v0.26.1

Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.33 reaches end of standard support on August 31, 2026
  • Extended support continues until August 31, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.30 reaches end of extended support on August 31, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Bottlerocket v1.64.0 applies to Kubernetes versions 1.33 through 1.36. Kubernetes versions 1.30 through 1.32 remain on Bottlerocket v1.62.0.

Added

• redhat_epel_rpm and epel_rpm_gpg_key image-builder configuration options, allowing RHEL images to be built in networks that cannot reach the Fedora EPEL mirrors (#5632)

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-36-eks-6
  • v1-35-eks-12
  • v1-34-eks-21
  • v1-33-eks-30
  • v1-32-eks-40
  • v1-31-eks-47
  • v1-30-eks-58
• Bottlerocket (Kubernetes 1.33-1.36): v1.62.0 to v1.64.0 (#5626)
• Cluster API Provider AWS Snow (CAPAS): v0.3.1 to v0.3.3 (#5606)

Fixed

• Fix registry mirror image pulls failing on Bottlerocket nodes running Kubernetes 1.33 and above, caused by a containerd v2 regression in Bottlerocket. Resolved by the Bottlerocket v1.64.0 bump (#5626)
• Fix Tinkerbell binding address (#10921)
• Fix feature flags not propagating to the controller during an upgrade with no version difference (#10907)
• Fix MachineHealthCheck timeout duration overflow in v1beta2 conversion (#10874)
• Increase Tinkerbell node deletion timeout to 30s (#10906)

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Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.33 reaches end of standard support on August 31, 2026
  • Extended support continues until August 31, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.30 reaches end of extended support on August 31, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Bottlerocket v1.64.0 applies to Kubernetes versions 1.33 through 1.36. Kubernetes versions 1.30 through 1.32 remain on Bottlerocket v1.62.0.

Added

• redhat_epel_rpm and epel_rpm_gpg_key image-builder configuration options, allowing RHEL images to be built in networks that cannot reach the Fedora EPEL mirrors (#5632)

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-36-eks-6
  • v1-35-eks-12
  • v1-34-eks-21
  • v1-33-eks-30
  • v1-32-eks-40
  • v1-31-eks-47
  • v1-30-eks-58
• Bottlerocket (Kubernetes 1.33-1.36): v1.62.0 to v1.64.0 (#5626)
• Cluster API Provider AWS Snow (CAPAS): v0.3.1 to v0.3.3 (#5606)

Fixed

• Fix registry mirror image pulls failing on Bottlerocket nodes running Kubernetes 1.33 and above, caused by a containerd v2 regression in Bottlerocket. Resolved by the Bottlerocket v1.64.0 bump (#5626)
• Fix Tinkerbell binding address (#10921)
• Fix feature flags not propagating to the controller during an upgrade with no version difference (#10907)
• Fix MachineHealthCheck timeout duration overflow in v1beta2 conversion (#10874)
• Increase Tinkerbell node deletion timeout to 30s (#10906)

Must read before upgrade

• CloudStack provider has been removed. Starting with this release, EKS Anywhere no longer includes the Cluster API provider for CloudStack. Users currently on this provider should migrate to an alternative before upgrading to v0.26.0.
• Kubernetes v1.29 has been dropped. Clusters running Kubernetes v1.29 must upgrade to a supported version (v1.30 or above) before upgrading to EKS Anywhere v0.26.0.

Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.33 reaches end of standard support on August 31, 2026
  • Extended support continues until August 31, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.30 reaches end of extended support on August 31, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

Added

• Support for Kubernetes v1.36 (#10804, #10827)

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-36-eks-4
  • v1-35-eks-10
  • v1-34-eks-19
  • v1-33-eks-28
  • v1-32-eks-38
  • v1-31-eks-45
  • v1-30-eks-56
• New EKS-Distro base images
• Bottlerocket: v1.56.0 to v1.62.0
• govmomi: v0.53.0 to v0.54.1
• Cert-manager: v1.19.3 to v1.20.2
• Cilium: v1.18.5 to v1.19.4
• Cluster API (CAPI): v1.12.2 to v1.13.2
• Cluster API Provider vSphere (CAPV): v1.15.2 to v1.16.1
• Cluster API Provider AWS Snow (CAPAS): v0.2.9 to v0.3.1
• cloud-provider-nutanix: v0.5.5 to v0.6.1
• Cri-tools: v1.35.0 to v1.36.0
• etcdadm-controller: v1.0.27 to v1.0.28
• etcdadm-bootstrap-provider: v1.0.19 to v1.0.22
• fluxcd/flux2: v2.7.5 to v2.8.8
• fluxcd/helm-controller: v1.4.5 to v1.6.0
• fluxcd/kustomize-controller: v1.7.3 to v1.9.0
• fluxcd/notification-controller: v1.7.5 to v1.9.0
• fluxcd/source-controller: v1.7.4 to v1.9.0
• Helm: v4.1.4 to v4.2.0
• Kind: v0.31.0 to v0.32.0
• kube-vip: v1.0.4 to v1.2.0
• rancher/local-path-provisioner: v0.0.35 to v0.0.36
• replicatedhq/troubleshoot: v0.123.18 to v0.130.0

Fixed

• Fix registry mirror hosts.toml double /v2/ regression from containerd v2 migration (#10765, #58)
• Increase Tinkerbell pod memory limit from 128Mi to 256Mi to prevent OOMKill during upgrades (#5578)
• Disable unused tinkerbell UI component (#5520)
• Fix import images command failing with OCI namespace in --registry flag (#10800)
• Use server-side apply for Bundles to avoid 256KB annotation limit (#10807)
• Fix missing control-plane toleration for kube-vip DaemonSet (#10828)
• Fix control plane taint and label not set for CAPI v1.13+ readiness gate (#10838, #10840)

Removed

• Dropped Kubernetes v1.29 support (#5521)
• Removed CloudStack provider (#10786, #10814)

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Must read before upgrade

• CloudStack provider has been removed. Starting with this release, EKS Anywhere no longer includes the Cluster API provider for CloudStack. Users currently on this provider should migrate to an alternative before upgrading to v0.26.0.
• AWS Snowball Edge is no longer available to new customers
• Kubernetes v1.29 has been dropped. Clusters running Kubernetes v1.29 must upgrade to a supported version (v1.30 or above) before upgrading to EKS Anywhere v0.26.0.

Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.33 reaches end of standard support on August 31, 2026
  • Extended support continues until August 31, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.30 reaches end of extended support on August 31, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

Added

• Support for Kubernetes v1.36 (#10804, #10827)

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-36-eks-4
  • v1-35-eks-10
  • v1-34-eks-19
  • v1-33-eks-28
  • v1-32-eks-38
  • v1-31-eks-45
  • v1-30-eks-56
• New EKS-Distro base images
• Bottlerocket: v1.56.0 to v1.62.0
• govmomi: v0.53.0 to v0.54.1
• Cert-manager: v1.19.3 to v1.20.2
• Cilium: v1.18.5 to v1.19.4
• Cluster API (CAPI): v1.12.2 to v1.13.2
• Cluster API Provider vSphere (CAPV): v1.15.2 to v1.16.1
• Cluster API Provider AWS Snow (CAPAS): v0.2.9 to v0.3.1
• cloud-provider-nutanix: v0.5.5 to v0.6.1
• Cri-tools: v1.35.0 to v1.36.0
• etcdadm-controller: v1.0.27 to v1.0.28
• etcdadm-bootstrap-provider: v1.0.19 to v1.0.22
• fluxcd/flux2: v2.7.5 to v2.8.8
• fluxcd/helm-controller: v1.4.5 to v1.6.0
• fluxcd/kustomize-controller: v1.7.3 to v1.9.0
• fluxcd/notification-controller: v1.7.5 to v1.9.0
• fluxcd/source-controller: v1.7.4 to v1.9.0
• Helm: v4.1.4 to v4.2.0
• Kind: v0.31.0 to v0.32.0
• kube-vip: v1.0.4 to v1.2.0
• rancher/local-path-provisioner: v0.0.35 to v0.0.36
• replicatedhq/troubleshoot: v0.123.18 to v0.130.0

