This release updates Kubernetes to v1.37.1, and fixes a number of issues.
For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.
Changes since v1.37.0+k3s1:
- Backports for 2026-09 (#14631)
- Fix restore from compressed etcd snapshot #14528
- Enable seccomp in riscv64 builds #14529
- Use ginkgo CLI to run tests #14531
- Bump k3s-io/api to v0.2.0 #14570
- Servicelb multiple lbpools #14547
- Close minio.Object after read #14580
- Bump k3s-io/apis again #14589
- Fix --flannel-cni-conf not reaching the embedded flannel #14598
- Check-config: suppress colors when stdout is not a terminal #14595
- Fix deploy controller not re-applying manifests when mtime is pinned to the epoch #14568
- Bump etcd to v3.7.1-k3s3 for nonblocking logging support #14628
- Bump kine to v0.17.1 #14627
- Bump helm-controller (#14684)
- Bump k3s-io/kubernetes and Go references (#14695)
- Bump cadvisor to v0.60.5-k3s1 (#14698)
- Reject anonymous access to supervisor router (spegel/pprof/metrics) (#14701)
- Improve CA hash validation (#14705)
Embedded Component Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | v1.37.1 |
| Kine | v0.17.1 |
| SQLite | 3.53.4 |
| Etcd | v3.7.1-k3s3 |
| Containerd | v2.3.4-k3s1 |
| Runc | v1.4.2 |
| Flannel | v0.28.4 |
| Metrics-server | v0.9.0 |
| Traefik | v3.7.13 |
| CoreDNS | v1.14.7 |
| Helm-controller | v0.17.9 |
| Local-path-provisioner | v0.0.37 |
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