v1.35.0-alpha.1

What's Changed

• Update etcd to v3.5.23 for K8s <1.34 by @hakman in #17639
• Stop rendering large CAPI manifests by @justinsb in #17650
• update openstack csi images by @kraashen in #17652
• Add toolbox command to generate ClusterAPI objects by @justinsb in #17655
• tests: allow env vars to be exported from kubetest2-kops by @justinsb in #17654
• chore: bump kOps version in tests by @justinsb in #17659
• build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.8.0 to 4.8.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #17660
• aws: Update Karpenter to v1.8.1 by @hakman in #17661
• chore: remove old (unused) bazel libraries by @justinsb in #17665
• aws: Add the option to set Karpenter feature gates by @hakman in #17663
• Remove unused kubelet flag --pod-infra-container-image by @hakman in #17657
• gce: run scale tests on kops by @upodroid in #17651
• Initial support for Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) by @hakman in #17664
• Drop the libltdl package by @hakman in #17667
• Drop the pigz package by @hakman in #17668
• aws: Bypass the graceful OS shutdown process on cluster deletion by @hakman in #17670
• aws: Enforce the graceful OS shutdown for Xen instances by @hakman in #17675
• test: Enforce max node to dump for unregistered nodes by @hakman in #17672
• test: Remove non-nitro instance types from the AWS scale test by @hakman in #17674
• Allow setting map[string][]string from the command line by @hakman in #17679
• allow specific GCE IGs to have public IP addresses by @upodroid in #17680
• Prevent failing DNS requests on shutdown of CoreDNS pods by @jan-kantert in #17678
• Support tags for kubetest-kops by @ameukam in #17682
• Switch Route53 domain for E2E tests by @ameukam in #17684
• Migrate Kindnet to Kubernetes prod registry by @ameukam in #17689
• fix notfound backendservice/healthchekc by @upodroid in #17692
• chore: reduce logspam when matching channels by @justinsb in #17693
• fix: use kopsbase.Version instead of kopsbase.KOPS_RELEASE_VERSION by @justinsb in #17658
• calico: Don't install Wireguard if disabled by @hakman in #17687
• Drop bridge-utils and conntrack packages by @hakman in #17694
• Release Notes for kOps 1.34 by @hakman in #17696
• Update kindnet repository links in documentation by @aojea in #17698
• bump kops-controller qps limits by @upodroid in #17701
• Update the node package list only before installing packages by @hakman in #17690
• aws: Fix missing permissions for CCM and LBC by @hakman in #17705
• Improve the node package list updates by @hakman in #17704
• Skip package updates at boot time by @hakman in #17708
• tests: free up disk space on github actions runner by @justinsb in #17709
• More support for cluster-api by @justinsb in #17636
• build(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #17711
• capi: refactor to use shared nodeup builder by @justinsb in #17703
• add support for specifying iops and thoroughput when using hyperdisks by @upodroid in #17685
• start running the access tokens and huge services test by @upodroid in #17671
• Pull CNI plugins from Github by @ameukam in #17716
• Bump cni version by @ameukam in #17676
• clean up the skip regex files by @upodroid in #17715
• remove bastion flag from gce scale jobs by @upodroid in #17719
• Update etcd to v3.5.24 for K8s <1.34 by @hakman in #17720
• scaleway: Fix failing terraform test by @hakman in #17722
• Update cluster-autoscaler to v1.34.1 by @hakman in #17725
• Update Go to 1.25.3 and deps by @hakman in #17728
• azure: Avoid spurious changes in NetworkSecurityGroup by @hakman in #17734
• azure: Allow independent VMs to join the cluster by @hakman in #17710
• update kops scalability run-test.sh to allow configuring qps and burst by @alaypatel07 in #17742
• test: Skip Pod Level Resources tests by @hakman in #17745
• Skip Pod InPlace Resize Container tests by @hakman in #17747
• Update containerd to v2.1.5 by @hakman in #17743
• Remove HugeService Test Suite to stop bleeding by @hakuna-matatah in #17750
• configure proper kops flags for kube-scheduler qps and burst configuration by @alaypatel07 in #17752
• Add snapshot permissions for ec2:CreateVolume by @rifelpet in #17757
• build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.8.1 to 4.8.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #17760
• Revert configure proper kops flags for kube-scheduler qps and burst configuration by @alaypatel07 in #17761
• Configure kube-scheduler QPS and Burst by @Sreeja1725 in #17763
• Include maxParallelImagePulls field in Kubelet config by @jaswdr in #17755
• Fix Netlify build failure from template syntax error and PATH issues in documentation by @Copilot in #17767
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 6.0.0 to 6.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #17765
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #17764
• gce: bump GCE PD CSI Driver by @upodroid in #17712
• reworking toolbox dumping logic by @upodroid in #17733
• Update Go to 1.25.4 by @hakman in #17768
• test: dump kubelet config file by @hakman in #17771
• kubelet: Wait less for control-plane pods to restart by @hakman in #17510
• aws: Tag Launch Template network interfaces by @hakman in #17773
• aws: Enable CloudWatch metrics for the warm pool of an ASG by @recollir in #17776
• Update dependencies by @hakman in #17777
• Release 1.35.0-alpha.1 by @hakman in #17781

