containerd 2.3 is coming right around the corner, and with it we’ve made some changes to how we produce our releases. I won’t bury the lede here, starting with containerd 2.3, we now have: Annual LTS releases with a two-year support window (starting with 2.3) New releases every four months, aligned with Kubernetes Regular releases now get eight months of support Improved upgrade safety by limiting breaking changes to the first release after an LTS Supported upgrades from one LTS version to the next

containerd 2.1 is here! Delivering new features and improvements, this release also launches our new six-month cadence – just half a year after containerd 2.0.

The containerd maintainers (including me) are happy to announce the release of containerd 2.0! This is the first major release of containerd since 1.0 was released in 2017, and represents a commitment both to the evolution of the containerd project and continued investment in stability, reliability, and efficiency.