Having almost as many enhancements in alpha, beta, and stable is a great achievement.

An equal effort has gone into adding new developments and exciting new features that promise to enhance the user experience even more. Significant work has gone into improving beta and stable features to ensure users have a better experience. Kubernetes 1.18 is a 'fit and finish' release. We're pleased to announce the delivery of Kubernetes 1.18, our first release of 2020! Kubernetes 1.18 consists of 38 enhancements: 15 enhancements are moving to stable, 11 enhancements in beta, and 12 enhancements in alpha.