July 7, 2025
Control Plane Node Pools
As of July 7, 2025, new CKS clusters no longer provision a cpu-control-plane Node Pool. This change improves cluster provisioning speed and reliability by moving managed components out-of-band to the CKS Control Plane.
Some CKS-managed components will continue to be scheduled onto customer-owned Node Pools. The deployment location of the following CKS-managed components have changed:
| Affected Component | Runs on CKS Control Plane | Runs on Customer Nodes |
|---|---|---|
| Cilium | Cilium Operator | Cilium Agent |
| EventRouter | EventRouter | N/A |
| HPC Verification | HPC Verification Workflow Controller | HPC Verification Workflows |
| KubeStateMetrics | KubeStateMetrics | N/A |
| Victoria Metrics | Victoria Metrics Operator | VM Agents |
Clusters deployed before this date continue to use a cpu-control-plane Node Pool. These older clusters are fully supported, and CoreWeave's Support Team will assist with migration on a per-customer basis.
App Deprecations
Prometheus Operator and Kubernetes Metrics Server are no longer installed in new clusters but remain on any cluster created before July 7, 2025.