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Vault Kubernetes KMS enters public beta, aiming at the etcd key sprawl

HashiCorp put a Kubernetes KMS v2 plugin for Vault Enterprise into public beta, letting the API server encrypt etcd through the same Vault install that already holds pipeline secrets. It collapses one more custody trail; it does not lower the operational burden on the API server side.

Jul 16, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo Platform engineering

etcd v3.7 adds a streaming range API and drops the legacy v2 store

SIG etcd shipped v3.7.0 with a RangeStream API that chunks large read responses instead of buffering them, plus faster lease handling under load and the removal of the legacy v2 backing store. Kubernetes will expose the feature in v1.37 behind a gate.

Jul 9, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo Platform engineering

AWS reworks the EKS control plane and starts selling it in sized tiers

Amazon EKS engineers detail a set of architectural changes to how the service runs the Kubernetes control plane, including a purpose-built journal that replaces etcd's Raft consensus, and a new tier-priced product, EKS Provisioned Control Plane, that lets customers reserve API and scheduling capacity ahead of bursty workloads.

Jul 1, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo