[ANNOUNCEMENT] ❄️ v1.37 Docs Freeze Deadline Approaching!

[Tushar Mittal]

Howdy Kubernetes community! 👋

The Docs Freeze [1] milestone for the Kubernetes v1.37 release cycle is a week away, on Wednesday 5th August 2026 (Anywhere-on-Earth) / Thursday 6th August 2026 at 12:00 UTC.

Currently, we have 50 docs that are At Risk for Docs Freeze, which can be viewed here [2].

To meet the Docs Freeze, please make sure your kubernetes/website pull requests targeting the dev-1.37 branch [3] are either merged or have completed technical review, with both the lgtm and approve labels applied and no outstanding comments or concerns from SIG Docs.

Docs stats for v1.37:

▶️ Total KEPs tracked: 67

▶️ Completed (Merged / No Docs Needed): 17 (10 merged, 7 no docs needed)

⚠️ At Risk for Docs Freeze: 50 (2 Draft, 48 Ready for Review)

[ 🚥 Exception Requests ]

If you think you may miss the deadline, you are highly encouraged to file an exception request [4] ahead of time!

Please reach out to us on Slack in the #sig-release [5] or #release-docs [6] channels if you have any questions!

Thanks,

Tushar Mittal

v1.37 Release Docs Lead

On behalf of the Release Docs Team

[1] https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/release_phases.md#docs-freeze 

[2] https://github.com/orgs/kubernetes/projects/264/views/3?filterQuery=status%3A%22At+Risk+for+Docs+Freeze%22+&groupedBy%5BcolumnId%5D= 

[3] https://github.com/kubernetes/website/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+base%3Adev-1.37 

[4] https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/EXCEPTIONS.md

[5] https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C1J0BPD2M 

[6] https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C0156PJ62RE

[Tushar]