Fixed

• Fix registry mirror hosts.toml double /v2/ regression from containerd v2 migration (#10765, #58)
• Increase Tinkerbell pod memory limit from 128Mi to 256Mi to prevent OOMKill during upgrades (#5578)
• Disable unused tinkerbell UI component (#5520)
• Fix import images command failing with OCI namespace in --registry flag (#10800)
• Use server-side apply for Bundles to avoid 256KB annotation limit (#10807)
• Fix missing control-plane toleration for kube-vip DaemonSet (#10828)
• Fix control plane taint and label not set for CAPI v1.13+ readiness gate (#10838, #10840)

Removed

• Dropped Kubernetes v1.29 support (#5521)
• Removed CloudStack provider (#10786, #10814)

Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.33 reaches end of standard support on August 31, 2026
  • Extended support continues until August 31, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.30 reaches end of extended support on August 31, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-35-eks-11
  • v1-34-eks-20
  • v1-33-eks-29
  • v1-32-eks-39
  • v1-31-eks-46
  • v1-30-eks-57
• New EKS-Distro base images
• Cilium: v1.18.7 to v1.18.9
• Cluster API Provider vSphere (CAPV): v1.15.2 to v1.15.3
• Cluster API Provider AWS Snow (CAPAS): v0.2.9 to v0.3.1
• cloud-provider-nutanix: v0.5.5 to v0.5.7
• Cert-manager: v1.19.4 to v1.19.5
• etcdadm-bootstrap-provider: v1.0.19 to v1.0.22 (#5517)
• EKS Anywhere Packages controller: v0.4.15 to v0.4.17 for CVE fixes (#5538)

Fixed

• Fix registry mirror hosts.toml double /v2/ regression from containerd v2 migration (#10779)
• Fix import images command failing with OCI namespace in --registry flag (#10803)
• Fix missing control-plane toleration for kube-vip DaemonSet (#10829)
• Fix MachineHealthCheck timeout duration overflow in v1beta2 conversion (#10873)
• Increase Tinkerbell pod memory limit from 128Mi to 256Mi to prevent OOMKill during upgrades (#5581)
• Disable unused tinkerbell UI component (#5522)
• Allowlist certBundles during upgrades on Bottlerocket config (#5382)

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Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.33 reaches end of standard support on August 31, 2026
  • Extended support continues until August 31, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.30 reaches end of extended support on August 31, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. * RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-35-eks-11
  • v1-34-eks-20
  • v1-33-eks-29
  • v1-32-eks-39
  • v1-31-eks-46
  • v1-30-eks-57
• New EKS-Distro base images
• Cilium: v1.18.7 to v1.18.9
• Cluster API Provider vSphere (CAPV): v1.15.2 to v1.15.3
• Cluster API Provider AWS Snow (CAPAS): v0.2.9 to v0.3.1
• cloud-provider-nutanix: v0.5.5 to v0.5.7
• Cert-manager: v1.19.4 to v1.19.5
• etcdadm-bootstrap-provider: v1.0.19 to v1.0.22 (#5517)
• EKS Anywhere Packages controller: v0.4.15 to v0.4.17 for CVE fixes (#5538)

Fixed

• Fix registry mirror hosts.toml double /v2/ regression from containerd v2 migration (#10779)
• Fix import images command failing with OCI namespace in --registry flag (#10803)
• Fix missing control-plane toleration for kube-vip DaemonSet (#10829)
• Fix MachineHealthCheck timeout duration overflow in v1beta2 conversion (#10873)
• Increase Tinkerbell pod memory limit from 128Mi to 256Mi to prevent OOMKill during upgrades (#5581)
• Disable unused tinkerbell UI component (#5522)
• Allowlist certBundles during upgrades on Bottlerocket config (#5382)

Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.32 reaches end of standard support on April 30, 2026
  • Extended support continues until April 30, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.29 reaches end of extended support on April 30, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-35-eks-8
  • v1-34-eks-17
  • v1-33-eks-26
  • v1-32-eks-36
  • v1-31-eks-43
  • v1-30-eks-54
• New EKS-Distro base images
• cloud-provider-vsphere 1-35: v1.35.0 to v1.35.1
• Helm: v4.1.3 to v4.1.4

Fixed

• Update BMCLib to latest commit that includes critical Gofish fixes (#5319)

v0.25.2

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Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.32 reaches end of standard support on April 30, 2026
  • Extended support continues until April 30, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.29 reaches end of extended support on April 30, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. * RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-35-eks-8
  • v1-34-eks-17
  • v1-33-eks-26
  • v1-32-eks-36
  • v1-31-eks-43
  • v1-30-eks-54
• New EKS-Distro base images
• cloud-provider-vsphere 1-35: v1.35.0 to v1.35.1
• Helm: v4.1.3 to v4.1.4

Fixed

• Update BMCLib to latest commit that includes critical Gofish fixes (#5319)

Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.32 reaches end of standard support on April 30, 2026
  • Extended support continues until April 30, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.29 reaches end of extended support on April 30, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-34-eks-16
  • v1-33-eks-25
  • v1-32-eks-35
  • v1-31-eks-42
  • v1-30-eks-53
  • v1-29-eks-60
• New EKS-Distro base images
• Bottlerocket: v1.54.0 to v1.56.0
• Cert-manager: v1.19.3 to v1.19.4
• Cilium: v1.18.5 to v1.18.7
• Cluster-api-provider-nutanix: v1.6.1 to v1.6.2
• Helm: v4.1.0 go v4.1.3
• rancher/local-path-provisioner v0.0.34 to v0.0.35
• replicatedhq/troubleshoot: v0.123.17 to v0.123.18

Fixed

• Patch kube-vip to retry exponentially on transient 403/401 errors (#5267)
• Patch BMCLib to try all matching slots during virtual media mount to fix ISO boot workflow on IDRAC 10 (#5263)

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Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.32 reaches end of standard support on April 30, 2026
  • Extended support continues until April 30, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.29 reaches end of extended support on April 30, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. * RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-35-eks-7
  • v1-34-eks-16
  • v1-33-eks-25
  • v1-32-eks-35
  • v1-31-eks-42
  • v1-30-eks-53
  • v1-29-eks-60
• New EKS-Distro base images
• Bottlerocket: v1.54.0 to v1.56.0
• Cert-manager: v1.19.3 to v1.19.4
• Cilium: v1.18.5 to v1.18.7
• Cluster-api-provider-nutanix: v1.6.1 to v1.6.2
• Helm: v4.1.0 to v4.1.3
• rancher/local-path-provisioner v0.0.34 to v0.0.35
• replicatedhq/troubleshoot: v0.123.17 to v0.123.18

Fixed

• Patch kube-vip to retry exponentially on transient 403/401 errors (#5267)
• Patch BMCLib to try all matching slots during virtual media mount to fix ISO boot workflow on IDRAC 10 (#5263)

Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.32 reaches end of standard support on April 30, 2026
  • Extended support continues until April 30, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.29 reaches end of extended support on April 30, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Added

• Support for Kubernetes v1.35 (#10517, #5112)
• Migrate all Cluster API resources to v1beta2 contract (#10545, #10547
• Add HardwareAffinity field to TinkerbellMachineConfig API for advanced hardware selection using Kubernetes-style label selectors with required and preferred terms (#10472)
• Add Intel ICE E800 series out-of-tree driver support in Hook (#5156)
• Consolidate tinkerbell components into a single mono-repo with unified helm chart (#10518, #5074

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-35-eks-5
  • v1-34-eks-14
  • v1-33-eks-23
  • v1-32-eks-33
  • v1-31-eks-40
  • v1-30-eks-51
  • v1-29-eks-58
• Cluster API (CAPI): v1.11.1 to v1.12.2
• Cluster API Provider vSphere: v1.13.1 to v1.15.2
• Cluster API Provider Tinkerbell: v0.6.5 to v0.6.6
• Cluster API Provider AWS Snow: v0.2.8 to v0.2.9
• Bottlerocket: v1.51.0 to v1.54.0
• Cert-manager: v1.18.5 to v1.19.3
• Cilium: v1.17.12 to v1.18.5
• Helm: v3.16.4 to v4.1.0
• Image builder: v0.1.44 to v0.1.48
• Kind: v0.29.0 to v0.31.0
• Cri-tools: v1.34.0 to v1.35.0
• Kube-rbac-proxy: v0.20.0 to v0.20.2
• CloudStack cloudmonkey: 6.4.0 to 6.5.0
• etcdadm-controller: v1.0.26 to v1.0.27
• etcdadm-bootstrap-provider: v1.0.18 to v1.0.19

Planned updates to provider support

• Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.26, EKS-A will no longer include Cluster API providers for CloudStack or AWS Snow, and AWS will no longer support these providers. Users are encouraged to find alternative support.

Removed

• Dropped Kubernetes v1.28 support (#5128)
• Dropped Ubuntu 20.04 image-builder support
• Removed unused old tinkerbell components from bundle (#10612)

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Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.32 reaches end of standard support on April 30, 2026
  • Extended support continues until April 30, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.29 reaches end of extended support on April 30, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the [Kubernetes version support table]({{< relref "../concepts/support-versions#kubernetes-versions" >}}).

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. * RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Added

• Support for Kubernetes v1.35 (#10517, #5112)
• Migrate all Cluster API resources to v1beta2 contract (#10545, #10547
• Add HardwareAffinity field to TinkerbellMachineConfig API for advanced hardware selection using Kubernetes-style label selectors with required and preferred terms (#10472)
• Add Intel ICE E800 series out-of-tree driver support in Hook (#5156)
• Consolidate tinkerbell components into a single mono-repo with unified helm chart (#10518, #5074

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-35-eks-5
  • v1-34-eks-14
  • v1-33-eks-23
  • v1-32-eks-33
  • v1-31-eks-40
  • v1-30-eks-51
  • v1-29-eks-58
• Cluster API (CAPI): v1.11.1 to v1.12.2
• Cluster API Provider vSphere: v1.13.1 to v1.15.2
• Cluster API Provider Tinkerbell: v0.6.5 to v0.6.6
• Cluster API Provider AWS Snow: v0.2.8 to v0.2.9
• Bottlerocket: v1.51.0 to v1.54.0
• Cert-manager: v1.18.5 to v1.19.3
• Cilium: v1.17.12 to v1.18.5
• Helm: v3.16.4 to v4.1.0
• Image builder: v0.1.44 to v0.1.48
• Kind: v0.29.0 to v0.31.0
• Cri-tools: v1.34.0 to v1.35.0
• Kube-rbac-proxy: v0.20.0 to v0.20.2
• CloudStack cloudmonkey: 6.4.0 to 6.5.0
• etcdadm-controller: v1.0.26 to v1.0.27
• etcdadm-bootstrap-provider: v1.0.18 to v1.0.19

Planned updates to provider support

• Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.26, EKS-A will no longer include Cluster API providers for CloudStack or AWS Snow, and AWS will no longer support these providers. Users are encouraged to find alternative support.

Removed

• Dropped Kubernetes v1.28 support (#5128)
• Dropped Ubuntu 20.04 image-builder support
• Removed unused old tinkerbell components from bundle (#10612)

Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.32 reaches end of standard support on April 30, 2026
  • Extended support continues until April 30, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.29 reaches end of extended support on April 30, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-34-eks-17
  • v1-33-eks-26
  • v1-32-eks-36
  • v1-31-eks-43
  • v1-30-eks-54
• New EKS-Distro base images
• Cert-manager: v1.18.5 to v1.18.6
• Cilium: v1.17.12 to v1.17.13
• fluxcd/flux2: v2.7.5 to v2.8.3
• fluxcd/helm-controller: v1.4.5 to v1.5.3
• fluxcd/notification-controller: v1.7.5 to v1.8.2

Fixed

• Patch BMCLib to try all matching slots during virtual media mount to fix ISO boot workflow on IDRAC 10 (#5264)

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Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.32 reaches end of standard support on April 30, 2026
  • Extended support continues until April 30, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.29 reaches end of extended support on April 30, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. * RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-34-eks-17
  • v1-33-eks-26
  • v1-32-eks-36
  • v1-31-eks-43
  • v1-30-eks-54
• New EKS-Distro base images
• Cert-manager: v1.18.5 to v1.18.6
• Cilium: v1.17.12 to v1.17.13
• fluxcd/flux2: v2.7.5 to v2.8.3
• fluxcd/helm-controller: v1.4.5 to v1.5.3
• fluxcd/notification-controller: v1.7.5 to v1.8.2

Fixed

• Patch BMCLib to try all matching slots during virtual media mount to fix ISO boot workflow on IDRAC 10 (#5264)

Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.32 reaches end of standard support on April 30, 2026
  • Extended support continues until April 30, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.29 reaches end of extended support on April 30, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the Kubernetes version support table.

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-34-eks-16
  • v1-33-eks-25
  • v1-32-eks-35
  • v1-31-eks-42
  • v1-30-eks-53
  • v1-29-eks-60
• New EKS-Distro base images
• Bottlerocket: v1.54.0 to v1.56.0
• aws/etcdadm-bootstrap-provider 1.0.18 to 1.0.19
• aws/etcdadm-bootstrap-controller v1.0.26 to v1.0.27
• replicatedhq/troubleshoot v0.123.17 to v0.123.18
• rancher/local-path-provisioner v0.0.34 to v0.0.35

Fixed

• Patch kube-vip to retry exponentially on transient 403/401 errors (#5257)
• Patch Tinkerbell and Rufio to use a BMCLib forks with fixes for Idrac 10 (#5248)
• Add a patch to bump bmclib to include virtual media mount fix (#5222)

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Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.32 reaches end of standard support on April 30, 2026
  • Extended support continues until April 30, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.29 reaches end of extended support on April 30, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the [Kubernetes version support table]({{< relref "../concepts/support-versions#kubernetes-versions" >}}).

