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Workload-aware preemption

implementablestablesig-schedulinglatest v1.38
This KEP describes the changes to kube-scheduler to support workload-aware preemption. We focus on the API, framework and building blocks, not the ideal algorithm - it can come as a follow up. We start with simple implementation, that is heavily based on the existing pod preemption algorithm. The Workload and PodGroup API introduced in [KEP-4671: Gang Sched… Full summary

This KEP describes the changes to kube-scheduler to support workload-aware preemption. We focus on the API, framework and building blocks, not the ideal algorithm - it can come as a follow up. We start with simple implementation, that is heavily based on the existing pod preemption algorithm. The Workload and PodGroup API introduced in [KEP-4671: Gang Scheduling using Workload Object] is extended to allow expressing the concept of pod group priority and to define the preemption unit. With those extensions we make the next step towards our workload-aware scheduling north star.

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@macsko
PRR approvers
@kannon92alpha@kannon92beta@kannon92stable
Tracking issue
#5710(opens GitHub in a new tab) openmilestone v1.38sig/schedulingstage/stabletracked/yeslead-opted-inwg/workload-aware-scheduling
Milestones
alpha v1.36beta v1.37stable v1.38
Participating SIGs
none
Feature gates
PodGroupPreemptionPolicy, GenericWorkload
Created / last updated
2025-11-28 / none
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