liken 2026.07.20-001

Catalog it

Add this entry to your cluster's spec.releases.catalog, then set spec.version to the same version. The digest is the sha256 of the release document's exact bytes, and the document gives the digest of every artifact below.

  - version: 2026.07.20-001
    digest: sha256:904054090d9f5d97897679970c14e10950a31ae763c103de9776a9c2f9b07548

The upgrade guide gives the rest of the steps. See release 2026.07.20-001 on GitHub.

What changed

Changes since v2026.07.18-002:

- Boot slots grow to 1Gi, and the bundle enforces the budget
- Boot entries load CPU microcode ahead of everything
- The image ships derived driver firmware
- The image ships the kernel's whole module tree
- Both smoke drills install first, then boot from disk
- All prose follows Simplified Technical English

Artifacts

release.yaml is the document that lists them. LICENSES.md carries the third-party notices, and the source mirror serves the corresponding source for the components that require it.

What is inside