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#### **Container Runtime**
*   [alpha] [cri-tools](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-tools): CLI and validation tools for CRI is now v1.0.0-alpha.0. This release mainly focuses on UX improvements. [[@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)]
    *   Make crictl command more user friendly and add more subcommands.
    *   Integrate with CRI verbose option to provide extra debug information.
    *   Update CRI to kubernetes v1.9.

* [GA] The Docker-CRI implementation is GA. The legacy, non-CRI Docker integration has been completely removed.

  * [stable] [cri-o](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o): cri-o v1.10 updated CRI version to v1alpha2 and made several bug and stability fixes. [@mrunalp]

  value.
* Kubelet Container Runtime Interface (CRI) support
  - **[beta]** The Docker-CRI implementation is enabled by default in kubelet.
    You can disable it by --enable-cri=false. See
    [notes on the new implementation](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-node/container-runtime-interface.md#kubernetes-v16-release-docker-cri-integration-beta)
    for more details.

* Improve monitoring and error reporting

#### Container Runtime Interface (CRI)

* [alpha] Add a CRI validation test suite and CRI command-line tools. ([#292](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/292), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

* [stable] [cri-o](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o): CRI implementation for OCI-based runtimes [[@mrunalp](https://github.com/mrunalp)]

- kubeadm now attempts to detect an installed CRI by its usual domain socket, so that `--cri-socket` can be omitted from the command line if Docker is not used and there is a single CRI installed. ([#69366](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69366), [@rosti](https://github.com/rosti))

### Bug or Regression

The dynamic kubelet config feature graduated to beta, so it is enabled by default, simplifying management of the node object itself.  Kubelets that are configured to work with the CRI may take advantage of the log rotation feature, which is graduating to beta this release.

The cri-tools project, which aims to provide consistent tooling for operators to debug and introspect their nodes in production independent of their chosen container runtime, graduated to GA.

  
  Starting with Kubernetes `v1.36`, `kubelet` might refuse to start if the CRI runtime does not support this feature. More information can be found at the [Kubernetes blog](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/09/12/kubernetes-v1-34-cri-cgroup-driver-lookup-now-ga/). ([#134906](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134906), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))