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. * RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-34-eks-16
  • v1-33-eks-25
  • v1-32-eks-35
  • v1-31-eks-42
  • v1-30-eks-53
  • v1-29-eks-60
• New EKS-Distro base images
• Bottlerocket: v1.54.0 to v1.56.0
• aws/etcdadm-bootstrap-provider 1.0.18 to 1.0.19
• aws/etcdadm-bootstrap-controller v1.0.26 to v1.0.27
• replicatedhq/troubleshoot v0.123.17 to v0.123.18
• rancher/local-path-provisioner v0.0.34 to v0.0.35

Fixed

• Patch kube-vip to retry exponentially on transient 403/401 errors (#5257)
• Patch Tinkerbell and Rufio to use a BMCLib forks with fixes for Idrac 10 (#5248)
• Add a patch to bump bmclib to include virtual media mount fix (#5222)

Planned updates to supported kubernetes versions

• Kubernetes 1.32 reaches end of standard support on April 30, 2026
  • Extended support continues until April 30, 2027 for clusters with valid license tokens
  • Clusters will continue to function but will not receive CVE patches or bug fixes after standard support ends
• Kubernetes 1.29 reaches end of extended support on April 30, 2026
  • No further patches will be available after this date
  • Existing clusters will continue to function but upgrading is strongly recommended

For complete version support details, see the [Kubernetes version support table]({{< relref "../concepts/support-versions#kubernetes-versions" >}}).

Supported OS version details

* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. * RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:

  • v1-33-eks-22
  • v1-32-eks-32
  • v1-31-eks-39
  • v1-30-eks-50
  • v1-29-eks-57

• cilium v1.17.10 to v1.17.12

• kube-vip v1.0.2 to v1.0.4

• cert-manager v1.18.3 to v1.18.5

• fluxcd/flux2 v2.7.0 to v2.7.5

• fluxcd/notification-controller v1.7.1 to v1.7.5

• fluxcd/helm-controller v1.4.0 to v1.4.5

• fluxcd/kustomize-controller v1.7.0 to v1.7.3

• fluxcd/source-controller v1.7.0 to v1.7.4

• replicatedhq/troubleshoot v0.123.12 to v0.123.17

• rancher/local-path-provisioner v0.0.32 to v0.0.34

Fixed

• Fixed bottlerocket hostOSConfiguration values getting lost during upgrade to EKS-A v0.24 from previous minor versions (5103)
• Improved garbage collection of cluster resources for Nutanix provider (10494)
• Fixed Snow provider support for k8s 1.34 by migrating containerd configuration to v2 format (#10491)

Supported OS version details

* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Bug Fixes

• Use cluster spec for worker maxSurge validation instead of generated CAPI object (#10465)
• Remove older etcd machines after new etcd machines are rolled out (#5055)
• Fix containerd socket race condition in kind node image build (#5063)

Other Changes

• Docs for newly released package versions (#10454)
• Improve ADOT and IRSA docs: automate RBAC, dedicated ServiceAccounts (#10458)
• Update documentation: CAPI cluster pause/resume behavior during management cluster upgrades (#10470)

Supported OS version details

* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-34-eks-12
  • v1-33-eks-21
  • v1-32-eks-31
  • v1-31-eks-38
  • v1-30-eks-49
  • v1-29-eks-56
  • v1-28-eks-66
• New EKS-Distro base images with CVE fixes for Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023
• Cilium: v1.17.8-0 to v1.17.10-0
• Kube-vip: v1.0.0 to v1.0.2
• cloud-provider-nutanix: v0.5.2 to v0.5.5
• cloud-provider-vsphere 1-33: v1.33.0 to v1.33.1
• cloud-provider-vsphere 1-32: v1.32.2 to v1.32.3
• cluster-api-provider-aws-snow v0.2.7 to v0.2.8
• Cert-manager: v1.18.2 to v1.18.3
• cluster-api-provider-nutanix: v1.6.1 to v1.6.2
• Rufio: 55a6a8c to 126069b950a57d571df90dfec7cd98e6d64692be

Fixed

• Update custom TinkerbellTemplateConfig to use new static IPAM logic (#10340)
• Set DHCP relay sourceInterface from LoadBalancerInterface config (#10424)
• Eliminate race condition in package ctlr installation (#10433)

Supported OS version details

* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Added

• Enable second network interface configuration for VSphere (Bottlerocket) (#4972,#4998,#10373)
• Add support for skipping BMC contact checks for specific Rufio Machines (#10362,#10366)
• Allow user to specify ssh_timeout and ssh_handshake_attempts in image-builder CLI (#4975)
• Support Ubuntu24.04 on Nutanix

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-34-eks-10
  • v1-33-eks-19
  • v1-32-eks-29
  • v1-31-eks-36
  • v1-30-eks-47
  • v1-29-eks-54
  • v1-28-eks-65
• Troubleshoot: v0.122.0 to v0.123.12

Fixed

• Fix Bottlerocket cert renewal: Add 30s sleep and duplicate container (#10360)

Supported OS version details

* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Added

• Support for Kubernetes v1.34
• Enable second network interface configuration for VSphere (Ubuntu, Redhat) #10211
• Configure Audit Policy content for Control Plane nodes #10004
• Add support for protection of system resources from admission webhooks #10179
• Add support for First-party Supported Cilium CNI #10157, #10256, #10158
• Add Cilium helmValues feature support to configure cilium parameters #10161, #10222
• Add diagnostic address flag to eksa controller, etcdadm-bootstrap-provider and etcdadm-controller to support secure serving of metrics, pprof endpoint, and dynamic log level changes in production #10282, #49, #73
• VSphere image clone builder #4784
• Support addition or removal of aws iam authentication using cluster upgrade #9897
• Enable support for in-place upgrades on RedHat for Bare Metal clusters #10290
• Allow toggling Cilium skipUpgrade from true to false #10231
• EKS Distro:
  • v1-34-eks-8
  • v1-33-eks-17
  • v1-32-eks-27
  • v1-31-eks-34
  • v1-30-eks-45
  • v1-29-eks-52
  • v1-28-eks-63
• Containerd: v2.1.4 for Kubernetes 1.34
• Autoscaler: cluster-autoscaler-1.34.1 for Kubernetes 1.34

Changed

• Cluster-api (CAPI): v1.10.2 to v1.11.1
• Runc: v1.1.15 to 1.3.3 (CVE-2025-31133, CVE-2025-52565, CVE-2025-52881)
• Cert-manager: v1.17.2 to v1.18.2
• kube-rbac-proxy: v0.19.1 to v0.20.0
• Cri-tools: v1.33.0 to v1.34.0
• Govmomi: v0.51.0 to v0.52.0
• Flux:
  • Cli: v2.6.4 to v2.7.0
  • Source Controller: v1.6.2 to v1.7.0
  • Helm Controller: v1.3.0 to v1.4.0
  • Kustomize Controller: v1.6.1 to v1.7.0
  • Notification Controller: v1.6.0 to v1.7.1
• Troubleshoot: v0.121.2 to v0.122.0
• Image builder CLI: v0.6.0 to 0.7.0
• Kube-vip: v0.9.2 to v1.0.0
• etcdadm-controller: v1.0.24 to v1.0.26
• etcdadm-bootstrap-provider: v1.0.16 to v1.0.18
• controller-runtime: v0.20.4 to v0.21.0

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-33-eks-22
  • v1-32-eks-32
  • v1-31-eks-39
  • v1-30-eks-50
  • v1-29-eks-57
• containerd v1.7.28 to v1.7.30
• rancher/local-path-provisioner v0.0.32 to v0.0.34

Fixed

• Ensure maxSurge value updates in Tinkerbell machine configurations are properly applied during ongoing cluster upgrades instead of using stale values (#10466)

