Karpenter v1 Upgrade Gotchas: What You Need to Know Before Upgrading

2025-06-26

Karpenter v1 Upgrade Gotchas: What You Need to Know Before Upgrading https://schedule.businesscompassllc.com/ As Kubernetes continues to evolve, Karpenter, the open-source autoscaler by AWS, is keeping pace with significant changes to optimize workload provisioning. With the release of Karpenter v1, many users are excited to take advantage of its new capabilities, but an upgrade from the v0.x series is not without challenges. Before you upgrade, you must be aware of breaking changes, c...

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As Kubernetes continues to evolve, Karpenter, the open-source autoscaler by AWS, is keeping pace with significant changes to optimize workload provisioning. With the release of Karpenter v1, many users are excited to take advantage of its new capabilities, but an upgrade from the v0.x series is not without challenges. Before you upgrade, you must be aware of breaking changes, configuration pitfalls, and operational adjustments.

This podcast will discuss the key gotchas, provide a checklist for smooth upgrades, and share mitigation tips to avoid downtime.

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