Release Notes draft for k/k v1.34.0-beta.0

Urvashi0109 · Urvashi0109 · commit a4fdaaadb94e · 2025-07-22T21:17:31.000+05:30
Signed-off-by: Urvashi0109 &lt;urvashichoubey0121@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-131018-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-131018-map.yaml
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+pr: 131018
+releasenote:
+  text: Masked access to Linux thermal interrupt information exposed via `/proc` and
+    `/sys`.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-131157-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-131157-map.yaml
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+pr: 131157
+releasenote:
+  text: Fixed the `observedGeneration` field in pod resize conditions to accurately
+    reflect the associated pod generation when both `InPlacePodVerticalScaling` and
+    `PodObservedGenerationTracking` feature gates are enabled.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132019-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132019-map.yaml
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+pr: 132019
+releasenote:
+  text: Promoted two `EndpointSlice` tests to conformance to ensure that service proxy
+    implementations rely on `EndpointSlices` instead of `Endpoints`.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132028-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132028-map.yaml
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+pr: 132028
+releasenote:
+  text: Modified the node-local `podresources` API endpoint to consider only active
+    pods. Since this changes long-standing behavior, the `KubeletPodResourcesListUseActivePods`
+    feature gate (enabled by default) can be disabled to restore the previous behavior.
+    Users encountering regressions are encouraged to file an issue if they rely on
+    the old behavior.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132219-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132219-map.yaml
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+pr: 132219
+releasenote:
+  text: Promoted the Ordered Namespace Deletion to Conformance
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132276-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132276-map.yaml
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+pr: 132276
+releasenote:
+  text: Added a warning when alpha metrics are used with emulated versions.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132342-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132342-map.yaml
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+pr: 132342
+releasenote:
+  text: Implemented prioritization of resize requests based on `priorityClass` and
+    QoS class when node resources are insufficient to accommodate all pending resize
+    operations.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132361-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132361-map.yaml
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+pr: 132361
+releasenote:
+  text: Migrated validation in `CertificateSigningRequest` to use declarative validation.
+    When the `DeclarativeValidation` feature gate is enabled, mismatches with existing
+    validation are reported via metrics. If `DeclarativeValidationTakeover` is enabled,
+    declarative validation becomes the primary source of errors for migrated fields.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132391-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132391-map.yaml
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+pr: 132391
+releasenote:
+  text: Added a new `PreBindPreFlight` function to the `PreBindPlugin` interface.
+    All in-tree `PreBind` plugins have been updated to implement `PreBindPreFlight`
+    function.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132456-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132456-map.yaml
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+pr: 132456
+releasenote:
+  text: Updated `kube-proxy` with `nftables` to reject or drop traffic to services
+    with no endpoints from filter chains at priority 0 (`NF_IP_PRI_FILTER`).
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132548-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132548-map.yaml
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+pr: 132548
+releasenote:
+  text: Fixed a bug that caused duplicate validation to be triggered during `DaemonSet`
+    updates.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132617-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132617-map.yaml
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+pr: 132617
+releasenote:
+  text: Updated the `v1` credential provider configuration to include the `tokenAttributes.cacheType`
+    field. This field is required and must be set to either `ServiceAccount` or `Token`
+    when configuring a provider that uses a service account to fetch registry credentials.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132645-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132645-map.yaml
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+pr: 132645
+releasenote:
+  text: Graduated the `ConsistentListFromCache` to GA
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132647-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132647-map.yaml
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+pr: 132647
+releasenote:
+  text: Updated Windows `kube-proxy` to align with Linux behavior by correctly honoring
+    the port specified in `EndpointSlice` for internal traffic routing.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132656-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132656-map.yaml
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+pr: 132656
+releasenote:
+  text: Promoted the `AuthorizeWithSelectors` and `AuthorizeNodeWithSelectors` feature
+    gates to stable and locked on.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132768-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132768-map.yaml
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+pr: 132768
+releasenote:
+  text: Added support for specifying `controlplane` or `cluster` egress selectors
+    in JWT authenticators via the `issuer.egressSelectorType` field in the `AuthenticationConfiguration.jwt`
+    array. If unset, the previous behavior of using no egress selector is preserved.
+    This functionality requires the `StructuredAuthenticationConfigurationEgressSelector`
+    beta feature gate (enabled by default).
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132776-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132776-map.yaml
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+pr: 132776
+releasenote:
+  text: '`kubeadm`: Started using a named port `probe-port` for all probes in the
+    static pod manifests generated by `kubeadm` for the `kube-apiserver`, `kube-controller-manager`,
+    `kube-scheduler`, and related components. If probe port values were previously
+    patched using `kubeadm` patches, the corresponding named port under the container’s
+    `ports` field must now also be patched.'
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132803-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132803-map.yaml
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+pr: 132803
+releasenote:
+  text: Fixed an issue where the kubelet token cache returned stale tokens when service
+    accounts were recreated with the same name. The cache is now UID-aware. Additionally,
+    the new `TokenRequestServiceAccountUIDValidation` feature gate (Beta, enabled
+    by default) ensures the `TokenRequest` UID matches the service account UID when
+    set.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132832-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132832-map.yaml
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+pr: 132832
+releasenote:
+  text: Updated `kubectl get job` to display the `SuccessCriteriaMet` status for listed
+    jobs.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132838-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132838-map.yaml
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+pr: 132838
+releasenote:
+  text: Updated `kubeadm` to use the `InitialCorruptCheck=true` etcd feature gate
+    instead of the deprecated `--experimental-initial-corrupt-check` flag. Also replaced
+    the use of `--experimental-watch-progress-notify-interval` with its graduated
+    counterpart `--watch-progress-notify-interval`.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132840-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132840-map.yaml
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+pr: 132840
+releasenote:
+  text: Reduced excessive logging in the Volume Binding scheduler plugin by lowering
+    the verbosity of high-frequency messages from `V(4)` to `V(5)`.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132876-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132876-map.yaml
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+pr: 132876
+releasenote:
+  text: Enabled compact snapshots in the watch cache based on `etcd` compaction events.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132884-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132884-map.yaml
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+pr: 132884
+releasenote:
+  text: Added the `DetectCacheInconsistency` feature gate, allowing the API server
+    to periodically verify consistency between its `cache` and `etcd`. Detected inconsistencies
+    reported via the `apiserver_storage_consistency_checks_total` metric and trigger
+    purging of affected cache snapshots.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132896-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132896-map.yaml
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+pr: 132896
+releasenote:
+  text: Updated the Kubernetes build environment to use Go `1.24.5`.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132907-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132907-map.yaml
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+pr: 132907
+releasenote:
+  text: Replaced `boolPtrFn` helper functions with the "k8s.io/utils/ptr" implementation.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132932-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/maps/pr-132932-map.yaml
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+pr: 132932
+releasenote:
+  text: Added the `SizeBasedListCostEstimate` feature gate (enabled by default), which
+    changes how APF seats are assigned to `LIST` requests. With this feature, one
+    seat is assigned per 100KB of data loaded into memory at once during a `LIST`
+    operation.
+pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/release-notes-draft.json b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/release-notes-draft.json
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/release-notes-draft.md b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/release-notes-draft.md
diff --git a/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/sessions/maps-1753196145.json b/releases/release-1.34/release-notes/sessions/maps-1753196145.json
