud interface & mock for volume mgmt by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18700
• Update Calico to v3.31.6 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18701
• Update Cilium to v1.18.12 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18702
• Upgrade kube-router to v2.11.0 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18703
• Update Flannel to v0.28.9 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18704
• Update default CNI plugins version to v1.7.1 / v1.8.0 / v1.9.1 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18705
• Upgrade kube-router to v2.11.1 and add UseNFTablesForNetpol setting by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18708
• feat(akamai): manage etcd block storage volumes by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18709
• Update Go to 1.26.6 and bump golang.org/x modules by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18711
• Update linodego to latest master by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18710
• vfs: Download cloud storage assets via VFS by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18713
• vfs: switch GCS client to cloud.google.com/go/storage by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18714
• Update dependencies by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18715
• chore: replace util/pkg/maps and golang.org/x/exp/slices with stdlib by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18720
• Make nodeup resilient to task failures by @hakuna-matatah in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18718
• nodeup: Replace go-toml with minimal TOML writer by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18721
• Fork text/template without method lookup to enable linker pruning by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18695
• nodeup: Apply --dryrun flag after flag.Parse() by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18722
• Pin scaleway-sdk-go to v1.0.0-beta.36 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18723
• nodeup: install kernel-modules-extra on RHEL10-family nodes by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18724
• Disable kindnet DNS caching by default by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18727
• nodeup: order systemd-networkd restarts after package installs by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18725
• Fix flaky concurrent rolling-update tests by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18726
• containerd: declare config version 4 for containerd >= 2.3 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18728
• dump: capture Calico BGP session state from each node by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18735
• nodeup: publish and prefer an xz-compressed binary by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18737
• chore(channels): bump k8s and ubuntu ami versions in alpha channel by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18738
• Avoid client-side throttle bootstrap node lookups by @hakuna-matatah in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18742
• Remove support for Kopeio networking by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18706
• feat(akamai): add default network CIDR and test for Linode cloud provider by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18743
• feat(akamai): add Akamai (Linode) support to kOps controller configuration by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18744
• fix(akamai): normalize volume labels to comply with Akamai Cloud API’s length and character restrictions by @moshevayner in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18745
• chore(channels): promote alpha to stable by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18747
• Fix pin drift: code-generator, golangci-lint, ko, goimports, ginkgo, and nested modules by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18751
• test(e2e): deploy cert-manager via the certmanager.io addon by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18753
• Remove the orphaned digital-ocean e2e scenario by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18752
• Remove unused hack scripts and a duplicate hash generator line by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18750
• docs: refresh CLI examples and manifests for kOps 1.37 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18754
• kube-router Daemonset Modernization by @aauren in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18757
• fix: persist binariesLocation for AWS and GCE in v1alpha2 by @madhoshyagnik in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18740
• Round trip Cluster and InstanceGroup across API versions by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18756
• aws: Generate NodePool requirements for instanceRequirements by @danports in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18676
• gce: don’t leave routes and LB firewalls behind on cluster deletion by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18760
• aws: validate Karpenter InstanceGroups early by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18761
• Release 1.37.0-beta.1 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18762

New Contributors

• @YahiaBadr made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18612
• @krillerdk made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18631
• @michaelasp made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18635
• @argoyle made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18657
• @eshaanm25 made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17954
• @rdebnath-x-ion made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18589
• @fallintoplace made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18408
• @madhoshyagnik made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/18740

Full Changelog: https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/compare/v1.37.0-alpha.1…v1.37.0-beta.1

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