This powerful release brings 64 enhancements designed to level up performance, security, and AI/ML workload support:
📊 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 ?
✅ 18 features graduated to Stable
🧪 20 in Beta
🌱 24 in Alpha
🧹 2 Deprecated/Removed
✨ 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 :
🔹 Native Sidecar Containers (Stable)
Finally GA! Manage sidecars with clear lifecycle behavior — no more lifecycle hacks
🔹 In-Place Pod Resizing (Beta)
Scale your pods vertically without restarts — perfect for dynamic AI/ML loads
🔹 NUMA-Aware & Async Scheduling (Beta)
Boosts performance for compute-heavy apps by smartly placing workloads near memory and handling preemption asynchronously
🔹 ClusterTrustBundles (Beta)
Simplifies secure certificate management across clusters — a win for platform teams
🔹 AdminNetworkPolicy (Beta)
Gain cluster-wide control over traffic policies beyond namespace boundaries
🔹 Volume Populators (Stable)
Preload PersistentVolumes with data automatically — no more manual steps
🔹 Topology-Aware Routing (Stable)
Optimize network traffic by routing service requests within the same zone
🔹 Custom .kuberc file (Alpha)
Tailor your kubectl experience with user-specific defaults and plugins
💡 This release is a game-changer for scalability, security, and intelligent workloads
📝 Read the full release notes 👉
https://lnkd.in/dgFcJT9y
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