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Release 2024-07-16

Monitor the release status by regions at AKS-Release-Tracker. This release is titled as v20240716.

Announcements

  • 1.30 is the next LTS version after 1.27. Upgrade from 1.27 LTS to 1.30 LTS will be possible starting August 2024. More information about AKS LTS is available here.
  • 1.27 community supported has ended. To exit Long-Term Support (LTS) upgrade to 1.28 and disable LTS with the az aks upgrade command.
  • A new tutorial has been released on how to securely scale your applications using the KEDA add-on and workload identity.
  • Running az aks get-versions now returns all patch versions for an AKS version. Each supported minor version can support any number of patches at a given time. AKS reserves the right to deprecate patches if a critical CVE or security vulnerability is detected. To learn more about AKS versioning, please read the official documentation.
  • Currently 1.25 + clusters which are running Microsoft Defender for Containers are running v1, and 1.29 + clusters which are running Microsoft Defender for Containers are running v2. Starting in mid-September 2024 all 1.25 + clusters which are running Microsoft Defender for Containers v1 will be migrated to Microsoft Defender for Containers v2.

Release Notes

  • Features:

    • AKS version 1.30 is now GA.
    • AKS patch versions 1.30.2, 1.30.1, 1.29.6, 1.28.11, 1.27.15, are now available. Refer to version support policy and upgrading a cluster for more information.
    • Istio add-on for AKS now supports EnvoyFilter of the type Lua (type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.lua.v3.Lua). While this EnvoyFilter is allowed, any issue arising from the Lua script itself is not supported. Other EnvoyFilter types currently remain blocked.
    • The ability to migrate your existing Ubuntu node pools to Azure Linux by changing the OS SKU of the node pool is now GA.

  • Preview features:

    • CNI Overlay dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) is now available on Windows Agent Pools.
    • Existing node pools can now be updated to enable or disable Federal Information Process Standard (FIPS). See aka.ms/aks/updatefips for more information.

  • Bug Fixes:

  • Behavior Change:

    • AKS Automatic clusters now use Azure Linux for Node Auto Provision dynamic nodes.

  • Component Updates:

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