Kubernetes 1.35 "Timbernetes" — Enhancements by Maturity Stage

Kubernetes 1.35 "Timbernetes" — Enhancements by Maturity Stage A lifecycle diagram generated by Archify. 01 / Alpha — entry stage (December 2025) 02 / Beta — maturing 03 / Graduated to Stable (GA) Alpha · 22 enhancements · Alpha — entry stage (December 2025) 01 Alpha 22 enhancements Beta · 19 enhancements · Beta — maturing 02 Beta 19 enhancements Stable (GA) · 17 enhancements · Graduated to Stable (GA) 03 Stable (GA) 17 enhancements matures to Beta graduates to GA Legend start active state terminal success

Stable (GA) — 17

  • • In-Place Pod Vertical Scaling (resize CPU/memory without restart)
  • • CRDValidationRatcheting, DeviceHealthConditions
  • • PodLifecycleSleepActionGracePeriod, ContextualLogging

Beta — 19

  • • KYAML (enabled by default)
  • • Gang Scheduling (Alpha moving to Beta)
  • • AnonymousAuthConfigurableEndpoints, InPlacePodVerticalScalingAllocatedStatus, SELinuxMount, NodeInclusionPolicyInPodTopologySpread

Alpha — 22

  • • PodLevelInPlaceScaling (pod-level aggregate resize)
  • • LeaderMigration, SchedulerQueueingHints
  • • RecoverVolumeExpansionFailure