Supported OS version details

* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-33-eks-21
  • v1-32-eks-31
  • v1-31-eks-38
  • v1-30-eks-49
  • v1-29-eks-56
  • v1-28-eks-66
• New EKS-Distro base images with CVE fixes for Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023
• cloud-provider-nutanix v0.5.3 to v0.5.5
• cluster-api-provider-aws-snow v0.2.7 to v0.2.8
• eks-anywhere-packages: v0.4.8 to v0.4.9

Added

• Add support for skipping BMC contact checks for specific Rufio Machines #10368

Fixed

• Set DHCP relay sourceInterface from LoadBalancerInterface config (#10425)
• Eliminate race condition in package ctlr installation (#10434)
• Fix Bottlerocket cert renewal: Add 30s sleep and duplicate container (#10435)

Supported OS version details

* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• Runc: v1.1.15 to 1.3.3 (CVE-2025-31133, CVE-2025-52565, CVE-2025-52881)
• cloud-provider-nutanix v0.5.2 to v0.5.3
• cluster-api-provider-nutanix v1.6.1 to v1.6.2
• cloud-provider-vsphere 1-33 v1.33.0 to v1.33.1
• cloud-provider-vsphere 1-32 v1.32.2 to v1.32.3
• cluster-api-provider-aws-snow v0.2.6 to v0.2.7
• Upgraded tinkerbell/ipxedust and tinkerbell/rufio to latest versions

Added

• Enable support for in-place upgrades on RedHat for Bare Metal clusters #10290

Fixed

• Collect management cluster support bundle as well when target is a workload cluster #10277

Supported OS version details

* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:

  • v1-33-eks-16
  • v1-32-eks-26
  • v1-31-eks-33
  • v1-30-eks-44
  • v1-29-eks-51
  • v1-28-eks-62

• Upgraded Hook Os Linux Kernel version from 5.5.y to 6.6.y

Added

• Configure static IPAM through Tinkerbell templates for Ubuntu and Redhat (#10163)

Fixed

• Fix Hook OS iso image booting in blind mode (#4879)
• Remove DHCP info accessed during Tinkerbell Workflows (#4887)

Supported OS version details

* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:

  • v1-33-eks-12
  • v1-32-eks-22
  • v1-31-eks-29
  • v1-30-eks-40
  • v1-29-eks-47
  • v1-28-eks-58

• cluster-api-provider-aws-snow: v0.2.1 to v0.2.6

Added

• Support configuring builder vm disk_size for building raw images using image-builder (#4841)
• Support configuring os minor version for redhat images using image-builder (#4844)

Fixed

• Apply hardware CSV entries during workload cluster upgrades (#10103)

Supported OS version details

* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Changed

• EKS Distro:

  • v1-33-eks-11
  • v1-32-eks-21
  • v1-31-eks-28
  • v1-30-eks-39
  • v1-29-eks-46
  • v1-28-eks-57

• New EKS-Distro base images with CVE fixes for Amazon Linux 2

• eks-anywhere-packages: v0.4.6 to v0.4.8

• cert-manager: v1.17.2 to v1.17.4

• containerd: v1.7.27 to v1.7.28

Fixed

• Pull tink-worker and action images into hook-os at build time (#10032)
• Honour bundles override flag while installing package controller using helm chart (#10010)

Supported OS version details

* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Added

• Add certificate renewal command for control-plane and external etcd components for Ubuntu, Rhel and Bottlerocket OS (#9781,#9782)
• Enable control plane tolerations for Tinkerbell stack components (#9972, #4748)
• Support external CNI (#9956)

Changed

• EKS Distro:

  • v1-33-eks-8
  • v1-32-eks-18
  • v1-31-eks-25
  • v1-30-eks-36
  • v1-29-eks-43
  • v1-28-eks-54

• Cluster API Provider Cloudstack: v0.6.0 to v0.6.1

• local-path-provisioner: v0.0.31 to v0.0.32

• etcdadm-bootstrap-provider: v1.0.15 to v1.0.16

• cloud-provider-nutanix: v0.5.0 to v0.5.2

Fixed

• Fix workload cluster aws.kubeconfig file (#9905)

Supported OS version details

Added

• Support for monitoring certificate expiration for external etcd and control plane (https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-certs/#certificate-expiration) machines through the EKS Anywhere cluster status field. This helps track certificates that have a default validity period of one year.(#9854)
• Support for CAPI diagnostics feature in CAPI, CAPX, CAPV, CAPC, CAPX controller pod

Changed

• Added EKS-D for 1-33::
  • v1-33-eks-5
• Cert-manager: v1.16.5 to v1.17.2
• Cluster API: v1.9.6 to v1.10.2
• Cluster API Provider Cloudstack: v0.5.0 to v0.6.0
• Cluster API Provider Nutanix: v1.5.4 to v1.6.1
• Cluster API Provider Tinkerbell: v0.6.4 to v0.6.5
• Cluster API Provider vSphere: v1.12.0 to v1.13.0
• Controller-runtime: v0.16.5 to v0.20.4
• Kube-rbac-proxy: v0.19.0 to v0.19.1
• Cri-tools: v1.32.0 to v1.33.0
• Flux:
  • Cli: v2.5.1 to v2.6.0
  • Helm Controller: v1.2.0 to v1.3.0
  • Kustomize Controller: v1.5.1 to v1.6.0
  • Notification Controller: v1.5.0 to v1.6.0
  • Source Controller: v1.5.0 to v1.6.0
• Govmomi: v0.48.1 to v0.50.0
• Image builder: v0.1.42 to v0.1.44
• Kind: v0.26.0 to v0.29.0
• Kube-vip: v0.8.10 to v0.9.1
• Troubleshoot: v0.117.0 to v0.119.0

Removed

• With CAPI diagnostics enabled, removed the redundant kube-rbac-proxy metrics server from the CloudStack provider controller.
• Removed vSphere failure domain feature gate VSPHERE_FAILURE_DOMAIN_ENABLED which gradated to GA in this version(#9827)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-32-eks-21
  • v1-31-eks-28
  • v1-30-eks-39
  • v1-29-eks-46
  • v1-28-eks-57
• Containerd: v1.7.27 to v1.7.28
• cloud-provider-nutanix: v0.5.0 to v0.5.2
• local-path-provisioner: v0.0.31 to v0.0.32

Fixed

• Apply hardware CSV entries during workload cluster upgrades (#10103)
• Pull locally embedded tink-worker image (#10031)
• Enable control plane tolerations for Tinkerbell stack components (#9971)
• Generate kubeconfig file for workload cluster with aws iam authentication (#9905)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-32-eks-17
  • v1-31-eks-24
  • v1-30-eks-35
  • v1-29-eks-42
  • v1-28-eks-53
• Cluster API Provider Vsphere: v1.12.0 to v1.12.1

Fixed

• Fix filesystem permission errors caused by cexec action in custom Tinkerbell template (#4699)
• Update corefile-migration patch to support CoreDNS v1.12.1 (#4714)
• More robust iPXE script with interface checks, retries, VLAN fallback (#4733)
• For baremtal upgrades, apply hardware objects after updating the schema (#9880)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-32-eks-15
  • v1-31-eks-22
  • v1-30-eks-33
  • v1-29-eks-40
  • v1-28-eks-51
• Cert-manager: v1.16.4 to v1.16.5
• Cluster API Provider Nutanix: v1.5.3 to v1.5.4
• Cluster API Provider Tinkerbell: v0.6.4 to v0.6.5
• Cilium: v1.15.14-eksa.1 to v1.15.16-eksa.1
• Kube-rbac-proxy: v0.19.0 to v0.19.1

