Kubernetes

Week Ending March 1, 2026 Developer News KubeCon Japan Regular CFP is open until 29 March 2026. Submit your proposal here.

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🤝 Attending #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam?
Don’t miss the Kubernetes SIG Meet & Greet Lunch -- a casual, drop-in event to meet SIGs, explore their work, and learn how to get involved.
📅 March 25, 2026 | 🕧 12:00–3:00 CET
📍 Europe Foyer
👉 Grab your lunch & join us!

Kubernetes New Contributor Orientation is typically held on the third Tuesday of each month, in two timezones. Check out k8s.dev/calendar to add the next session to your calendar, and get started contributing!

Week Ending February 22, 2026 Developer News CFP submissions for Open Source Summit India are due March 4. Submit here.

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Ingress NGINX: Statement from the Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees In March 2026, Kubernetes will retire Ingress NGINX, a piece of critical infrastructure for about half of cloud native environments. The retirement of Ingress NGINX was announced for March 2026,…

⚠️ Kubernetes ingress-nginx retires March 2026.

Key statements:
• No security patches after retirement.
• Ingress-nginx powers ~50% of environments.
• Migration to Gateway API is recommended.
• There are no direct drop-in replacements.

Read more: kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01...

Headlamp Headlamp is a user-friendly Kubernetes UI focused on extensibility

The Kubernetes Dashboard was officially retired and archived on January 21, 2026.

To continue providing a modern, extensible web UI for the community, the project now recommends transitioning to Headlamp.

Check out the project and docs here:
🔗 headlamp.dev

Want to contribute to Kubernetes but not sure where to start?

Join the New Contributor Orientation on Tuesday, 17 Feb (two time zones) to learn how the project works, ways to contribute (code, docs & more), and connect with the community.

Check it out and add it to your calendar: k8s.dev/calendar

Week Ending February 15, 2026 Developer News

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Kubernetes automation relies on Prow, our CI/CD system designed for massive scale.
We are looking for new contributors to help maintain this critical component of our project.
Learn more on how you can contribute: docs.prow.k8s.io/docs/getting...

Week Ending February 8, 2026 Developer News

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Spotlight on SIG Architecture: API Governance This is the fifth interview of a SIG Architecture Spotlight series that covers the different subprojects, and we will be covering SIG Architecture: API Governance. In this SIG Architecture spotlight we...

Spotlight on SIG Architecture: API Governance-

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CVE-2025-15566: ingress-nginx auth-proxy-set-headers nginx configuration injection · Issue #136789 · kubernetes/kubernetes CVSS Rating: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-proxy-set-headers Ingress annotation can be use...

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Week Ending February 1, 2026 Developer News

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Introducing Node Readiness Controller In the standard Kubernetes model, a node’s suitability for workloads hinges on a single binary "Ready" condition. However, in modern Kubernetes environments, nodes require complex infrastructure dependencies—such...

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CVE-2026-24514: ingress-nginx Admission Controller denial of service · Issue #136680 · kubernetes/kubernetes CVSS Rating: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the validating admission controller feature is subject to a denial of service condit...

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CVE-2026-24513: ingress-nginx auth-url protection bypass · Issue #136679 · kubernetes/kubernetes CVSS Rating: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the protection afforded by the auth-url Ingress annotation may not be effective in t...

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CVE-2026-24512: ingress-nginx rules.http.paths.path nginx configuration injection · Issue #136678 · kubernetes/kubernetes CVSS Rating: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the rules.http.paths.path Ingress field can be used to inject configuration into ngi...

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CVE-2026-1580: ingress-nginx auth-method nginx configuration injection · Issue #136677 · kubernetes/kubernetes CVSS Rating: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-method Ingress annotation can be used to inject...

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Kubernetes New Contributor Orientation is typically held on the third Tuesday of each month, in two timezones. Check out k8s.dev/calendar to add the next session to your calendar, and get started contributing!

New Conversion from cgroup v1 CPU Shares to v2 CPU Weight I'm excited to announce the implementation of an improved conversion formula from cgroup v1 CPU shares to cgroup v2 CPU weight. This enhancement addresses critical issues with CPU priority allocation...

New Conversion from cgroup v1 CPU Shares to v2 CPU Weight-

Week Ending January 25, 2026 Developer News

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Ingress NGINX: Statement from the Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees In March 2026, Kubernetes will retire Ingress NGINX, a piece of critical infrastructure for about half of cloud native environments. The retirement of Ingress NGINX was announced for March 2026, after...

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Experimenting with Gateway API using kind-

Cluster API v1.12: Introducing In-place Updates and Chained Upgrades Cluster API brings declarative management to Kubernetes cluster lifecycle, allowing users and platform teams to define the desired state of clusters and rely on controllers to continuously reconcile toward...

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Week Ending January 18, 2026 Developer News

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Headlamp in 2025: Project Highlights This announcement is a recap from a post originally published on the Headlamp blog. Headlamp has come a long way in 2025. The project has continued to grow – reaching more teams across platforms, powering...

Headlamp in 2025: Project Highlights-

Announcing the Checkpoint/Restore Working Group-

Blog: Announcing the Checkpoint/Restore Working Group-

Ingress NGINX is being retired in March 2026.
After this date, no security patches or bugfixes will be issued. Plan your migration to Gateway API or a supported controller now.

Read the retirement guide: kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11...