Releases: rancher/rke2
v1.35.0+rke2r1
This release updates Kubernetes to v1.35.0.
Important Note
If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This
key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is
required when restoring from backup.
You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:
cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/tokenChanges since v1.34.2+rke2r1:
- Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 (#9310)
- Bump rke2-multus to v4.2.303 (#9315)
- Bump rke2-coredns to 1.45.002 (#9314)
- Remove redundant cleanup function definition (#9331)
- Update CNI to the latest versions (#9322)
- Bump actions/stale from 10.1.0 to 10.1.1 (#9344)
- Update to multus chart version v4.2.305 (#9348)
- Update to CoreDNS chart 1.45.003 and Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.13.004 (#9347)
- Bump images for 2025-12 (#9372)
- Move Windows CNI startup into CNI function (#9339)
- Bump traefik version to v3.6.4 (#9376)
- Bump Traefik to v3.6.4
- Update to v1.34.3 and Go v1.24.11 (#9389)
- Bump rancher/ecm-distro-tools from 0.58.4 to 0.60.1 (#9256)
- Bump ingress-nginx and vsphere-csi (#9398)
- Bump kine to v0.14.9 (#9405)
- Bump rancher/ecm-distro-tools from 0.60.1 to 0.61.0 (#9415)
- Bump actions/download-artifact from 6 to 7 (#9414)
- Bump actions/upload-artifact from 5 to 6 (#9413)
- Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 (#9412)
- Bump klipper-helm to v0.9.12 (#9399)
- Revert "Remove FlannelBackend from config" (#9420)
- Update stable channel to v1.34.3+rke2r1 (#9436)
- Remove dapper (#9429)
- Bump stable to 1.34 and add 1.35 (#9437)
- Update to kubernetes v1.35.0 and golang v1.25.5 (#9435)
Charts Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| rke2-cilium | 1.18.401 |
| rke2-canal | v3.31.2-build2025120500 |
| rke2-calico | v3.31.200 |
| rke2-calico-crd | v3.31.200 |
| rke2-coredns | 1.45.003 |
| rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.13.500 |
| rke2-metrics-server | 3.13.004 |
| rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.6.0-rancher100 |
| rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.13.000 |
| harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.1100 |
| harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.2500 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller | 4.0.003 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 4.0.003 |
| rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 0.0.0 |
Packaged Component Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | v1.35.0 |
| Etcd | v3.6.6-k3s1 |
| Containerd | v2.1.5-k3s1 |
| Runc | v1.4.0 |
| Metrics-server | v0.8.0 |
| CoreDNS | v1.13.1 |
| Ingress-Nginx | v1.13.5-hardened2 |
| Helm-controller | v0.16.17 |
Available CNIs
| Component | Version | FIPS Compliant |
|---|---|---|
| Canal (Default) | Flannel v0.27.4 Calico v3.31.2 |
Yes |
| Calico | v3.31.2 | No |
| Cilium | v1.18.4 | No |
| Multus | v4.2.3 | No |
Helpful Links
As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:
- Open issues here
- Join our Slack channel
- Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started.
v1.35.0-rc1+rke2r1
Bump vsphere CPI and CSI charts for release-1.35 Signed-off-by: Michael Fritch <[email protected]>
v1.32.11+rke2r1
This release updates Kubernetes to v1.32.11.
Important Note
If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.
You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:
cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/tokenChanges since v1.32.10+rke2r1:
- Remove NetworkManager check for nm-cloud.service (#9290)
- Bump rke2-multus to v4.2.303 (#9330)
- Bump rke2-coredns to 1.45.002 (#9337)
- Update CNI to the latest versions (#9355)
- Update to multus chart version v4.2.305 (#9359)
-
- Update to CoreDNS chart 1.45.003 and Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.13.004 (#9370)
- Bump traefik version (#9384)
- Backports for 2025-12 (#9379)
- Bump ingress-nginx and vsphere-csi (#9393)
- Bump kine to v0.14.9 (#9408)
- Bump klipper-helm to v0.9.12 (#9402)
- Revert "Remove FlannelBackend from config" (#9423)
- Update k8s and Go (#9430)
Charts Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| rke2-cilium | 1.18.401 |
| rke2-canal | v3.31.2-build2025120500 |
| rke2-calico | v3.31.200 |
| rke2-calico-crd | v3.31.200 |
| rke2-coredns | 1.45.003 |
| rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.13.500 |
| rke2-metrics-server | 3.13.004 |
| rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.5.0-rancher200 |
| rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.12.100 |
| harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.1100 |
| harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.2500 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller | 4.0.003 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 4.0.003 |
| rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 0.0.0 |
Packaged Component Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | v1.32.11 |
| Etcd | v3.5.25-k3s1 |
| Containerd | v2.1.5-k3s1 |
| Runc | v1.4.0 |
| Metrics-server | v0.8.0 |
| CoreDNS | v1.13.1 |
| Ingress-Nginx | v1.13.5-hardened2 |
| Helm-controller | v0.16.17 |
Available CNIs
| Component | Version | FIPS Compliant |
|---|---|---|
| Canal (Default) | Flannel v0.27.4 Calico v3.31.2 |
Yes |
| Calico | v3.31.2 | No |
| Cilium | v1.18.4 | No |
| Multus | v4.2.3 | No |
Helpful Links
As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:
- Open issues here
- Join our Slack channel
- Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started.
v1.32.11-rc1+rke2r1
update k8s and Go (#9430) Signed-off-by: Brian Downs <[email protected]>
v1.34.3+rke2r1
This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.3.
