v1.36.3-rc1+k3s1

What's Changed

• [release-1.36] Bump dynamiclistener to v0.9.0-rc.2 for wildcard tls-san support by @Eshaan-Lumba in #14312
• [Release-1.36] July Testing Backports by @dereknola in #14328
• [Release-1.36] July K3s Build Rework + GHA bumps by @dereknola in #14332
• [release-1.36] Backports for 2026-07 by @brandond in #14348
• [Release-1.36] Bump mirrored-pause to 3.10.2 by @dereknola in #14389
• [Release 1.36] Bump Traefik to v3.7.7 by @manuelbuil in #14381
• [release-1.36] More backports for 2026-07 by @brandond in #14406
• [release-1.36] Fix typo in snapshot prune event by @brandond in #14411
• [release-1.36] Bump rancher/mirrored-coredns-coredns image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14424
• [release-1.36] Bump golang:alpine image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14432
• [release-1.36] Bump rancher/mirrored-metrics-server image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14437
• [Release 1.36] Use new Traefik v3.7.8 by @manuelbuil in #14426
• [release-1.36] Bump helm-controller and klipper-helm for --force-conflicts support by @brandond in #14442
• [release-1.36] Bump k3s-io/kubernetes and Go references by @github-actions[bot] in #14456
• [release-1.36] Bump etcd to v3.6.14 by @brandond in #14461

Full Changelog: v1.36.2+k3s1...v1.36.3-rc1+k3s1

v1.35.7-rc1+k3s1

What's Changed

• [Release-1.35] July Testing Backports by @dereknola in #14329
• [Release-1.35] July K3s Build Rework + GHA bumps by @dereknola in #14333
• [release-1.35] Backports for 2026-07 by @brandond in #14370
• [Release-1.35] Bump mirrored-pause to 3.10.2 by @dereknola in #14390
• [Release 1.35] Bump Traefik to v3.7.7 by @manuelbuil in #14380
• [release-1.35] More backports for 2026-07 by @brandond in #14407
• [release-1.35] Fix typo in snapshot prune event by @brandond in #14412
• [release-1.35] Bump rancher/mirrored-coredns-coredns image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14421
• [release-1.35] Bump golang:alpine image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14431
• [release-1.35] Bump rancher/mirrored-metrics-server image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14439
• [Release 1.35] Use new Traefik v3.7.8 by @manuelbuil in #14425
• [release-1.35] Bump helm-controller and klipper-helm for --force-conflicts support by @brandond in #14443
• [release-1.35] Bump k3s-io/kubernetes and Go references by @github-actions[bot] in #14455
• [release-1.35] Bump etcd to v3.6.14 by @brandond in #14462

Full Changelog: v1.35.6+k3s1...v1.35.7-rc1+k3s1

v1.34.10-rc1+k3s1

What's Changed

• [Release-1.34] July Testing Backports by @dereknola in #14330
• [Release-1.34] July K3s Build Rework + GHA bumps by @dereknola in #14335
• [release-1.34] Backports for 2026-07 by @brandond in #14371
• [Release-1.34] Bump mirrored-pause to 3.10.2 by @dereknola in #14391
• [Release 1.34] Bump Traefik to v3.7.7 by @manuelbuil in #14379
• [release-1.34] More backports for 2026-07 by @brandond in #14408
• [release-1.34] Fix typo in snapshot prune event by @brandond in #14413
• [release-1.34] Bump rancher/mirrored-coredns-coredns image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14423
• [release-1.34] Bump golang:alpine image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14430
• [release-1.34] Bump rancher/mirrored-metrics-server image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14436
• [Release 1.34] Use new Traefik v3.7.8 by @manuelbuil in #14427
• [release-1.34] Bump helm-controller and klipper-helm for --force-conflicts support by @brandond in #14444
• [release-1.34] Bump k3s-io/kubernetes and Go references by @github-actions[bot] in #14453
• [release-1.34] Bump etcd to v3.6.14 by @brandond in #14463

Full Changelog: v1.34.9+k3s1...v1.34.10-rc1+k3s1

v1.33.13-rc1+k3s2

What's Changed

• [Release-1.33] July Testing Backports by @dereknola in #14331
• [Release-1.33] July K3s Build Rework + GHA bumps by @dereknola in #14334
• [release-1.33] Backports for 2026-07 by @brandond in #14372
• [Release-1.33] Bump mirrored-pause to 3.10.2 by @dereknola in #14392
• [Release 1.33] Bump Traefik to v3.7.7 by @manuelbuil in #14378
• [release-1.33] More backports for 2026-07 by @brandond in #14409
• [release-1.33] Fix typo in snapshot prune event by @brandond in #14414
• [release-1.33] Bump rancher/mirrored-coredns-coredns image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14422
• [release-1.33] Bump golang:alpine image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14433
• [release-1.33] Bump rancher/mirrored-metrics-server image version by @github-actions[bot] in #14438
• [Release 1.33] Use new Traefik v3.7.8 by @manuelbuil in #14428
• [release-1.33] Bump helm-controller and klipper-helm for --force-conflicts support by @brandond in #14445
• [release-1.33] Bump k3s-io/kubernetes and Go references by @github-actions[bot] in #14454
• [release-1.33] Bump etcd to v3.6.14 by @brandond in #14464

Full Changelog: v1.33.13+k3s1...v1.33.13-rc1+k3s2

v1.36.2+k3s1

Warning

This release upgrades Traefik chart to v40.x which includes a breaking change for the ingress-nginx migration: the provider name changes from kubernetesIngressNginx to kubernetesIngressNGINX. Check https://github.com/traefik/traefik-helm-chart/releases/tag/v40.0.0 for more details

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.36.2, and fixes a number of issues.

