title: Ephemeral Containers
kep-number: 277
authors:
  - "@verb"
owning-sig: sig-node
participating-sigs:
  - sig-auth
  - sig-node
status: implemented
creation-date: 2019-02-12
reviewers:
  - "@dchen1107"
approvers:
  - "@dchen1107"
  - "@liggitt"
see-also:
  - "/keps/sig-cli/1441-kubectl-debug"

# The target maturity stage in the current dev cycle for this KEP.
stage: stable

# The most recent milestone for which work toward delivery of this KEP has been
# done. This can be the current (upcoming) milestone, if it is being actively
# worked on.
latest-milestone: "v1.25"

# The milestone at which this feature was, or is targeted to be, at each stage.
milestone:
  alpha: "v1.16"
  beta: "v1.23"
  stable: "v1.25"

# The following PRR answers are required at alpha release
# List the feature gate name and the components for which it must be enabled
feature-gates:
  - name: EphemeralContainers
    components:
      - kube-apiserver
      - kubelet
disable-supported: true

# The following PRR answers are required at beta release
metrics:
  - kubelet_started_containers_total
  - kubelet_started_containers_errors_total
  - kubelet_managed_ephemeral_containers
