Customers cannot test upcoming Kubernetes versions #18857
Description
Problem statement
Customers cannot test their workloads with the upcoming Kubernetes versions scheduled to be deployed in Kyma clusters.
What is the current state, unmet need, or symptom?
- There is no way for a customer to get a Kyma cluster with the next planned Kubernetes version.
- Customers have no way to test their applications end-to-end for upcoming Kyma versions.
Who is affected?
- Cluster operators
- Developers
- Kyma org - we risk outages because of Kubernetes breaking changes
When and where does this problem occur?
Usually happens when customers need to test Kubernetes version changes because we warned them about them or they read about those changes.
Why does it matter?
- If we cannot provide a way for customers to test their applications we risk outages which lead to bad reputation for Kyma.
- Since we cannot provide that capability, it falls on us to do the heavy lifting around k8s upgrades.
Original request/trigger
https://github.tools.sap/kyma/backlog/issues/4940