Release notes in Managed Kubernetes

2026

February

added mks service events to the audit logs;
removed the limitation on network cards in clusters on dedicated servers - now you can use network cards with connection speeds of 10 Gbps and 25 Gbps;
added support for ephemeralStorage when autoscaling with Cluster Autoscaler and Karpenter;
added the ability to view in the control panel the user data you specified when creating a cluster on a cloud server or adding a new node group;
have added the pigz utility to the working node image, which speeds up the unpacking of container images through multi-threaded layer processing. The containerd runtime environment automatically starts using the pigz utility . You do not need to enable or configure anything else.

January

updated the autoscaling process with Karpenter:
- accelerated the scaling process through parallel creation of multiple NodeClaims;
- added UserData support to NodeClass;
- added PriorityClassName to the Helm chart on Karpenter installation.

December

updated the Kubernetes version list: added version 1.34 and removed Kubernetes 1.31.

For a list of available versions, see the Versions subsection of the Managed Kubernetes Product Description instructions ;
added the ability to create Managed Kubernetes clusters on dedicated GPU servers;
added the ability to specify a CIDR for a node group subnet in a Managed Kubernetes cluster on dedicated servers when creating a cluster and adding a node group;
added information about the network plug-in (CNI) that you selected when creating the cluster in the dashboard on the cluster page.

November

interruptible node groups are now available in the regions of St. Petersburg, Moscow and Novosibirsk;
added a field to the cluster deletion form to specify the reason for deleting a cluster.