Fixed

• Tinkerbell workflow updates running into Rate limit issues during concurrent provisioning (#4616)
• Some Tinkerbell workflows getting stuck at STATE_PENDING (#4616)
• Honor the --no-timeouts flag during BMC checks (#9786)
• Improve latency for BMC interactions (#9791)
• Add retries around mount action to address race conditions in device becoming available (#4639)
• Validate Eks-distro manifest signature for extended kubernetes version support (#9801)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-32-eks-13
  • v1-31-eks-20
  • v1-30-eks-31
  • v1-29-eks-38
  • v1-28-eks-49
• kube-vip: v0.8.9 to v0.8.10
• New base images with CVE fixes for Amazon Linux 2

Fixed

• Assign multiple vcenter tags to a machine (#9707)
• Fix an issue when creating vSphere group via EKS-A CLI (#9458)
• Expose CLI flag on Smee to bind interface (#9720)
• VSphere failure domain delete cluster bug fix (#9711)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-32-eks-11
  • v1-31-eks-18
  • v1-30-eks-29
  • v1-29-eks-36
  • v1-28-eks-47
• New base images with CVE fixes for Amazon Linux 2

Fixed

• Fix bundles override flag issue for upgrade cluster command (#9672)
• Address vulnerability GO-2025-3595 in golang.org/x/net package v0.37.0 (#9668)

Supported OS version details

Added

• Add support for specifying vm_version in the image builder config (#4510)

Fixed

• Skip bundle signature validation for EKS-A versions prior to v0.22.0 (#9587)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-32-eks-10
  • v1-31-eks-17
  • v1-30-eks-28
  • v1-29-eks-35
  • v1-28-eks-46
• Helm: v3.17.1 to v3.16.4
• Rufio: v0.6.4 to v0.6.5
• Cilium: v1.15.13-eksa.2 to v1.15.14-eksa.1
• Curated package controller: v0.4.5 to v0.4.6
• Capas: v0.2.0 to v0.2.1
• Containerd: v1.7.26 to v1.7.27

Added

• Support for RHEL 9 for vSphere provider

Fixed

• Fix airgapped proxy enviroment issue with the new Helm version v3.17.1 by downgrading helm to v3.16.4 (#4497)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-31-eks-15
  • v1-30-eks-26
  • v1-29-eks-33
  • v1-28-eks-44
• Golang: 1.21 to 1.23 (#9312)
• CAPAS: v0.1.30 to v0.2.0

Fixed

• Address vulnerability GO-2025-3503 in golang.org/x/net package v0.33.0 (#9405)
• Fixing cilium routingMode parameters in helm configuration (#9401)
• Update RHEL OS version validation from image builder (#4423)
• Update Bottlerocket host containers source extraction logic (#4400)

Supported OS version details

* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.

Added

• Support for Kubernetes v1.32
• Extended support for Kubernetes versions (#6793, #4174, #9112, #9115, #9150, #9209, #9218, #9222, #9225)
• Support for deploying EKS-A clusters across vSphere Failure Domains. Available behind feature flag VSPHERE_FAILURE_DOMAIN_ENABLED (#9239)
• Enable hardware Provisioning through ISO booting for baremetal Provider (#9213). Provides an alternative for customers who do not have L2 connectivity between management and workload clusters as this feature removes the dependency on DHCP for bare metal deployments.

Changed

• Added EKS-D for 1-32:
  • v1-32-eks-6
• Cert Manager: v1.15.3 to v1.16.3
• Cilium: v1.14.12 to v1.15.13
• Cluster API: v1.8.3 to v1.9.4
• Cluster API Provider Nutanix: v1.4.0 to v1.5.3
• Cluster API Provider Tinkerbell: v0.5.3 to v0.6.4
• Cluster API Provider vSphere: v1.11.2 to v1.12.0
• Cri-tools: v1.31.1 to v1.32.0
• Flux: v2.4.0 to v2.5.0
• Govmomi: v0.44.1 to v0.48.1
• Helm: v3.16.4 to v3.17.1
• Image builder: v0.1.40 to v0.1.41
• Kind: v0.24.0 to v0.26.0
• Kube-vip: v0.8.0 to v0.8.9
• Tinkerbell Stack:
  • Rufio: v0.4.1 to v0.6.4
  • Hegel: v0.12.0 to v0.14.2
  • Hook: v0.9.1 to v0.10.0
• Troubleshoot: v0.107.4 to v0.117.0

Removed

• Support for Kubernetes v1.27

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-31-eks-20
  • v1-30-eks-31
  • v1-29-eks-38
  • v1-28-eks-49
• Golang: 1.21 to 1.23 (#9382)
• Image builder: v0.1.40 to v0.1.42
• Curated package controller: v0.4.5 to v0.4.6
• Containerd: v1.7.25 to v1.7.27

Fixed

• Assign multiple vcenter tags to a machine (#9707)
• Fix an issue when creating vSphere group via EKS-A CLI (#9458)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-31-eks-14
  • v1-30-eks-25
  • v1-29-eks-32
  • v1-28-eks-43
• Cilium: v1.14.12-eksa.2 to v1.14.12-eksa.3
• cluster-api-provider-aws-snow: v0.1.27 to v0.1.30
• New base images with CVE fixes for Amazon Linux 2

Fixed

• Update cilium 1.14 to fix issue with hostport functionality (#4330)
• Add namespace to external etcd ref (#9252)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-31-eks-13
  • v1-30-eks-24
  • v1-29-eks-31
  • v1-28-eks-42
• local-path-provisioner: v0.0.30 to v0.0.31
• New base images with CVE fixes for Amazon Linux 2

Fixed

• Update corefile-migration patch to support CoreDNS v1.11.4 (#4285)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-31-eks-11
  • v1-30-eks-22
  • v1-29-eks-29
  • v1-28-eks-40
• Cert Manager: v1.15.3 to v1.15.5
• containerd: v1.7.23 to v1.7.25
• kube-vip: v0.8.7 to v0.8.9
• linuxkit: v1.5.2 to v1.5.3
• hook: v0.9.1 to v0.9.2
• New base images with CVE fixes for Amazon Linux 2

Fixed

• Ensure Kubernetes version is always parsed as string (#9188)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-31-eks-10
  • v1-30-eks-21
  • v1-29-eks-28
  • v1-28-eks-39

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-31-eks-9
  • v1-30-eks-20
  • v1-29-eks-27
  • v1-28-eks-38
• Helm: v3.16.3 to v3.16.4
• Metallb: v0.14.8 to v0.14.9
• New base images with CVE fixes for Amazon Linux 2

Fixed

• Add kube-vip and optional list of ip addresses to CCM node ip addresses ignore list for Nutanix Provider. (#9072)

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Upgraded

• Bumped EKS-D:
  • v1-31-eks-8
  • v1-30-eks-19
  • v1-29-eks-26
  • v1-28-eks-37
• Kube-rbac-proxy: v0.18.1 to v0.18.2
• Kube-vip: v0.8.6 to v0.8.7

Fixed

• Fix iam kubeconfig generation in workload clusters #9048
• Update collectors for curated packages namespaces #9044
• Fixed redhat image builds for ansible version v10.0.0 and up #4109

