v1.33.0+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.0, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.32.4+k3s1

• Build k3s overhaul (#12200)
• Fix sonobuoy conformance testing (#12214)
• Update k8s version to 1.33 (#12221)
• Remove ghcr from drone (#12229)

Embedded Component Versions

Component	Version
Kubernetes	v1.33.0
Kine	v0.13.14
SQLite	v3.49.2
Etcd	v3.5.21-k3s1
Containerd	v2.0.4-k3s4
Runc	v1.2.5
Flannel	v0.26.7
Metrics-server	v0.7.2
Traefik	v3.3.6
CoreDNS	v1.12.1
Helm-controller	v0.16.10
Local-path-provisioner	v0.0.31

Helpful Links

As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:

• Open issues here
• Join our Slack channel
• Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started or to dive deep into K3s.
• Read how you can contribute here

v1.33.0-rc2+k3s1

Remove ghcr from drone

Signed-off-by: Vitor Savian <vitor.savian@suse.com>

v1.33.0-rc1+k3s1

Update k8s version to 1.33

* Update to 1.33

Signed-off-by: Vitor Savian <vitor.savian@suse.com>

* Fix prints that broke unit tests

Signed-off-by: Vitor Savian <vitor.savian@suse.com>

* Change binary max size to 75

Signed-off-by: Vitor Savian <vitor.savian@suse.com>

* Change containerd version to fix misspelling

Signed-off-by: Vitor Savian <vitor.savian@suse.com>

* Address binary size comment

Signed-off-by: Vitor Savian <vitor.savian@suse.com>

* Update Dependencies

Signed-off-by: Vitor Savian <vitor.savian@suse.com>

* Remove dependencie not used anymore

Signed-off-by: Vitor Savian <vitor.savian@suse.com>

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Signed-off-by: Vitor Savian <vitor.savian@suse.com>

v1.32.4+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.32.4, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.32.3+k3s1:

• Migrate to UrfaveCLI v2 (#12031)
• Improve readiness polling on node startup (#12038)
• Fix issue caused by default authorization-mode apiserver arg (#12042)
• Fix flakey etcd startup tests (#12050)
• Cleanup anonymous and named volumes for docker tests (#12079)
• Add support for secretbox encryption provider with the k3s secrets-encrypt command (#12067)
  • Users can now configure secrets encryption to use secretbox provider by setting the secrets-encryption-provider flag.
• Add error in certificate check (#12098)
• Backports for 2025-04 (#12104)
• Bump kine for nats-server/v2 CVE-2025-30215 (#12141)
• Drone Test Split and Reduction (#12151)
• More backports for 2025-04 (#12167)
• Fix handler panic when bootstrapper returns empty peer list (#12178)
• Bump traefik to v3.3.6 (#12189)
• Update to v1.32.4-k3s1 and Go 1.23.6 (#12209)

Embedded Component Versions

Component	Version
Kubernetes	v1.32.4
Kine	v0.13.14
SQLite	3.46.1
Etcd	v3.5.21-k3s1
Containerd	v2.0.4-k3s2
Runc	v1.2.5
Flannel	v0.26.7
Metrics-server	v0.7.2
Traefik	v3.3.6
CoreDNS	v1.12.1
Helm-controller	v0.16.10
Local-path-provisioner	v0.0.31

Helpful Links

As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:

• Open issues here
• Join our Slack channel
• Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started or to dive deep into K3s.
• Read how you can contribute here

v1.32.4-rc1+k3s1

Update to v1.32.4 (#12209)

Signed-off-by: Rafael Breno <32229014+rafaelbreno@users.noreply.github.com>

v1.31.8+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.31.8, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.31.7+k3s1:

• Migrate to UrfaveCLI v2 (#12030)
• Improve readiness polling on node startup (#12037)
• Fix issue caused by default authorization-mode apiserver arg (#12044)
• Cleanup anonymous and named volumes for docker tests (#12069) (#12076)
• Add support for secretbox encryption provider with the k3s secrets-encrypt command (#12066)
  • Users can now configure secrets encryption to use secretbox provider by setting the secrets-encryption-provider flag.
• Add error in certificate check (#12097)
• Backports for 2025-04 (#12105)
• Bump kine for nats-server/v2 CVE-2025-30215 (#12142)
• Drone Test Split and Reduction (#12150)
• More backports for 2025-04 (#12168)
• Fix handler panic when bootstrapper returns empty peer list (#12179)
• Bump traefik to v2.11.24 (#12190)
• Update to v1.31.8-k3s1 and Go 1.23.6 (#12207)

