gateway-api Release v1.4.0

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Release Manager: @shaneutt (@shane on Kubernetes Slack. Please feel free to PM me about the release) Scoping: Standard / Experimental Project Board: https://github.com/orgs/kubernetes-sigs/projects/90/views/1 Milestone: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/milestone/22

Apr 22 '25 12:04 shaneutt

Scoping has concluded: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/discussions/3824

May 30 '25 15:05 shaneutt

📣 Important dates (including code freeze, and final release target) for the v1.4.0 Release have been solidified and can now be found in a table on the v1.4.0 milestone.

Jun 06 '25 13:06 shaneutt

How far are we from the first pre-release of 1.4, @shaneutt? 🦄

Sep 17 '25 16:09 erikgb

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/releases/tag/v1.4.0-rc.1 is now available 🎉

Sep 17 '25 16:09 shaneutt

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/releases/tag/v1.4.0-rc.2 is now available.

Oct 01 '25 21:10 danehans

After RC1 and RC2 had good feedback (@kflynn did find a conformance CLI issue in RC2, but we've discussed and we will fix this as a follow-up) we're looking at the final release being Monday morning, October 5th 2025.

Oct 03 '25 15:10 shaneutt

v1.4.0 is now released: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/discussions/4144

If you run into any problems, please submit issue reports and let us know. 🖖

Oct 06 '25 11:10 shaneutt