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Release infrastructure for Kubernetes and related components

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Forks: 556
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 63
Avg merge: 18h 43m
Merged PRs (30d): 33

Dominant language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 18, 2026
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Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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63 open issues indexed

kube-cross: move off Debian bullseye (EOL 2026-08-31) Open

area/release-eng kind/feature needs-priority sig/release

kubernetes/release#4522 · 5 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Dependency update - Golang 1.27.1/1.26.8 Open

area/dependency area/release-eng kind/feature needs-priority sig/release

kubernetes/release#4520 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 8, 2026
debian-base: add perl-base to the purge list (19 findings, 16 with no fix available) Open

needs-kind needs-priority

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 74/100

kubernetes/release#4511 · Opened Aug 31, 2026
krel release-notes validate rejects the NONE release-note sentinel as a punctuation error Open

needs-kind needs-priority

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

kubernetes/release#4490 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Change kubelet.service permissions to satisfy CIS benchmark Open

area/release-eng kind/feature needs-priority sig/release

kubernetes/release#4479 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 24, 2026
krel includes PR with `release-note-none` when a release notes map file exists Open

area/release-eng kind/bug needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

kubernetes/release#4456 · Opened Jul 8, 2026
Dependency update - Golang 1.26.5/1.25.12 Open

area/dependency area/release-eng kind/feature needs-priority sig/release

kubernetes/release#4449 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 6, 2026
Consider dropping `iptables` dependency in kubelet package Open

area/release-eng kind/bug needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 62/100

kubernetes/release#4434 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 13, 2026
Make QEMU version and flags configurable in image build Makefiles Open

area/release-eng kind/feature needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

kubernetes/release#4417 · 4 comments · Opened May 31, 2026
Add LoongArch (loong64) architecture support across the Kubernetes release engineering tooling Open

area/release-eng kind/feature needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

kubernetes/release#4415 · 3 comments · Opened May 27, 2026
Dependency update - Golang 1.27 Open

area/dependency area/release-eng kind/feature needs-priority sig/release

kubernetes/release#4410 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened May 19, 2026
krel release-notes skips PRs under RC fast-forward sync merges (v1.34/v1.35/v1.36-rc.1 regression) Open

area/release-eng kind/bug needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

kubernetes/release#4381 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 18, 2026
kubectl `.deb` releases do not register shell completion on install Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

kubernetes/release#4380 · 11 comments · Opened Apr 17, 2026
Add --rerun mode to krel release-notes for updating existing draft PR branches Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/stale needs-priority sig/release

kubernetes/release#4348 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 28, 2026
base images without go-runner Open

area/release-eng kind/feature needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

kubernetes/release#4270 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 11, 2026
Dependency update - Golang 1.26 Open

area/dependency area/release-eng kind/feature needs-priority sig/release

kubernetes/release#4266 · 9 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 11, 2026
krel sign blobs: Don't resign artifacts on reruns Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/stale needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

kubernetes/release#4221 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 17, 2025
Update Docker across kubernetes/test-infra CI Open

kind/cleanup lifecycle/rotten priority/important-longterm

kubernetes/release#4184 · 7 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 13, 2025
Consider discontinuing the kubernetes-cni package Open

area/release-eng kind/deprecation priority/important-soon sig/release

kubernetes/release#4156 · 36 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 9, 2025
Support non-tag based krel release-notes workflow Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 54/100

kubernetes/release#4126 · 10 comments · Opened Sep 16, 2025
krel does not support review-update PR workflow Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/stale needs-priority sig/release

kubernetes/release#4121 · 8 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 14, 2025
Krel is unreliable on Windows Open

area/release-eng kind/bug needs-priority sig/release

kubernetes/release#4110 · 8 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 8, 2025
Obsolete cached InRelease file is returned by Cloudfront when using URL-encoded colons (%3a instead of :) in path Open

area/release-eng kind/bug lifecycle/frozen needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

kubernetes/release#3993 · 7 comments · Opened Apr 24, 2025
Refresh documentation and blog posts for the package repositories (`pkgs.k8s.io`) Open

kind/documentation needs-triage priority/important-longterm priority/important-soon sig/release triage/accepted

