Talos Linux v1.13.6

v1.13.6
Added 3
  • AMD XGBE driver to initramfs
  • Support for AMD XGBE driver
  • NF_TABLES_ARP option
Changed 2
  • Linux kernel to 6.18.38
  • Linux firmware to 20260622
Fixed 10
  • Shutdown and reboot via usermode helpers
  • Decode extraArgs list values correctly
  • Kubelet stuck restarting
  • Handle image cache being disabled
  • Align documented image cache partition label
  • Image verification with referrers
Talos 1.13.6 (2026-07-09)

Welcome to the v1.13.6 release of Talos!

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/issues.

Component Updates

Linux: 6.18.38

Talos is built with Go 1.26.5.

Contributors
  • Andrey Smirnov
  • Mateusz Urbanek
  • Noel Georgi
  • Maja Bojarska
  • Mark Glants
Changes
  • siderolabs/talos@04318854e release(v1.13.6): prepare release
  • siderolabs/talos@9d8e47dd3 chore: update pkgs and tools
  • siderolabs/talos@31552f400 fix: shutdown/reboot via usermode helpers
  • siderolabs/talos@bc0c3f3d3 fix: flaky serviceaccount suite test
  • siderolabs/talos@3e7559258 fix: flaky tests
  • siderolabs/talos@fbe4d900d fix: data race in manifest sync
  • siderolabs/talos@6df3a452b fix: provide cooldown period for the QoS trigger
  • siderolabs/talos@85f8dd63e fix: decode extraArgs list values correctly
  • siderolabs/talos@c2a56d592 fix: kubelet stuck restarting
  • siderolabs/talos@871440858 chore: bump rekor for GHSA-47q9-m4ww-924m
  • siderolabs/talos@3e37ef8cd fix: handle image cache being disabled
  • siderolabs/talos@466bcd804 fix: align documented image cache partition label
  • siderolabs/talos@d3cf09bcb fix: image verification with referrers
  • siderolabs/talos@e9609b992 feat: add AMD XGBE driver to initramfs
  • siderolabs/talos@f18efcc4d chore: update deps
Changes from siderolabs/gen
  • siderolabs/gen@c526410 fix: skip unknown-key check for types with custom YAML unmarshaler
Changes from siderolabs/pkgs
  • siderolabs/pkgs@d8c80cc chore: update toolchain and tools
  • siderolabs/pkgs@71874fb feat: bump kernel to 6.18.38
  • siderolabs/pkgs@a2406a1 feat: bump kernel 6.18.37
  • siderolabs/pkgs@e410c35 feat: update Linux firmware to 20260622
  • siderolabs/pkgs@389b8aa fix: patch Linux kernel for tunnel metadata buffer overflow
  • siderolabs/pkgs@7e4a719 feat: add support for AMD XGBE driver
  • siderolabs/pkgs@1915c58 feat: enable NF_TABLES_ARP option
Changes from siderolabs/tools
  • siderolabs/tools@c58afd5 chore: bump toolchain
Dependency Changes
  • github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.21.0 -> v1.21.1
  • github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.41.4 -> v1.41.7
  • github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.32.12 -> v1.32.17
  • github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds v1.18.20 -> v1.18.23
  • github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kms v1.50.3 -> v1.51.1
  • github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.24.2 -> v1.25.1
  • github.com/siderolabs/gen v0.8.6 -> v0.8.7
  • github.com/siderolabs/pkgs v1.13.0-36-g6b315f7 -> v1.13.0-43-gd8c80cc
  • github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery v1.13.5 -> v1.13.6
  • github.com/siderolabs/tools v1.13.0-6-g9b78252 -> v1.13.0-7-gc58afd5
  • github.com/sigstore/cosign/v3 v3.0.5 -> v3.0.6
  • github.com/sigstore/sigstore v1.10.5 -> v1.10.6
  • go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1 -> v1.28.0

Previous release can be found at v1.13.5

Images
ghcr.io/siderolabs/flannel:v0.28.5
registry.k8s.io/coredns/coredns:v1.14.2
registry.k8s.io/etcd:v3.6.12
registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10.1
registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.36.2
registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.36.2
registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.36.2
registry.k8s.io/kube-proxy:v1.36.2
ghcr.io/siderolabs/kubelet:v1.36.2
registry.k8s.io/networking/kube-network-policies:v1.0.0
ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer:v1.13.6
ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer-base:v1.13.6
ghcr.io/siderolabs/imager:v1.13.6
ghcr.io/siderolabs/talos:v1.13.6
ghcr.io/siderolabs/talosctl-all:v1.13.6
ghcr.io/siderolabs/overlays:v1.13.6
ghcr.io/siderolabs/extensions:v1.13.6
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