dongjoon-hyun opened a new pull request, #859: URL: https://github.com/apache/spark-kubernetes-operator/pull/859
### What changes were proposed in this pull request? This PR aims to update K8s docs to recommend K8s v1.35+ in line with the K8s community. ### Why are the changes needed? **1. K8s v1.34 entered the maintenance mode soon (2026-08-27) and will reach the end of support on 2026-10-27** - https://kubernetes.io/releases/patch-releases/#1-34 **2. Default K8s Versions in Public Cloud environments** The default K8s versions of public cloud providers are already moving to K8s 1.35+ like the following. - EKS: v1.36 (Default, supported since 2026-06) - AKS: v1.36 (GA since 2026-06) - GKE: v1.36 (`Regular` channel in 2026-06) **3. End Of Support in Public Cloud environments** In addition, K8s 1.34 will reach the end of standard support. | K8s | AKS | EKS | GKE | | ---- | ------- | ------- | ------- | | 1.34 | 2026-10 | 2026-12 | 2027-01 | - [AKS EOL Schedule](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/supported-kubernetes-versions?tabs=azure-cli#aks-kubernetes-release-calendar) - [EKS EOL Schedule](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/kubernetes-versions.html#kubernetes-release-calendar) - [GKE EOL Schedule](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/release-schedule) ### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change? No, this is a documentation-only change about K8s versions. ### How was this patch tested? Manual review. ### Was this patch authored or co-authored using generative AI tooling? Generated-by: Claude Opus 5 -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
