KUBERNETES★★★★
If you run Kubernetes on Linux with SELinux in enforcing mode, plan ahead: a future release (anticipated to be v1.37) is expected to turn the SELinuxMount feature gate on by default. This makes volume setup faster for most workloads, but it can break applications that still depend on the older recursive relabeling model in subtle ways (for example, sharing one volume between privileged and unprivileged Pods on the same node). Kubernetes v1.36 is the right release to audit your cluster and fix or opt out of this change. If your nodes do not use SELinux, nothing changes for you: the kubelet skips the whole SELinux logic when SELinux is unavail…
KUBERNETES★★★★
Editors: Chad M. Crowell, Kirti Goyal, Sophia Ugochukwu, Swathi Rao, Utkarsh Umre Similar to previous releases, the release of Kubernetes v1.36 introduces new stable, beta, and alpha features. The consistent delivery of high-quality releases underscores the strength of our development cycle and the vibrant support from our community. This release consists of 70 enhancements. Of those enhancements, 18 have graduated to Stable, 25 are entering Beta, and 25 have graduated to Alpha. There are also some deprecations and removals in this release; make sure to read about those. Release theme and logo We open 2026 with Kubernetes v1.36, a release th…
SECURITY★★★★
The Kubernetes SIG Network community presents the release of Gateway API (v1.5)! Released on February 27, 2026, version 1.5 is our biggest release yet, and concentrates on moving existing Experimental features to Standard (Stable). The Gateway API v1.5.1 patch release is already available. The Gateway API v1.5 brings six widely-requested feature promotions to the Standard channel (Gateway API's GA release channel): ListenerSet TLSRoute HTTPRoute CORS Filter Client Certificate Validation Certificate Selection for Gateway TLS Origination ReferenceGrant Special thanks for Gateway API Contributors for their efforts on this release. New release p…
KUBERNETES★★★★
Kubernetes v1.36 is coming at the end of April 2026. This release will include removals and deprecations, and it is packed with an impressive number of enhancements. Here are some of the features we are most excited about in this cycle! Please note that this information reflects the current state of v1.36 development and may change before release. The Kubernetes API removal and deprecation processThe Kubernetes project has a well-documented deprecation policy for features. This policy states that stable APIs may only be deprecated when a newer, stable version of that same API is available and that APIs have a minimum lifetime for each stabil…
AWS★★★
Amazon Aurora DSQL now lets you build an index over a specific subset of a table, storing only qualifying rows rather than every row in the entire table, which improves query performance and lowers index storage cost. Many tables hold a small working set alongside a much larger history, such as open orders among years of completed ones. Add a WHERE clause to CREATE INDEX to index just that working set. The index stays small as the table grows, and queries that target those rows read less data. Aurora DSQL uses a partial index for any query whose filter falls within the index's condition. Partial indexes are available in all AWS Regions where…
AWS★★★
AWS Brazil now provides an automated distribution workflow through the AWS Brazil 2P Distribution Program. Eligible non-Brazilian independent software vendors (ISVs) grant AWS Brazil the right to distribute their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product licenses, and AWS Brazil distributes them to customers in Brazil. AWS Brazil is the seller of record, invoicing Brazilian customers in Brazilian Reais (BRL) with applicable Brazilian taxes. The distribution authorizations, seller disbursements, withholding tax calculation, invoicing, and seller reporting are automated. Eligible ISVs agree to the applicable Brazil 2P distribution terms to grant AW…
AWS★★★
The AWS MCP Server is now available in six additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (Ireland), Europe (London), and US West (Oregon). The AWS MCP Server, part of the Agent Toolkit for AWS, is a managed Model Context Protocol server that gives AI coding agents a single interface to AWS APIs, so agents can discover and call AWS services without building and maintaining per-service integrations. With this expansion, customers in these Regions can run the AWS MCP Server closer to their developers with lower latency, and keep request data within the Region to meet data residency require…
AWS★★★
Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey now publishes OpenTelemetry metrics to Amazon CloudWatch for your node-based clusters, and each metric carries attributes you can filter and aggregate on with Prometheus Query Language (PromQL) expressions. ElastiCache now offers two monitoring modes. Standard monitoring, the existing experience, continues to publish CloudWatch Metrics (Classic) every 60 seconds and now also publishes a core set of OpenTelemetry metrics at the same interval at no additional charge. Detailed monitoring, the new mode, lets you select from the full set of OpenTelemetry metrics and publish them every 15 seconds. With OpenTelemetry m…
DOCKER★★★
At WeAreDevelopers, Docker introduced Cloud Sandboxes, the open Sandbox Kit specification, and a commitment to bring Kits to the CNCF for neutral governance.
AWS★★★
Today, AWS announces the availability of Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) in 17 additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Milan), Europe (Zurich), Israel (Tel Aviv), Mexico (Central), AWS GovCloud (US-East), and AWS GovCloud (US-West). DAX is a fully managed, highly available, in-memory cache for Amazon DynamoDB that delivers up to 10 times performance improvement—from single-digit mil…
AWS★★★
Amazon GuardDuty now supports AWS Organizations declarative policies, enabling you to centrally enable GuardDuty threat detection across every account and Region in your AWS organization. Using an organization policy, you can now apply a centrally managed GuardDuty enablement configuration. The configuration applies to existing accounts and is automatically maintained as new accounts join your organization. Enabling GuardDuty across all relevant accounts and Regions helps ensure comprehensive threat detection coverage. Previously, keeping enablement aligned across a large multi-account, multi-Region environment meant configuring GuardDuty's …
AWS★★★
AWS Transfer Family now lets you choose a custom log group in Amazon CloudWatch Logs for managed workflow execution logs. You can organize workflow logs to monitor individual workflows separately or bring logs from related workflows together. Previously, every workflow attached to a Transfer Family server sent its execution logs to that server’s CloudWatch log group, so you could not set a separate log destination for each workflow. When creating a workflow through the AWS Transfer Family console or API, you can now select a workflow-level log group that is separate from the server’s log group. Transfer Family delivers workflow logs only to …
