* etcd3: avoid unnecessary decoding in etcd3 client  ([#34435](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34435), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))
* etcd3: fix suite ([#32477](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32477), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))



# v1.4.4

* Respect graceful pod termination of up to 10 minutes
* Handle zone stock-outs and failures
* 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))

- For external storage e2e test suite, update external driver, to pick snapshot provisioner from VolumeSnapshotClass, when a VolumeSnapshotClass is explicitly provided as an input. ([#90878](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90878), [@saikat-royc](https://github.com/saikat-royc))...

- Total test spec is now available by `ProgressReporter`, it will be reported before test suite got executed. ([#114417](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114417), [@chendave](https://github.com/chendave))

- The `GetAllocatableResources` podresources API endpoint is now GA. ([#118973](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118973), [@ffromani](https://github.com/ffromani))
- The `NetworkPolicyLegacy` test suite (deprecated in `v1.21`) has now officially been removed in favor of the new table driven e2e tests. ([#118915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118915), [@astoycos](https://github.com/astoycos))

## 0.135.2 (2026-03-01)

### Upgrades

* ⬆️ Increase lower bound to `pydantic >=2.9.0.` and fix the test suite. PR [#15139](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/15139) by [@svlandeg](https://github.com/svlandeg).

### Docs

capability to beta, allowing users to use the familiar `kubeadm init` and `kubeadm join` commands to [configure and deploy an HA control plane](https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/production-environment/tools/kubeadm/high-availability/). An entire new test suite has been created specifically for ensuring these features will stay stable over time.

Certificate management has become more robust in 1.15, with kubeadm now seamlessly rotating all your certificates (on upgrades) before they expire. Check...

* ClusterRole aggregation is now GA ([ref](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/502))
* CRI validation test suite is now GA ([ref](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/292))

- Text logging in Kubernetes components now...

issues/495), and the CRI has been upgraded to v1alpha2, which adds [support for Windows Container Configuration](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/547). Kubernetes v1.10 also ships with the beta release of the [CRI validation test suite](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/292).

The Resource Management Working Group graduated three features to beta in the 1.10 release.  First, [CPU Manager](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cpu-management-policies/),...