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This article is an interview with Jordan Liggitt, lead of the Kubernetes SIG Architecture API Governance subproject, covering the goals, scope, and practices of API governance in Kubernetes.
•API Governance covers all Kubernetes API surfaces including REST APIs, CLI flags, config files, binary interfaces, and data persistence layers
•Guidelines and conventions are maintained as living documents, supplemented by automated linters and checks for patterns like spec/status semantics
•API reviews occur at either the design stage (during KEP) or implementation stage, with early involvement being preferred for large changes
•Custom Resource Definitions were a watershed moment, enabling open-ended API creation but requiring iterative work on schemas, validation, and ratcheting validation to restore consistency
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The subproject's core mission is balancing stability with evolution, prioritizing user trust by honoring backward compatibility promises even at the cost of slower iteration
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