Azure Kubernetes Service Changelog

Release 2023-01-29

Monitor the release status by regions at AKS-Release-Tracker.

Starting with Kubernetes 1.26:
- HostProcess Containers will be GA
- Some AKS labels will be deprecated. Update your AKS labels to the recommended substitutions. See more information on label deprecations and how to update your labels in the Use labels in an AKS cluster documentation.
AKS began pod security policy deprecation on 2022-11-01 API. The pod security policy will be removed completely on 2023-06-01 API with AKS 1.25 version or higher. You can migrate pod security policy to pod security admission controller before the deprecation deadline.
Azure Policy will be updated to GateKeeper 3.11 on Feb 20th for AKS 1.24 and up.
Workload Identity: Application pods using workload identity will need the following label added azure.workload.identity/use starting with the 2023-01-29 release. Add the label to your running pods/deployments to avoid pods from failing at restart. See more here.

Features
- New k8s patch versions for 1.23: Added 1.23.15, removed 1.23.8
- HTTP Proxy now allows updating the "No Proxy" configuration after cluster deployment using aks update.
Preview Feature
- Azure CNI Overlay now available in uksouth, australiaeast
Component Updates
Container Insights addon upgraded to ciprod01182023.
Azure NPM addon upgraded to v1.4.32 in SOV Clouds.
AKS Ubuntu 18.04 image has been updated to AKSUbuntu-1804-2023.01.25.
AKS Ubuntu 22.04 image has been updated to AKSUbuntu-2204-2023.01.25.
AKS Mariner image has been updated to AKSMariner-2023.01.25.