[ANNOUNCEMENT] 1.26 Code Freeze in Effect

[Ryler Hockenbury]

Hello Kubernetes Community,

Kubernetes 1.26 code freeze is now in effect.

At this point we will only consider release blocking issues and PRs into the v1.26 milestone.

For enhancements that did not meet the criteria for Code Freeze, the Release Team removed them from the v1.26 milestone. You can check the status of enhancements on the project board.  If you think your enhancement is critical and must ship in v1.26, please file an exception as soon as possible.

Upcoming key deadlines:

• Open placeholder PRs for docs: Thursday 10th November 2022

• Test Freeze: 17:00 PDT Tuesday 15th November 2022

• Docs PRs ready for review: Tuesday 15th November 2022

• Feature blogs ready to review: Tuesday 29th November 2022

• Docs complete: Tuesday 29th November 2022

• Release Notes Complete: 17:00 PDT Thursday 1st December 2022

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

Thanks,

Ryler Hockenbury

Kubernetes 1.26 Enhancements Lead