Who contributed to Kubernetes on August 25, 2026?

11 developers shipped this update, including rifelpet, kubernetes-prow[bot], nirs, Moh0ps, Natasha Sarkar, AkihiroSuda, rthallisey, and Mario Jason Braganza, and 3 more.

What were the notable Kubernetes updates?

Remove support for Kopeio networking, Kops - Remove kopeio jobs, and fix(akamai): normalize volume labels to comply with Akamai Cloud API's length and character restrictions.

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KOPS KILLS KOPEIO

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:56 UTC on August 25, 2026 · About Kubernetes

11 people shipped this

nirs @nirs 2 cited

rifelpet @rifelpet 1 cited

hakman @hakman 1 cited

moshevayner @moshevayner 1 cited

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

Moh0ps @Moh0ps

Natasha Sarkar @natasha41575

AkihiroSuda @AkihiroSuda

rthallisey @rthallisey

Mario Jason Braganza @jasonbraganza

spowelljr @spowelljr

Kops ripped out Kopeio networking support overnight, and your test infrastructure needs to catch up.

The deprecated Kopeio CNI is officially dead in Kops [1], with maintainers citing the archived kopeio/networking repo during office hours. The merge landed alongside test-infra PRs removing the kopeio jobs [2], so clusters that still use it will break on upgrade. Before you touch anything, note the Akamai (Linode) volume label bug [3] that fails with a 400 on long cluster names; a fix normalizes labels to the API's 1 to 32 character limit. Meanwhile, minikube bumped its ISO kernel from 6.6.95 to 6.6.152 [4], using Buildroot LTS 2025.02.16 and savedefconfig rewrites so the kernel diff is purely a version change. The kops maintainers called Kopeio "deprecated and archived" [1], so migration to another CNI is non-negotiable. Also in test-infra, site-only changes in minikube will skip presubmit jobs [5], unblocking doc typo fixes like the 3-line PR stuck behind flaky tests for days.

Action items

→ Migrate any clusters on Kopeio networking before upgrading kops kubernetes/kops [immediate]
→ Remove kopeio jobs from test-infra and verify no remaining references kubernetes/test-infra [immediate]
→ Apply the Akamai volume label normalization fix if you run kops on Linode kubernetes/kops [plan]
→ Monitor minikube ISO kernel bump for regressions before adopting kubernetes/minikube [plan]

References

[1] Remove support for Kopeio networking ↗ kubernetes/kops
[2] Kops - Remove kopeio jobs ↗ kubernetes/test-infra
[3] fix(akamai): normalize volume labels to comply with Akamai Cloud API's length and character restrictions ↗ kubernetes/kops
[4] iso: Update kernel from 6.6.95 to 6.6.152 ↗ kubernetes/minikube
[5] Skip minikube presubmit jobs for site-only changes ↗ kubernetes/test-infra

Quick answers

What shipped in Kubernetes on August 25, 2026?: Kops ripped out Kopeio networking support overnight, and your test infrastructure needs to catch up. In total, 48 commits and 24 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Kubernetes on August 25, 2026?: 11 developers shipped this update, including rifelpet, kubernetes-prow[bot], nirs, Moh0ps, Natasha Sarkar, AkihiroSuda, rthallisey, and Mario Jason Braganza, and 3 more.
What were the notable Kubernetes updates?: Remove support for Kopeio networking, Kops - Remove kopeio jobs, and fix(akamai): normalize volume labels to comply with Akamai Cloud API's length and character restrictions.

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