New Contributors

• @kraashen made their first contribution in #17652
• @jan-kantert made their first contribution in #17678
• @alaypatel07 made their first contribution in #17742
• @Sreeja1725 made their first contribution in #17763
• @jaswdr made their first contribution in #17755
• @Copilot made their first contribution in #17767

Full Changelog: v1.34.0-beta.1...v1.35.0-alpha.1

v1.34.1

What's Changed

• Automated cherry pick of #17705: aws: Add missing permissions for Cloud Controller Manager by @hakman in #17706
• Automated cherry pick of #17720: Update etcd to v3.5.24 for K8s <1.34 by @hakman in #17721
• Automated cherry pick of #17722: scaleway: Fix failing terraform test by @hakman in #17723
• Automated cherry pick of #17709: tests: free up disk space on github actions runner by @hakman in #17731
• Automated cherry pick of #17725: Update cluster-autoscaler to v1.34.1 by @hakman in #17726
• Update Go to 1.25.3 and some deps by @hakman in #17732
• Automated cherry pick of #17734: azure: Avoid spurious changes in NetworkSecurityGroup by @hakman in #17735
• Automated cherry pick of #17745: Skip Pod Level Resources tests
  #17747: Skip Pod InPlace Resize Container tests by @hakman in #17748
• Automated cherry pick of #17743: Update containerd to v2.1.5 by @hakman in #17744
• Automated cherry pick of #17757: Add snapshot permissions for ec2:CreateVolume by @rifelpet in #17758
• Automated cherry pick of #17768: Update Go to 1.25.4 by @hakman in #17769
• Release 1.34.1 by @hakman in #17770

Full Changelog: v1.34.0...v1.34.1

v1.34.0

Release notes for kOps 1.34 series

kOps 1.34.0 introduces major updates to container runtime management, enhanced cloud provider support, and significant networking improvements.

Significant changes

Container Runtime

• crictl and nerdctl are now only installed on demand (#17604)
  • Set spec.containerd.installCriCtl=true or spec.containerd.installNerdCtl=true to install
• Update containerd to v2.1.4 (#17532)
  • Better systemd integration with dbus dependency fix (#17603)

Networking

• Update Cilium to v1.18.2 (#17601)
  • Add support for cilium-etcd with dns=none (#17625)
• Update Calico to v3.30.3 (#17628)
• Update Flannel to v0.27.4 (#17641)
• AWS VPC CNI updated to v1.20.2 (#17629)
• BREAKING: Canal support removed (#17642)

AWS

• Update Karpenter to v1.8.1 (#17624)
  • Add support for feature gates configuration
  • Important: Older versions must be uninstalled before upgrading (#17567)
• Add CPU and memory resource configuration for AWS Load Balancer Controller
• Update EBS CSI driver to v1.47.0 (#17560)
• Add support for using ECR as pull-through image cache (#16593)

Azure

• Add udev disk rules (#17611)
• Fix rolling-update error (#17538)
• Use internal K8s API endpoint for cloud-node-manager (#17607)
• Remove various VMSS configuration suffixes for cleaner naming
• Use kops as the default admin user

OpenStack

• Update OpenStack CSI images

Etcd

• Update etcd to v3.6.5 for Kubernetes 1.34+ (#17637)
• Update etcd to v3.5.23 for Kubernetes <1.34
• Update etcd-manager to v3.0.20250917 (#17615)
  • Use image volumes to mount etcd images (#17539)

