| title | Kubernetes v1.37 Release Information | |
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| description | Information regarding the current release cycle including important dates, Release Team contact information, tracking spreadsheets and more! |
- This document
- Release Team
- Release Links
- v1.37 Release Calendar
- kubernetes/kubernetes v1.37 milestone
- Contact: #sig-release on slack, release-team on e-mail
The v1.37 release cycle is proposed as follows:
- Monday 18th May 2026: Week 1 — Release cycle begins
- Tuesday 9th June 2026 (AoE) / Wednesday 10th June 2026, 12:00 UTC: Week 4 — Production Readiness Freeze
- Tuesday 16th June 2026 (AoE) / Wednesday 17th June 2026, 12:00 UTC: Week 5 — Enhancements Freeze
- Thursday 18th - Friday 19th June 2026: Week 5 — KubeCon India
- Thursday 9th July 2026 (AoE) / Friday 10th July 2026, 12:00 UTC: Week 8 — Feature blog freeze
- Wednesday 22nd July 2026 (AoE) / Thursday 23rd July 2026, 12:00 UTC: Week 10 — Code Freeze and Test Freeze
- Tuesday 28th - Thursday 30th July 2026: Week 11 — KubeCon Japan
- Wednesday 5th August 2026 (AoE) / Thursday 6th August 2026, 12:00 UTC: Week 12 — Docs Freeze
- Wednesday 26th August 2026: Week 15 — Kubernetes v1.37.0 released
Note
Deadlines are expressed in "Anywhere on Earth" (AoE) time. This means the date ends when the calendar day finishes in the last timezone on Earth (UTC-12). Example: A deadline of Thursday, Oct 16 (AoE) gives contributors their full Thursday everywhere in the world. The cutoff therefore would be Friday, Oct 17 at 12:00 UTC.
| What | Who | When | Week | Release Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start of Release Cycle | Lead | Monday 18th May 2026 | week 1 | master-blocking, master-informing |
| Start Enhancements Tracking | Enhancements Lead | Monday 18th May 2026 | week 1 | |
| Schedule finalized | Lead | Friday 22nd May 2026 | week 1 | |
| Team finalized | Lead | Friday 22nd May 2026 | week 1 | |
| Begin APAC-friendly meetings | ALL | Wednesday 27th May 2026 | week 2 | |
| Start Release Notes Draft | Docs Lead | Wednesday 3rd June 2026 | week 3 | |
| Call for PRR and Enhancement Freeze Exceptions | Lead | Thursday 4th June 2026 | week 3 | |
| v1.37.0-alpha.1 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 10th June 2026 | week 4 | |
| Begin Production Readiness Freeze | Enhancements Lead | Tuesday 9th June 2026 (AoE) / Wednesday 10th June 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 4 | |
| Begin Enhancements Freeze | Enhancements Lead | Tuesday 16th June 2026 (AoE) / Wednesday 17th June 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 5 | |
| KubeCon India | Thursday 18th - Friday 19th June 2026 | week 5 | ||
| v1.37.0-alpha.2 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 24th June 2026 | week 6 | |
| Brace Yourself, Code Freeze is Coming | Comms / Release Signal | Monday 29th June 2026 | week 7 | |
| Docs deadline — Open placeholder PRs | Docs Lead | Thursday 2nd July 2026 (AoE) / Friday 3rd July 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 7 | |
| v1.37.0-alpha.3 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 8th July 2026 | week 8 | |
| Begin Feature blog freeze - Open placeholder PRs | Comms Lead | Thursday 9th July 2026 (AoE) / Friday 10th July 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 8 | |
| Call for Code Freeze Exceptions | Lead | Monday 13th July 2026 | week 9 | |
| v1.37.0-beta.0 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 15th July 2026 | week 9 | |
| Begin Code Freeze and Test Freeze | Branch Manager | Wednesday 22nd July 2026 (AoE) / Thursday 23rd July 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 10 | |
| Begin Burndown (Meetings on Mon / Wed / Fri) | ALL | Monday 27th July 2026 | week 11 | |
| Deprecations and Removals blog published | Comms Lead | Monday 27th July 2026 | week 11 | |
| Docs deadline — PRs ready for review | Docs Lead | Tuesday 28th July 2026 | week 11 | |
| Release Highlights deadline | Comms Lead | Tuesday 28th July 2026 | week 11 | |
| KubeCon Japan | Tuesday 28th - Thursday 30th July 2026 | week 11 | ||
| Feature blogs ready to review | Enhancement Owner / SIG Leads | Monday 3rd August 2026 | week 12 | |
| Burndown Meetings daily (Tue & Thu over Slack) | ALL | Monday 3rd August 2026 | week 12 | |
| release-1.37 branch created | Branch Manager | Wednesday 5th August 2026 | week 12 | |
| release-1.37 jobs created | Branch Manager | Wednesday 5th August 2026 | week 12 | |
| v1.37.0-rc.0 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 5th August 2026 | week 12 | 1.37-informing, 1.37-blocking, master-blocking, master-informing |
| Start final draft of Release Notes | Docs Lead | Wednesday 5th August 2026 | week 12 | |
| Docs Freeze | Docs Lead | Wednesday 5th August 2026 (AoE) / Thursday 6th August 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 12 | |
| Release blog ready to review | Comms / Docs | Thursday 13th August 2026 (AoE) / Friday 14th August 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 13 | |
| v1.37.0-rc.1 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 19th August 2026 | week 14 | |
| Release Notes complete | Docs Lead | Wednesday 26th August 2026 | week 15 | |
| v1.37.0 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 26th August 2026 | week 15 | |
| Release blog published | Comms Lead | Wednesday 26th August 2026 | week 15 | |
| Thaw | Branch Manager | Wednesday 26th August 2026 | week 15 | |
| Feature blog publication starts | Comms Lead | Thursday 27th August 2026 | week 15 |
Please refer to the release phases document.