Kubernetes, Windows kube-proxy on IPv6
author of the fork, 2026
Kubernetes kube-proxy, carried on the 1.34 and 1.35 release branches, routing IPv6 service addresses to running pods on Windows nodes.
kube-proxy is the Kubernetes component that directs traffic from service addresses to the pods behind them. Carried on the Kubernetes 1.34 and 1.35 release branches, these changes route IPv6 service traffic to running pods on Windows, settling which address the component presents as its source, how it treats internal load balancers, and how it reconciles state it has left behind.