Other Components

• Update cluster-autoscaler to v1.34.0 (#17643)
• Update CoreDNS to v1.12.4
• Update Cloud Controller Managers for AWS, Azure, and Hetzner
• Default SSH key changed to ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub (from RSA)
• ebtables, ethtool and socat are no longer installed by default

Breaking changes

• Canal support has been removed (#17642)
  • Migrate to Calico or another supported CNI before upgrading
• Legacy addons removed from the kOps repository (#17332)
  • Only affects clusters using kOps <1.22
• Karpenter requires manual uninstallation before upgrading (#17567)
• Default SSH key changed from RSA to Ed25519
• Several packages no longer installed by default: crictl, nerdctl, ebtables, ethtool, socat

Other changes of note

• Migrate to control-plane nomenclature in documentation
• Fix IPv6 routes for Kubernetes 1.32
• Fix Azure subscription ID check
• Add nftables package support
• Use ephemeral S3 buckets for E2E tests
• Bump Golang to 1.25
• Update golangci-lint to v2

Known Issues

• Karpenter upgrade requires manual uninstallation of older versions
• Azure naming conventions have changed which may affect existing automation

Deprecations

• Support for Kubernetes version 1.28 is removed in kOps 1.34
• Support for Kubernetes version 1.29 is deprecated and will be removed in kOps 1.35

Installation and Upgrade Notes

Pre-Upgrade Checklist

1. Canal Users: Migrate to another CNI solution
2. Karpenter Users: Uninstall existing Karpenter installations
3. SSH Access: Verify Ed25519 key support
4. Tool Dependencies: Check if you need crictl, nerdctl, ebtables, ethtool, or socat

Upgrade Process

1. Review breaking changes
2. Test in non-production first
3. For Karpenter users, uninstall existing version
4. Run kops update cluster and validate before applying

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This release includes contributions from the kOps community. Thank you to all contributors!

v1.34.0-beta.1

What's Changed

• etcd-manager: Use image volumes to mount etcd images by @hakman in #17539
• Recognize Debian 13 by @rifelpet in #17550
• aws: Update EBS CSI driver to v1.47.0 by @hakman in #17552
• etcd-manager: Keep the ImageVolume feature gate for K8s 1.35 by @hakman in #17553
• Bump ko-build by @ameukam in #17559
• Bump Golang to 1.25 by @ameukam in #17560
• Add AGENTS.md by @ameukam in #17561
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 4.2.2 to 5.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #17566
• Add instructions to avoid loops by @ameukam in #17569
• Golangci-lint v2 fixes by @rifelpet in #17573
• Use yum instead of dnf on Amazon Linux 2 by @ConnorJC3 in #17557
• build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.7.1 to 4.7.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #17576
• Bump golangci-lint to v2 by @ameukam in #17562
• Upgrade AWS Load Balancer Controller to v2.13.4 by @cloud303-pdavis in #17571
• nodeup: Simplify the template by removing split-commas by @hakman in #17577
• Install cgroupfs-mount for distros lower than Debian Trixie by @ameukam in #17581
• Remove unused const, variables and function reported by Golangci-lint by @ameukam in #17582
• containerd: Don't install crictl and nerdctl by default by @hakman in #17547
• coredns: Relax zonal topologySpreadConstraints by @hakman in #17554
• Add nftables package by @ameukam in #17583
• Update amazon-ec2-instance-selector to v3.1.1 by @hakman in #17586
• Drop ebtables, ethtool and socat by @ameukam in #17587
• Update 1.34 release notes by @ameukam in #17588
• Update Kubernetes hashes with latest releases by @hakman in #17592
• chore: Bump channels with the latest releases by @hakman in #17596
• Update release notes for kOps 1.33 by @hakman in #17597
• chore: Remove support for Kubernetes 1.28 in kOps 1.34 by @hakman in #17598
• build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.7.2 to 4.7.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #17599
• Use only systemd as cgroup driver by @hakman in #17600
• Golangci-lint v2 fixes: gocritic by @ameukam in #17602
• Ensure containerd starts after dbus by @ameukam in #17603
• Update Karpenter to v1.6.2 by @hakman in #17567
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 5.5.0 to 6.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #17606
• azure: Use internal K8s API endpoint for cloud-node-manager by @hakman in #17607
• Bump coredns to 1.12.4 by @ameukam in #17609
• Bump k8s assets by @ameukam in #17610
• azure: Update getting started docs by @hakman in #17612
• azure: Add udev disk rules by @hakman in #17611
• Bump versions in netlify and mkdocs by @hakman in #17614
• nodeup: Use embed for containerd license by @hakman in #17613
• Update etcd-manager to v3.0.20250917 by @hakman in #17615
• Update etcd to v3.6.4 for K8s 1.34+ by @hakman in #17616
• Update Karpenter to v1.7.1 by @hakman in #17624
• docs: migrate to control-plane nomenclature by @apeabody in #17618
• Add support for cilium-etcd with dns=none by @hakman in #17625
• Update Cilium to v1.18.2 by @hakman in #17601
• feat: add CPU and memory resource configuration for AWS Load Balancer Controller by @ana-aguilar7 in #17608
• aws: Update VPC CNI to v1.20.2 by @hakman in #17629
• Update Calico to v3.30.3 by @hakman in #17628
• build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.7.3 to 4.8.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #17632
• Restore default SELinux security contexts for containerd binaries by @hakman in #17633
• Update etcd to v3.6.5 for K8s 1.34+ by @hakman in #17637
• Update cluster-autoscaler to v1.34.0 releases by @hakman in #17640
• Remove Canal support by @hakman in #17642
• Update Flannel to v0.27.4 by @hakman in #17641
• Update dependencies by @hakman in #17643
• Update CCM for AWS, Azure and Hetzner by @hakman in #17644
• Update codegen to v0.34.1 by @hakman in #17645
• Release 1.34.0-beta.1 by @hakman in #17646

