v1.33.X

Release v1.33.7+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.7, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what’s new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.33.6+k3s1:

  • Update busybox to 1.37.0 (#13240)

  • Add multus e2e test (#13265)

  • Backports for 2025-12 (#13252)

    • Add docker dualstack test

    • Fix windows build os

    • Fix for clusters with few nodes and a lot of pod churn when webhooks are accessed using egress-selector

    • Fix spegel sharing of imported images

    • Bump opencontainers/selinux

    • Remove remaining references to drone

    • Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6

    • Reorganize Executor interface to make CNI startup part of Executor implementation

    • Bump kine and etcd

    • Bump runc to v1.4.0

    • Consolidate test util functions

    • Define DefaultHelmJobImage in K3s, overriding what helm-controller defaults to

    • Bump actions/setup-go from 5 to 6

  • Fix tailscale setup in case of an already running configuration (#13268)

  • Update kube-router to v2.6.2 (#13289)

  • Update to v1.33.7-k3s1 and Go 1.24.11 (#13307)

  • Fix cross-platform image save (#13312)

  • Bump kine to v0.14.9 (#13319)

  • Fix arm airgap platforms (#13332)

  • Fix release CI (#13341)

  • Override DefaultHelmJob at build time (#13362)

  • Validate collected release artifact list before uploading (#13359)

Release v1.33.6+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.6, and fixes a number of issues. For more details on what’s new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.33.5+k3s1:

  • Bump traefik to 3.5.1 (#12958)

  • Fix garbled CLI (#13033)

  • Update flannel, kube-router and cni plugins (#13041)

  • Backports for 2025-10 (#13058)

    • Fix netpol fatal error when changing node IP

    • Bump dynamiclistener for stacked update fix

    • Bump Klipper Helm and Helm Controller version

    • Bump Local Path Provisioner version

    • Fix IPv6 handling for loadbalancer addresses

    • Fix multiple issues with server shutdown sequencing

    • Fix etcd member promotion

    • Bump spegel to v0.4.0

    • Fix kine metrics registration without –kine-tls

    • Bump kine to v0.14.2

    • Fix: default forward after override imports

    • Fix handling of vendored dependencies in version script

    • Fix helm controller apiserver address for bootstrap charts on ipv6-only nodes

    • Create dynamic-cert-regenerate file in CA cert rotation handler

    • Fix ability to rotate server token to an invalid format

    • Drop calls to rand.Seed

    • Bump kine for postgres object count fix

    • Bump kine=v0.14.5

    • Bump coredns to 1.13.1

  • Update dispatch script (#13077)

  • Bump helm-controller/klipper-helm (#13092)

  • Backports for 2025-11 (#13126)

  • Inclusive naming proposal (#13133)

  • Migrate release pipeline into GitHub Actions (#13116)

  • Bump runc to v1.3.3 (#13145)

  • Add Prime assets upload (#13158)

  • More backports for 2025-11 (#13178)

  • Bump klipper-helm and helm-controller (#13194)

  • Update to v1.33.6-k3s1 and Go 1.24.9 (#13200)

  • Add id-token (#13207)

Release v1.33.5+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.5, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what’s new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.33.4+k3s1:

  • Backports for 2025-09 (#12885)

    • Bump rancher libs: wrangler/lasso/remotedialer

    • Wire cri-dockerd --log-level=debug up to k3s --debug flag

    • Fix spegel logging and startup sequence

    • Update to runc v1.3.0

    • Do not bootstrap etcd-only nodes from existing supervisor

    • Add retry on etcd MemberAdd timeout

    • Bump containerd to v2.1.4

    • Retry CRD creation in case of conflict

    • Wire up kine metrics

    • Wire up remotedialer metrics

    • Fix etcd join timeout handling

    • Bump k3s-root to v0.15.0

    • Add opencontainers/runc pin to v1.3.1

    • Move data dir into position before creating CNI symlinks

  • Update to v1.33.5-k3s1 and Go 1.24.6 (#12895)

Release v1.33.4+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.4, and fixes a number of issues. For more details on what’s new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.33.3+k3s1:

  • Add retention flag specific for s3 (#12694)

  • Backports for August (#12718)

  • Bump coredns to 1.12.3 (#12728)

  • Bump metrics-server to v0.8.0 (#12741)

  • Fix cert startup check events (#12746)

  • Emit certs OK event on startup, if no certs need renewal (#12760)

  • Update to v1.33.4-k3s1 and Go 1.24.5 (#12758)

  • Update metric help to be more descriptive (#12764)

Release v1.33.3+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.3, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what’s new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.33.2+k3s1:

  • Add usage description for etcd-snapshothttps://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pull/12573[(#12573)]

  • Refac shell completion to a better command structure (#12605)

    • K3s completion shell command will now be separate to specific subcommands for bash and zsh

  • GHA + Testing Backports (#12608)

  • Backports for 2025-07 (#12631)

  • Update to v1.33.3-k3s1 (#12652)

Release v1.33.2+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.2, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what’s new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.33.1+k3s1:

Release v1.33.1+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.1, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what’s new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.33.0+k3s1:

Release v1.33.0+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.0, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what’s new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.32.4+k3s1