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Pod-Level Resource Managers

implementablebetasig-nodelatest v1.37
This KEP proposes extending the Kubelet's Topology, CPU, and Memory Managers to support pod-level resource specifications. This enhancement evolves the resource managers from a strictly per-container allocation model to a pod-centric one, that enables them to use pod.spec.resources to perform NUMA alignment for the pod as a whole, and introduces a partitioni… Full summary

This KEP proposes extending the Kubelet's Topology, CPU, and Memory Managers to support pod-level resource specifications. This enhancement evolves the resource managers from a strictly per-container allocation model to a pod-centric one, that enables them to use pod.spec.resources to perform NUMA alignment for the pod as a whole, and introduces a partitioning scheme to manage resources for containers within that pod-level grouping. This change introduces a more flexible and powerful resource management model, particularly for performance-sensitive workloads.

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Authors
@kevintmtz
Approvers
@dchen1107
PRR approvers
@jpbetzalpha@jpbetzbeta
Tracking issue
#5526(opens GitHub in a new tab) opensig/nodestage/beta
Milestones
alpha v1.36beta v1.37stable v1.39
Participating SIGs
none
Feature gates
PodLevelResourceManagers, PodLevelResources
Created / last updated
2025-09-10 / none
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