# Async Preemption: A Scheduler Upgrade for Kubernetes

DevFeed: [Async Preemption: A Scheduler Upgrade for Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/async-preemption-a-scheduler-upgrade-for-kubernetes-4.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.abhimanyu-saharan.com/posts/async-preemption-a-scheduler-upgrade-for-kubernetes>)

Author: Abhimanyu Saharan

Published: 2025-06-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Abhimanyu Saharan](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/abhimanyu-s-blog.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [kubernetes-v1-32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes-v1-32.md>), [sync](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sync.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes asynchronous preemption in Kubernetes, where a pod follows a fast asynchronous path while blocking API calls are handled in the background.

## Source excerpt

A Kubernetes pod takes a fast async path, skipping blocking API calls handled in the background, showing the shift from sync to async preemption.