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v1.35: New level of efficiency with in-place Pod restart

Kubernetes 1.35, as you may know, introducedin-place Pod restarts(alpha). It's a real reset: all containers, init and sidecars included - without killing the Pod or kicking off a reschedule. Think restart without the cloud drama. Big win for workloads with heavy inter-container dependencies or massi.. read more  

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1.35: Enhanced Debugging with Versioned z-pages APIs

Kubernetes 1.35 makes a quiet-but-crucial upgrade: z-pages debugging endpoints now returnstructured, machine-readable JSON. That means tools- not just tired humans - can parse control plane state directly. The responses areversioned, backward-compatible, and tucked behind feature flags for now... read more  

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v1.35: Watch Based Route Reconciliation in the Cloud Controller Manager

Kubernetes v1.35 sneaks in an alphafeature gatethat flips the CCM route controller from "check every X minutes" to "watch and react." It now usesinformersto trigger syncs when nodes change - plus a light periodic check every 12–24 hours... read more  

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Dapr Deployment Models

Daprstarted as a humble Kubernetes sidecar. Now? It's a full-blownmulti-mode runtimethat runs wherever you need it,edge,VM, orserverless APIs. Diagrid’sCatalysttakes that further. It wraps Dapr in a fully managed API layer that’s detached from your app’s lifecycle. No infra lock-in, just token-based.. read more  

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v1.35: Job Managed By Goes GA

In Kubernetes v1.35,spec.jobControllerManagedByhits GA. That means full handoff of Job reconciliation to external controllers is now official. It unlocks tricks likeMultiKueue, where a single management cluster fires off Jobs to multiple worker clusters, without losing sight of what’s running where... read more  

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Troubleshooting Cilium network policies: Four common pitfalls

Cilium’s Day 2 playbook covers the real work: dialing inL7 policy controls, tuningHubble observability, and wringing performance fromBPF. It's how you keep big Kubernetes clusters sane. The focus?Multi-tenant isolation,node-to-node encryption, and scaling cleanly withexternal etcdso the network does.. read more  

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93% Faster Next.js in (your) Kubernetes

Next.js brings advanced capabilities to developers out-of-the-box, but scaling it in your own environment can be challenging due to uneven load distribution and high latency. Watt addresses these issues by leveragingSO_REUSEPORTin the Linux kernel, resulting in significantly improved performance met.. read more  

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1.35: In-Place Pod Resize Graduates to Stable

In-Place Pod Resizehits GA in Kubernetes 1.35. You can now tweak CPU and memory on live pods without restarts. This is finally production-ready! What’s new since beta? It now handlesmemory limit decreases, doesprioritized resizes, and gives you betterobservabilitywith fresh Kubelet metrics and Pod e.. read more  

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Avoiding Zombie Cluster Members When Upgrading to etcd v3.6

etcd v3.5.26 patches a nasty upgrade bug. It now syncsv3storefromv2storeto stop zombie nodes from corrupting clusters during the jump to v3.6. The core issue: Older versions let stale store states bring removed members back from the dead... read more  

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Kubernetes OptimizationInPlace Pod Resizing,ZoneAware Routin

Halodoc cut EC2 costs and shaved latency by leaning into two Kubernetes tricks: In-place pod resizing(v1.33) lets them dial pod resources up or down on the fly, especially handy during off-peak hours. Zone-aware routingviatopology-aware hintskeeps inter-service traffic close to home (same AZ), skipp.. read more  

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