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Upgraded

• Bumped EKS-D:
  • v1-31-eks-7
  • v1-30-eks-18
  • v1-29-eks-25
  • v1-28-eks-36
• Cluster API Provider vSphere: v1.11.2 to v1.11.3
• Govmomi: v0.44.1 to v0.46.1
• Helm: v3.16.2 to v3.16.3
• Troubleshoot: v0.107.4 to v0.107.5

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Added

• Support for Kubernetes v1.31
• Support for configuring tinkerbell stack load balancer interface in cluster spec (#8805)
• GPU support for Nutanix provider (#8745)
• Support for worker nodes failure domains on Nutanix (#8837)

Upgraded

• Added EKS-D for 1-31:
  • v1-31-eks-6
• Cert Manager: v1.14.7 to v1.15.3
• Cilium: v1.13.20 to v1.14.12
• Cluster API: v1.7.2 to v1.8.3
• Cluster API Provider CloudStack: v0.4.10-rc.1 to v0.5.0
• Cluster API Provider Nutanix: v1.3.5 to v1.4.0
• Cluster API Provider vSphere: v1.10.4 to v1.11.2
• Cri-tools: v1.30.1 to v1.31.1
• Flux: v2.3.0 to v2.4.0
• Govmomi: v0.37.3 to v0.44.1
• Kind: v0.23.0 to v0.24.0
• Kube-vip: v0.7.0 to v0.8.0
• Tinkerbell Stack:
  • Rufio: v0.3.3 to v0.4.1
  • Hook: v0.8.1 to v0.9.1
• Troubleshoot: v0.93.2 to v0.107.4

Changed

• Use HookOS embedded images in Tinkerbell Templates by default (#8708 and #3471)

Removed

• Support for Kubernetes v1.26

Supported OS version details

Upgraded

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-28-eks-38 to v1-28-eks-40
  • v1-29-eks-27 to v1-29-eks-29
  • v1-30-eks-20 to v1-30-eks-22
• eks-anywhere-packages: v0.4.4 to v0.4.5
• image-builder: v0.1.39 to v0.1.40
• containerd: v1.7.23 to v1.7.24

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-28-eks-35 to v1-28-eks-38
  • v1-29-eks-24 to v1-29-eks-27
  • v1-30-eks-17 to v1-30-eks-20
• cloud-provider-nutanix: v0.3.2 to v0.4.1
• kube-rbac-proxy: v0.18.1 to v0.18.2
• kube-vip: v0.8.6 to v0.8.7

Fixed

• Add retries for transient error server doesn't have a Resource type errors after clusterctl move. (#9065)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• cilium: v1.13.20-eksa.1 to v1.13.21-eksa.5
• cloud-provider-vsphere
  • v1.29.1 to v1.29.2
  • v1.30.1 to v1.30.2
• EKS Distro:
  • v1-28-eks-34 to v1-28-eks-35
  • v1-29-eks-23 to v1-29-eks-24
  • v1-30-eks-16 to v1-30-eks-17
• cluster-api-provider-vsphere(CAPV): v1.10.3 to v1.10.4
• etcdadm-bootstrap-provider: v1.0.14 to v1.0.15
• kube-vip: v0.8.4 to v0.8.6

Fixed

• Release init-lock when the owner machine fails to launch. (#41)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-28-eks-33 to v1-28-eks-34
  • v1-29-eks-22 to v1-29-eks-23
  • v1-30-eks-15 to v1-30-eks-16
• image-builder: v0.1.36 to v0.1.39
• cluster-api-provider-vsphere(CAPV): v1.10.3 to v1.10.4
• etcdadm-controller: v1.0.23 to v1.0.24
• etcdadm-bootstrap-provider: v1.0.13 to v1.0.14
• kube-vip: v0.8.3 to v0.8.4
• containerd: v1.7.22 to v1.7.23
• runc: v1.1.14 to v1.1.15
• local-path-provisioner: v0.0.29 to v0.0.30

Fixed

• Skip hardware validation logic for InPlace upgrades. #8779
• Status reconciliation of etcdadm cluster in etcdadm-controller when etcd-machines are unhealthy. #63
• Skip generating AWS IAM Kubeconfig on cluster upgrade. #8851

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-27-eks-39 to v1-27-eks-40
  • v1-28-eks-32 to v1-28-eks-33
  • v1-29-eks-21 to v1-29-eks-22
  • v1-30-eks-14 to v1-30-eks-15
• cilium: v1.13.19 to v1.13.20
• image-builder: v0.1.30 to v0.1.36
• cluster-api-provider-vsphere(CAPV): v1.10.2 to v1.10.3

Fixed

• Fixed support for efi on rhel 9 raw builds. (#3824)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-27-eks-38 to v1-27-eks-39
  • v1-28-eks-31 to v1-28-eks-32
  • v1-29-eks-20 to v1-29-eks-21
  • v1-30-eks-13 to v1-30-eks-14
• cilium: v1.13.18 to v1.13.19
• containerd v1.7.21 to v.1.7.22
• etcdadm-controller: v1.0.22 to v1.0.23
• kube-vip: v0.8.2 to v0.8.3
• Kube-rbac-proxy: v0.18.0 to v0.18.1

Added

• Enable EFI boot support on RHEL9 images for bare-meal. (#3684)

Fixed

• Status reconciliation of etcdadm cluster in etcdadm-controller when etcd-machines are unhealthy. (#63)
• Skip hardware validation logic for InPlace upgrades. ([#8779]https://github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/pull/8779))

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-27-eks-37 to v1-27-eks-38
  • v1-28-eks-30 to v1-28-eks-31
  • v1-29-eks-19 to v1-29-eks-20
  • v1-30-eks-12 to v1-30-eks-13
• Tinkerbell Stack:
  • tink v0.10.0 to v0.10.1
• runc v1.1.13 to v1.1.14
• containerd v1.7.20 to v.1.7.21
• local-path-provisioner v0.0.28 to v0.0.29

Fixed

• Rollout new nodes for OSImageURL change on spec without changing K8s version (#8656)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-27-eks-36 to v1-27-eks-37
  • v1-28-eks-29 to v1-28-eks-30
  • v1-29-eks-18 to v1-29-eks-19
  • v1-30-eks-11 to v1-30-eks-12
• EKS Anywhere Packages Controller: v0.4.3 to v0.4.4
• Helm: v3.15.3 to v3.15.4

Fixed

• Fix Kubelet Configuration apply when host OS config is specified. (#8606)

Supported OS version details

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-27-eks-35 to v1-27-eks-36
  • v1-28-eks-28 to v1-28-eks-29
  • v1-29-eks-17 to v1-29-eks-18
  • v1-30-eks-10 to v1-30-eks-11

Added

• Enable Tinkerbell stack to use dhcprelay instead of using smee in hostNetwork mode. (#8568)

Fixed

• Enable lb_class_only env var on kube-vip so that it only manages IP for services with LoadBalancerClass set to kube-vip.io/kube-vip-class on the service. (#8493)
• Nil pointer panic for etcdadm-controller when apiserver-etcd-client secret got deleted. (#62)

Changed

• kube-vip: v0.8.1 to v0.8.2
• cilium: v1.13.16 to v1.13.18
• cert-manager: v1.14.5 to v1.14.7
• etcdadm-controller: v1.0.21 to v1.0.22
• local-path-provisioner: v0.0.27 to v0.0.28