Important Note
If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.
You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:
cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/tokenChanges since v1.34.2+rke2r1:
- Remove NetworkManager check for nm-cloud.service (#9292)
- Bump rke2-multus to v4.2.303 (#9326)
- Bump rke2-coredns to 1.45.002 (#9333)
- Update CNI to the latest versions (#9353)
- Update to multus chart version v4.2.305 (#9357)
-
- Update to CoreDNS chart 1.45.003 and Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.13.004 (#9368)
- Update to v1.34.3 and Go v1.24.11 (#9388)
- Bump traefik version (#9386)
- Backports for 2025-12 (#9377)
- Bump ingress-nginx and vsphere-csi (#9391)
- Bump kine to v0.14.9 (#9406)
- Bump klipper-helm to v0.9.12 (#9400)
- Revert "Remove FlannelBackend from config" (#9421)
Charts Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| rke2-cilium | 1.18.401 |
| rke2-canal | v3.31.2-build2025120500 |
| rke2-calico | v3.31.200 |
| rke2-calico-crd | v3.31.200 |
| rke2-coredns | 1.45.003 |
| rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.13.500 |
| rke2-metrics-server | 3.13.004 |
| rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.5.0-rancher200 |
| rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.12.100 |
| harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.1100 |
| harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.2500 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller | 4.0.003 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 4.0.003 |
| rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 0.0.0 |
Packaged Component Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | v1.34.3 |
| Etcd | v3.6.6-k3s1 |
| Containerd | v2.1.5-k3s1 |
| Runc | v1.4.0 |
| Metrics-server | v0.8.0 |
| CoreDNS | v1.13.1 |
| Ingress-Nginx | v1.13.5-hardened2 |
| Helm-controller | v0.16.17 |
Available CNIs
| Component | Version | FIPS Compliant |
|---|---|---|
| Canal (Default) | Flannel v0.27.4 Calico v3.31.2 |
Yes |
| Calico | v3.31.2 | No |
| Cilium | v1.18.4 | No |
| Multus | v4.2.3 | No |
Helpful Links
As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:
- Open issues here
- Join our Slack channel
- Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started.
v1.34.3-rc3+rke2r1
Revert "Remove FlannelBackend from config" This reverts commit 4e6b980248ba545c56957355040d466137c064d7.
v1.33.7+rke2r1
This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.7.
Important Note
If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.
You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:
cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/tokenChanges since v1.33.6+rke2r1:
- Remove NetworkManager check for nm-cloud.service (#9291)
- Bump rke2-coredns to 1.45.002 (#9335)
- Bump rke2-multus to v4.2.303 (#9328)
- Update CNI to the latest versions (#9354)
- Update to multus chart version v4.2.305 (#9358)
-
- Update to CoreDNS chart 1.45.003 and Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.13.004 (#9369)
- Update to v1.33.7 and Go v1.24.11 (#9387)
- Bump traefik version (#9385)
- Backports for 2025-12 (#9378)
- Bump ingress-nginx and vsphere-csi (#9392)
- Bump kine to v0.14.9 (#9407)
- Bump klipper-helm to v0.9.12 (#9401)
- Revert "Remove FlannelBackend from config" (#9422)
Charts Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| rke2-cilium | 1.18.401 |
| rke2-canal | v3.31.2-build2025120500 |
| rke2-calico | v3.31.200 |
| rke2-calico-crd | v3.31.200 |
| rke2-coredns | 1.45.003 |
| rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.13.500 |
| rke2-metrics-server | 3.13.004 |
| rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.5.0-rancher200 |
| rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.12.100 |
| harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.1100 |
| harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.2500 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller | 4.0.003 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 4.0.003 |
| rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 0.0.0 |
Packaged Component Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | v1.33.7 |
| Etcd | v3.5.25-k3s1 |
| Containerd | v2.1.5-k3s1 |
| Runc | v1.4.0 |
| Metrics-server | v0.8.0 |
| CoreDNS | v1.13.1 |
| Ingress-Nginx | v1.13.5-hardened2 |
| Helm-controller | v0.16.17 |
Available CNIs
| Component | Version | FIPS Compliant |
|---|---|---|
| Canal (Default) | Flannel v0.27.4 Calico v3.31.2 |
Yes |
| Calico | v3.31.2 | No |
| Cilium | v1.18.4 | No |
| Multus | v4.2.3 | No |
Helpful Links
As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:
- Open issues here
- Join our Slack channel
- Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started.
v1.33.7-rc2+rke2r1
Revert "Remove FlannelBackend from config" This reverts commit 0fb05abfeacefd9767466ddb11c0f887de5090fe.
v1.34.3-rc2+rke2r1
Bump kine to v0.14.9 Signed-off-by: Brad Davidson <[email protected]>
v1.34.3-rc1+rke2r1
Bump kine to v0.14.9 Signed-off-by: Brad Davidson <[email protected]>