This is the first beta release of the kOps 1.32 series, which adds support for kubernetes 1.32.

kOps 1.32 is planned as a small release without significant additional features beyond updated support for kubernetes 1.32 and associated ecosystem updates. Significant kOps features will instead target kOps 1.33.

Changes of note

• Kubernetes minor version upgrades to 1.31 or later should be performed using the kops reconcile cluster command.

Kubernetes 1.31 introduced stricter checks around the version-skew policy. While kOps has always followed the version-skew policy, there was an edge case: nodes that were added by an autoscaler during a rolling-update would not always follow the version-skew policy. We recommend trying the new kops reconcile command, see docs/tutorial/upgrading-kubernetes.md for more details.
The kops reconcile functionality was introduced in kOps 1.32.

What's Changed

• build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 5.1.0 to 5.2.0 by @dependabot in #17139
• chore(channels): update alpha k8s and ubuntu ami versions by @moshevayner in #17136
• Temporarily skip failing cilium test to unblock PRs by @rifelpet in #17140
• Only set NTH ManagedASGTag label if it doesn't already exist by @rifelpet in #17141
• Dump ip routes as job artifacts by @rifelpet in #17149
• Update calico to 3.29.1 by @rifelpet in #17148
• chore(channels): promote alpha to stable (k8s and ubuntu ami versions) by @moshevayner in #17150
• s3 vfs: fix delete all versions to handle errors by @justinsb in #17151
• chore: add context to rolling update functions by @justinsb in #17153
• chore: refactor factory to accept a cluster by @justinsb in #17154
• Add assets Runc 1.2 by @ameukam in #17156
• Update etcd to v3.5.17 by @hakman in #17160
• chore(networking): bump aws-vpc-cni version to 1.19.2 by @moshevayner in #17163
• Only configure STS region for Route 53 when we obtain it using IDMS by @jValdron in #17161
• Install CNI network plugins only for specific CNIs by @hakman in #17162
• Remove support for K8s 1.26 in kOps 1.32 by @hakman in #17167
• chore: generate kubeconfig on the fly by @justinsb in #17155
• Update Cilium to v1.16.5 by @hakman in #17170
• Skip test `Services should implement NodePort and HealthCheckNodePort… by @hakman in #17172
• Adding VolumeType for Azure for etcdMembers by @ajgupta42 in #17171
• Propagate IG NodeLabels to k8s nodes in Hetzner by @rifelpet in #16739
• Update containerd to v1.7.24 by @hakman in #17178
• Bump alpha channel with Dec 24 K8s releases by @hakman in #17181
• Update Go to v1.23.4 by @hakman in #17184
• fix the random order of block_device_mappings render by @AldoFusterTurpin in #17180
• Add kindnet network plugin by @aojea in #17158
• aws: Update EBS CSI driver to v1.38.1 by @hakman in #17193
• Use SDK's built-in resolver for S3Path.GetHTTPsUrl by @rifelpet in #17183
• Add IPv6 support for kindnet by @hakman in #17190
• Fix aws cli command for discovering 24.04 AMIs by @rifelpet in #17196
• chore: Promote alpha channel to stable by @hakman in #17197
• Use the same port for hubble-metrics that is used by cilium by @kforsthoevel in #17177
• Refactor validation logic around checking for multiple options by @justinsb in #17187
• Update containerd to v1.7.25 by @hakman in #17200
• Use Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) as the default distro for K8s 1.32+ by @hakman in #17203
• kindnet: use commands instead of args for the container image by @aojea in #17204
• delete cluster: avoid logspam on GCE "resource in use" error by @justinsb in #17211
• toolbox dump: include full instance details on GCE by @justinsb in #17212
• reconcile: wait for apiserver to response before trying rolling-update by @justinsb in #17208
• bump kindnet default version to 1.8.2 by @aojea in #17210
• reconcile: if --yes is not provided, print the same output as update cluster does by @justinsb in #17214
• fix kindnet permissions by @aojea in #17213
• kindnet: Support IP aliases with kindnet on gce by @justinsb in #17206
• gce: Update scale test scenario by @hakman in #17209
• Kindnet requires cluster to provide ipam via the node.spec.podcidr by @aojea in #17215
• chore(channels): update alpha k8s and ubuntu ami versions by @moshevayner in #17216
• Support strong-typing for --target values by @justinsb in #16978
• tests: use reconcile command for kOps 1.31+ by @justinsb in #17152
• Update Go to v1.23.5 by @hakman in #17217
• e2e: add kops validate step to metal test by @justinsb in #16943
• Remove reconcile flag from kops update by @justinsb in #17220
• chore(channels): promote alpha to stable by @moshevayner in #17232
• Add docs for the new kops reconcile cluster command by @rifelpet in #17191
• Promote Ubuntu 24.04 to stable in Kops 1.31 by @rifelpet in #17192
• Add more IOPS to help raft latencies by @hakuna-matatah in #17233
• Bump actions/setup-go from 5.2.0 to 5.3.0 by @dependabot in #17236
• docs: update release note for 1.31 now that it is released by @justinsb in #17238
• docs: create placeholder docs for 1.32 and 1.33 releases by @justinsb in #17239
• Release 1.32.0-beta.1 by @justinsb in #17241

New Contributors

• @jValdron made their first contribution in #17161
• @ajgupta42 made their first contribution in #17171
• @AldoFusterTurpin made their first contribution in #17180
• @kforsthoevel made their first contribution in #17177

Full Changelog: v1.31.0-beta.1...v1.32.0-beta.1