AKS Updates
Latest Azure Kubernetes Service updates, sourced from the official Azure Updates feed. Use this page to track new AKS release features at a glance.
- Launched
Generally Available: Application Routing with Gateway API
Managing ingress routing while adopting newer Kubernetes standards can require balancing modernization efforts with existing deployments. Application Routing with Gateway API is now generally available on AKS, bringing the Kubernetes Gateway API to ingres
- Launched
Generally Available: Resource placement in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager
Managing Kubernetes resources across multiple clusters can require significant manual effort to apply updates and maintain consistency. Resource placement in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager is now generally available and enables platform and application te
- In preview
Public Preview: Maximum allowed failures for update runs in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager
In fail-fast update rollouts, a small number of member cluster update failures can halt progress across a broader update deployment. Maximum Allowed Failures for update runs in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager, now available in preview, introduces an option
- In preview
Public Preview: Prepared Image Specification
Organizations running large-scale, AI, GPU, Windows, and other performance-sensitive workloads on AKS often experience longer node startup times because new nodes must repeatedly download container images and perform initialization tasks before workloads
- Launched
Generally Available: Encryption in Transit for Azure Files NFS Shares in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now generally supports Encryption in Transit (EiT) for Azure Files NFS v4.1 volumes through the Azure File CSI driver. With EiT enabled, data transferred between AKS workloads and Azure Files NFS shares is encrypted using TL
- In preview
Public Preview: Application Gateway for Containers – Inference gateway
Application Gateway for Containers is extending its ingress gateway feature set with new AI gateway capabilities. The new inference gateway capability brings the Kubernetes Gateway API Inference Extension to Application Gateway for Containers, enabling lo
- Launched
Azure Container Linux (ACL) now generally available on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Container Linux is a container-optimized, immutable operating system for AKS node pools — derived from Flatcar Container Linux and built on Azure Linux RPM packages. It delivers a locked-down, minimal host purpose-built for running containerized wor