# minikube v1.37.0

- Product: minikube (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/minikube)
- Vendor: Kubernetes
- Date: 2025-09-09
- Version: v1.37.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/tag/v1.37.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/minikube/releases/v1.37.0

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- **added** — Add support for Kubernetes v1.34.0
- **added** — Add krunkit driver supporting GPU acceleration on macOS
- **added** — Add short hand -m for --memory flag
- **added** — Add support to docker runtime for OCI access to NVIDIA GPUs
- **added** — Add --disable-coredns-log flag to suppress coredns logs
- **added** — Add kubetail addon
- **added** — Add support for Virtiofs mounts for vfkit and krunkit drivers
- **changed** — Improve ingress-dns addon for ipv4 and windows v0.0.4
- **changed** — Disable grub timeout speeding up vm start by 5 seconds
- **changed** — Improve docker service reliability and update docker systemd files
- **changed** — Don't require both --mount for using --mount-string and remove default mount-string
- **changed** — Update oldest supported Kubernetes versions
- **changed** — Remove deprecated proxy-refresh-interval v2 etcd flag
- **changed** — Support offloading for krunkit in vmnet
- **changed** — Disable offloading for krunkit for faster networking
- **changed** — Update kube-vip from v0.9.1 to v1.0.0 for HA multi-control plane
- **deprecated** — Deprecate HyperKit driver with warning
- **fixed** — Fix dirty commit version
- **fixed** — Fix minikube image load on windows
- **fixed** — Fix mount to same folder causing Input/output error

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##### Release Notes

##### Version 1.37.0 - 2025-09-09

##### Highlight
Run AI workloads on Macbook's GPU in Kubernetes using the new `krunkit driver`. Get started with our [AI Playground tutorial](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/tutorials/ai-playground/)

##### Features
* Add Support for Kubernetes v1.34.0 (#21439)
* Add krunkit driver supporting GPU acceleration on macOS (#20826) [Tutorial](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/tutorials/ai-playground/)
* add short hand -m for --memory (#20854)
* Add support to docker runtime for OCI access to NVIDIA GPUs (#20959)
* Add `--disable-coredns-log` flag to suppress coredns logs (#20992)
* new addon: kubetail (#20345)
* drivers: Add support for Virtiofs mounts for vfkit and krunkit (#21149)

##### Improvements
* Improve ingress-dns addon for ipv4 and windows v0.0.4  (#21449)
* iso: Disable grub timeout speeding up vm start by 5 seconds (#20895)
* improve docker service reliability, update docker systemd files (#21174)
* Don't require both --mount for using --mount-string and remove default mount-string (#21250)
* Update oldest supported Kubernetes versions (#21490)
* license cmd: don't fail if output dir doesn't exist & download  from github assets first (#21206)
* remove deprecated proxy-refresh-interval v2 etcd flag (#21278)
* vmnet: Support offloading for krunkit (#20831)
* Don't call startKicServiceTunnel for non-kic drivers (#20863)
* krunkit: Disable offloading for faster networking (#21341)
* HA (multi-control plane): Update kube-vip from v0.9.1 to v1.0.0 (#20999)(#21228)


##### Depreciation
* Deprecate HyperKit driver with warning (#21024)

##### Bug fixes
* fix dirty commit version  (#21062)
* Fix minikube image load on windows (#20529) (#20921)
* Fix mount to same folder causing Input/output error (#21077)
* fix: YAML file escape error problem affecting addons (#20904)
* iso: Fix `minikube stop` with vfkit and krunkit drivers (#21089)
* iso: Fix console for vfkit/krunkit (#20832)

##### Addons 
* Addon nvidia-device-plugin: Update nvidia/k8s-device-plugin image from v0.17.2 to v0.17.3 (#21225)
* Addon cloud-spanner: Update cloud-spanner-emulator/emulator image from 1.5.34 to 1.5.41 (#20976)(#21040)(#21243)(#21287)(#21359)(#21512)
* Addon Headlamp: Update Headlamp image from v0.28.0 to v0.34.0 (#21238)(#21508)
* Addon ingress: Update ingress-nginx/controller image from v1.12.2 to v1.13.2 (#20909)(#21232)(#21353)(#21458)
* Addon inspektor-gadget: Update inspektor-gadget image from v0.40.0 to v0.44.1 (#20873)(#21038)(#21240)(#21462)(#21510)(#21358)
* Addon kong: Update kong image from 3.9.0 to 3.9.1 (#20966)(#21503)
* Addon kong: Update kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller image from 3.4.5 to 3.5.1 (#20908)(#20969)(#21034)(#21282)
* Addon kubevirt: Update bitnami/kubectl image from 1.33.1 to 1.33.4  (#20911)(#20939)(#21235)(#21283)(#21414)
* Addon metrics-server: Update metrics-server/metrics-server image from v0.7.2 to v0.8.0 (#21033)
* Addon registry: Update registry image from 3.0.0 to 3.0.0 (#21242)
* Addon Volcano: Update volcano images from v1.11.2 to v1.12.2 (#20868)(#21351)
* Addon kubetail: update version 0.13.3 (#21244)

##### CNI versions
* CNI: Update calico from v3.30.0 to v3.30.3 (#20871)(#20971)(#21416)
* CNI: Update cilium from v1.17.4 to v1.18.1 (#20968)(#21226)(#21349)
* CNI: Update flannel from v0.26.7 to v0.27.0 (#20907)(#21230)(#21504)

##### Base image versions
* iso: Update to longterm kernel to 6.6.95 (#20995)
* iso: Enable VirtioFS for x86_64 and aarch64 (#21147)
* iso: Improve build and clean up configuration (#20991)
* Kicbase/ISO: Update cni-plugins from v1.7.1 to v1.8.0 (#21517)
* Kicbase/ISO: Update crun from 1.19 to 1.23.1 (#21198)(#21330)
* Kicbase/ISO: Update docker from 28.0.4 to 28.4.

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