Release Notes draft for k/k v1.36.0-rc.1 by singh1203 · Pull Request #3003 · kubernetes/sig-release

singh1203 · 2026-04-18T09:14:35Z

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What this PR does / why we need it:

This PR updates the Release Notes Draft to k/k v1.36.0-rc.1

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Once again, manually added the PR #137719 notes missed during beta.0 release notes

cc: @sayanchowdhury, @kernel-kun, @em-sav, @AnshumanTripathi

k8s-triage-robot · 2026-04-18T13:06:52Z

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kernel-kun

Thanks a lot Saurabh for the PR! 🚀
Just added a few fixes...
I'll try doing a more thorough review a bit later

kernel-kun

Suggestions summary

PR #138318 (DRA e2e tests) - Line 8566 in JSON & line 290 in MD:

Fix spelling: `air-gaped` → `air-gapped`
Create corresponding map file for override

Duplicate Go version entries - Multiple PRs need `do_not_publish`:

Line 4791 in JSON: PR should be hidden in favor of #137501
Line 6196 in JSON: PR should be hidden in favor of #137501

Map file cleanup:

Line 2190 in JSON: Remove extra indent

Version formatting - Line 185 in MD:

Create map file for `v1.26.2` overrides

Everything else looks pretty good from my end. I'll add /lgtm from my side once changes are incorporated 👍🏻
Thanks for the awesome work!!

CC: @singh1203

kernel-kun · 2026-04-19T08:30:32Z

      "network"
    ],
    "duplicate": true,
-    "do_not_publish": true,


We can set this PR to do_not_publish in favor of #137501

Addressed! Since it was required for PR #136796
Thank you 🙇

kernel-kun · 2026-04-19T08:31:17Z

      "network"
    ],
    "duplicate_kind": true,
-    "do_not_publish": true,


We can set this PR to do_not_publish in favor of #137501

Added, for info, it was PR #137169 👍
I think Krel is our faulty guy.

Yep, since these changes were manually made to the .json, krel seems to revert it back on each subsequent run

Maybe we should open an issue on it if not present.
@kernel-kun

I think that's because we haven't added the do_not_publish field to the map files
I haven't read through the code if adding that override to map file actually propagates downstream to the .json as well (since for pr_body, that didn't hold true in original source code)

I'll go over that issue and see if it's an easy fix to integrate to existing PR for krel rerun

kernel-kun · 2026-04-19T08:56:28Z

Reviewer Notes

PR's getting added in this `rc.1`

PR #138244: - Fixed a kubelet device manager bug where topology hint computation enumerated O(2^n) NUMA node combinations using all machine NUMA nodes. On systems with many NUMA nodes that carry no devices (e.g.
PR #138299: - Kubernetes is now built using Go v1.26.2. (#138299, @xmudrii) [SIG Release and Testing]
PR #138318: - Fixed running of DRA e2e tests in air-gaped clusters or with test images in private registries. (#138318, [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafr

PR's getting removed

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kernel-kun · 2026-04-20T07:29:39Z

Great work here @singh1203 🚀
We should be good to re-base and force-push

sayanchowdhury

/lgtm

Signed-off-by: Saurabh Kumar Singh <singh1203.ss@gmail.com>

singh1203 · 2026-04-20T10:58:55Z

Great work here @singh1203 🚀 We should be good to re-base and force-push

Rebased the commits into one, which removed the lgtm label.
cc: @sayanchowdhury @kernel-kun @em-sav @AnshumanTripathi

kernel-kun · 2026-04-20T11:36:32Z

/lgtm

sayanchowdhury · 2026-04-20T13:39:21Z

cc @dipesh-rawat @rytswd Can you please review the release notes PR.

rytswd · 2026-04-20T21:49:11Z

LGTM from my end, adding my approval and holding so that you can control when to merge this

/lgtm
/approve

rytswd · 2026-04-20T21:49:14Z

/hold

k8s-ci-robot · 2026-04-20T21:49:20Z

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sayanchowdhury · 2026-04-21T11:24:54Z

Thanks for the review @rytswd

/hold cancel

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Release Notes draft for k/k v1.36.0-rc.1

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Signed-off-by: Saurabh Kumar Singh <singh1203.ss@gmail.com>

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