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

Changes since v1.36.1+k3s1:

• Backport GitHub Action SHA pin updates from main (#14127)
• Backports for 2026-06 (#14151)
• Bump v3.7.4 Traefik (#14193)
• More backports for 2026-06 (#14211)
• Testing Backports 2026-06 (#14213)
• Bump klipper-helm for CVE reasons (#14235) (#14236)
• Bump containerd with the fix for []byte (#14243)
• Update to v1.36.2-k3s1 and Go 1.26.4 (#14230)
• Bump containerd to v2.3.2-k3s1 (#14254)
• Bump cri-api and containerd for upstream env string fix (#14277)

Embedded Component Versions

Component	Version
Kubernetes	v1.36.2
Kine	v0.16.1
SQLite	3.53.0
Etcd	v3.6.12-k3s1
Containerd	v2.3.2-k3s2
Runc	v1.4.2
Flannel	v0.28.4
Metrics-server	v0.8.1
Traefik	v3.7.4
CoreDNS	v1.14.4
Helm-controller	v0.17.1
Local-path-provisioner	v0.0.36

Helpful Links

As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:

• Open issues here
• Join our Slack channel
• Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started or to dive deep into K3s.
• Read how you can contribute here

v1.36.2-rc3+k3s1

What's Changed

• [release-1.36] Bump cri-api and containerd for upstream env string fix by @brandond in #14277

Full Changelog: v1.36.2-rc2+k3s1...v1.36.2-rc3+k3s1

v1.35.6+k3s1

Warning

This release upgrades Traefik chart to v40.x which includes a breaking change for the ingress-nginx migration: the provider name changes from kubernetesIngressNginx to kubernetesIngressNGINX. Check https://github.com/traefik/traefik-helm-chart/releases/tag/v40.0.0 for more details

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.35.6, and fixes a number of issues.

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

Changes since v1.35.5+k3s1:

• Backport GitHub Action SHA pin updates from main (#14126)
• Backports for 2026-06 (#14152)
• Bump v3.7.4 Traefik (#14194)
• More backports for 2026-06 (#14212)
• Testing Backports 2026-06 (#14214)
• Bump klipper-helm for CVE reasons (#14235) (#14237)
• Bump containerd to fix []byte envvar value (#14241)
• Update to v1.35.6-k3s1 and Go 1.25.11 (#14229)
• Bump containerd for 1.35 (#14251)
• Bump cri-api and containerd for upstream env string fix (#14278)

Embedded Component Versions

Component	Version
Kubernetes	v1.35.6
Kine	v0.16.1
SQLite	3.53.0
Etcd	v3.6.12-k3s1
Containerd	v2.2.5-k3s2
Runc	v1.4.2
Flannel	v0.28.4
Metrics-server	v0.8.1
Traefik	v3.7.4
CoreDNS	v1.14.4
Helm-controller	v0.17.1
Local-path-provisioner	v0.0.36

Helpful Links

As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:

• Open issues here
• Join our Slack channel
• Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started or to dive deep into K3s.
• Read how you can contribute here

v1.35.6-rc3+k3s1

What's Changed

• [release-1.35] Bump cri-api and containerd for upstream env string fix by @brandond in #14278

Full Changelog: v1.35.6-rc2+k3s1...v1.35.6-rc3+k3s1

v1.34.9+k3s1

Warning

This release upgrades Traefik chart to v40.x which includes a breaking change for the ingress-nginx migration: the provider name changes from kubernetesIngressNginx to kubernetesIngressNGINX. Check https://github.com/traefik/traefik-helm-chart/releases/tag/v40.0.0 for more details

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.9, and fixes a number of issues.

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

Changes since v1.34.8+k3s1:

• Backport GitHub Action SHA pin updates from main (#14125)
• Backports for 2026-06 (#14154)
• Bump v3.7.4 Traefik (#14195)
• More backports for 2026-06 (#14216)
• Testing Backports 2026-06 (#14215)
• Bump klipper-helm for CVE reasons (#14239)
• Bump containerd with the fix for []byte (#14242)
• Update to v1.34.9-k3s1 and Go 1.25.11 (#14228)
• Bump containerd to v2.2.5-k3s1 (#14255)
• Bump cri-api and containerd for upstream env string fix (#14279)

Embedded Component Versions

Component	Version
Kubernetes	v1.34.9
Kine	v0.16.1
SQLite	3.53.0
Etcd	v3.6.12-k3s1
Containerd	v2.2.5-k3s2
Runc	v1.4.2
Flannel	v0.28.4
Metrics-server	v0.8.1
Traefik	v3.7.4
CoreDNS	v1.14.4
Helm-controller	v0.17.1
Local-path-provisioner	v0.0.36

Helpful Links

As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:

• Open issues here
• Join our Slack channel
• Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started or to dive deep into K3s.
• Read how you can contribute here

v1.34.9-rc3+k3s1

What's Changed

• [release-1.34] Bump cri-api and containerd for upstream env string fix by @brandond in #14279

Full Changelog: v1.34.9-rc2+k3s1...v1.34.9-rc3+k3s1