--- title: "Kubernetes v1.36 Promotes Stability, Compatibility & Reproducibility" url: https://daily.dev/posts/kubernetes-v1-36-promotes-stability-compatibility-reproducibility-q5x4goaqb source_url: https://cloudnativenow.com/features/kubernetes-v1-36-promotes-stability-compatibility-reproducibility/ type: article source: "Cloud Native Now" published: 2026-04-22T19:13:15.070Z updated: 2026-04-22T19:13:43.820Z tags: ["kubernetes", "containers", "cloud-native"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 14 comments: 0 language: 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. # Kubernetes v1.36 Promotes Stability, Compatibility & Reproducibility **[Cloud Native Now](https://daily.dev/sources/cloudnativenow)** · 6 min read · 14 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary kubernetes v1.36 ships 71 enhancements across stable, beta, and alpha tiers. Key highlights include: fine-grained kubelet API authorization reaching GA for least-privilege node security; Resource Health Status expanding to Dynamic Resource allocation (DRA) for hardware health reporting; new alpha workload-aware scheduling (WAS) with gang scheduling and topology-aware policies to reduce reliance on third-party schedulers for AI/ML workloads; Volume Group snapshots graduating to GA for crash-consistent multi-volume backups; CSI service account token secret redaction reaching stable to prevent token leakage; and external service account token signing graduating to stable for integration with external key management systems. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#cloud-native](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud-native) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/kubernetes-v1-36-promotes-stability-compatibility-reproducibility-q5x4goaqb)