v1.34.X

Release v1.34.5+rke2r1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.5.

Important Note

If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.

You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:

cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/token

Changes since v1.34.4+rke2r1:

  • Ingress-Nginx to Traefik Docker Test (#9736)

  • Prevent a node transform from agent/server to server/agent (#9779)

  • Fix package dev broken after dapper removal from rke2-packaging (#9805)

  • Bump Traefik to v3.6.9 (#9821)

  • Update to v1.34.5 and Go v1.24.13 (#9811)

  • Bump k3s for etcd bootstrap fix (#9794)

  • Bump ETCD version to v3.6.7-k3s1-20260227 (#9825)

  • Chore: Bump ingress-nginx 2026-Feb (#9830)

  • Backports for 2026-02 BONUS RELEASE (#9841)

  • Bump crictl, runc and containerd to build20260303 (#9851)

Charts Versions

| Component | Version | | — | — | | rke2-cilium | 1.19.100 | | rke2-canal | v3.31.3-build2026020600 | | rke2-calico | v3.31.300 | | rke2-calico-crd | v3.31.300 | | rke2-coredns | 1.45.201 | | rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.14.303 | | rke2-metrics-server | 3.13.007 | | rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.5.0-rancher200 | | rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.12.100 | | harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.1100 | | harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.2500 | | rke2-snapshot-controller | 4.2.001 | | rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 4.2.001 | | rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 0.0.0 | | rke2-traefik | 39.0.002 | | rke2-traefik-crd | 39.0.002 |

Release v1.34.4+rke2r1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.4.

Important Note

If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.

You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:

cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/token

Changes since v1.34.3+rke2r3:

  • Bump k3s + Bulk Backports 2026-02 (#9655)

    • Update to CoreDNS chart 1.45.201 (#9645)

  • Remove cloud-config arg from kubelet for windows (#9674)

  • CNI bumps for the Feb 2026 release (#9680)

    • Update Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.13.007 (#9688)

  • Bump ingress-nginx to v1.14.3-hardened2 (#9697)

  • Update K8s to v1.34.4 and Go to v1.24.12 (#9702)

  • Bump k3s/rke2-ccm/klipper-lb/klipper-helm (#9713)

Charts Versions

| Component | Version | | — | — | | rke2-cilium | 1.19.001 | | rke2-canal | v3.31.3-build2026020600 | | rke2-calico | v3.31.300 | | rke2-calico-crd | v3.31.300 | | rke2-coredns | 1.45.201 | | rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.14.302 | | rke2-metrics-server | 3.13.007 | | rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.5.0-rancher200 | | rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.12.100 | | harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.1100 | | harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.2500 | | rke2-snapshot-controller | 4.2.001 | | rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 4.2.001 | | rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 0.0.0 | | rke2-traefik | 39.0.000 | | rke2-traefik-crd | 39.0.000 |

Release v1.34.3+rke2r3

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.3.

Important Note

If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.

You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:

cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/token

Changes since v1.34.3+rke2r1:

  • Remove dapper + use crane (#9443)

  • Bump calico chart to v3.31.300 (#9459)

  • CNI bump Jan 2026 (#9473)

  • Bump Ingresses - 2026 Jan (#9481)

  • Bulk Backports - 2026 Jan (#9493)

  • Rke2-coredns: Use k8s-style "IANA" names (RFC 6335) (#9504)

  • K3s bump and backports for 2026-01 (#9514)

  • Adjust Windows directory creation order (#9526)

  • Bump Traefik version to v3.6.7 (#9550)

  • Update chart and container image versions (#9559)

  • Add e2e test for Calico in eBPF mode (#9567)

  • Bump etcd to v3.6.7 (#9579)

  • Update to v1.34.3-rke2r3 (#9596)

  • Fix release arm64 (#9601)

  • Backport: Increase timeouts in calico eBPF e2e tests (#9606)

  • Fix manifest and sync-prime steps (#9610)

  • Revert accidental hardcode of klipper-helm tag (#9624)

  • Bump K3s version for etcd reconcile fix (#9629)

  • Bump ingress-nginx to v1.14.3-hardened1 (#9634)

Charts Versions

| Component | Version | | — | — | | rke2-cilium | 1.18.601 | | rke2-canal | v3.31.3-build2026011900 | | rke2-calico | v3.31.300 | | rke2-calico-crd | v3.31.300 | | rke2-coredns | 1.45.008 | | rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.14.301 | | rke2-metrics-server | 3.13.006 | | rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.5.0-rancher200 | | rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.12.100 | | harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.1100 | | harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.2500 | | rke2-snapshot-controller | 4.2.000 | | rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 4.2.000 | | rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 0.0.0 | | rke2-traefik | 38.0.201 | | rke2-traefik-crd | 38.0.201 |

Release v1.34.3+rke2r1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.3.

Important Note

If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.

