Issues

• kubernetes Service endpoints are emptied briefly on every kube-apiserver shutdown (shared SNI advertise address + IP-keyed master leases)

  area/control-planearea/networkingkind/bug
  gardener/gardener#16235 · Filter by author FastZombie opened on Nov 5, 2026

• Migrate kube-api-linter and logcheck from golangci-lint goplugin to module plugin system

  area/dev-productivitykind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16229 · Filter by author DobromirNPeev opened on Nov 5, 2026
  1

  

• make kind-up fails on macOS with Docker Desktop 4.98

  area/dev-productivitykind/bugkind/regression
  gardener/gardener#16217 · Filter by author nickytd opened on Nov 4, 2026
  7

• Garden networking validation reports misleading errors

  area/usabilitykind/bug
  gardener/gardener#16197 · Filter by author RaphaelFakhri opened on Nov 3, 2026

• Update Istio to v1.31

  area/networkingkind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16184 · Filter by author oliver-goetz opened on Nov 2, 2026
  1

  

• Update go to 1.27 once kubernetes library is updated

  kind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16177 · Filter by author moritzfalke opened on Oct 30, 2026

• Prepare for go 1.27 update

  kind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16176 · Filter by author moritzfalke opened on Oct 30, 2026

• [GEP-28] gardenadm restore: Design the local setup

  area/control-planearea/dev-productivityarea/disaster-recoveryarea/ipceikind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16169 · Filter by author ialidzhikov opened on Oct 29, 2026
  3

  

• [GEP-28] init-less gardenadm restore

  area/control-planearea/disaster-recoveryarea/ipceikind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16168 · Filter by author ialidzhikov opened on Oct 29, 2026
  

• [GEP-28] gardenadm restore: Research how to clean up etcd master leases

  area/control-planearea/disaster-recoveryarea/ipceikind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16165 · Filter by author ialidzhikov opened on Oct 29, 2026
  1

• [GEP-28] gardenadm restore: Make possible changing external address to point to gind-machine-3 container

  area/control-planearea/disaster-recoveryarea/ipceikind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16161 · Filter by author ialidzhikov opened on Oct 29, 2026
  

• Make kubelet CA certificate available to shoot

  area/securitykind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16153 · Filter by author timonegk opened on Oct 29, 2026
  7

  

• GEP-78 Implementation

  area/networkingkind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16125 · Filter by author DockToFuture opened on Oct 28, 2026
  1

  

• Allow operators to mandate a minimum TLS version for all Shoot kube-apiservers

  area/compliancearea/securitykind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16123 · Filter by author avinashreddynarra89 opened on Oct 28, 2026

• [Flaky Test] ci-gardener-e2e-kind-gardenadm-unmanaged-infra-restore

  area/testingkind/flake
  gardener/gardener#16114 · Filter by author ialidzhikov opened on Oct 27, 2026
  2

  

• gardener-apiserver: Limit the number of worker pools in spec.provider.workers[] in the Shoot API

  area/robustnessarea/scalabilitykind/api-changekind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#16107 · Filter by author ialidzhikov opened on Oct 26, 2026
  1

  

• Cluster-autoscaler not updated during stuck MCM rollout causing scaling loop

  area/auto-scalingkind/bug
  gardener/gardener#16089 · Filter by author dergeberl opened on Oct 23, 2026

• [GEP-28] dev-setup/infra.sh: Track infra claims so shared local infra is torn down by its last consumer

  area/dev-productivityarea/ipceikind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#15998 · Filter by author ialidzhikov opened on Oct 15, 2026

• Harden seed-restriction and shoot-restriction admission handlers for Gardenlet-initiated Shoot updates

  area/securitykind/enhancement
  gardener/gardener#15992 · Filter by author timuthy opened on Oct 15, 2026
  5

  

• Dependency Dashboard

  area/compliancearea/open-sourcekind/tasklifecycle/active¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  gardener/gardener#15982 · Filter by author renovate opened on Oct 14, 2026

• [Flaky Test] e2e-kind: credentials rotation Should not have operation annotation times out

  area/monitoringarea/testingkind/flake
  gardener/gardener#15948 · Filter by author timebertt opened on Oct 9, 2026
  5

  

• [Flaky Test] gardenadm managed infrastructure bootstrap times out waiting for static pod rollout

  area/testingkind/flake
  gardener/gardener#15938 · Filter by author timebertt opened on Oct 8, 2026
  5

• Expose Kubernetes and machine image lifecycle classifications in Shoot status

  area/ops-productivityarea/usabilityhelp wantedkind/enhancementtriage/accepted
  gardener/gardener#15873 · Filter by author grolu opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• AutomaticCredentialsRotationPossible constraint gives misleading advice for hibernated Shoots with no scheduled wake-up

  area/documentationarea/usabilitykind/bug
  gardener/gardener#15872 · Filter by author corioliskraft opened on Oct 2, 2026

• Automatic etcd encryption key rotation fails Shoot maintenance while a change to the list of encrypted resources is pending or rolling out

  area/securitykind/bug
  gardener/gardener#15871 · Filter by author corioliskraft opened on Oct 2, 2026