Amazon EKS Adds Kubernetes Version Rollback Within 7 Days of an Upgrade
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Amazon EKS now supports Kubernetes version rollbacks within 7 days of an upgrade, allowing teams to revert the control plane to the previous minor version while preserving etcd data, workloads, and persistent volumes. The feature addresses a long-standing community request, reducing the risk of in-place upgrades by providing a safety net that avoids costly workarounds like blue/green deployments or manual snapshots. Rollbacks are limited to one minor version at a time, with EKS running cluster insights to check readiness and offering a cancel API for node rollbacks in Auto Mode.