Embedded Component Versions

Component	Version
Kubernetes	v1.31.8
Kine	v0.13.14
SQLite	3.46.1
Etcd	v3.5.21-k3s1
Containerd	v2.0.4-k3s2
Runc	v1.2.5
Flannel	v0.26.7
Metrics-server	v0.7.2
Traefik	v2.11.24
CoreDNS	v1.12.1
Helm-controller	v0.16.10
Local-path-provisioner	v0.0.31

Helpful Links

As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:

• Open issues here
• Join our Slack channel
• Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started or to dive deep into K3s.
• Read how you can contribute here

v1.31.8-rc1+k3s1

Update to v1.31.8 (#12207)

Signed-off-by: Rafael Breno <32229014+rafaelbreno@users.noreply.github.com>

v1.30.12+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.30.12, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.30.11+k3s1:

• Improve readiness polling on node startup (#12035)
• Fix issue caused by default authorization-mode apiserver arg (#12043)
• Cleanup anonymous and named volumes for docker tests (#12077)
• Add support for secretbox encryption provider with the k3s secrets-encrypt command (#12065)
  • Users can now configure secrets encryption to use secretbox provider by setting the secrets-encryption-provider flag.
• Add error in certificate check (#12099)
• Backports for 2025-04 (#12106)
• Bump kine for nats-server/v2 CVE-2025-30215 (#12143)
• Drone Test Split and Reduction (#12149)
• More backports for 2025-04 (#12169)
• Fix handler panic when bootstrapper returns empty peer list (#12180)
• Bump traefik to v2.11.24 (#12191)
• Update to v1.30.12-k3s1 and Go 1.23.6 (#12208)

Embedded Component Versions

Component	Version
Kubernetes	v1.30.12
Kine	v0.13.14
SQLite	3.46.1
Etcd	v3.5.21-k3s1
Containerd	v1.7.26-k3s1
Runc	v1.2.5
Flannel	v0.26.7
Metrics-server	v0.7.2
Traefik	v2.11.24
CoreDNS	v1.12.1
Helm-controller	v0.16.10
Local-path-provisioner	v0.0.31

Helpful Links

As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:

• Open issues here
• Join our Slack channel
• Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started or to dive deep into K3s.
• Read how you can contribute here

v1.30.12-rc1+k3s1

Update to v1.30.12 (#12208)

Signed-off-by: Rafael Breno <32229014+rafaelbreno@users.noreply.github.com>

v1.32.3+k3s1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.32.3, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.32.2+k3s1:

• Revert "Add ability to pass configuration options to flannel backend" (#11867)
• Backport Docker + E2E testing PRs for 2025 March (#11888)
• Backports for 2025-03 (#11919)
• Bump klipper-lb image to v0.4.13 (#11930)
• Fix syncing empty list of apiserver addresses during initial startup (#11953)
• Update to v1.32.3-k3s1 (#11960)
• Update Kubernetes to v1.32.3-k3s2 (#11968)
• Fix skew test for release candidates (#11991)
• Bump to containerd v2.0.4 (#12003)
• Fix upgrade test container version (#12000)

Embedded Component Versions

Component	Version
Kubernetes	v1.32.3
Kine	v0.13.9
SQLite	3.46.1
Etcd	v3.5.19-k3s1
Containerd	v2.0.4-k3s2
Runc	v1.2.5
Flannel	v0.25.7
Metrics-server	v0.7.2
Traefik	v3.3.2
CoreDNS	v1.12.0
Helm-controller	v0.16.6
Local-path-provisioner	v0.0.31

Helpful Links

As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:

• Open issues here
• Join our Slack channel
• Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started or to dive deep into K3s.
• Read how you can contribute here