New Contributors

• @ConnorJC3 made their first contribution in #17557
• @cloud303-pdavis made their first contribution in #17571
• @apeabody made their first contribution in #17618

Full Changelog: v1.34.0-alpha.1...v1.34.0-beta.1

v1.33.1

What's Changed

• Automated cherry pick of #17550: Recognize Debian 13 by @ameukam in #17570
• Automated cherry pick of #17557: Use yum instead of dnf on Amazon Linux 2 by @hakman in #17574
• Automated cherry pick of #17554: coredns: Relax zonal topologySpreadConstraints by @hakman in #17584
• Automated cherry pick of #17581: Install cgroupfs-mount for distros lower than Debian 13 by @hakman in #17590
• Automated cherry pick of #17592: Update Kubernetes hashes with latest releases by @hakman in #17593
• Release 1.33.1 by @hakman in #17594

Full Changelog: v1.33.0...v1.33.1

v1.32.2

What's Changed

• Automated cherry pick of #17270: Update nodeup test case to 1.33
  #17482: Fix cloud-provider flag for K8s 1.31+ by @hakman in #17489
• tests: don't override etcd-manager image in bare-metal test by @justinsb in #17495
• Automated cherry pick of #17500: Fix invalid filters for describing security group rules by @rifelpet in #17508
• Automated cherry pick of #17512: Wait for the GCE disk creation operation to finish by @hakman in #17514
• Automated cherry pick of #17523: testing: Fix e2e test job name by @hakman in #17530
• Automated cherry pick of #17531: metal: Update Debian image by @hakman in #17535
• Automated cherry pick of #17557: Use yum instead of dnf on Amazon Linux 2 by @hakman in #17575
• Automated cherry pick of #17550: Recognize Debian 13 by @ameukam in #17585
• Automated cherry pick of #17581: Install cgroupfs-mount for distros lower than Debian by @hakman in #17591
• Release 1.32.2 by @hakman in #17595

