KEP-3721keps/sig-node/3721-support-for-env-files
This is a proposal to add capability to populate environment variables in the container from a file.
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| 2025-06-18 11:28 UTC | prr_approval soltysh gave the production readiness approval for KEP-3721 at alpha on 2025-06-18. |
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| 2025-06-18 11:28 UTC | stage_graduation KEP-3721 set milestone.alpha to v1.34 in PR #5384, approved by mrunalp, sergeykanzhelev, soltysh; merged by automation (k8s-ci-robot) on 2025-06-18. |
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| 2025-06-18 11:28 UTC | stage_graduation KEP-3721 set milestone.beta to v1.35 in PR #5384, approved by mrunalp, sergeykanzhelev, soltysh; merged by automation (k8s-ci-robot) on 2025-06-18. |
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| 2025-06-18 11:28 UTC | stage_graduation KEP-3721 set milestone.stable to v1.37 in PR #5384, approved by mrunalp, sergeykanzhelev, soltysh; merged by automation (k8s-ci-robot) on 2025-06-18. |
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| 2025-06-18 11:28 UTC | stage_graduation KEP-3721 graduated to alpha in PR #5384, approved by mrunalp, sergeykanzhelev, soltysh; merged by automation (k8s-ci-robot) on 2025-06-18. |
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| 2025-06-18 11:28 UTC | status_transition KEP-3721 status set to implementable in PR #5384, approved by mrunalp, sergeykanzhelev, soltysh; merged by automation (k8s-ci-robot) on 2025-06-18. |
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| 2025-09-12 13:22 UTC | prr_approval soltysh gave the production readiness approval for KEP-3721 at beta on 2025-09-12. |
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| 2025-10-15 16:45 UTC | milestone_retarget KEP-3721 latest-milestone moved from v1.34 to v1.35 in PR #5530, approved by sergeykanzhelev, soltysh; merged by automation (k8s-ci-robot) on 2025-10-15. |
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| 2025-10-15 16:45 UTC | stage_graduation KEP-3721 graduated to beta from alpha in PR #5530, approved by sergeykanzhelev, soltysh; merged by automation (k8s-ci-robot) on 2025-10-15. |
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| 2026-05-23 16:12 UTC | prr_approval soltysh gave the production readiness approval for KEP-3721 at stable on 2026-05-23. |
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| 2026-06-10 18:49 UTC | milestone_retarget KEP-3721 latest-milestone moved from v1.35 to v1.37 in PR #6109, approved by sergeykanzhelev, soltysh; merged by automation (k8s-ci-robot) on 2026-06-10. |
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| 2026-06-10 18:49 UTC | stage_graduation KEP-3721 graduated to stable from beta in PR #6109, approved by sergeykanzhelev, soltysh; merged by automation (k8s-ci-robot) on 2026-06-10. |
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| At | Kind | Field | Change | Actor | Evidence |
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| 2023-01-10 18:41 UTC | label | needs-sig added | none → needs-sig | @k8s-ci-robot | source(opens GitHub in a new tab) |
| 2023-01-10 18:41 UTC | label | sig/node added | none → sig/node | @k8s-ci-robot | source |
| Person | Relationship |
|---|---|
| @anishshah GitHub(opens GitHub in a new tab) | —AUTHORED→ |
| @sharpz7 GitHub(opens GitHub in a new tab) | —AUTHORED→ |
| @hirazawaui GitHub(opens GitHub in a new tab) | —AUTHORED→ |
| @sergeykanzhelev |
No lineage recorded
No findings
Shortest paths in the graph between this KEP and its SIG or one of its people, up to four hops.
| 2023-01-10 18:41 UTC | label | needs-sig removed | needs-sig → none | @k8s-ci-robot | source(opens GitHub in a new tab) |
| 2023-04-11 14:04 UTC | label | lifecycle/stale added | none → lifecycle/stale | @k8s-ci-robot | source(opens GitHub in a new tab) |
| 2023-04-21 21:25 UTC | label | lifecycle/stale removed | lifecycle/stale → none | @k8s-ci-robot | source(opens GitHub in a new tab) |
| 2024-01-30 17:28 UTC | label | lifecycle/stale added | none → lifecycle/stale | @k8s-ci-robot | source(opens GitHub in a new tab) |
| 2024-03-12 08:54 UTC | label | lifecycle/stale removed | lifecycle/stale → none | @k8s-ci-robot | source(opens GitHub in a new tab) |
| 2024-05-23 20:16 UTC | milestone | milestone milestoned | none → v1.31 | @k8s-ci-robot | source(opens GitHub in a new tab) |
| 2024-05-23 20:18 UTC | label | lead-opted-in added | none → lead-opted-in | @k8s-ci-robot | source(opens GitHub in a new tab) |
| 2024-06-05 09:58 UTC | label | stage/alpha added | none → stage/alpha | @k8s-ci-robot | source(opens GitHub in a new tab) |
| —REVIEWS→ |
| @sftim GitHub(opens GitHub in a new tab) | —REVIEWS→ |
| @sergeykanzhelev GitHub(opens GitHub in a new tab) | —APPROVES→ |
| @soltysh GitHub(opens GitHub in a new tab) | —PRR_APPROVED {stage: alpha}→ |
| @soltysh GitHub(opens GitHub in a new tab) | —PRR_APPROVED {stage: beta}→ |
| @soltysh GitHub(opens GitHub in a new tab) | —PRR_APPROVED {stage: stable}→ |
Blast radius of changing a KEP, grouped by hop (depth 2 or 3): KEPs that replace / are replaced by it or SEE_ALSO it, KEPs sharing a feature gate, and for each KEP reached its owning SIG, current authors and approvers and its open tracking issue. Every node comes with its shortest path from the KEP (paths). Open pull requests are not in the graph (merged PRs only).
