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KUBERNETES UNDEPRECATES LONG-LIVED FEATURE GATE AS API MACHINERY CLEANS HOUSE

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The core Kubernetes project reversed a nine-year deprecation on enable-logs-handler while simultaneously purging locked GA feature gates from the API machinery, signaling a shift toward pragmatism over rigid deprecation timelines.

Kubernetes revived enable-logs-handler [1], an opt-in logging feature deprecated since 1.15 that remains actively used by production installers including GKE and Zalando's Kubernetes-on-AWS. The project acknowledged that after 20+ releases without removal, the feature has achieved de facto permanence — and that NodeLogQuery, the intended replacement, offers identical functionality with identical security posture. Simultaneously, sig-api-machinery landed sweeping cleanup: removal of locked GA feature gates [2][4] and redundant declarative minimums [3][5] that were cluttering the schema. Meanwhile, kops bumped etcd to v3.5.30 and v3.6.11 [8][9][10], dropping support for the unmaintained 3.4 branch and refactoring the patch management system for faster future updates. Test infrastructure advanced with kubectl bumping ginkgo to v2.28.3 and gomega to v1.40.0 [6][7], while k8s.io image promotion pushed build and releng images across Go 1.25.10 and 1.26.3 variants [11][12][13].

Action items

References

  1. [1] undeprecate enable-logs-handler ↗ kubernetes/kubernetes
  2. [2] Merge pull request #138907 from Jefftree/remove-locked-apimachinery-feature-gates ↗ kubernetes/kubernetes
  3. [3] Drop declarative minimum that is redundant with field type ↗ kubernetes/kubernetes
  4. [4] Remove locked GA feature gate ConsistentListFromCache ↗ kubernetes/kubernetes
  5. [5] Merge pull request #138921 from liggitt/drop-redundant-dv ↗ kubernetes/kubernetes
  6. [6] Merge pull request #138888 from pohly/ginkgo-gomega-update kubernetes/kubectl ↗
  7. [7] dependencies: ginkgo v2.28.3, gomega v1.40.0 kubernetes/kubectl ↗
  8. [8] etcd-manager: Bump etcd patches and drop 3.4 support ↗ kubernetes/kops
  9. [9] Merge pull request #18290 from hakman/bump-etcd ↗ kubernetes/kops
  10. [10] etcd-manager: drop support for etcd 3.4 ↗ kubernetes/kops
  11. [11] Image promotion for build-image v1.33.0-go1.25.10-bullseye.0 / v1.34.0-go1.25.10-bullseye.0 / v1.35.0-go1.25.10-bullseye.0 / v1.36.0-go1.26.3-bullseye.0 ↗ kubernetes/k8s.io
  12. [12] Image promotion for build-image v2.4.0-go1.26.3-bookworm.0 / v2.4.0-go1.25.10-bookworm.0 ↗ kubernetes/k8s.io
  13. [13] Image promotion for releng 1.26.3-trixie-0 / 1.25.10-trixie-0 ↗ kubernetes/k8s.io

$ ls kubernetes/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review v1.38 KEPs stack up: WebSockets GA, WAS and CRI streaming to beta the month in review Kubernetes patches SSH DoS CVE as 1.38 KEPs line up
Topics: Go Infrastructure Full archive → Weekly reviews →

Quick answers

What shipped in Kubernetes on May 9, 2026?
The core Kubernetes project reversed a nine-year deprecation on enable-logs-handler while simultaneously purging locked GA feature gates from the API machinery, signaling a shift toward pragmatism over rigid deprecation timelines. In total, 65 commits and 32 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Kubernetes on May 9, 2026?
1 developer shipped this update, including hakman.
What were the notable Kubernetes updates?
undeprecate enable-logs-handler, Merge pull request #138907 from Jefftree/remove-locked-apimachinery-feature-gates, and Drop declarative minimum that is redundant with field type.
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$ log @kubernetes --recent

Watch cache streaming, kubectl kuberc fixes 59 shipped Quantity becomes a value type, HPA overflow fixed 86 shipped GCP provider learns to skip firewall rules, metis gets non-reusable CIDRs 18 shipped DRA capacity requests, in-place node resize, and weighted load balancing head to KEP review 119 shipped

$ log --all # elsewhere on the wire

@openclaw OpenClaw 2026.8.35 ships critical security fixes, Bun patches NODE_OPTIONS and worker ports Agentic Coding Codex drops the tool-namespace capability gate, Goose ships 1.53.0

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