Who contributed to Kubernetes on July 27, 2026?

10 developers shipped this update, including aryanputta, eminaktas, kubernetes-prow[bot], shurup, Daisuke-lab, kvaps, github-actions[bot], and adrianmoisey, and 2 more.

What were the notable Kubernetes updates?

vertical-pod-autoscaler-1.7.1, vertical-pod-autoscaler-chart-0.11.0, and fix(discovery): log when a configured custom resource CRD is absent.

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VERTICAL POD AUTOSCALER 1.7.1 FIXES PROMETHEUS HISTORY REGRESSION

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:56 UTC on July 27, 2026 · About Kubernetes

10 people shipped this

shurup @shurup 2 cited

aryanputta @aryanputta 1 cited

eminaktas @eminaktas 1 cited

github-actions[bot] @github-actions[bot] 1 cited

adrianmoisey @adrianmoisey 1 cited

kubernetes-prow[bot] @kubernetes-prow[bot]

Daisuke-lab @Daisuke-lab

kvaps @kvaps

gouthampacha @gouthampacha

Furkan Akman @fvrk4n

VPA's recommender was silently ignoring metric flags when querying Prometheus history, causing recommendations to restart from scratch instead of building on past data.

Vertical Pod Autoscaler 1.7.1 landed with two critical fixes for the recommender [1]. The first addresses a regression where the --history-cpu-metric and --history-memory-metric flags were ignored when using the Prometheus history provider, causing historical queries to skip the configured metric name entirely [1]. The second restores checkpoint loading to prevent recommendations from restarting from scratch [1]. Both regressions would have forced unnecessary recommendation churn in production. The chart version 0.11.0 now defaults to this release [2]. Meanwhile, kube-state-metrics gained two observability improvements: it now logs when a configured custom resource CRD is absent instead of silently generating no metrics [3], and added support for label generation on ephemeral volumes to align with upstream PVC naming conventions [4]. Documentation continues its steady refresh across multiple languages, with Portuguese-Brazilian, French, and Japanese docs migrating to the newer code_sample shortcode [5] [6].

Action items

→ Upgrade VPA to 1.7.1 immediately if using Prometheus history provider kubernetes/autoscaler [immediate]
→ Review kube-state-metrics logs for missing CRD warnings after upgrade kubernetes/kube-state-metrics [plan]
→ Verify Manila CSI plugin access rule polling on next update cycle kubernetes/cloud-provider-openstack [monitor]

References

[1] vertical-pod-autoscaler-1.7.1 ↗ kubernetes/autoscaler
[2] vertical-pod-autoscaler-chart-0.11.0 ↗ kubernetes/autoscaler
[3] fix(discovery): log when a configured custom resource CRD is absent ↗ kubernetes/kube-state-metrics
[4] feat: add support for label generation for ephemeral volumes in pod ↗ kubernetes/kube-state-metrics
[5] [pt-br] Replace codenew with code_sample shortcode ↗ kubernetes/website
[6] [fr] Replace codenew with code_sample shortcode ↗ kubernetes/website

Quick answers

What shipped in Kubernetes on July 27, 2026?: VPA's recommender was silently ignoring metric flags when querying Prometheus history, causing recommendations to restart from scratch instead of building on past data. In total, 14 commits, 12 pull requests, and 2 releases landed.
Who contributed to Kubernetes on July 27, 2026?: 10 developers shipped this update, including aryanputta, eminaktas, kubernetes-prow[bot], shurup, Daisuke-lab, kvaps, github-actions[bot], and adrianmoisey, and 2 more.
What were the notable Kubernetes updates?: vertical-pod-autoscaler-1.7.1, vertical-pod-autoscaler-chart-0.11.0, and fix(discovery): log when a configured custom resource CRD is absent.

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