{
  "slug": "doctl-exposes-coredns-autoscaler-toggle-for-doks-cluster-create-update-64734330d117",
  "title": "doctl exposes CoreDNS Autoscaler toggle for DOKS cluster create/update",
  "tools": [
    "doctl"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-06-09T11:12:41.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-06-09T11:12:41.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When creating or updating a DOKS cluster, set the CoreDNS Autoscaler explicitly with `--enable-coredns-autoscaler=true` or `false`; if omitted, the API applies a Kubernetes-version-specific default. [doctl v1.161.0 source](https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl/blob/v1.161.0/commands/kubernetes.go)",
    "examples": [
      "doctl kubernetes cluster create <cluster-name> --region <region> --version <kubernetes-version> --enable-coredns-autoscaler=true",
      "doctl kubernetes cluster update <cluster-id-or-name> --enable-coredns-autoscaler=true"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.161.0",
      "--enable-coredns-autoscaler: Boolean toggle. `true` enables CoreDNS Autoscaler; `false` disables it. If omitted, the API applies a version-specific default: true for Kubernetes 1.36.0 or later, false for older versions.",
      "<cluster-name> (required): Name for the cluster being created.",
      "<cluster-id-or-name> (required): Existing cluster identifier or name to update.",
      "--region: Region for the cluster; the source example supplies a region.",
      "--version: Kubernetes version for the cluster; the source example supplies a version."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Create or update a DOKS cluster with the CoreDNS Autoscaler setting configured.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl/releases/tag/v1.161.0",
    "https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl/blob/v1.161.0/commands/kubernetes.go",
    "https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/configure-coredns-autoscaling/"
  ],
  "rank": 0.9502,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3-rejudge+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-1b21cd093ba6fbd1-0:rescue",
    "evidence_hash": "eb62230ddfa6a238819c1442b264995a18e62bbbcdd5e74a1d54e9690dac1b15"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "29666b5a03f2a2024208cbf83ac9f911a20f2a7a1335ba4e427012916ec2a65a",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:rescue",
    "reason": "Rescue path: first rejected only because the extracted card lacked usage; judged again on the enriched card, 3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.95 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.75 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}