➔ Kubernetes Python Client v36.0.1 Stable Release
The kubernetes-client/python project published the v36.0.1 stable tag on May 20, 2026. This is a patch release in the 36.0.x line, marked as non prerelease, so it is intended for production installs rather than testing.
➔ kubernetes-client/python: kubernetes.aio Rename and a v36 Auth Fix
This week the kubernetes-client/python repo merged its long standing kubernetes_asyncio code into the main package and pushed a quiet but important auth fix for v36 of the SDK. If you load configs in production or run async code against the apiserver, both changes affect you.
➔ Kubernetes Python Client v36.0.0 Stable Release Notes
The official Kubernetes Python client tagged v36.0.0 on May 20, 2026. The published GitHub release is intentionally short and points users at the install commands and the full changelog on the release-36.0 branch. This post collects what is on the release page, plus the practical bits operators usually want before bumping the version in production code.
➔ Prefect 3.7.2 - delete flow run automation and worker channel updates
Prefect 3.7.2 landed on May 23, 2026 with a new delete flow run automation action, a worker channel handshake protocol, and a batch of fixes around result storage and Apprise logging.
➔ Prefect 3.7.2 ships worker channel and cloud worker fixes
A look at what landed in PrefectHQ/prefect over the past week. The 3.7.2 release went out, the new worker channel got handshake and snapshot plumbing, and the Azure container worker finally retries on transient 5xx responses. About 53 commits across 421 files.
➔ Playwright Python 1.60.0 release with HAR tracing and drop locators
Playwright Python 1.60.0 ships HAR recording as a tracing API, a new drop() method on locators, and soft assertions for pytest. The release was published on May 18, 2026 and pulls the bundled browsers up to Chromium 148, Firefox 150, and WebKit 26.4.
➔ Prefect 3.7.1 Release Notes - Worker Channel and Orchestration Fixes
PrefectHQ shipped Prefect 3.7.1 on May 16, 2026, a point release that ships the first batch of worker channel infrastructure and clears out a stack of orchestration, concurrency, and result data bugs. Anyone running self hosted workers or pinning Python 3.13 should read this one carefully.