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.

[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.