7 nodes within 2 hops of this KEP, each with its shortest path back to it.
One step away: KEPs this one replaces, is replaced by, refers to or shares a feature gate with, and its own SIG, authors, approvers and open tracking issue.
impact_of_change·2 rows·8 evidence records·7 paths·10 ms
| Kep | Depth | Reached | By hop | Open pull requests | Hop | Feature gates | Sigs | People | Open issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{
"label": "KEP",
"key": "keps/sig-node/3721-support-for-env-files",
"title": "Support for env files.",
"url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/6ebe0a94771723b3f27cb4a757f0cc22f29e38a2/keps/sig-node/3721-support-for-env-files",
"evidence_id": "4zib67jt7dom",
"number": 3721,
"owning_sig": "sig-node",
"status": "implementable",
"stage": "stable",
"latest_milestone": "v1.37",
"milestone_alpha": "v1.34",
"milestone_beta": "v1.35",
"milestone_stable": "v1.37",
"creation_date": "2025-06-06",
"metadata_invalid": false
} | 2 | 7 | {
"1": {
"feature_gates": 1,
"sigs": 1,
"people": 4,
"open_issues": 1
}
} | not in graph (merged pull requests only) | none | none | none | none | none |
| none | none | none | none | none | 1 | [
{
"label": "FeatureGate",
"key": "EnvFiles",
"title": "EnvFiles",
"url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/6ebe0a94771723b3f27cb4a757f0cc22f29e38a2/keps/sig-node/3721-support-for-env-files/kep.yaml",
"evidence_id": "nsqssgdrbp5t",
"name": "EnvFiles"
}
] | [
{
"label": "SIG",
"key": "sig-node",
"title": "Node",
"url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/440e496d3a172234d81728df1bfe43849b589adf/sig-node",
"evidence_id": "nrsuxu2xcxa7",
"display_name": "Node",
"sig_label": "node",
"in_scope": true
}
] | [
{
"label": "Person",
"key": "anishshah",
"title": "anishshah",
"url": "https://github.com/anishshah",
"evidence_id": "3ojnug53dvwi",
"login": "anishshah",
"is_bot": false
},
{
"label": "Person",
"key": "sharpz7",
"title": "sharpz7",
"url": "https://github.com/sharpz7",
"evidence_id": "zjvvpq4ghkm3",
"login": "sharpz7",
"is_bot": false
},
{
"label": "Person",
"key": "hirazawaui",
"title": "hirazawaui",
"url": "https://github.com/hirazawaui",
"evidence_id": "b4bu2kmctnqp",
"login": "hirazawaui",
"is_bot": false
},
{
"label": "Person",
"key": "sergeykanzhelev",
"title": "sergeykanzhelev",
"url": "https://github.com/sergeykanzhelev",
"evidence_id": "7y7w4fizv4wu",
"login": "sergeykanzhelev",
"is_bot": false
}
] | [
{
"label": "Issue",
"key": "kubernetes/enhancements#3721",
"title": "Add FileEnvSource and FileKeySelector to add environment generated on the fly",
"url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/3721",
"evidence_id": "ghwiiptb3tyq",
"number": 3721,
"state": "open",
"state_reason": "reopened",
"created_at_iso": "2023-01-10T18:41:01Z",
"labels_current": [
"sig/node",
"stage/stable",
"kind/kep"
],
"is_tracking_issue": true
}
] |
Request: POST /v1/tools/impact_of_change
{
"kep_ref": "keps/sig-node/3721-support-for-env-files"
}Cypher template (read-only, parameterised; the values above are bound as parameters)
MATCH (k:KEP {key: $key})
RETURN k
LIMIT 1
;
MATCH (k:KEP {key: $key})
MATCH path = (k)-[:REPLACES|SUPERSEDED_BY|SEE_ALSO|GATED_BY*1..2]-(n)
WHERE n <> k AND (n:KEP OR n:FeatureGate)
AND all(x IN nodes(path)[1..-1] WHERE x <> k AND (x:KEP OR (x:FeatureGate AND NOT x.key IN $placeholders)))
WITH n, path ORDER BY length(path), [x IN nodes(path) | x.key]
WITH n, collect(path)[0] AS path
RETURN n AS node, length(path) AS hop, path
ORDER BY hop, n.key
LIMIT 150
;
UNWIND $keys AS kk
MATCH (k:KEP {key: kk})
RETURN k.key AS kep,
[(k)-[r_0:OWNED_BY]->(s_0:SIG) WHERE coalesce(r_0.valid_to, $open) = $open | s_0] AS sigs,
[(p_1:Person)-[r_1:AUTHORED]->(k) WHERE coalesce(r_1.valid_to, $open) = $open AND coalesce(p_1.is_bot, false) = false
| p_1] AS authors,
[(p_2:Person)-[r_2:APPROVES]->(k) WHERE coalesce(r_2.valid_to, $open) = $open AND coalesce(p_2.is_bot, false) = false
| p_2] AS approvers,
[(k)-[r_3:TRACKED_BY]->(i_3:Issue) WHERE coalesce(r_3.valid_to, $open) = $open AND i_3.state = 'open' | i_3] AS open_issues
LIMIT 200