Enhancements

Detail on the enhancements introduced in MKE 3.9.7 includes:

[IDEA-2598][MKE-14433] Protection of required images from garbage collection

MKE 3 now supports the exclusion of required container images from kubelet image garbage collection, thus preventing essential images from being removed during cleanup.

For details, refer to Exclude images from kubelet garbage collection.

[FIELD-8330][MKE-14528] Prometheus metrics now scraped from CoreDNS.

Prometheus metrics are now scraped from CoreDNS.

[MKE-14343] Support for RHEL 9.8

Starting with version 3.9.7, MKE supports RHEL 9.8.

[MKE-14343] Support for Ubuntu 26.04

Starting with version 3.9.7, MKE supports Ubuntu 26.04.

[MKE-14343] Support for Windows Server 2025

Starting with version 3.9.7, MKE supports Windows Server 2025.