Pod Generation

[natasha41575]

Enhancement Description

• One-line enhancement description (can be used as a release note): Start using Generation and ObservedGeneration in pods
• Kubernetes Enhancement Proposal: https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-node/5067-pod-generation
• Discussion Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10m0vdWbjqF_q_f1_N3gVOD5YeNn09BwFcVVycG_MoEY/edit?usp=sharing
• Primary contact (assignee): @natasha41575
• Responsible SIGs: SIG Node
• Enhancement target (which target equals to which milestone):
  • Alpha release target (x.y): 1.33
  • Beta release target (x.y): 1.34
  • Stable release target (x.y): 1.35
• [x] Alpha
  • [x] KEP (k/enhancements) update PR(s): https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/pull/5068
  • [x] Code (k/k) update PR(s):
    • https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130181
    • https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130352
    • https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130573
    • https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130649
    • https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130650
  • [x] Docs (k/website) update PR(s):
    • https://github.com/kubernetes/website/pull/49906
• [ ] Beta
  • [x] KEP (k/enhancements) update PR(s): https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/pull/5377
  • [ ] Code (k/k) update PR(s):
  • [ ] Docs (k/website) update(s):

Please keep this description up to date. This will help the Enhancement Team to track the evolution of the enhancement efficiently.

[natasha41575]

/sig node

[natasha41575]

fyi @tallclair

[tallclair]

/assign @natasha41575

[tallclair]

/milestone v1.33

[haircommander]

/label lead-opted-in

[bianbbc87]

Hello @natasha41575 👋, v1.33 Enhancements team here.

Just checking in as we approach enhancements freeze on 02:00 UTC Friday 14th February 2025 / 19:00 PDT Thursday 13th February 2025.

This enhancement is targeting stage alpha for v1.33 (correct me, if otherwise)

Here’s where this enhancement currently stands:

• [X] KEP readme using the latest template has been merged into the k/enhancements repo.
• [X] KEP status is marked as implementable for latest-milestone: v1.33. KEPs targeting stable will need to be marked as implemented after code PRs are merged and the feature gates are removed.
• [X] KEP readme has up-to-date graduation criteria.
• [X] KEP has submitted a production readiness review request for approval and has a reviewer assigned.
• [X] KEP has a production readiness review that has been completed and merged into k/enhancements. (For more information on the PRR process, check here).

With all the KEP requirements in place and merged into k/enhancements, this enhancement is all good for the upcoming enhancements freeze. 🚀

The status of this enhancement is marked as Tracked for enhancements freeze. Please keep the issue description up-to-date with appropriate stages as well. Thank you!

[dipesh-rawat]

Hi @natasha41575 👋, 1.33 Enhancements team here,

Just a quick friendly reminder as we approach the enhancements freeze later this week, at 02:00 UTC Friday 14th February 2025 / 19:00 PDT Thursday 13th February 2025.

The current status of this enhancement is marked as At risk for enhancement freeze. There are a few requirements mentioned in the comment https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/5067#issuecomment-2634749993 that still need to be completed.

If you anticipate missing enhancements freeze, you can file an exception request in advance. Thank you!

[natasha41575]

@bianbbc87 @dipesh-rawat The KEP PR https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/pull/5068 is now merged, which fulfils the requirements in https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/5067#issuecomment-2634749993 so I believe we should be good to go for the v1.33 enhancements freeze.

[dipesh-rawat]

@natasha41575 Now that PR https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/pull/5068 has been merged, all the KEP requirements are in place and merged into k/enhancements, this enhancement is all good for the upcoming enhancements freeze. 🚀

The status of this enhancement is marked as tracked for enhancement freeze. Please keep the issue description up-to-date with appropriate stages as well. Thank you! (cc: @bianbbc87)

/label tracked/yes

[rayandas]

Hello @natasha41575 :wave:, v1.33 Docs Lead here.

Does this enhancement work planned for v1.33 require any new docs or modification to existing docs?

If so, please follow the steps here to open a PR against dev-1.33 branch in the k/website repo. This PR can be just a placeholder at this time and must be created before Thursday 27th February 2025 18:00 PDT.

Also, take a look at Documenting for a release to get yourself familiarize with the docs requirement for the release.

Thank you!

