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Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now supports Kubernetes version 1.36

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AWS·1 month ago · Jun 2, 2026, 09:48 PMFeatureAI-assisted summary

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EKS and EKS Distro now support Kubernetes version 1.36 across all AWS regions, including GovCloud.
You can create new clusters or upgrade existing ones to 1.36 via the console, eksctl, or IaC tools.
Kubernetes 1.36 adds GA user namespaces, CEL‑based mutating admission policies, in‑place pod vertical scaling, and resource health status reporting.

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