Kubernetes 1.34
Current patch release: 1.34.5
End of life in 239 days (October 27, 2026). Plan your upgrade now.
August 27, 2025
August 27, 2026
October 27, 2026
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
- ●Pod disruption conditions graduated to stable for better workload reliability signaling
- ●Improved HPA (Horizontal Pod Autoscaler) with container-level resource metrics
- ●Service mesh integration improvements via Gateway API enhancements
- ●Better observability with structured logging across core components
- ●Node lifecycle improvements for graceful node shutdown
Breaking Changes
- ▲Deprecated PodSecurityPolicy fully removed (use Pod Security Admission instead)
- ▲Legacy kube-proxy userspace mode removed
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
44% through its lifecycle. 239 days remaining.
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 |
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