Kubernetes 1.36 (Haru) brings around 70 enhancements, ranging from security improvements to new scheduling capabilities. While most release summaries try to cover everything, I wanted to focus on the features that stood out to me as someone working with Kubernetes platforms on a daily basis.
These are the features I believe Platform Engineers, SREs, and Kubernetes administrators should pay attention to.
1. Mutating Admission Policies are Finally GA
One of the most practical improvements in Kubernetes 1.36 is the graduation of Mutating Admission Policies to General Availability.
Traditionally, if you wanted to automatically add labels, inject sidecars, or enforce organization-wide defaults, you needed an admission webhook.
