Kubernetes v1.34.0-rc.2 is live!

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Kubernetes v1.34.0-rc.2 has been built and pushed using Golang version 1.24.6.

The release notes have been updated in CHANGELOG-1.34.md, with a pointer to them on GitHub:

v1.34.0-rc.2

Downloads for v1.34.0-rc.2

Source Code

filename	sha512 hash
kubernetes.tar.gz	f7bdadc269da91b2892d45a493bc673bd7a2f309e52d0af00e08c28ec15fd52fecfb0f53e1eb32098a910ca4cb5f4824f50ffa855fd1ca1f8ad4426223633227
kubernetes-src.tar.gz	6272b6ac799dae382779592c890e838ce1c0264a4b300a501ba3952329d177f9b07b9e1ddb2636327d8e95b572ee2da9d08824c6d88d7c3a8342323360b6d1df

Client Binaries

filename	sha512 hash
kubernetes-client-darwin-amd64.tar.gz	453293b8fe62dfea905bb7d6859e684ae46ebd1c32d454e06d424a3adf78f3c05d8e5d3b82fcfac7707ccf55ce05e1936b3808e2190ae33fedf6f58b8300d1e6
kubernetes-client-darwin-arm64.tar.gz	4ac21ca50bf0ace0f876c43658e34715ea49671542db9fad15028b4e49ddd078ddb449f674bd76bfc39d5854bb12864e4811554148381b207582b510ed73ae11
kubernetes-client-linux-386.tar.gz	300a21a090e564290f200203ef276f1829f1cb8a59ea4cfdfc78f5bf08a092d5241d19926f6958c8d5677aba57a2871f20e1764c15d3d223249e741c04666b58
kubernetes-client-linux-amd64.tar.gz	d283a216e442eed1664f32cdb5a2cad47011bc5ee49cbfd072a9cfd9f9970e578aed3f90cfebe5a45fc6194fd720ebb035ebb4cb5a151f638899133d88c2a41b
kubernetes-client-linux-arm.tar.gz	08e500b65bac726f984fde0f2d3af74ad6d3f2e6c2b58c34b0732503960b715c011f81cfdc9a6ef9f77adbc585f0f5b2b94993dd705a2cde20e9baec3cb11e9f
kubernetes-client-linux-arm64.tar.gz	111702bec96f578ef6aaa9f42ba77146d5246f50e5d307275261fcbf9bdb7a569a9963400165659436dfdbed5640ad22cebd8603dcef4de671eed5072919b96c
kubernetes-client-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz	98a48f18d9038f4553d1e0cd0e23c19f5e5dfaaabe7d35fcff1cd79340e6c38f0967d9a94c18c3e177790170acc7663bd98a3f6e6b9eeb05ce4d302d7d9bcbee
kubernetes-client-linux-s390x.tar.gz	b2006580603819b01b9300eaa9bae34133ee3ca2ee86314ca890aba472a81b833bb0ef4e9eb07b46a8ae0074d5b0c9c826129d338720dae63752c0d92736002b
kubernetes-client-windows-386.tar.gz	ee20616424acf66d0499f1228016324a634da3e53ed2728d33269fb06cafb96b7d2c8585a253ba9b05d43a51ee72a034a73000d3672ba1239b7cf75be9d10089
kubernetes-client-windows-amd64.tar.gz	1f3a69ccac5cd00be47a4e89adfcd4bcbfe203895e98d8cc51282620a414a269891337cead1763ff7160b75b93fe48689d2cfd2467b8872f6e5fdc095fae0660
kubernetes-client-windows-arm64.tar.gz	b619d292bc6427328a319c9ffc5e3e22039b89e8a875fa73c8cc2c6c767a066d6b1dd1984178a7035dd2eb38a468089f6259a6ba72506e32ab1249354a2590f0