Full Changelog: v1.32.1...v1.32.2

v1.34.0-alpha.1

What's Changed

• channels: Bump Azure image by @hakman in #17479
• azure: Fix small issues related to role assignments by @hakman in #17478
• azure: Deploy cloud-node-manager for K8s 1.31+ by @hakman in #17483
• Fix --cloud-provider flag for K8s 1.31+ by @hakman in #17482
• docs: Fix release notes deprecations by @hakman in #17481
• aws: Update ecr-credential-provider to v1.31.7 by @hakman in #17486
• Update ecr-credential-provider checksums by @rsafonseca in #17491
• Upgrade node-local-dns from 1.23.0 to 1.26.0 by @rsafonseca in #17490
• azure: Track resources by ID during deletion by @hakman in #17493
• Introduce flag use-kubeconfig which allows loading from the local kubeconfig by @justinsb in #17494
• Normalize the hardcoded images used for warmpool pre-pulling by @rifelpet in #17144
• Reduce verbosity of k8s version warning by @rifelpet in #17498
• Fix invalid filters for describing security group rules by @rifelpet in #17500
• azure: Add e2e testing by @hakman in #17497
• azure: Add defaults for network CIDR and subscription ID by @hakman in #17504
• chore: Use constants for default network CIDRs by @hakman in #17505
• azure: Use kops as the default admin user by @hakman in #17506
• azure: Use creation timestamp tag in e2e tests by @hakman in #17507
• protokube: Initialize CloudProvider only with Gossip by @hakman in #17509
• Wait for GCE disk creation operation by @ouillie in #17512
• Don't require . in dns=none cluster names by @hakman in #17515
• Prefer using id_ed25519.pub instead of id_rsa.pub by @hakman in #17516
• azure: Fix periodic tests by @hakman in #17517
• (Experimental) bare-metal with IPv6 by @justinsb in #16944
• testing: Fix e2e test job name by @hakman in #17523
• aws: Add support for using ECR as pull-through image cache by @rsafonseca in #16593
• Add support for passing image for nvidia-k8s-device-plugin by @sats-23 in #17519
• aws: added permissions to RW*TargetGroupAttributes to CCM by @mtulio in #17521
• Add more context to terraform fatal log by @rifelpet in #17524
• Use ssm parameter for AMI ID in LBC scenario by @rifelpet in #17525
• Add round-trip tests / PodCIDR to all versions by @justinsb in #17526
• Update containerd to v1.7.28 by @hakman in #17527
• Use official etcd images from registry.k8s.io by @hakman in #17485
• metal: Update Debian image by @hakman in #17531
• Update containerd to v2.1.4 by @hakman in #17532
• tests: Skip failing CNI tests by @hakman in #17533
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 5.1.0 to 5.5.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #17537
• azure: Fix rolling-update error by @hakman in #17538
• Update etcd-manager to v3.0.20250803 by @hakman in #17540
• Skip tests-e2e-scenarios-bare-metal-ipv6 when version.go changes by @hakman in #17549
• Release 1.34.0-alpha.1 by @hakman in #17548

New Contributors

• @ouillie made their first contribution in #17512
• @sats-23 made their first contribution in #17519
• @mtulio made their first contribution in #17521

Full Changelog: v1.33.0-beta.1...v1.34.0-alpha.1

v1.33.0

What's Changed

• Automated cherry pick of #17478: Fix role assignment for cluster resource group
  #17483: azure: Deploy cloud-node-manager for K8s 1.31+ by @hakman in #17487
• Automated cherry pick of #17482: Fix cloud-provider flag for K8s 1.31+ by @hakman in #17488
• Automated cherry pick of #17500: Fix invalid filters for describing security group rules by @rifelpet in #17501
• Automated cherry pick of #17512: Wait for the GCE disk creation operation to finish by @hakman in #17513
• Automated cherry pick of #17523: testing: Fix e2e test job name by @hakman in #17529
• Automated cherry pick of #17531: metal: Update Debian image by @hakman in #17534
• Automated cherry pick of #17485: Use official etcd images from registry.k8s.io by @hakman in #17536
• Automated cherry pick of #17527: Update containerd to v1.7.28 by @hakman in #17528
• Automated cherry pick of #17540: Update etcd-manager to v3.0.20250803 by @hakman in #17541
• Automated cherry pick of #16593: Add support for using ECR as pull-through image cache by @hakman in #17545
• Release 1.33.0 by @hakman in #17546

