Support deadlines · October 2026
Understand the EKS 1.34 deadline, the $0.60 extended-support rate and the compatibility work to plan before upgrading your cluster.
Read the guide →Cost visibility · October 2026
See how EKS extended support changes control-plane costs from $73 to $438 per cluster per planning month, and how to budget for a mixed fleet.
Read the guide →Upgrade planning · October 2026
Plan an EKS upgrade with checks for removed APIs, add-ons, node groups, Karpenter, disruption budgets, application testing and recovery limits.
Read the guide →Recovery readiness · October 2026
Plan an isolated EKS restore drill. Validate data, dependencies, recovery time and application behavior rather than trusting backup job status.
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