Krkn Operator 1.1: From Chaos Runs to Resilience Insights

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Chaos engineering is most useful when it becomes a repeatable engineering practice: teams can define an experiment, run it against the right clusters, understand what happened, and compare the results over time. The Krkn Operator 1.1 release moves the project further in that direction.

This release combines improvements in the Krkn Operator with a major expansion of the Krkn Operator Console. Together, they make it easier to create and replay experiments, organize results, investigate telemetry, and operate the platform safely in production-like environments.

Articles

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Presentations and Blogs

Blog post on introduction to Kraken: https://www.openshift.com/blog/introduction-to-kraken-a-chaos-tool-for-openshift/kubernetes
Discussion and demo on how Kraken can be leveraged to ensure OpenShift is reliable, performant and scalable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1PvupI5sD0&ab_channel=OpenShift
Blog post emphasizing the importance of making Chaos part of Performance and Scale runs to mimic the production environments: https://www.openshift.com/blog/making-chaos-part-of-kubernetes/openshift-performance-and-scalability-tests
Blog post on findings from Chaos test runs: https://cloud.redhat.com/blog/openshift/kubernetes-chaos-stories
Discussion with CNCF TAG App Delivery on Krkn workflow, features and addition to CNCF sandbox: Github, Tracker, recording
Blog post on supercharging chaos testing using AI integration in Krkn: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/supercharging-chaos-testing-using-ai
Blog post announcing Krkn joining CNCF Sandbox: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/krknchaos-joining-cncf-sandbox
Blog post on OpenShift Chaos Stories - findings from test runs: https://cloud.redhat.com/blog/openshift/kubernetes-chaos-stories
Blog post on unleashing controlled chaos with krknctl: https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/21/unleash-controlled-chaos-krknctl
Blog post on enhancing the system resilience with krkn chaos dashboard: https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/14/enhancing-system-resilience-krkn-chaos-dashboard
Blog post on LFX Mentorship Term 2 2025 experience working with the krkn team on the rollback feature: https://blog.zhu424.dev/open-source-contribution/lfx-mentorship-2025-cncf-krkn
Blog post on creating custom chaos scenarios in krkn: https://medium.com/@abhinavs1920/krkn-custom-chaos-engineering-plugins-70d73c7e2118
Blog post on Resiliency Scoring Feature: https://medium.com/@abhinavs1920/we-replaced-pass-fail-chaos-testing-with-a-score-heres-the-math-e0eeafb5d938
Blog post on Krkn-Operator Developer Preview in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management, use cases and capabilities: https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/17/krkn-operator-developer-preview-red-hat-acm

Chaos Testing Guide

Guide covering the best practices, recommendations that an OpenShift platform as well as the applications running on top it should follow to be resilient, performant and reliable in addition to instructions on how to leverage tooling to achieve it: https://redhat-chaos.github.io/krkn/.

Blogs on Krkn

Krkn Operator 1.1: From Chaos Runs to Resilience Insights

Articles

Presentations and Blogs

Chaos Testing Guide