You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:

cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/token

Changes since v1.34.2+rke2r1:

  • Remove NetworkManager check for nm-cloud.service (#9292)

  • Bump rke2-multus to v4.2.303 (#9326)

  • Bump rke2-coredns to 1.45.002 (#9333)

  • Update CNI to the latest versions (#9353)

  • Update to multus chart version v4.2.305 (#9357)

    • Update to CoreDNS chart 1.45.003 and Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.13.004 (#9368)

  • Update to v1.34.3 and Go v1.24.11 (#9388)

  • Bump traefik version (#9386)

  • Backports for 2025-12 (#9377)

  • Bump ingress-nginx and vsphere-csi (#9391)

  • Bump kine to v0.14.9 (#9406)

  • Bump klipper-helm to v0.9.12 (#9400)

  • Revert "Remove FlannelBackend from config" (#9421)

Charts Versions

| Component | Version | | — | — | | rke2-cilium | 1.18.401 | | rke2-canal | v3.31.2-build2025120500 | | rke2-calico | v3.31.200 | | rke2-calico-crd | v3.31.200 | | rke2-coredns | 1.45.003 | | rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.13.500 | | rke2-metrics-server | 3.13.004 | | rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.5.0-rancher200 | | rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.12.100 | | harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.1100 | | harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.2500 | | rke2-snapshot-controller | 4.0.003 | | rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 4.0.003 | | rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 0.0.0 |

Release v1.34.2+rke2r1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.2.

Important Note

If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.

You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:

cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/token

Changes since v1.34.1+rke2r1:

  • Bump harvester-cloud-provider chart to v0.2.11 with app image tag v0.2.5 (#8957)

  • Update traefik to v3.5.1, use new hardened image (#8970)

  • Bump rke2-ingress-nginx to v1.13.3-hardened1 (#8998)

  • Container runtime endpoint description and Docker warning (#8985)

  • Add calico envoy-proxy and envoy-ratelimit images (#9022)

  • Move dualstack to larger docker runners to prevent eviction failures (#9030)

  • Charts: Bump Harvester CSI driver 0.1.25 (#9038)

      • Support CSI Snapshot

  • Bump k3s (#9043)

  • Update to cilium v1.18.2 (#9075)

  • October 2025 bumps for canal, flannel and multus (#9100)

  • Update to CoreDNS chart 1.44.300 and Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.13.002 (#9089)

  • Bump images for go1.24.9 rebuild (#9103)

  • Add new kubeapiserver argument for cis-1.11 benchmark (#9118)

  • Bump traefik and ingress-nginx (#9127)

  • Bump helm-controller/klipper-helm (#9135)

  • Tests: update e2e tests to use images from the rancher org (#9158)

  • Bump k3s and backport uninstall fix (#9174)

  • Bump traefik to v3.5.4 and ingress-nginx to v1.13.4 (#9187)

  • Bump runc to v1.3.3 (#9192)

  • Improve PR Trivy Scanning Reports (#9238)

  • More backports for 2025-11 (#9244)

    • Update to multus chart version v4.2.300 (#9252)

  • Bump k3s and helm-controller (#9263)

  • Update k8s and Go (#9273)

  • Fix race condition with Calico startup on Windows (#9279)

  • Release race condition (#9294)

Charts Versions

| Component | Version | | — | — | | rke2-cilium | 1.18.300 | | rke2-canal | v3.30.3-build2025101500 | | rke2-calico | v3.30.401 | | rke2-calico-crd | v3.30.401 | | rke2-coredns | 1.44.300 | | rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.13.400 | | rke2-metrics-server | 3.13.002 | | rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.5.0-rancher100 | | rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.12.100 | | harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.1100 | | harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.2500 | | rke2-snapshot-controller | 4.0.003 | | rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 4.0.003 | | rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 0.0.0 |

Release v1.34.1+rke2r1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.1.

Important Note

If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.

You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:

cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/token

Changes since v1.33.4+rke2r1:

  • Bump aquasecurity/trivy-action from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0 (#8841)

  • Bump cni charts and coredns (#8843)

  • Update k8s to v1.34, go to v1.24.6 (#8860)

  • Bump ingress-nginx v1v1.30.14+rke2r4.12.6-hardened1 (#8868)

  • Bump CNI chart latest version (#8887)

  • Update metrics-server chart 3.13.001 (#8903)

  • Update CoreDNS chart 1.43.302 (#8907)

  • Update to v1.34.1 and Go v1.24.6 (#8919)

  • Remove cloud-config arg from kubelet (#8927)

  • Bump vsphere cpi chart (#8938)

Charts Versions

| Component | Version | | — | — | | rke2-cilium | 1.18.103 | | rke2-canal | v3.30.3-build2025090900 | | rke2-calico | v3.30.300 | | rke2-calico-crd | v3.30.300 | | rke2-coredns | 1.43.302 | | rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.12.600 | | rke2-metrics-server | 3.13.001 | | rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.5.0-rancher100 | | rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.12.100 | | harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.1000 | | harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.2400 | | rke2-snapshot-controller | 4.0.003 | | rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 4.0.003 | | rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 0.0.0 |