Kubeflow 26.03 release blog

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+title: "Kubeflow AI Reference Platform 26.03 Release Announcement"
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+author: "Kubeflow 26.03 Release Team"
+---
+
+Kubeflow AI Reference Platform 26.03 delivers key improvements in scalability, security, and operational efficiency. It reduces per-namespace overhead, enhances multi-tenant configurations, and increases reliability for large-scale Kubernetes deployments.
+
+This release adopts a calendar-based versioning model (Year.Month.Patch), with two primary releases annually and optional patches. Community support is best-effort for approximately six months, with additional commercial support options available. Regular upgrades are recommended to take advantage of continuous security and performance enhancements.
+
+## Highlight features
+
+* Kubernetes 1.34+
+* Kubeflow Pipelines 2.16.0, Spark operator 2.5.0 Model registry v0.3.5, Kserve Web Application v0.16.1
+* Compatibility of Kubeflow Pipelines v1 and v2 with PSS restricted
+* Extended Kserve test with authentication and authorization from inside and outside the cluster as well as non-knative / raw deployments 
+* Simplified installation and automatic installation of the right Kustomize and Kubectl versions
+* Installation steps tested and based on our CI, easier in-place updates (optimized PDBs)
+* Cleanup of all synchronization steps for faster releases / updates of dependencies
+* Knative 1.20, cert-manager 1.19.4, Oauth2-proxy v7.14.3, Dex 2.45.0
+* Fix networkpolicies for cert-manager, knative-serving, istio-system, dex, oauth2-proxy
+
+## Kubeflow Platform (Manifests & Security)
+
+The Kubeflow Platform Working Group focuses on simplifying Kubeflow installation, operations, and security. See details below.
+
+### Manifests:
+
+* [Documentation updates](https://github.com/kubeflow/manifests/blob/master/README.md) that make it easier to install,
+  extend and upgrade Kubeflow
+* For more details and future plans please check [26.06](link) roadmap.
+
+|Notebooks|Dashboard|Pipelines| Katib|Trainer|KServe|Model Registry|Spark|SDK|
+| :------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------: |
+:--------------------------------------------------------: |
+| [1.10.0]() | [1.10.0](https://github.com/kubeflow/kubeflow/releases/tag/v1.10.0) | [2.16.0](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/releases/tag/2.16.0) | [0.19](https://github.com/kubeflow/katib/releases/tag/v0.19.0) | [2.1.0](https://github.com/kubeflow/trainer/releases/tag/v2.1.0) | [0.17.0](https://github.com/kserve/kserve/releases/tag/v0.17.0) | [0.3.7](https://github.com/kubeflow/model-registry/releases/tag/v0.3.7) | [2.5.0](https://github.com/kubeflow/spark-operator/releases/tag/v2.5.0) |[ 0.4.0 ](https://github.com/kubeflow/sdk/releases/tag/0.4.0) | 
+
+
+| Kubernetes |  Kind  | Kustomize | Cert Manager | Knative | Istio |  Dex | OAuth2-proxy |
+| :--------: | :----: | :-------: | :----------: | :-----: | :---: | :--: | :----------: |
+|  [1.35+] (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.35.3)  | [0.30.1](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.31.0) |  [5.8.1](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/tag/kustomize%2Fv5.8.1) |  [1.20.2](https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/tag/v1.20.2)   |   [1.21.0](https://knative.dev/blog/releases/announcing-knative-v1-21-release/) |  [1.29.1](https://github.com/istio/istio/releases/tag/1.29.1) | [2.45.1](https://github.com/dexidp/dex/releases/tag/v2.45.1) |  [7.15.1](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/releases/tag/v7.15.1)       |
+
+### Security:
+
+
+## Pipelines 
+
+## Model Registry
+
+## Training Operator (Trainer) & Katib
+
+## Spark Operator
+
+## KServe
+
+## Kubeflow SDK
+
+## Dashboard and Notebooks
+
+## How to get started with 26.03
+
+Visit the Kubeflow AI Reference Platform 26.03 [release page](https://github.com/kubeflow/manifests/releases) or head over to the Getting Started and Support pages.
+
+## Join the Community
+
+We would like to thank everyone who contributed to Kubeflow 26.03, and especially Tarek Abouzeid for his work as the v26.03 Release Manager. We also extend our thanks to the entire release team and the working group leads, who continuously and generously dedicate their time and expertise to Kubeflow.
+
+Release team members : Tarek Abouzeid, Anya Kramar, Andy Stoneberg, Humair Khan, Matteo Mortari, Adysen Rothman, Jon Burdo, Milos Grubjesic, Vraj Bhatt, Dhanisha Phadate, Alok Dangre
+
+Working Group leads : Andrey Velichkevich, Julius von Kohout, Mathew Wicks, Matteo Mortari
+
+Kubeflow Steering Committee : Andrey Velichkevich, Julius von Kohout, Yuan Tang, Johnu George, Francisco Javier Araceo
+
+You can find more details about Kubeflow distributions
+[here](https://www.kubeflow.org/docs/started/installing-kubeflow/#packaged-distributions).
+
+## Want to help?
+
+The Kubeflow community Working Groups hold open meetings and are always looking for more volunteers and users to unlock
+the potential of machine learning. If you’re interested in becoming a Kubeflow contributor, please feel free to check
+out the resources below. We look forward to working with you!
+
+* Visit our [Kubeflow website](https://www.kubeflow.org/docs/about/community/) or Kubeflow GitHub Page.
+* Join the [Kubeflow Slack channel](https://www.kubeflow.org/docs/about/community/).
+* Join the [kubeflow-discuss](https://groups.google.com/g/kubeflow-discuss) mailing list.
+* Attend our weekly [community meeting](https://www.kubeflow.org/docs/about/community/#kubeflow-community-call).