Kubernetes WG-LTS: Why We Need LTS?
summary
Kubernetes currently has a 14-month support lifecycle with a release cadence of three times per year and an enforced n-3 skew, forcing upgrades about once a year; an October 2022 survey finds most clusters running 18+ months running unsupported. WG-LTS restarts in 2023, runs a December survey showing desire for fewer forced upgrades (patch cadence interest rising from ~10% to ~30%, minor-release interest rising from 17% to 33%), and proposes 15–24 month CVE backports (a 24-month CVE backports draft) while debating cost, binary artifacts, and prioritization.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:52Customer needs
- 4:27Upgrade challenges
- 10:11LTS Working Group
- 13:13Upgrade survey
- 20:03CVE lifetime extension
- 23:42Future plans
- 25:09Q&A
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