Update release notes draft to version v1.35.0-rc.1

releases/release-1.35/release-notes/maps/pr-135271-map.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pr: 135271
+releasenote:
+  text: 'etcd: Update etcd to `v3.6.6`.'

releases/release-1.35/release-notes/maps/pr-135499-map.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pr: 135499
+releasenote:
+  text: 'Fixes a bug in the kube-apiserver where a malformed Service without name can cause high CPU usage. The bug is present on the new Cluster IP allocators enabled with the feature `MultiCIDRServiceAllocator` (enabled by default since `1.33`).'

releases/release-1.35/release-notes/maps/pr-135560-map.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pr: 135560
+releasenote:
+  text: 'Fixes a bug where `MutatingAdmissionPolicy` would fail to apply to objects with duplicate list items (like env vars).'

releases/release-1.35/release-notes/maps/pr-135580-map.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pr: 135580
+releasenote:
+  text: 'k8s.io/client-go: Fixes a regression in 1.34+ which prevented informers from using configured Transformer functions.'

releases/release-1.35/release-notes/maps/pr-135609-map.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pr: 135609
+releasenote:
+  text: 'Kubernetes is now built using Go `1.25.5`.'

releases/release-1.35/release-notes/release-notes-draft.json

@@ -3284,30 +3284,6 @@
     "duplicate_kind": true,
     "is_mapped": true
   },
-  "134493": {
-    "commit": "0b90cb5e5a8f36ff51ef64eeca002c44eb17e6b9",
-    "text": "Promoted the `RelaxedServiceNameValidation` feature to beta (enabled by default).\nNew Service names are now validated with `NameIsDNSLabel()`, relaxing the pre-existing validation.",
-    "markdown": "Promoted the `RelaxedServiceNameValidation` feature to beta (enabled by default).\n  New Service names are now validated with `NameIsDNSLabel()`, relaxing the pre-existing validation. ([#134493](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134493), [@adrianmoisey](https://github.com/adrianmoisey))",
-    "documentation": [
-      {
-        "description": "[KEP]",
-        "url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/5311",
-        "type": "KEP"
-      }
-    ],
-    "author": "adrianmoisey",
-    "author_url": "https://github.com/adrianmoisey",
-    "pr_url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134493",
-    "pr_number": 134493,
-    "kinds": [
-      "feature"
-    ],
-    "sigs": [
-      "network"
-    ],
-    "feature": true,
-    "is_mapped": true
-  },
   "134510": {
     "commit": "9630ab9581afbac9835d53f9e620a1240a1d2d91",
     "text": "Substantially simplified building Kubernetes by making the process run a pre-built container image directly without running `rsyncd`.",
@@ -5694,6 +5670,115 @@
       "testing"
     ],
     "feature": true,
+  },
+  "135609": {
+    "commit": "4e94e70dcad423e9f59f12ac5a048d2137d20e86",
+    "text": "Kubernetes is now built using Go `1.25.5`.",
+    "markdown": "Kubernetes is now built using Go `1.25.5`. ([#135609](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135609), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]",
+    "author": "cpanato",
+    "author_url": "https://github.com/cpanato",
+    "pr_url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135609",
+    "pr_number": 135609,
+    "areas": [
+      "test",
+      "release-eng"
+    ],
+    "kinds": [
+      "feature"
+    ],
+    "sigs": [
+      "release",
+      "testing"
+    ],
+    "feature": true,
+    "is_mapped": true,
     "duplicate": true
+  },
+  "135271": {
+    "commit": "03e14cc9432975dec161de1e52d7010f9711a913",
+    "text": "Etcd: Update etcd to `v3.6.6`.",
+    "markdown": "Etcd: Update etcd to `v3.6.6`. ([#135271](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135271), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni) [SIG API Machinery, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle, Etcd and Testing]",
+    "author": "bzsuno",
+    "author_url": "https://github.com/bzsuni",
+    "pr_url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135271",
+    "pr_number": 135271,
+    "areas": [
+      "provider/gcp",
+      "test"
+    ],
+    "kinds": [
+      "cleanup"
+    ],
+    "sigs": [
+      "api-machinery",
+      "cloud-provider",
+      "cluster-lifecycle",
+      "etcd",
+      "testing"
+    ],
+    "duplicate": true,
+    "is_mapped": true
+  },
+  "135560": {
+    "commit": "615ac0d2996f36fe4df7410e1168a8577e7045ba",
