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Azure AKS 1.31 LTS end of life
By November 2026 (Azure only names the month, so plan for the start of it): upgrade to a newer LTS. After that, Kubernetes 1.31 LTS on Azure AKS is still yours to run; it just isn't anyone's job to patch. Source: learn.microsoft.com, checked 2026-10-15.
- What's retiring
- Kubernetes 1.31 LTS end of life (Azure AKS)
- When
- November 2026 (we only have the month, so the day count runs from the 1st)
- Days left
- About 5 days left, as of 2026-10-27.
- What happens
- LTS support ends.
- What to do
- Upgrade to a newer LTS.
- Kind of change
- Kubernetes version end of life
- Official source
- learn.microsoft.com ↗ (last checked 2026-10-15)
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