best practices for updating?

[venkatamutyala]

I noticed this AMI got pulled last month: https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-eks-ami/releases/tag/v20231220 as with all software I understand this EKS AMI is no different and may have bugs. Beyond doing our own testing in dev/nonproduction environments is there any publicly viewable data to see what overall adoption of the newest AMI is like?

[sidewinder12s]

I've never seen any data on usage. Some setups will automatically attempt to get the latest versions like Karpenter in its default configuration. Others pin. We've always pinned and then will usually wait a week or 2 after an AMI release and then check this repos issues for any reported issues before we start rolling it in non-prod environments.

[cartermckinnon]

We're discussing improvements in our documentation, Karpenter, etc. after this event. We will clarify our criteria for recalling an AMI. I'll update here when I can.