--- title: "Kubernetes v1.37 Release Information" weight: 98 slug: "release" aliases: [ "/release" ] description: | Information regarding the current release cycle including important dates, Release Team contact information, tracking spreadsheets and more! --- # Kubernetes v1.37 #### Links * [This document](https://git.k8s.io/sig-release/releases/release-1.37/README.md) * [Release Team](https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/release-1.37/release-team.md) * [Release Links](https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/release-1.37/links.md) * [v1.37 Release Calendar](https://rel.k8s.io/release-team-cal) * [kubernetes/kubernetes v1.37 milestone](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/milestone/70) * Contact: [#sig-release](https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C2C40FMNF) on slack, [release-team](mailto:release-team@kubernetes.io) on e-mail #### Guides * [Targeting Issues and PRs to This Milestone](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-release/release.md) * [Triaging and Escalating Test Failures](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-testing/testing.md#troubleshooting-a-failure) ## Summary The v1.37 release cycle is proposed as follows: - **Monday 18th May 2026**: Week 1 — Release cycle begins - **Tuesday 9th June 2026 (AoE) / Wednesday 10th June 2026, 12:00 UTC**: Week 4 — [Production Readiness Freeze][Production Readiness Freeze] - **Tuesday 16th June 2026 (AoE) / Wednesday 17th June 2026, 12:00 UTC**: Week 5 — [Enhancements Freeze][Enhancements Freeze] - **Thursday 18th - Friday 19th June 2026**: Week 5 — KubeCon India - **Thursday 9th July 2026 (AoE) / Friday 10th July 2026, 12:00 UTC**: Week 8 — [Feature blog freeze][Feature blog freeze] - **Wednesday 22nd July 2026 (AoE) / Thursday 23rd July 2026, 12:00 UTC**: Week 10 — [Code Freeze][Code Freeze] and [Test Freeze][Test Freeze] - **Tuesday 28th - Thursday 30th July 2026**: Week 11 — KubeCon Japan - **Wednesday 5th August 2026 (AoE) / Thursday 6th August 2026, 12:00 UTC**: Week 12 — [Docs Freeze][Docs Freeze] - **Wednesday 26th August 2026**: Week 15 — Kubernetes v1.37.0 released > [!NOTE] > Deadlines are expressed in "Anywhere on Earth" (AoE) time. This means the date ends when the calendar day finishes in the last timezone on Earth (UTC-12). > Example: A deadline of Thursday, Oct 16 (AoE) gives contributors their full Thursday everywhere in the world. The cutoff therefore would be Friday, Oct 17 at 12:00 UTC. ## Timeline | **What** | **Who** | **When** | **Week** | **Release Signal** | |----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Start of Release Cycle | Lead | Monday 18th May 2026 | week 1 | [master-blocking], [master-informing] | | Start Enhancements Tracking | Enhancements Lead | Monday 18th May 2026 | week 1 | | | Schedule finalized | Lead | Friday 22nd May 2026 | week 1 | | | Team finalized | Lead | Friday 22nd May 2026 | week 1 | | | Begin APAC-friendly meetings | ALL | Wednesday 27th May 2026 | week 2 | | | Start Release Notes Draft | Docs Lead | Wednesday 3rd June 2026 | week 3 | | | Call for PRR and Enhancement Freeze [Exceptions] | Lead | Thursday 4th June 2026 | week 3 | | | v1.37.0-alpha.1 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 10th June 2026 | week 4 | | | **Begin [Production Readiness Freeze]** | Enhancements Lead | Tuesday 9th June 2026 (AoE) / Wednesday 10th June 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 4 | | | **Begin [Enhancements Freeze]** | Enhancements Lead | Tuesday 16th June 2026 (AoE) / Wednesday 17th June 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 5 | | | **KubeCon India** | | Thursday 18th - Friday 19th June 2026 | week 5 | | | v1.37.0-alpha.2 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 