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

kubernetes/release#3878 · 13 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Make it easy to install the latest release of `kubectl` Debian and RPM packages Open

kind/feature lifecycle/frozen priority/backlog sig/cli sig/release triage/accepted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

kubernetes/release#3877 · 13 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 9, 2024
feat: release new debian-base image Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

kubernetes/release#3766 · 15 comments · Opened Sep 17, 2024
Add a file to get the current latest version. Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

kubernetes/release#3608 · 5 comments · Opened May 9, 2024
Add a landing page for pkgs.k8s.io Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen priority/important-soon sig/release

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

kubernetes/release#3496 · 20 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 7, 2024
krel release-notes sometimes errors when the user exits their editor Open

area/release-eng kind/bug lifecycle/frozen priority/backlog sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

kubernetes/release#3381 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 29, 2023
Make `krel fast-forward` work for other repositories like k/website Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen priority/important-longterm sig/release

kubernetes/release#3380 · 23 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 29, 2023
FR: provide the signature for '*.sha256' artefacts Open

kind/feature needs-triage priority/important-longterm sig/k8s-infra

kubernetes/release#3333 · 13 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 25, 2023
Add file browser for `pkgs.k8s.io` Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen priority/backlog sig/release

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

kubernetes/release#3317 · 9 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 11, 2023
Add glibc version constraints to the kubelet package Open

kind/feature lifecycle/frozen priority/important-soon

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

kubernetes/release#3246 · 30 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 5, 2023
Allow OBS project retrieval for manual `krel obs stage/release` Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

kubernetes/release#3232 · 22 comments · Opened Aug 28, 2023
Add SELinux support to packages Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

kubernetes/release#3230 · 22 comments · Opened Aug 28, 2023
RPM packages built in OBS have an unexpected revision format Open

area/release-eng kind/bug lifecycle/frozen priority/important-soon sig/release

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

kubernetes/release#3221 · 19 comments · Opened Aug 23, 2023
Rebulid OBS packages only if sources are changed Open

area/release-eng kind/bug lifecycle/frozen priority/important-soon sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

kubernetes/release#3220 · 24 comments · Opened Aug 23, 2023
Provide tooling and documentation for other Kubernetes subproject to publish their packages Open

area/release-eng kind/documentation kind/feature lifecycle/frozen priority/important-longterm sig/release

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

kubernetes/release#3172 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 24, 2023
Automate building and publishing cri-tools and kubernetes-cni packages Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen priority/important-longterm sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

kubernetes/release#3171 · 12 comments · Opened Jul 24, 2023
Reproducible builds for OpenBuildService Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen priority/important-longterm sig/release

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

kubernetes/release#3170 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 24, 2023
Tests for `krel obs` implementation Open

area/release-eng kind/feature priority/critical-urgent sig/release

kubernetes/release#3168 · 24 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 24, 2023
Generate SLSA provenance for OBS build Open

area/release-eng lifecycle/frozen needs-kind priority/important-soon sig/release

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

kubernetes/release#3091 · 20 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 28, 2023
Document the process for updating Debian base image Open

area/release-eng kind/documentation lifecycle/frozen priority/important-longterm sig/release

kubernetes/release#3074 · 21 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened May 19, 2023
Add rpms and debs to provenance attestation and SBOM Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

kubernetes/release#3065 · 20 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 18, 2023
Create tooling to manage projects and access to OBS Open

area/release-eng lifecycle/frozen needs-kind priority/important-longterm sig/release

kubernetes/release#3055 · 24 comments · 1 assignee · Opened May 15, 2023
Implement end-to-end tests to ensure stability and backwards compatibility of new packages Open

area/release-eng lifecycle/frozen needs-kind priority/important-longterm sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

kubernetes/release#3054 · 23 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 15, 2023
Package specs generator: split specs per minor release Open

area/release-eng lifecycle/frozen needs-kind priority/important-soon sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

kubernetes/release#3050 · 21 comments · Opened May 15, 2023
Package specs generator (`krel obs`): enhancements Open

area/release-eng lifecycle/frozen needs-kind priority/important-soon sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

kubernetes/release#3048 · 21 comments · Opened May 15, 2023
Detect and prevent incorrect categorizations for deprecations Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

kubernetes/release#3030 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 2, 2023
produce structured test output for this repo's tests Open

area/release-eng kind/feature lifecycle/frozen needs-priority sig/release

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

kubernetes/release#2993 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 2, 2023

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