Tracking info

Link to any previous tracking issue: #3242

Golang mailing list announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/XBa1oHDevAo/m/desYyx3qAgAJ

SIG Release Slack thread: https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/CJH2GBF7Y/p1695947118816969

Work items

• kube-cross image update: Build Go 1.21.2 and 1.20.9 images #3305

  • image promotion: Image promotion for build-image v1.29.0-go1.21.2-bullseye.0 / v1.28.0-go1.20.9-bullseye.0 / v1.27.0-go1.20.9-bullseye.0 / v1.26.0-go1.20.9-bullseye.0 / v1.25.0-go1.20.9-bullseye.0 k8s.io#5937

• go-runner image update: Build Go 1.21.2 and 1.20.9 images #3305

  • image promotion: Image promotion for build-image v2.3.1-go1.21.2-bookworm.0 / v2.3.1-go1.20.9-bullseye.0 k8s.io#5938

• releng-ci image update: Build Go 1.21.2 and 1.20.9 images #3305

  • image promotion: Image promotion for releng 1.20.9-bookworm-0 / 1.21.2-bookworm-0 k8s.io#5939

After kube-cross image promotion

• kubernetes/kubernetes update (master): [go] Bump images, dependencies and versions to go 1.21.2 kubernetes#121021

  Ensure the following have been updated within the PR:

  • kube-cross image
  • go-runner image
  • publishing bot rules
  • test image
  • .go-version file

Note
This update may require an update to go.sum files, for example: kubernetes/kubernetes#118507
This will require an API Review approval.

After go-runner image promotion

• distroless-iptables image update: Update distroless-iptables to use go 1.21.2 #3306

  • image promotion: Image promotion for distroless-iptables v0.3.3 k8s.io#5943

After distroless-iptables image promotion

• kubernetes/kubernetes update (master):

  Ensure the following have been updated within the PR: Bump distroless-iptables to v0.3.3 kubernetes#121073

  • distroless-iptables image
  • test image

After kubernetes/kubernetes (master) has been updated

• k8s-cloud-builder image update: Update k8s-cloud-builder/k8s-ci-builder to Go 1.21.2/1.20.9 #3310

• k8s-ci-builder image variants update: Update k8s-cloud-builder/k8s-ci-builder to Go 1.21.2/1.20.9 #3310

Cherry picks

• Kubernetes 1.25: [release-1.25] [go] Bump images, versions and deps to use Go 1.20.9 kubernetes#121022
• Kubernetes 1.26: [release-1.26] [go] Bump images, versions and deps to use Go 1.20.9 kubernetes#121023
• Kubernetes 1.27: [release-1.27] [go] Bump images, versions and deps to use Go 1.20.9 kubernetes#121024
• Kubernetes 1.28: [release-1.28] [go] Bump images, versions and deps to use Go 1.20.9 kubernetes#121025

• publishing bot rule updates for active Golang versions: Update publishing-bot rules for active release branches that uses go1.20 to Go 1.20.9 kubernetes#121071

After kubernetes/kubernetes (release branches) has been updated

• k8s-cloud-builder image update: Update k8s-cloud-builder/k8s-ci-builder to Go 1.21.2/1.20.9 #3310

• k8s-ci-builder image variants update: Update k8s-cloud-builder/k8s-ci-builder to Go 1.21.2/1.20.9 #3310

• kubekins/krte image variants update: Update kubekins-e2e to Go 1.20.9 and 1.21.2 test-infra#30985

Follow-up items

• Ensure the Golang issue template is updated with any new requirements

/assign
cc: @kubernetes/release-engineering