CRI-O v1.35.0

The release notes have been generated for the commit range v1.34.0…73246f5 on Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:49:29 UTC.

Downloads

Download one of our static release bundles via our Google Cloud Bucket:

To verify the artifact signatures via cosign, run:

> export COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL=1
> cosign verify-blob cri-o.amd64.73246f596547dc39c46041aa249f3f90db26afe1.tar.gz \
    --certificate-identity https://github.com/cri-o/packaging/.github/workflows/obs.yml@refs/heads/main \
    --certificate-oidc-issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com \
    --certificate-github-workflow-repository cri-o/packaging \
    --certificate-github-workflow-ref refs/heads/main \
    --signature cri-o.amd64.73246f596547dc39c46041aa249f3f90db26afe1.tar.gz.sig \
    --certificate cri-o.amd64.73246f596547dc39c46041aa249f3f90db26afe1.tar.gz.cert

To verify the bill of materials (SBOM) in SPDX format using the bom tool, run:

> tar xfz cri-o.amd64.73246f596547dc39c46041aa249f3f90db26afe1.tar.gz
> bom validate -e cri-o.amd64.73246f596547dc39c46041aa249f3f90db26afe1.tar.gz.spdx -d cri-o

Changelog since v1.34.0

Urgent Upgrade Notes

Action required: container_spec_memory_limit_bytes has moved from the memory metrics category to the new spec category. Update your CRI-O configuration to include spec in included_pod_metrics if you rely on this metric. (#9531, @haircommander)

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