Kubernetes 1.32 Release Information

Information regarding the current release cycle including important dates, Release Team contact information, tracking spreadsheets and more!

Kubernetes 1.32

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Summary

The 1.32 release cycle is as follows:

  • Monday 9th September 2024: Week 1 — Release cycle begins
  • Thursday 3rd October 2024: Week 4 — Production Readiness Freeze
  • 02:00 UTC Friday 11th October 2024 / 19:00 PDT Thursday 10th October 2024: Week 5 — Enhancements Freeze
  • 02:00 UTC Friday 8th November 2024 / 19:00 PDT Thursday 7th November 2024: Week 9 — Code Freeze and Test Freeze
  • Tuesday 12th - Friday 15th November 2024: Week 10 - KubeCon NA
  • Tuesday 26th November 2024: Week 12 — Docs Freeze
  • Wednesday 11th December 2024: Week 14 — Kubernetes v1.32.0 released

Timeline

WhatWhoWhenWeekCI Signal
Start of Release CycleLeadMonday 9th September 2024week 1[master-blocking]
Start Enhancements TrackingEnhancements LeadMonday 9th September 2024week 1
Schedule finalizedLeadFriday 13th September 2024week 1
Team finalizedLeadFriday 13th September 2024week 1
Start Release Notes DraftRelease Notes LeadTuesday 24th September 2024week 3
1.32.0-alpha.1 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 1st October 2024week 4
Begin Friday APAC-friendly meetingsLeadWednesday 2nd October 2024week 4
Production Readiness FreezeEnhancements LeadThursday 3rd October 2024week 4
Begin [Enhancements Freeze]Enhancements Lead02:00 UTC Friday 11th October 2024 / 19:00 PDT Thursday 10th October 2024week 5[master-blocking], [master-informing]
1.32.0-alpha.2 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 15th October 2024week 6
Docs deadline — Open placeholder PRsDocs LeadThursday 24th October 2024week 7
Call for [Exceptions][Exception]LeadMonday 28th October 2024week 8
Brace Yourself, Code Freeze is ComingComms / Release SignalMonday 28th October 2024week 8
1.32.0-alpha.3 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 29th October 2024week 8
Begin Feature blog freezeComms Lead02:00 UTC Wednesday 30th October 2024 / 19:00 PDT Tuesday 29th October 2024week 8
1.32.0-beta.0 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 5th November 2024week 9
Deprecations and Removals blog publishedCommsMonday 4th November 2024week 9
Begin [Code Freeze] and [Test Freeze]Branch Manager02:00 UTC Friday 8th November 2024 / 19:00 PDT Thursday 7th November 2024week 9
Preparing for Feature blogs review — Initiating outreachCommsMonday 11th November 2024week 10
KubeCon NATuesday 12th - Friday 15th November 2024week 10
Begin [Burndown] (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday meetings)LeadMonday 18th November 2024week 11
Docs deadline — PRs ready for reviewDocs LeadTuesday 19th November 2024week 11
Release Highlights deadlineCommsTuesday 19th November 2024week 11
Start final draft of Release NotesRelease Notes LeadTuesday 19th November2024week 11
Release blog ready to reviewComms / Docs02:00 UTC Friday 22th November 2024 / 19:00 PDT Thursday 21st November 2024week 11
Feature blogs ready to reviewEnhancement Owner / SIG LeadsMonday 25th November 2024week 12
Burndown Meetings daily (Tuesday & Thursday over Slack)LeadMonday 25th November 2024week 12
release-1.32 branch createdBranch ManagerTuesday 26th November 2024week 12
release-1.32 jobs createdBranch ManagerTuesday 26th November 2024week 12
1.32.0-rc.0 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 26th November 2024week 12[1.32-blocking], [master-blocking], [master-informing]
Docs FreezeDocs LeadTuesday 26th November 2024week 12
Release Highlights completeRelease Notes LeadTuesday 3rd December 2024week 13
1.32.0-rc.1 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 3rd December 2024week 13
Release Notes complete — reviewed & merged to https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetesRelease Notes LeadWednesday 11th December 2024week 14
v1.32.0 releasedBranch ManagerWednesday 11th December 2024week 14[1.32-blocking], [master-blocking], [master-informing]
Release blog publishedCommsWednesday 11th December 2024week 14
[Thaw]Branch ManagerWednesday 11th December 2024week 14