# kind v0.32.0

- Product: kind (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kind)
- Vendor: Kubernetes SIGs
- Date: 2026-06-02
- Version: v0.32.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.32.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kind/releases/v0.32.0

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- **changed** — Default node image is now kindest/node:v1.36.1@sha256:3489c7674813ba5d8b1a9977baea8a6e553784dab7b84759d1014dbd78f7ebd5
- **changed** — kind load command requires kind v0.32.0 or newer due to containerd upgrade in node images
- **changed** — kubeadm v1beta4 config format is now used for Kubernetes 1.36.0+
- **changed** — HAProxy replaced by Envoy docker.io/envoyproxy/envoy:v1.36.2 as load balancer in multi-control-plane clusters
- **added** — Warning is now printed if cgroup v1 is detected on the host
- **added** — kubeadm v1beta4 configuration support with v1beta3 maintained for Kubernetes v1.23.0 to v1.35.x and v1beta2 for older versions
- **added** — Automatic translation of old-style map-based extraArgs and kubeletExtraArgs patches to list-based v1beta4 format
- **added** — Config patches now append to extraArgs, kubeletExtraArgs, and certSANs reliably
- **added** — Support for containerd config v4 format in kind load and snapshotter parsing
- **added** — Support to build node images from Kubernetes CI artifacts
- **added** — Support for containerd version-aware containerd config patching
- **fixed** — Fix permission error when creating pods with hostUsers: false on Kubernetes 1.36+
- **fixed** — Handle registry ports correctly in image normalization logic for registries on ports like localhost:5000
- **fixed** — Handle empty port mapping listen addresses correctly by defaulting to wildcard address
- **fixed** — Skip /dev/mapper mount on rootless Docker

This release contains critical dependency updates, bug fixes, and defaults to Kubernetes 1.36.1.

#### Breaking Changes

* **The default node image is now `kindest/node:v1.36.1@sha256:3489c7674813ba5d8b1a9977baea8a6e553784dab7b84759d1014dbd78f7ebd5`**
* **New node images requiring upgrading kind to `kind load ...`**: Due to a containerd upgrade, you must upgrade `kind` to this release or newer to use `kind load ...` with the newly published node images. As always, we cannot gurantee full compatibility of node images between kind releases. You can use the digests from previous releases, upgrade kind, or build your own node-images.
* **kubeadm v1beta4 config format is now used for Kubernetes 1.36.0+** If you are using versioned config patches, you must update to target v1beta4. Unversioned patches kind will attempt to convert as needed (more below in New Features). This change is required for Kubernetes 1.37+ which drops kubeadm v1beta3 config.
* **Adoption of Envoy for Load Balancing in multi-control-plane node clusters:** HAProxy has been replaced by Envoy (`docker.io/envoyproxy/envoy:v1.36.2`) as the load balancer in multi-control-plane (HA) clusters. If you rely on custom HAProxy loadbalancer configurations or images, please note that Envoy is now used.
* **cgroup v1 warning:** A warning is now printed if cgroup v1 is detected on the host. Kubernetes [has deprecated support for cgroup v1](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/5573), and at some point in the future KIND releases / node-images will also drop support for cgroup v1.

#### New Features

* **kubeadm v1beta4 configuration support:** KIND now uses the `v1beta4` config format for Kubernetes `v1.36.0+` while maintaining `v1beta3` for `v1.23.0` up to `v1.35.x`, and `v1beta2` for older versions.
* **Custom Merging & Version-Awareness for Kubeadm Config Patches:**
  * KIND now automatically translates old-style map-based `extraArgs` / `kubeletExtraArgs` patches to the list-based `v1beta4` format when targeting `v1beta4` configs.
  * Config patches now append to `extraArgs` / `kubeletExtraArgs` / `certSANs` reliably. To overwrite or make other more precise patching, use json6902 patches.
* **Support for containerd config v4 format:** Enabled support for containerd's config v4 format in `kind load` and snapshotter parsing, which is required for newer containerd versions.
* **Building Node Images from CI Artifacts:** Added support to build node images from Kubernetes CI artifacts (resolving endpoints like `https://dl.k8s.io/ci/latest.txt` or CI build prefixes).
* **Support for containerd version-aware containerd config patching:** Like kubeadmConfigPatches, containerd config patching is now aware of `version` and if specified in patches will only apply patches that match the containerd config being used.
* Assorted dependency updates.

Images pre-built for this release:
* v1.36.1: `kindest/node:v1.36.1@sha256:3489c7674813ba5d8b1a9977baea8a6e553784dab7b84759d1014dbd78f7ebd5`
* v1.35.5: `kindest/node:v1.35.5@sha256:ce977ae6d65918d0b58a5f8b5e940429c2ce42fa3a5619ec2bbc60b949c0ac95`
* v1.34.8: `kindest/node:v1.34.8@sha256:02722c2dedddcfc00febf5d27fbeb9b7b2c14294c82109ff4a85d89ac9ba3256`
* v1.33.12: `kindest/node:v1.33.12@sha256:3f5c8443c620245e4d355cfe09e96a91ead32ceaa569d3f1ca9edf0cb2fe2ff4`

**NOTE**: You *must* use the `@sha256` digest to guarantee an image built for this release, until such a time as we switch to a different tagging scheme. Even then we will highly encourage digest pinning for security and reproducibility reasons.

#### Fixes

* Fix permission error when creating pods with `hostUsers: false` (Kubernetes 1.36+).
* Handle registry ports correctly in image normalization logic (e.g., registry running on ports like `localhost:5000/...`).
* Handle empty port mapping listen addresses correctly (defaults to wildcard address).
* Skip `/dev/mapper` mount on rootless Docker.
* Assorted documentation fixes and improvements.

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