Kubernetes 1.34

Current patch release: 1.34.5

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End of life in 239 days (October 27, 2026). Plan your upgrade now.

Released

August 27, 2025

Active Support

August 27, 2026

End of Life

October 27, 2026

Latest Patch

1.34.5 (February 26, 2026)

About Kubernetes 1.34

Kubernetes 1.34 focused on stability and developer experience improvements, with several features graduating from beta to GA and enhancements to cluster autoscaling.

Key Changes in Kubernetes 1.34

Breaking Changes

Kubernetes 1.34 is currently under active support, released on August 27, 2025. It receives regular bug fixes, security patches, and may still get minor feature additions. The latest patch release is 1.34.5 (February 26, 2026).

Lifecycle Progress

Released: Aug 2025 EOL: Oct 2026

44% through its lifecycle. 239 days remaining.

Previous Version

Kubernetes 1.33

Active
Next Version

Kubernetes 1.35

Active

All Kubernetes Versions

Version Released EOL Latest Status
1.35 December 17, 2025 February 28, 2027 1.35.2 Active
1.34 (current page) August 27, 2025 October 27, 2026 1.34.5 Active
1.33 April 23, 2025 June 28, 2026 1.33.9 Active
1.32 December 11, 2024 February 28, 2026 1.32.13 End of Life
1.31 August 13, 2024 October 28, 2025 1.31.14 End of Life
1.30 April 17, 2024 June 28, 2025 1.30.14 End of Life
1.29 December 13, 2023 February 28, 2025 1.29.15 End of Life
1.28 August 15, 2023 October 28, 2024 1.28.15 End of Life
1.27 April 11, 2023 June 28, 2024 1.27.16 End of Life
1.26 December 8, 2022 February 28, 2024 1.26.15 End of Life
1.25 August 23, 2022 October 27, 2023 1.25.16 End of Life
1.24 May 3, 2022 July 28, 2023 1.24.17 End of Life
1.23 December 7, 2021 February 28, 2023 1.23.17 End of Life
1.22 August 4, 2021 October 28, 2022 1.22.17 End of Life
1.21 April 8, 2021 June 28, 2022 1.21.14 End of Life
1.20 December 8, 2020 February 28, 2022 1.20.15 End of Life
1.19 August 26, 2020 October 28, 2021 1.19.16 End of Life
1.18 March 25, 2020 June 18, 2021 1.18.20 End of Life
1.17 December 7, 2019 December 25, 2020 1.17.17 End of Life
1.16 September 18, 2019 August 4, 2020 1.16.15 End of Life

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Kubernetes 1.34 released?
Kubernetes 1.34 was released on August 27, 2025.
When does Kubernetes 1.34 reach end of life?
Kubernetes 1.34 is scheduled to reach end of life on October 27, 2026.
What is the latest patch version of Kubernetes 1.34?
The latest patch release is 1.34.5, released on February 26, 2026.

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