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-27-eks-34 to v1-27-eks-35
  • v1-28-eks-27 to v1-28-eks-28
  • v1-29-eks-16 to v1-29-eks-17
  • v1-30-eks-9 to v1-30-eks-10

Fixed

• Fix panic when datacenter obj is not found (8495)
• Fix Subnet Validation Bug for Nutanix provider (8499)
• Fix machine config panic when ref object not found (8533)

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Changed

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-26-eks-38 to v1-26-eks-39
  • v1-27-eks-32 to v1-27-eks-34
  • v1-28-eks-25 to v1-28-eks-27
  • v1-29-eks-14 to v1-29-eks-16
  • v1-30-eks-7 to v1-30-eks-9

Fixed

• Fix cluster status reconciliation for control plane and worker nodes (8455)

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Added

• Support for Kubernetes v1.30
• Support for configuring kube-apiserver flags in cluster spec (#7755)
• Redhat 9 support for Bare Metal (#3032)
• Support for configuring kubelet settings in cluster spec (#7708)
• Support for control plane failure domains on Nutanix (#8192)

Changed

• Generate cluster config command includes OSImageURL in tinkerbell machine config objects (#8226)
• Added EKS-D for 1-30:
  • v1-30-eks-7
• Cilium: v1.13.9 to v1.13.16
• Cluster API: v1.6.1 to v1.7.2
• Cluster API Provider vSphere: v1.8.5 to v1.10.0
• Cluster API Provider Nutanix: v1.2.3 to v1.3.5
• Flux: v2.2.3 to v2.3.0
• Kube-vip: v0.7.0 to v0.8.0
• Image-builder: v0.1.24 to v0.1.26
• Kind: v0.22.0 to v0.23.0
• Etcdadm Controller: v1.0.17 to v1.0.21
• Tinkerbell Stack:
  • Cluster API Provider Tinkerbell: v0.4.0 to v0.5.3
  • Hegel: v0.10.1 to v0.12.0
  • Rufio: afd7cd82fa08dae8f9f3ffac96eb030176f3abbd to v0.3.3
  • Tink: v0.8.0 to v0.10.0
  • Boots/Smee: v0.8.1 to v0.11.0
  • Hook: 9d54933a03f2f4c06322969b06caa18702d17f66 to v0.8.1
  • Charts: v0.4.5

Note: The Boots service has been renamed to Smee by the upstream tinkerbell community with this version upgrade. Any reference to Boots or Smee in our docs refer to the same service.

Removed

• Support for Kubernetes v1.25
• Support for certain curated packages CLI commands (#8240)

Fixed

• CLI commands for packages to honor the registry mirror setup in cluster spec (#8026)

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Upgraded

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-27-eks-38 to v1-27-eks-40
  • v1-28-eks-31 to v1-28-eks-34
  • v1-29-eks-20 to v1-29-eks-23
• Image-builder: v0.1.36 to v0.1.39 (CVE-2024-9594)
• containerd: v1.7.22 to v1.7.23
• Cilium: v1.13.19 to v1.13.20
• etcdadm-controller: v1.0.23 to v1.0.24
• etcdadm-bootstrap-provider: v1.0.13 to v1.0.14
• local-path-provisioner: v0.0.29 to v0.0.30
• runc: v1.1.14 to v1.1.15

Fixed

• Skip hardware validation logic for InPlace upgrades. #8779
• Status reconciliation of etcdadm cluster in etcdadm-controller when etcd-machines are unhealthy. #63
• Skip generating AWS IAM Kubeconfig on cluster upgrade. #8851

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Upgraded

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-27-eks-36 to v1-27-eks-38
  • v1-28-eks-29 to v1-28-eks-31
  • v1-29-eks-18 to v1-29-eks-20
• EKS Anywhere Packages: v0.4.3 to v0.4.4
• Cilium: v1.13.18 to v1.13.19
• containerd: v1.7.20 to v1.7.22
• runc: v1.1.13 to v1.1.14
• local-path-provisioner: v0.0.28 to v0.0.29
• etcdadm-controller: v1.0.22 to v1.0.23
• New base images with CVE fixes for Amazon Linux 2

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Upgraded

• EKS Distro:
  • v1-25-eks-39 to v1-25-eks-40
  • v1-26-eks-35 to v1-26-eks-38
  • v1-27-eks-35 to v1-27-eks-36
  • v1-28-eks-28 to v1-28-eks-29
  • v1-29-eks-17 to v1-29-eks-18

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Upgraded

• Kube-rbac-proxy: v0.16.0 to v0.16.1

• Containerd: v1.7.13 to v1.7.20

• Kube VIP: v0.7.0 to v0.7.2

• Helm: v3.14.3 to v3.14.4

• Cluster API Provider vSphere: v1.8.5 to v1.8.10

• Runc: v1.1.12 to v1.1.13

• EKS Distro:

  • v1-26-eks-38 to v1-26-eks-39
  • v1-27-eks-32 to v1-27-eks-35
  • v1-28-eks-25 to v1-28-eks-28
  • v1-29-eks-14 to v1-29-eks-17

Changed

• Added additional validation before marking controlPlane and workers ready #8455

Fixed

• Fix panic when datacenter obj is not found #8494

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Upgraded

• Cluster API Provider Nutanix: v1.3.3 to v1.3.5
• Image Builder: v0.1.24 to v0.1.26
• EKS Distro:
  • v1-25-eks-39 to v1-25-eks-40
  • v1-26-eks-35 to v1-26-eks-38
  • v1-27-eks-29 to v1-27-eks-32
  • v1-28-eks-22 to v1-28-eks-25
  • v1-29-eks-11 to v1-29-eks-14

Changed

• Updated cluster status reconciliation logic for worker node groups with autoscaling configuration #8254
• Added logic to apply new hardware on baremetal cluster upgrades #8288

Fixed

• Fixed bug when installer does not create CCM secret for Nutanix workload cluster #8191
• Fixed upgrade workflow for registry mirror certificates in EKS Anywhere packages #7114

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Changed

• Backporting dependency bumps to fix vulnerabilities #8118
• Upgraded EKS-D:
  • v1-25-eks-37 to v1-25-eks-39
  • v1-26-eks-33 to v1-26-eks-35
  • v1-27-eks-27 to v1-27-eks-29
  • v1-28-eks-20 to v1-28-eks-22
  • v1-29-eks-9 to v1-29-eks-11

Fixed

• Fixed cluster directory being created with root ownership #8120

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Changed

• Upgraded EKS-Anywhere Packages from v0.4.2 to v0.4.3

Fixed

• Fixed registry mirror with authentication for EKS Anywhere packages

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Changed

• Support Docs site for penultime EKS-A version #8010
• Update Ubuntu 22.04 ISO URLs to latest stable release #3114
• Upgraded EKS-D:
  • v1-25-eks-35 to v1-25-eks-37
  • v1-26-eks-31 to v1-26-eks-33
  • v1-27-eks-25 to v1-27-eks-27
  • v1-28-eks-18 to v1-28-eks-20
  • v1-29-eks-7 to v1-29-eks-9

Fixed

• Added processor for Tinkerbell Template Config #7816
• Added nil check for eksa-version when setting etcd url #8018
• Fixed registry mirror secret credentials set to empty #7933

Supported OS version details

* EKS Anywhere issue regarding deprecation of Bottlerocket bare metal variants

Changed

• Updated helm to v3.14.3 #3050

Fixed

• Bumped golang.org/x/net that has a fix for vulnerability GO-2024-2687
• Fixed proxy configurations for airgapped environments #7913