Kubernetes v1.37 Sneak Peek
The Kubernetes project previewed planned changes for v1.37, scheduled for August 26, 2026, and says the status may change before release. Breaking changes include static pods no longer being able to reference Secrets or ConfigMaps, with the opt-out feature gate removed, and SELinux volume relabeling graduating to GA and enabled by default for CSI drivers that opt in. Deprecations include the kubectl run --filename flag and ipvs mode in kube-proxy, which is slated to be disabled by default in v1.40 and removed in v1.43.
What changes for platform teams
Platform teams should audit static pods for Secret or ConfigMap references, check SELinux-enabled nodes for shared volumes that may fail to start, and find nodes still on cgroup v1 before upgrading. Clusters using kube-proxy ipvs mode should plan a move to another mode before v1.43.
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