Fwd: Code freeze exception request for KEP 5532

[Yuan Wang]

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From: Yuan Wang <yuanw2...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Subject: Code freeze exception request for KEP 5532
To: kubernetes-sig-node <kubernete...@googlegroups.com>, <releas...@kubernetes.io>, <kubernetes-...@googlegroups.com>, <s.kan...@gmail.com>

Enhancement name: RestartAllContainers
Enhancement status (alpha/beta/stable): alpha
SIG: sig-node
k/enhancements repo issue #: https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/5532
PR #’s: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134345
Additional time needed (in calendar days, due end of day AoE): 5 days (until Tuesday)
Reason this enhancement is critical for this milestone: The feature is critical for another proposed enhancement for LLM training jobs https://docs.google.com/document/d/16zexVooHKPc80F4dVtUjDYK9DOpkVPRNfSv0zRtfFpk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.y6xl7juq7465 ; implementation PR is ready and already have LGTM labels from sig-node, just needing reviews from API.
Risks from adding code late: (to k8s stability, testing, etc.) Low, all changes are behind the alpha-level feature gate and disabled by default; the feature also has good e2e testing coverage.
Risks from cutting enhancement: (partial implementation, critical customer usecase, etc.) The feature is critical for another proposed enhancement for LLM training jobs https://docs.google.com/document/d/16zexVooHKPc80F4dVtUjDYK9DOpkVPRNfSv0zRtfFpk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.y6xl7juq7465

Thanks all!

Yuan Wang

[Sergey Kanzhelev]

+1 from SIG Node

[Drew Hagen]

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From: drew.a...@gmail.com <drew.a...@gmail.com>
Date: Monday, November 10, 2025 at 4:01:11 PM UTC-5
Subject: Re: Code freeze exception request for KEP 5532
To: kubernetes-sig-release <kubernetes-...@googlegroups.com>

Hi all,

The release team is APPROVING this exception request based on the discussion in the Slack thread[0]. Your updated deadline to merge code+test PRs for this KEP is: end of Day AoE Thursday Nov 13th / 12:00 UTC  Nov 14th.
If you need any clarification, please feel free to reach out to us in the #sig-release Slack channel.

Thanks,
Drew Hagen
v1.35 Release Team Lead

[0] https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C2C40FMNF/p1762622388020479

[Drew Hagen]