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Kubernetes v1.36, releasing April 22, brings accelerated SELinux volume labelling to GA, expands Dynamic Resource Allocation for AI hardware, and permanently removes the insecure gitRepo volume driver.

The CNCF expanded its Kubernetes AI Conformance program from 18 to 31 certified platforms while introducing new requirements for disaggregated inference, high-performance networking, and agentic workload support.

The OpenTelemetry-native observability startup closes a $110M Series B at a $1B valuation, betting that AI agents will replace manual incident response.

The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee has voted to accept Tekton, the Kubernetes-native CI/CD framework with 600-plus contributors and 11,000 GitHub stars, ending its tenure as a CD Foundation graduated project.

Postman has re-architected its platform with embedded AI, Git-connected workspaces, and a new API Catalog, while restructuring pricing to restrict free-tier collaboration to solo developers.

The next Kubernetes release locked its feature set on March 18, delivering 80 enhancements that graduate User Namespaces and four Dynamic Resource Allocation features to GA while introducing gang scheduling and workload-aware placement for AI training clusters.

Docker has embedded the Model Context Protocol into Docker Hub and Desktop, growing its MCP Catalog to 270-plus servers and shipping experimental Dynamic MCP for agents that discover tools at runtime.

HashiCorp's March 31 deadline to kill its legacy free plan is pushing developers toward OpenTofu, Pulumi, and self-hosted alternatives as IBM's ownership tightens access to once-free tools.

Kubernetes 1.35 adds in-place pod-wide restarts and other scheduling and scaling updates as operators report broader production adoption for AI workloads.