Server Binaries

filename	sha512 hash
kubernetes-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz	ec025926ab67e9307763266fbf178b533af679c3e371297dafd204981d1ecc9fd6cff34986a6580b2106d2ddab7f78ad66b1e01b223b612f0847c530922a41b2
kubernetes-server-linux-arm64.tar.gz	0cf717718ed42283e8065d80afa18589dd2cb16f985811f25f8bf27302f4cbe5eb07bd264562a17798678047631584c10cd015c94982a91e7cd971cea8833b27
kubernetes-server-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz	d2e91d34fb64832ee3142289adbe61a025de832f5b594e93046b6ec4e3d5c557fd564236e095d7673a243dbfe59cd6d56475d97bc741dfb899c7db9036e8af5a
kubernetes-server-linux-s390x.tar.gz	f36021108f5e5c9c8223dd1044579c6321fab4567ab6fdbb476ce81791ae5c09672f2121e9156f9166f8fd774a0d8ecddb4915093038ff617d2a0f3014f2a0cf

Node Binaries

filename	sha512 hash
kubernetes-node-linux-amd64.tar.gz	eda824ac2a18a02a655bdf23137c9196698a6688acb97f147f97ee430054a2d93da1ebdd5a75a5862435d311aeb3841e4e6592290831a8cb51da4f99a463777d
kubernetes-node-linux-arm64.tar.gz	e0bd74348eb3c6d973b9a71c2114e9141eec6dc8448b38669261c7233254ece002e77971dc5de41ddbb1f34f9e2597f9429b0939123de889ee39e9dfee465633
kubernetes-node-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz	737d536c7f3b458fc222e8ff600f3b4d71cb6f832cdea7900f0d0b4ceb473aa018cb6848b69b2c4609fe6a9d2681a666927678d98ce0fb959ad1a54c2bf046ac
kubernetes-node-linux-s390x.tar.gz	1a5dee2a9816128069fb3bde1bfec5f07e521425c1daa4b5538a18369850c186cff0a3e2a5f6f29325b83f275de86b26e4b5eea6b70297fb406a5d98eb77c8db
kubernetes-node-windows-amd64.tar.gz	51026e3f0ae4820fee2be15bef726deab5f8bc5e1ad33b5ca6f208e453a5bfd4ec161210d0ade1252ef899200b973f547e768d2d48a74b1af1514cdd9902d590

Container Images

All container images are available as manifest lists and support the described architectures. It is also possible to pull a specific architecture directly by adding the "-$ARCH" suffix to the container image name.

name	architectures
registry.k8s.io/conformance:v1.34.0-rc.2	amd64, arm64, ppc64le, s390x
registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.34.0-rc.2	amd64, arm64, ppc64le, s390x
registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.34.0-rc.2	amd64, arm64, ppc64le, s390x
registry.k8s.io/kube-proxy:v1.34.0-rc.2	amd64, arm64, ppc64le, s390x
registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.34.0-rc.2	amd64, arm64, ppc64le, s390x
registry.k8s.io/kubectl:v1.34.0-rc.2	amd64, arm64, ppc64le, s390x

Changelog since v1.34.0-rc.1

Changes by Kind

Feature

Kubernetes is now built using Go 1.24.6 (#133516, @cpanato) [SIG Release and Testing]

Documentation

Document how to contribute to staging repositories by redirecting to the main kubernetes repo (#133570, @BenTheElder) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, Auth, CLI, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle, Instrumentation, Network, Node, Scheduling and Storage]

Bug or Regression

Changed the node restrictions to disallow the node to change it's ownerReferences. (#133467, @natherz97) [SIG Auth]
DRA: fixed a data race which, depending on timing, could have led to broken allocation of devices backing extended resources (#133587, @pohly) [SIG Node]
Fixes a regression in 1.34 release candidates where object storage count metrics could include all instances of all types instead of only the object count for a particular type (#133604, @serathius) [SIG API Machinery and Etcd]

Dependencies

Added

Nothing has changed.

Changed

Nothing has changed.

Removed

Nothing has changed.

Contributors, the CHANGELOG-1.34.md has been bootstrapped with v1.34.0-rc.2 release notes and you may edit now as needed.