--- title: Announcing Gravity v4 | daily.dev description: Gravity v4 is now a long-term support release (v4.44.0 LTS) focused on security, usability, and stability for managing Kubernetes clusters across multiple... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-gravity-v4-5kvf3fdmx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Announcing Gravity v4 | daily.dev og:description: Gravity v4 is now a long-term support release (v4.44.0 LTS) focused on security, usability, and stability for managing Kubernetes clusters across multiple... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-gravity-v4-5kvf3fdmx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5kvF3fdmx.png og:image:alt: Announcing Gravity v4 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Announcing Gravity v4 **[Teleport](https://daily.dev/sources/teleport)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Gravity v4 is now a long-term support release (v4.44.0 LTS) focused on security, usability, and stability for managing Kubernetes clusters across multiple infrastructures. Key updates include production-ready upgrade procedures with rollback via an independent state machine, advanced RBAC with OIDC integration (Okta, Auth0), new CLI/API tooling for AWS cluster provisioning, pluggable provisioning pipelines with Terraform and CloudFormation, a Cure53 security audit resulting in hardened pod security policies, built-in monitoring/alerting via Heapster, InfluxDB, Kapacitor and Grafana, and an upgrade to Kubernetes 1.7.7. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What Kubernetes version does Gravity 4.44.0 LTS use? Gravity 4.44.0 LTS upgrades its bundled Kubernetes version to 1.7.7. The team tests each Kubernetes version upgrade thoroughly for reliability and dependency compatibility before shipping it, and Kubernetes 1.7 itself focuses on security, stateful application support, and extensibility features. _Track Kubernetes distribution version bumps like this on daily.dev before planning a cluster upgrade._ ### How does Gravity handle rollback if a Kubernetes cluster upgrade fails partway through? Gravity uses a state machine independent from Kubernetes and etcd state, driven by an Operation Plan that defines and monitors each upgrade step. If a failure occurs, the process can roll back to a specific step in the upgrade regardless of Kubernetes or etcd state, avoiding the all-or-nothing risk of self-upgrading Kubernetes. _Engineers evaluating safer cluster upgrade strategies can follow tooling comparisons like this on daily.dev._ ### How does Gravity integrate role-based access control with external identity providers? Gravity 4.x ships advanced RBAC that integrates with OIDC-compliant identity providers such as Okta and Auth0, enabling per-cluster access control based on identity metadata. All operational activity across clusters is linked to the operator who performed it, which supports auditing requirements at security-conscious organizations. _Teams designing multi-cluster access policies can keep up with RBAC and OIDC approaches via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Grafana's Kubernetes Monitoring Helm Chart v4 Brings Multiple Fixes](https://daily.dev/posts/grafana-s-kubernetes-monitoring-helm-chart-v4-brings-multiple-fixes-jxmbzpkpe) · InfoQ · 5 upvotes · 0 comments - [Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart v4: Biggest update ever\!](https://daily.dev/posts/kubernetes-monitoring-helm-chart-v4-biggest-update-ever--h5tjws9st) · Grafana Labs · 43 upvotes · 0 comments - [Kubernetes v1.36 Promotes Stability, Compatibility & Reproducibility](https://daily.dev/posts/kubernetes-v1-36-promotes-stability-compatibility-reproducibility-q5x4goaqb) · Cloud Native Now · 14 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing the Datadog Terraform provider v4.0.0](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-datadog-terraform-provider-v4-0-0-b6c4otdzq) · Datadog · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-gravity-v4-5kvf3fdmx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Announcing Gravity v4","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-gravity-v4-5kvf3fdmx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-gravity-v4-5kvf3fdmx"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:23:29.690Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:59:26.237Z","description":"Gravity v4 is now a long-term support release (v4.44.0 LTS) focused on security, usability, and stability for managing Kubernetes clusters across multiple...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZrL_HSsR--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2006","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZrL_HSsR--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2006","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Teleport","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Teleport","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Dw-Bbw6O--/c_limit,w_256/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487494/logos/teleport?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/teleport"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-gravity-v4-5kvf3fdmx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"kubernetes","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Teleport","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/teleport"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Announcing Gravity v4"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-gravity-v4-5kvf3fdmx#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What Kubernetes version does Gravity 4.44.0 LTS use?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Gravity 4.44.0 LTS upgrades its bundled Kubernetes version to 1.7.7. 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