24th June 2026 | week 6 | | | Brace Yourself, Code Freeze is Coming | Comms / Release Signal | Monday 29th June 2026 | week 7 | | | Docs deadline — Open placeholder PRs | Docs Lead | Thursday 2nd July 2026 (AoE) / Friday 3rd July 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 7 | | | v1.37.0-alpha.3 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 8th July 2026 | week 8 | | | Begin [Feature blog freeze] - Open placeholder PRs | Comms Lead | Thursday 9th July 2026 (AoE) / Friday 10th July 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 8 | | | Call for Code Freeze [Exceptions] | Lead | Monday 13th July 2026 | week 9 | | | v1.37.0-beta.0 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 15th July 2026 | week 9 | | | **Begin [Code Freeze] and [Test Freeze]** | Branch Manager | Wednesday 22nd July 2026 (AoE) / Thursday 23rd July 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 10 | | | **Begin [Burndown]** (Meetings on Mon / Wed / Fri) | ALL | Monday 27th July 2026 | week 11 | | | Deprecations and Removals blog published | Comms Lead | Monday 27th July 2026 | week 11 | | | Docs deadline — PRs ready for review | Docs Lead | Tuesday 28th July 2026 | week 11 | | | Release Highlights deadline | Comms Lead | Tuesday 28th July 2026 | week 11 | | | **KubeCon Japan** | | Tuesday 28th - Thursday 30th July 2026 | week 11 | | | Feature blogs ready to review | Enhancement Owner / SIG Leads | Monday 3rd August 2026 | week 12 | | | **Burndown Meetings daily (Tue & Thu over Slack)** | ALL | Monday 3rd August 2026 | week 12 | | | release-1.37 branch created | Branch Manager | Wednesday 5th August 2026 | week 12 | | | release-1.37 jobs created | Branch Manager | Wednesday 5th August 2026 | week 12 | | | v1.37.0-rc.0 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 5th August 2026 | week 12 | [1.37-informing], [1.37-blocking], [master-blocking], [master-informing] | | Start final draft of Release Notes | Docs Lead | Wednesday 5th August 2026 | week 12 | | | **[Docs Freeze]** | Docs Lead | Wednesday 5th August 2026 (AoE) / Thursday 6th August 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 12 | | | Release blog ready to review | Comms / Docs | Thursday 13th August 2026 (AoE) / Friday 14th August 2026, 12:00 UTC | week 13 | | | v1.37.0-rc.1 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 19th August 2026 | week 14 | | | Release Notes complete | Docs Lead | Wednesday 26th August 2026 | week 15 | | | **v1.37.0 released** | Branch Manager | Wednesday 26th August 2026 | week 15 | | | Release blog published | Comms Lead | Wednesday 26th August 2026 | week 15 | | | [Thaw] | Branch Manager | Wednesday 26th August 2026 | week 15 | | | Feature blog publication starts | Comms Lead | Thursday 27th August 2026 | week 15 | | ## Phases Please refer to the [release phases document](../release_phases.md). [Production Readiness Freeze]: ../release_phases.md#prr-freeze [Enhancements Freeze]: ../release_phases.md#enhancements-freeze [Burndown]: ../release_phases.md#burndown [Code Freeze]: ../release_phases.md#code-freeze [Exceptions]: ../release_phases.md#exceptions [Thaw]: ../release_phases.md#thaw [Test Freeze]: ../release_phases.md#test-freeze [Docs Freeze]: ../release_phases.md#docs-freeze [Feature blog freeze]: ../release_phases.md#feature-blog-freeze [master-blocking]: https://testgrid.k8s.io/sig-release-master-blocking#Summary [master-informing]: https://testgrid.k8s.io/sig-release-master-informing#Summary [1.37-blocking]: https://testgrid.k8s.io/sig-release-1.37-blocking#Summary [1.37-informing]: https://testgrid.k8s.io/sig-release-1.37-informing#Summary [release-team@]: https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/release-team [k/k]: https://code.k8s.io