[sreeram-venkitesh]

@natasha41575 Reminder that the deadline for the docs placeholder PR is in 2 days (27th Feb).

[natasha41575]

Thanks @rayandas and @sreeram-venkitesh - created a placeholder docs PR https://github.com/kubernetes/website/pull/49906.

[rayandas]

Thanks @natasha41575

[aakankshabhende]

Hi @natasha41575 👋 -- this is Aakanksha (@aakankshabhende ) from the 1.33 Communications Team!

For the 1.33 release, we are currently in the process of collecting and curating a list of potential feature blogs, and we'd love for you to consider writing one for your enhancement!

As you may be aware, feature blogs are a great way to communicate to users about features which fall into (but not limited to) the following categories:

• This introduces some breaking change(s)
• This has significant impacts and/or implications to users
• ...Or this is a long-awaited feature, which would go a long way to cover the journey more in detail 🎉

To opt in to write a feature blog, could you please let us know and open a "Feature Blog placeholder PR" (which can be only a skeleton at first) against the website repository by Wednesday, 5th March, 2025? For more information about writing a blog, please find the blog contribution guidelines 📚

[!Tip] Some timeline to keep in mind:

• 02:00 UTC Wednesday, 5th March, 2025: Feature blog PR freeze
• Monday, 7th April, 2025: Feature blogs ready for review
• You can find more in the release document

[!Note] In your placeholder PR, use XX characters for the blog date in the front matter and file name. We will work with you on updating the PR with the publication date once we have a final number of feature blogs for this release.

[bianbbc87]

Hey again @natasha41575 👋, v1.33 Enhancements team here,

Just checking in as we approach code freeze at 02:00 UTC Friday 21st March 2025 / 19:00 PDT Thursday 20th March 2025.

Here's where this enhancement currently stands:

• [x] All PRs to the Kubernetes repo that are related to your enhancement are linked in the above issue description (for tracking purposes).
• [ ] All PRs are ready to be merged (they have approved and lgtm labels applied) by the code freeze deadline. This includes tests.

For this enhancement, it looks like the following PRs need to be merged before code freeze (and we need to update the Issue description to include all the related PRs of this KEP):

• (Not required based on comment (here)) ~https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130573~
• {(Not required based on comment here) ~https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130649~
• https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130650

If you anticipate missing code freeze, you can file an exception request in advance.

Also, please let me know if there are other PRs in k/k we should be tracking for this KEP.

The status of this enhancement is marked as At risk for code freeze.

As always, we are here to help if any questions come up. Thanks!

[aakankshabhende]

Hi @natasha41575 👋 -- this is Aakanksha (@aakankshabhende ) from 1.33 Communications Team here again!

This is a gentle reminder for the feature blog deadline mentioned above, which is 02:00 UTC Wednesday, 5th March, 2025. To opt in, please let us know and open a Feature Blog placeholder PR against k/website by the deadline. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us!

[!Tip] Some timeline to keep in mind:

• 02:00 UTC Wednesday, 5th March, 2025: Feature blog PR freeze
• Monday, 7th April, 2025: Feature blogs ready for review
• You can find more in the release document

[!Note] In your placeholder PR, use XX characters for the blog date in the front matter and file name. We will work with you on updating the PR with the publication date once we have a final number of feature blogs for this release.

[dipesh-rawat]

Hi @natasha41575 👋, v1.33 Enhancements team here,

Just a quick friendly reminder as we approach the code freeze later this week, at 02:00 UTC Friday 21st March 2025 / 19:00 PDT Thursday 20th March 2025.

The current status of this enhancement is marked as At risk for code freeze. There are a few requirements mentioned in the comment https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/5067#issuecomment-2696293292 that still need to be completed.

If you anticipate missing code freeze, you can file an exception request in advance. Thank you!

[natasha41575]

@dipesh-rawat The requirements for alpha are completed and required PRs have merged, so this enhancement is no longer at risk.

The two unmerged PRs are not required for alpha, which we are targeting this release cycle.

[dipesh-rawat]

@natasha41575 Appreciate the update on the merged PR! Now that we have confirmation all the requirements are fulfilled (PR https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130650 merged and added in description), this enhancement is now marked as tracked for the code freeze on the 1.33 tracking board.

