Tracking info

Link to any previous tracking issue: #3451

Golang mailing list announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/smSYdsWaO4o/m/7OvResZDBAAJ

SIG Release Slack thread: https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/CJH2GBF7Y/p1709244901866579

Work items

• kube-cross, go-runner, releng-ci image updates: Build Go 1.22.1 and 1.21.8 #3488

  • kube-cross image promotion: Image promotion for build-image v1.29.0-go1.21.8-bullseye.0 / v1.28.0-go1.21.8-bullseye.0 / v1.27.0-go1.21.8-bullseye.0 / v1.26.0-go1.21.8-bullseye.0 / v1.30.0-go1.22.1-bullseye.0 k8s.io#6528
  • go-runner image promotion: Image promotion for build-image v2.3.1-go1.21.8-bookworm.0 / v2.3.1-go1.22.1-bookworm.0 k8s.io#6531
  • releng-ci image promotion: Image promotion for releng 1.22.1-bookworm-0 / 1.21.8-bookworm-0 k8s.io#6532

After go-runner image promotion

• distroless-iptables image update: bump distroless to use go1.22.1 and go1.21.8 #3489

  • image promotion: Image promotion for build-image v0.4.6 / v0.5.2 k8s.io#6534

After kube-cross and distroless-iptables image promotions

• kubernetes/kubernetes update (master): [go] Bump images, dependencies and versions to go 1.22.1 and distroless iptables kubernetes#123750

  Ensure the following have been updated within the PR:

  • .go-version file
  • kube-cross image
  • go-runner image
  • distroless-iptables image
  • publishing bot rules
  • test image

Note
This update may require an update to go.sum files, for example: kubernetes/kubernetes#118507
This will require an API Review approval.

After kubernetes/kubernetes (master) has been updated

• k8s-cloud-builder and k8s-ci-builder image updates: Build k8s-ci-builder and k8s-cloud-bulider with Go 1.22.1 and 1.21.8 #3495

• kubekins/krte image variants update: Update kubekins to Go 1.22.1/1.21.8 test-infra#32192

Cherry picks

• Kubernetes 1.26: [release-1.26] [go] Bump images, dependencies and versions to go 1.21.8 / distroless-iptables to v0.4.6 kubernetes#123762
• Kubernetes 1.27: [release-1.27] [go] Bump images, dependencies and versions to go 1.21.8 / distroless-iptables to v0.4.6 kubernetes#123771
• Kubernetes 1.28: [release-1.28] [go] Bump images, dependencies and versions to go 1.21.8 / distroless-iptables to v0.4.6 kubernetes#123772
• Kubernetes 1.29: [release-1.29] [go] Bump images, dependencies and versions to go 1.21.8 / distroless-iptables to v0.4.6 kubernetes#123773

• publishing bot rule updates for active Golang versions: Update publishing-bot rules to Go 1.21.8 kubernetes#123798

After kubernetes/kubernetes (release branches) has been updated

• k8s-cloud-builder and k8s-ci-builder image updates: Build k8s-ci-builder and k8s-cloud-bulider with Go 1.22.1 and 1.21.8 #3495

• kubekins/krte image updates: Update kubekins to Go 1.22.1/1.21.8 test-infra#32192

Follow-up items

• Ensure the Golang issue template is updated with any new requirements

/assign
cc: @kubernetes/release-engineering