Re: Last call to weigh in on 1.35 Schedule

[Drew Hagen]

We got a lgtm and it merged. Feel welcome to reach out to us on #sig-release channel if you have any questions or concerns.

On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM Drew Hagen <drewha...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Kubernetes community!

Welcome to week 1 of the Kubernetes 1.35 release cycle. 🎉

This is a last call to weigh in on the release cycle schedule[0]. We will be merging the PR for this very soon by Friday 19th September 2025.

I want to highlight a few changes for this release for our awareness:

• Freeze Deadlines: All cutoff dates will follow Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time. This means items can be merged until the last minute of the due date in any time zone—typically 12:00 UTC the following day. This is a change from the last cycle.
  
  
• PRR Hard Deadline: The Production Readiness Review(PRR) deadline will now be a hard PRR Freeze[1]. Our Release Enhancements subteam lead Rayan Das will be reaching out soon with more details.
  In a nutshell: contributors now need to submit a formal Exception Request[2] if missing this deadline.
  
  
• Visual Release Path Updated: The Visual Release Path diagram[3] has been updated to include the new PRR Freeze.
  
  

Thank you!
Drew Hagen,
On behalf of the Kubernetes 1.35 Release Team[4] 🛳️

[0]: 1.35 Release Schedule PR
[1]: Release Phases: New PRR Freeze
[2]: About Exception Requests
[3]: Visual Release Path diagram in our Release Team README
[4]: 1.35 Release Team

[Drew Hagen]