Full Changelog: v1.33.0-beta.1...v1.33.0

v1.33.0-beta.1

What's Changed

• chore(channels): bump alpha channel k8s and ubuntu AMI versions by @moshevayner in #17393
• Bump go to 1.24.3 by @rifelpet in #17394
• Release notes for 1.32.0 by @justinsb in #17395
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 5.4.0 to 5.5.0 by @dependabot in #17402
• build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.6.0 to 4.7.0 by @dependabot in #17401
• chore(channels): promote alpha to stable by @moshevayner in #17403
• Update requiredVersion for 1.31 and 1.32 in alpha by @rifelpet in #17404
• Change volume type to io1 from io2 by @Swizzmaster in #17405
• Update requiredVersion for 1.31 and 1.32 in stable by @rifelpet in #17407
• build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.7.0 to 4.7.1 by @dependabot in #17408
• Remove cloud-config and cloud-provider from 1.33 kubelet by @Swizzmaster in #17412
• Set MACAddressPolicy=none for Ubuntu 24.04 by @rifelpet in #17398
• GCE: avoid duplicate bucket IAM tasks for a single service account by @flopib in #17413
• Remove securityGroupOverride validation for NLB by @h3poteto in #17383
• [docs] fixed cilium cni exclusive topic placement by @runitmisra in #17410
• Upgrade calico to 3.29.4 by @rifelpet in #17427
• Fix minor version upgrade recommendations by @rifelpet in #17426
• Re-enable additionalSecurityGroups for bastion LB by @h3poteto in #17430
• Add documentation on max node lifetime by @rifelpet in #17431
• Fix panic when security group ID is not known by @rifelpet in #17432
• Explicitly set update_policy on GCE instance group managers by @flopib in #17411
• Ensure only owned security groups are deleted by @rifelpet in #17436
• GCE: do not reset MIG target size on cluster updates by @flopib in #17441
• Makefile: correct .PHONY casing by @mohiuddin-khan-shiam in #17442
• Remove --register-unschedulable kubelet flag by @rifelpet in #17443
• chore: Bump node images by @hakman in #17444
• add systemd network config for Cilium and Amazon VPC CNI on Ubuntu 22.04+ and AL2023 to prevent route removal by @mostafahussein in #17438
• Update to golang 1.24.4 by @justinsb in #17450
• Fix toolbox addons apply command by @tanelmae in #17429
• Skip tests-e2e-scenarios-bare-metal when version.go changes by @hakman in #17391
• Extend openstack mock by misc. resources by @ascheman in #17406
• hetzner: Add support for Object Storage by @hakman in #17453
• Update dependencies for v1.33 by @hakman in #17461
• hetzner: Update hetznercloud/hcloud-go to v2 by @hakman in #17464
• Update etcd-manager to v3.0.20250629 by @hakman in #17452
• Create flag api-server which allows for custom DNS setups by @justinsb in #17459
• fix(kubelet): parse image GC args failed by @huhouhua in #17465
• Use GCP CCM release image by @rifelpet in #17468
• GCE: set node labels and taints as autoscaler env vars by @flopib in #17434
• Update etcd-manager to v3.0.20250704 by @hakman in #17471
• Allow to setup CoreDNS pod annotations by @rsicart in #17315
• Enforce topologySpreadConstraints for CoreDNS by @hakman in #17472
• docs: Add note to 1.22 about the CA CN rename by @agilgur5 in #15324
• fix(openstack): determine ports to delete based on tags by @ederst in #16961
• Add an example script to setup RAID-10 for instances with multiple NVMe disks by @dobesv in #17474
• Release 1.33.0-beta.1 by @hakman in #17475

New Contributors

• @Swizzmaster made their first contribution in #17405
• @mohiuddin-khan-shiam made their first contribution in #17442
• @tanelmae made their first contribution in #17429
• @ascheman made their first contribution in #17406
• @huhouhua made their first contribution in #17465
• @rsicart made their first contribution in #17315
• @dobesv made their first contribution in #17474

Full Changelog: v1.33.0-alpha.1...v1.33.0-beta.1

v1.32.1

What's Changed

• [release-1.32] Upgrade to Go 1.23.9 by @rifelpet in #17396
• Automated cherry pick of #17398: Set MACAddressPolicy=none for Ubuntu 24.04 by @rifelpet in #17414
• cherry-pick of #17383: Remove securityGroupOverride validation for NLB by @h3poteto in #17422
• Automated cherry pick of #17427: Upgrade calico to 3.29.4 by @rifelpet in #17428
• Automated cherry pick of #17438: add systemd network config for Cilium and Amazon VPC CNI on Ubuntu 22.04+ and AL2023 to prevent route removal by @rifelpet in #17445
• Automated cherry pick of #17441: GCE: do not reset MIG target size on cluster updates by @rifelpet in #17447
• Automated cherry pick of #17391: Skip tests-e2e-scenarios-bare-metal when version.go changes by @hakman in #17454
• Update golang to 1.23.10 by @justinsb in #17456
• Update dependencies for v1.32 by @hakman in #17462
• Automated cherry pick of #17459: Create flag api-server which allows for custom DNS setups by @rifelpet in #17466
• Automated cherry pick of #17468: Use GCP CCM release image by @rifelpet in #17469
• Release 1.32.1 by @hakman in #17476

Full Changelog: v1.32.0...v1.32.1