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Kubernetes release pipeline fixed after .git exclusion broke the build

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wespanther puerco upodroid divikchotani-oss Swathi fedepaol dependabot
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wespanther @wespanther 2 cited puerco @puerco 1 cited upodroid @upodroid 1 cited divikchotani-oss @divikchotani-oss 1 cited Swathi @SwathiR03 1 cited fedepaol @fedepaol 1 cited dependabot @dependabot kubernetes-prow[bot] @kubernetes-prow[bot] Yuki Iwai @tenzen-y Alex Baranowski @AlexBaranowski reylejano @reylejano

The Kubernetes release process was broken by a recent change that excluded the .git directory from source tarballs, and the fix is now in place.

Kubernetes release bounced back from a self-inflicted wound: a PR that removed .git from the source tarball [1] broke `krel release` by killing the repository it needed to open. The new logic keeps .git but strips remote credentials before tarring, so releases can move again. Meanwhile, the release repo is prepping for the future with Debian Trixie support for debian-base [2], since Bookworm goes out of support on 2026-06-10 and stops receiving patches. The Cloud Build timeout got a 5-minute bump to accommodate Trixie builds [3], a sensible stopgap until Bookworm is retired. In test-infra, kettle jumped to Python 3.13 [4], already built and deployed. Node-problem-detector added zswap metrics [5], tracking bytes_used and compression_efficiency via procfs. And the website team polished the v1.37 release announcement with grammar fixes [6], gearing up for the next cycle. The community is even welcoming a new #openperouter Slack channel [7] for an open VPN router implementation. Activity across the repos: 29 commits and 18 PRs in the last 24 hours.

Action items

References

  1. [1] Strip remote creds instead of excluding .git ↗ kubernetes/release
  2. [2] Add Debian Trixie support for debian-base ↗ kubernetes/release
  3. [3] Bump the Cloud Build timeout ↗ kubernetes/release
  4. [4] upgrade python to 3.13 for kettle ↗ kubernetes/test-infra
  5. [5] Add zswap metrics: bytes_used and compression_efficiency ↗ kubernetes/node-problem-detector
  6. [6] Update v1.37 Release Announcement with grammar fixes ↗ kubernetes/website
  7. [7] Add #openperouter slack channel ↗ kubernetes/community

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

the week in review Kubernetes release v0.23.0 adds trixie kube-cross variant the month in review node-problem-detector 1.37.0 patches three CVEs
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Quick answers

What shipped in Kubernetes on August 26, 2026?
The Kubernetes release process was broken by a recent change that excluded the .git directory from source tarballs, and the fix is now in place. In total, 29 commits and 18 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Kubernetes on August 26, 2026?
11 developers shipped this update, including puerco, wespanther, dependabot, kubernetes-prow[bot], upodroid, Yuki Iwai, divikchotani-oss, and Alex Baranowski, and 3 more.
What were the notable Kubernetes updates?
Strip remote creds instead of excluding .git, Add Debian Trixie support for debian-base, and Bump the Cloud Build timeout.
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$ log @kubernetes --recent

Control plane cleanups: watchcache context prep, RecursiveReadOnlyMounts gate removed 90 shipped Consistent get backed out when etcd transforms are on 121 shipped Admission webhook metrics go beta; watch cache gets a minheap freshness waiter 103 shipped ML-DSA support for service account tokens 7 shipped

$ log --all # elsewhere on the wire

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$ ls showcases/

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