Gardener Review Meetings (2026)
In case you couldn't participate and are interested in catching up, you can find the contents of the review meetings we have had in 2026 here.
Meetings are recorded and published on Gardener's YouTube channel.
Check back regularly for updates and upcoming topics!
Reviews
2026/01/28 - v1.135 Release
Demo Agenda 📋
| Presenter(s) | Duration | Topic | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| @AleksandarSavchev | 5m | 🔑 Automatic Credentials Rotation During Shoot Maintenance | #13493 |
| @LucaBernstein | 5m | 🩹 TokenRequestor: Remediate Outdated ServiceAccount Tokens | #13630 |
| @domdom82 | 10m | 🔄 HA VPN Round-Robin Bonding Mode | #13649 |
| @vpnachev | 5m | 🪪 WorkloadIdentity Support For DNS | #13720, #13680, #13469 |
| @vicwicker | 10m | 🩺 Prometheus Health Checks In Care Controllers | #13341 |
| @kon-angelo | 5m | 🧑💼 ManagedResource Support In Generic ControlPlane Actuator | #13585 |
| @marc1404 | 5m | ☸️ Kubernetes Minor Version Retention | #13471 |
No Demo, But Still Worth Celebrating 🎉
- ✨ [OPERATOR]
gardenletcan now propagate static manifests stored in the seed cluster'sgardennamespace to all shoot namespaces. Read all about it here. #13614 - ✨ [DEVELOPER] The generic control-plane webhook is now capable of ensuring the
kube-apiserverandkube-controller-managerDeployments, as well asetcds, of the virtual garden cluster. #13635 - ✨ [DEPENDENCY]
CredentialsBindings can now referencecore.gardener.cloud/v1beta1.InternalSecretresources. Provider extensions should start validating them similar to references forv1.Secretresources. #13759
2026/01/21 - Kubernetes v1.34 Special Edition
Demo Agenda 📋
Presenters: @ScheererJ, @tobschli
| Duration | Topic | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|
25m | 🎓 Graduation Ceremony Graduated Features | KEP-4381, KEP-3939, KEP-1790, KEP-3751, KEP-5080, KEP-4601, KEP-3331, KEP-4633, KEP-3960, KEP-4818, KEP-2400, KEP-4033 |
15m | 🌸 Beta Bloom Alpha -> Beta Promotions | KEP-4412, KEP-740, KEP-3104, KEP-2837, KEP-3962, KEP-5073, KEP-1287 |
10m | 🗞️ Fresh Off The Press New Alpha Features | KEP-5295, KEP-4317, KEP-5307, KEP-3721 |
5m | 🧼 Security, Deprecations & Removals | KEP-4033, KEP-3015 |
5m | 🪴 What's Changing In Gardener | #12814, #12883 |