Kubernetes v1.36 Sneak Peek

Kubernetes v1.36, coming in April 2026, will feature removals and deprecations, with enhancements that include retirement of the Ingress NGINX project and the deprecation of .spec.externalIPs in Service.Additionally, the release will remove the gitRepo volume driver and introduce enhancements like faster SELinux labeling for volumes and external signing of ServiceAccount tokens with the potential for DRA Driver support for Device taints and tolerations.