Topic

Kubernetes feature gates

Per-component command-line switches that control whether an alpha, beta or graduating Kubernetes feature is active, with defaults that change as the feature matures.

Current clusters

build1 publisher

Kubernetes v1.37 Makes Native Histograms Beta and Enabled by Default

The NativeHistograms gate is on by default in v1.37, and components answer /metrics in both formats. What Prometheus stores depends on two per-job flags, one of which defaults to false and leaves classic dashboards with no data.

Publishers:kubernetes.io

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption30
Hype gap+15
Incentives40
Confidence70