🧊 THIS WEEK: 'Code Freeze + Test Freeze' Deadline 🧊

[Vyom Yadav]

Ahoy! 

The Code Freeze and Test Freeze milestone for Kubernetes v1.34 release cycle is approaching, starting at 02:00 UTC Friday 25th July 2025 / 19:00 PDT Thursday 24th July 2025.

Please make sure your kubernetes/kubernetes pull requests for KEPs and any major changes targeting v1.34 are merged by then.

If you think you may miss the deadline, you are highly encouraged to file an exception request ahead of time!

Pull requests that have the “approved” label at the deadline will *not need* to file exceptions.

Please reach out to us on Slack in the #sig-release channel if you have any questions.

Yours Truly,

Vyom Yadav, 

Kubernetes v1.34 Release Lead on behalf of the Release Team