[jenshu]

Hi @natasha41575 👋, 1.34 Enhancements Lead here.

I am closing the v1.33 milestone now.

If you'd like to work on this enhancement in v1.34, please have the SIG lead opt-in by adding the lead-opted-in label, which ensures it gets added to the tracking board. Also, please set the milestone to v1.34 using /milestone v1.34.

Thanks!

/remove-label lead-opted-in /remove-label tracked/yes /milestone clear

[natasha41575]

@tallclair Would you mind setting the milestone to v1.34 for me? Thank you :)

[haircommander]

/milestone v1.34

[haircommander]

/label lead-opted-in

[drewhagen]

Howdy @natasha41575 👋

A friendly reminder from the v1.34 Enhancements team: the PRR Freeze is approaching on Thursday, June 12th, 2025.

To help ensure enough time for a smooth review by the PRR team and keep us all on track for the Enhancements Freeze (Friday, June 20th, 2025), please ensure that by the June 12th deadline, you have a PR open in k/enhancements which includes:

• The KEP's PRR questionnaire filled out.
• The kep.yaml updated with the stage, latest-milestone, and milestone struct.
• A PRR approval file with the PRR approver listed for the KEP's target stage.

Completing these items by the deadline is key for the v1.34 release progression. You can find more details on the process in the Production Readiness documentation.

Your efforts on this KEP are making a real impact! 🚀 Thanks for your great contributions, SIG Release v1.34 Enhancements Team

[drewhagen]

/label stage/beta /remove-label stage/alpha

[k8s-ci-robot]

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/label stage/beta /remove-label stage/alpha

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[drewhagen]

Hello again @natasha41575 👋, 1.34 Enhancements team here.

Just checking in as we approach Enhancements Freeze on 21:00 UTC Friday 20th June 2025.

This enhancement is targeting stage beta for 1.34 (correct me, if otherwise).

Here's where this enhancement currently stands:

• [ ] KEP readme using the latest template has been merged into the k/enhancements repo.
• [ ] KEP status is marked as implementable for latest-milestone: v1.34.
• [ ] KEP readme has up-to-date graduation criteria.
• [ ] KEP has submitted a production readiness review and a production readiness review that has been completed and merged into k/enhancements.

For this KEP, we would just need to update the following:

• I notice you have a PR up. Once that is merged in, we should be all set!

The status of this enhancement is marked as At risk for enhancements freeze. Please keep the issue description up-to-date with appropriate stages as well.

If you anticipate missing enhancements freeze, you can file an exception request in advance. Thank you!

[drewhagen]

Hey @natasha41575 👋 I see there is active review going for the PR. A friendly reminder again that Enhancements Freeze is approaching very soon on 21:00 UTC Friday 20th June 2025.

The status of this enhancement is marked as At risk for enhancements freeze. If you anticipate missing enhancements freeze, you can file an exception request in advance. Thank you!

[drewhagen]

Hello @natasha41575 👋 1.34 Enhancements team here.

With all the requirements fulfilled, I can confirm this enhancement is now marked as tracked for enhancements freeze 🚀🎉

Thank you!

/label tracked/yes

[graz-dev]

Hi @natasha41575 👋 -- this is Graziano (@graz-dev) from the 1.34 Communications Team!

For the 1.34 release, we are currently in the process of collecting and curating a list of potential feature blogs, and we'd love for you to consider writing one for your enhancement!

As you may be aware, feature blogs are a great way to communicate to users about features which fall into (but not limited to) the following categories:

• This introduces some breaking change(s)
• This has significant impacts and/or implications to users
• ...Or this is a long-awaited feature, which would go a long way to cover the journey more in detail 🎉

To opt in to write a feature blog, could you please let us know and open a "Feature Blog placeholder PR" (which can be only a skeleton at first) against the website repository by Friday 11th July? For more information about writing a blog, please find the blog contribution guidelines 📚

[!Tip] Some timeline to keep in mind:

• 02:00 UTC Friday 11th July 2025: Feature blog PR freeze
• Friday 8th August 2025: Feature blogs ready for review
• You can find more in the release document

[!Note] In your placeholder PR, use XX characters for the blog date in the front matter and file name. We will work with you on updating the PR with the publication date once we have a final number of feature blogs for this release.