# minikube v1.34.0

- Product: minikube (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/minikube)
- Vendor: Kubernetes
- Date: 2024-09-09
- Version: v1.34.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/tag/v1.34.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/minikube/releases/v1.34.0

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- **removed** — Bump minimum podman version to 4.9.0
- **removed** — Disallow using Docker Desktop 4.34.0
- **changed** — Bump default Kubernetes version to v1.31.0
- **added** — Add new driver for macOS: vfkit
- **added** — Add Parallels driver support for darwin/arm64
- **added** — Add new volcano addon
- **changed** — Addons ingress-dns: Added support for all architectures
- **added** — Support privileged ports on WSL
- **changed** — VM drivers with docker container-runtime now use docker-buildx for image building
- **added** — Support running x86 QEMU on arm64
- **added** — Add -o json option for addon images command
- **added** — Add -d shorthand for --driver
- **added** — Add -c shorthand for --container-runtime
- **changed** — kvm2: Don't delete the default libvirt network
- **changed** — CNI: Updated permissions to support network policies on kindnet
- **changed** — GPU: Set NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES to all when GPU is enabled
- **fixed** — Fix not creating API server tunnel for QEMU w/ builtin network
- **fixed** — Fix waiting for user input on firewall unblock when --interactive=false
- **fixed** — Fix network retry check when subnet already in use for podman
- **fixed** — Fix empty tarball when generating image save

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##### Release Notes

##### Version 1.34.0 - 2024-09-04

Breaking Changes:
* Bump minimum podman version to 4.9.0 [#19457](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19457)
* Disallow using Docker Desktop 4.34.0 [#19576](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19576)
 
Features:
* Bump default Kubernetes version to v1.31.0 [#19435](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19435)
* Add new driver for macOS: vfkit [#19423](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19423)
* Add Parallels driver support for darwin/arm64 [#19373](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19373)
* Add new volcano addon [#18602](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/18602)
* Addons ingress-dns: Added support for all architectures [#19198](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19198)
* Support privileged ports on WSL [#19370](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19370)
* VM drivers with docker container-runtime now use docker-buildx for image building [#19339](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19339)
* Support running x86 QEMU on arm64 [#19228](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19228)
* Add `-o json` option for `addon images` command [#19364](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19364)

Improvements:
* add -d shorthand for --driver [#19356](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19356)
* add -c shorthand for --container-runtime [#19217](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19217)
* kvm2: Don't delete the "default" libvirt network [#18920](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/18920)
* Update MINIKUBE_HOME usage [#18648](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/18648)
* CNI: Updated permissions to support network policies on kindnet [#19360](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19360)
* GPU: Set `NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES` to `all` when GPU is enabled [#19345](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19345)
* Improved error message when trying to use `mount` on system missing 9P [#18995](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/18995)
* Improved error message when enabling KVM addons on non-KVM cluster [#19195](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19195)
* Added warning when loading image with wrong arch [#19229](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19229)
* `profile list --output json` handle empty config folder  [#16900](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/16900)
* Check connectivity outside minikube when connectivity issuse [#18859](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/18859)

Bugs:
* Fix not creating API server tunnel for QEMU w/ builtin network [#19191](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19191)
* Fix waiting for user input on firewall unblock when `--interactive=false` [#19531](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19531)
* Fix network retry check when subnet already in use for podman [#17779](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/17779)
* Fix empty tarball when generating image save [#19312](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19312)
* Fix missing permission for kong-serviceaccount [#19002](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19002)

Version Upgrades:
* Addon cloud-spanner: Update cloud-spanner-emulator/emulator image from 1.5.17 to 1.5.23 [#19341](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19341) [#19501](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19501)
* Addon headlamp: Update headlamp-k8s/headlamp image from v0.23.2 to v0.25.0 [#18992](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/18992) [#19152](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19152) [#19349](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19349)
* Addon kong: Update kong image from 3.6.1 to 3.7.1 [#19046](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19046) [#19124](https://github.com/kubernetes

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