+    "text": "Fixes a bug where `MutatingAdmissionPolicy` would fail to apply to objects with duplicate list items (like env vars).",
+    "markdown": "Fixes a bug where `MutatingAdmissionPolicy` would fail to apply to objects with duplicate list items (like env vars). ([#135560](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135560), [@lalitc375](https://github.com/lalitc375) [SIG API Machinery]",
+    "author": "lalitc375",
+    "author_url": "https://github.com/lalitc375",
+    "pr_url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135560",
+    "pr_number": 135560,
+    "areas": [
+      "apiserver"
+    ],
+    "kinds": [
+      "bug"
+    ],
+    "sigs": [
+      "api-machinery"
+    ],
+    "duplicate": true,
+    "is_mapped": true
+  },
+  "135499": {
+    "commit": "2711e8cb53987ad7aca9eee21e1be3a4961fea39",
+    "text": "Fixes a bug in the kube-apiserver where a malformed Service without name can cause high CPU usage. The bug is present on the new Cluster IP allocators enabled with the feature `MultiCIDRServiceAllocator` (enabled by default since `1.33`).",
+    "markdown": "Fixes a bug in the kube-apiserver where a malformed Service without name can cause high CPU usage. The bug is present on the new Cluster IP allocators enabled with the feature `MultiCIDRServiceAllocator` (enabled by default since `1.33`). ([#135499](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135499), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea) [SIG Testing]",
+    "author": "aojea",
+    "author_url": "https://github.com/aojea",
+    "pr_url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135499",
+    "pr_number": 135499,
+    "areas": [
+      "test"
+    ],
+    "kinds": [
+      "bug",
+      "regression"
+    ],
+    "sigs": [
+      "testing"
+    ],
+    "duplicate": true,
+    "is_mapped": true
+  },
+  "135580": {
+    "commit": "2711e8cb53987ad7aca9eee21e1be3a4961fea39",
+    "text": "k8s.io/client-go: Fixes a regression in 1.34+ which prevented informers from using configured Transformer functions.",
+    "markdown": "K8s.io/client-go: Fixes a regression in 1.34+ which prevented informers from using configured Transformer functions. ([#135580](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135580), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius) [SIG API Machinery]",
+    "author": "serathius",
+    "author_url": "https://github.com/serathius",
+    "pr_url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135580",
+    "pr_number": 135580,
+    "areas": [
+      "test"
+    ],
+    "kinds": [
+      "bug",
+      "regression"
+    ],
+    "sigs": [
+      "testing"
+    ],
+    "duplicate": true,
+    "is_mapped": true
   }
-}
+}

releases/release-1.35/release-notes/release-notes-draft.md

@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@
 - Promoted the `EnvFiles` feature gate to beta and is enabled by default. Additionally, the syntax specification for environment variables has been restricted to a subset of POSIX shell syntax (all variable values must be wrapped in single quotes). ([#134414](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134414), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG Node and Testing]
 - Promoted the `HostnameOverride` feature gate to beta and enabled it by default. ([#134729](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134729), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG Network and Node]
 - Promoted the `KubeletCrashLoopBackOffMax` feature gate to beta and enabled it by default. ([#135044](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135044), [@hankfreund](https://github.com/hankfreund))
-- Promoted the `RelaxedServiceNameValidation` feature to beta (enabled by default).
-  New Service names are now validated with `NameIsDNSLabel()`, relaxing the pre-existing validation. ([#134493](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134493), [@adrianmoisey](https://github.com/adrianmoisey))
 - Selected a single device class deterministically when multiple device classes were available for an extended resource. ([#135037](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135037), [@yliaog](https://github.com/yliaog)) [SIG Node, Scheduling and Testing]
 - The JWT authenticator in `kube-apiserver` now reports the following metrics when the `StructuredAuthenticationConfiguration` feature gate is enabled:
   - `apiserver_authentication_jwt_authenticator_jwks_fetch_last_timestamp_seconds`
@@ -170,6 +168,8 @@
 
