We’re happy to announce the release of Linkerd 2.18. The theme of this release is battlescars: we’ve added features and updated functionality to reduce operational pain in response to real life, hard-won lessons we’ve learned from users who have pushed the limits of what Linkerd (and Kubernetes itself!) can do. This release also introduces an experimental build of the proxy for Windows environments, an exciting new area for Linkerd. Infrastructure software means nothing if it is not rel...| Linkerd
Given the recent declaration by Google that it will not donate KNative or Istio to a neutral foundation, it seemed like an appropriate time to describe Linkerd’s approach to the subject of open governance. Our approach is this: The Linkerd maintainers are 100% committed to open governance and to being hosted by a neutral foundation. We believe that a diverse and active set of maintainers is fundamental to the long-term health of an open source project. And we want YOU to join us.| Linkerd
Thanks in part to Linkerd’s performance numbers and stellar security audit report, there’s been a recent surge of interest in Linkerd2-proxy, the underlying proxy used by Linkerd. I’ve been working on Linkerd2-proxy for the majority of my time as a Linkerd maintainer so this topic is near and dear to my heart. In this article, I’m going to shed a little more light on what Linkerd2-proxy is and how it works. The proxy is arguably the most critical component of a service mesh. It scales...| Linkerd
Linkerd publishes and announces versions that correspond to specific project milestones and sets of new features. These versions are available in different types of release artifacts. Recent versions Linkerd 2.18 Linkerd 2.18 was announced on April 23, 2025.| Linkerd
Today we’re happy to announce the release of Linkerd 2.15, which adds support for workloads outside of Kubernetes. This new “mesh expansion” feature allows Linkerd users for the first time to bring applications running on VMs, physical machines, and other non-Kubernetes locations into the mesh, delivering Linkerd’s uniform layer of secure, reliable, and observable connectivity across both Kubernetes and non-Kubernetes workload alike. The 2.15 release also introduces support for SPIFFE...| Linkerd
Welcome to Linkerd! 🎈 In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to install Linkerd into your Kubernetes cluster. Then we’ll deploy a sample application to show off what Linkerd can do. This guide is designed to walk you through the basics of Linkerd. First, you’ll install the CLI (command-line interface) onto your local machine. Using this CLI, you’ll then install the control plane onto your Kubernetes cluster. Finally, you’ll “mesh” an application by adding Linkerd’s data ...| Linkerd