1.34 version information and update actions
Review information about version 1.34 of IBM Cloud® Kubernetes Service. For more information about Kubernetes project version 1.34, see the Kubernetes change log.
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a Certified Kubernetes product for version 1.34 under the CNCF Kubernetes Software Conformance Certification program. Kubernetes® is a registered trademark of The Linux Foundation in the United States and other countries, and is used pursuant to a license from The Linux Foundation.
Release timeline
The following table includes the expected release timeline for version 1.34 of IBM Cloud® Kubernetes Service. You can use this information for planning purposes, such as to estimate the general time that the version might become unsupported.
Dates that are marked with a dagger (†) are tentative and subject to change.
| Version | Supported? | Release date | Unsupported date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.34 | Yes | 20 November 2025 | 27 November 2026 † |
Preparing to update
This information summarizes updates that are likely to have an impact on deployed apps when you update a cluster to version 1.34. For a complete list of changes, review the community Kubernetes change log and IBM version change log for version 1.34. You can also review the Kubernetes helpful warnings.
Cluster autoscaler does not yet support version 1.34. Do not upgrade your cluster to version 1.34 if your cluster uses cluster autoscaler.
Portworx does not yet support version 1.34. Do not upgrade your cluster to version 1.34 if your apps use Portworx.
Update before master
The following table shows the actions that you must take before you update the Kubernetes master.
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Action Required: DRA Label Update | If you are using Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) with admin access, the label resource.k8s.io/admin-access has been renamed to resource.kubernetes.io/admin-access. Before upgrading, apply the new label resource.kubernetes.io/admin-access=true to any namespaces that currently have the old label. You can keep both labels during the upgrade and remove the old one afterwards. |
| Action Required: DRA Drivers | DRA drivers using the v1alpha3 or v1alpha4 APIs will stop working. Ensure your DRA drivers are updated to versions supporting the v1 (or v1beta1) API before upgrading the master. |
Update after master
The following table shows the actions that you must take after you update the Kubernetes master.
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
Deprecated: Deprecated MessageCountMap and CreateAggregateFromMessageCountMap from apimachinery/pkg/util/errors package. |
Use errors.Join instead. For more information, see apimachinery/pkg/util/errors |
| Deprecated: Deprecated the preferences field in kubeconfig in favor of kuberc. | No specific action required. For more information, see Separate kubectl user preferences from cluster configs |