   Starting with Kubernetes `v1.36`, `kubelet` might refuse to start if the CRI runtime does not support this feature. More information can be found at the [Kubernetes blog](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/09/12/kubernetes-v1-34-cri-cgroup-driver-lookup-now-ga/). ([#134906](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134906), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
 
+- Kubernetes is now built using Go `1.25.5`. ([#135609](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135609), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]
+
 ### Documentation
 
 - Promoted the `--chunk-size` flag to stable. The kubectl `describe`, `get`, `drain`, and `events` commands can use `--chunk-size` flag to set chunk size. ([#134481](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134481), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@
 - Updated `kubectl scale` to return a consistent error message when a specified resource is not found. Previously, it returned: `error: no objects passed to scale <GroupResource> "<ResourceName>" not found`. It now matches the format used by other commands (e.g., `kubectl get`): `Error from server (NotFound): <GroupResource> "<ResourceName>" not found`. ([#134017](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134017), [@mochizuki875](https://github.com/mochizuki875))
 - `kube-controller-manager`: Fixed a `v1.34` regression that triggered a spurious rollout of existing StatefulSets when upgrading the control plane from `v1.33` to `v1.34`. This fix is guarded by the `StatefulSetSemanticRevisionComparison` feature gate, which is enabled by default. ([#135017](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135017), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
 - `kube-scheduler`: Pod statuses no longer include specific taint keys or values when scheduling fails due to untolerated taints. ([#134740](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134740), [@hoskeri](https://github.com/hoskeri))
+- Fixes a bug where `MutatingAdmissionPolicy` would fail to apply to objects with duplicate list items (like env vars). ([#135560](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135560), [@lalitc375](https://github.com/lalitc375) [SIG API Machinery]
+- K8s.io/client-go: Fixes a regression in 1.34+ which prevented informers from using configured Transformer functions. ([#135580](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135580), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius) [SIG API Machinery]
 
 ### Other (Cleanup or Flake)
 
@@ -315,4 +317,6 @@
 - Upgraded CoreDNS to v1.12.4. ([#133968](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133968), [@yashsingh74](https://github.com/yashsingh74)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Cluster Lifecycle]
 - Upgraded `CoreDNS` to `v1.12.3`. ([#132288](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132288), [@thevilledev](https://github.com/thevilledev)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Cluster Lifecycle]
 - `kubeadm`: Removed the `WaitForAllControlPlaneComponents` feature gate, which graduated to GA in `v1.34` and was locked to enabled by default. ([#134781](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134781), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
-- `kubeadm`: Updated the supported etcd version to `v3.5.24` for control plane versions `v1.32`, `v1.33`, and `v1.34`. ([#134779](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134779), [@joshjms](https://github.com/joshjms)) [SIG API Machinery, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle, Etcd and Testing]
+- `kubeadm`: Updated the supported etcd version to `v3.5.24` for control plane versions `v1.32`, `v1.33`, and `v1.34`. ([#134779](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134779), [@joshjms](https://github.com/joshjms)) [SIG API Machinery, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle, Etcd and Testing]
+- `etcd: Update etcd to `v3.6.6`. (#135271, @bzsuni) [SIG API Machinery, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle, Etcd and Testing]
+- Fix a bug in the kube-apiserver where a malformed Service without name can cause high CPU usage. The bug is present on the new Cluster IP allocators enabled with the feature MultiCIDRServiceAllocator (enabled by default since 1.33)