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+# Re-enable containerd Checkpoint Restore (CreateContainer)
+
+Starting with containerd 2.2.7 and 2.3.4, checkpoint restore via CRI `CreateContainer` is deprecated and disabled by default, and is removed entirely in containerd 2.4+. For details, see the announcement on the [kubernetes-dev mailing list](https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/dev/c/O420PQSbTn8).
+
+Standard Kubernetes workloads are unaffected. Workloads that restore container checkpoints (which requires `criu` on the node) fail during container creation with:
+
+```
+rpc error: code = Unknown desc = checkpoint restore via CreateContainer is disabled by configuration
+```
+
+This DaemonSet re-enables the deprecated feature by setting `enable_experimental_restore_via_create = true` in `/etc/containerd/config.toml` and restarting containerd.
+
+## Caution
+
+The containerd project cautions that if restore via `CreateContainer` is enabled, only trusted users should be granted permission to create pods and only trusted values should be specified in the `image:` field of a pod.
+
+## Prerequisites & Compatibility
+
+* **GKE Standard only:** This DaemonSet requires privileged host access to modify `/etc/containerd/config.toml` and restart containerd. It is not supported on GKE Autopilot.
+* **containerd restart:** Deploying this workload restarts the containerd service on each targeted node.
+
+## Usage
+
+Apply the DaemonSet to your cluster:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/k8s-node-tools/master/containerd/enable-deprecated-checkpoint-restore/enable-deprecated-checkpoint-restore.yaml
+```
+
+Or apply the local file:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f enable-deprecated-checkpoint-restore.yaml
+```
+
+## Verification
+
+To verify that the deprecation warning is registered when a container creation from a checkpoint image is attempted, run the following command on a node:
+
+```bash
+sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io deprecations list
+```
+
+Restored containers also carry runtime annotations in `crictl`:
+
+```bash
+sudo crictl ps -a -o json | jq -r '
+  [ .containers[]?
+    | select(.annotations.restored == "true")
+    | "container=\(.id[0:12]) (pod=\(.labels["io.kubernetes.pod.namespace"] // "unknown")/\(.labels["io.kubernetes.pod.name"] // "unknown")), name=\(.metadata.name // "unknown"), checkpointedAt=\(.annotations.checkpointedAt // "unknown"), checkpointImage=\(.annotations.checkpointImage // "unknown")"
+  ] | .[]'
+```
+
+## Removal
+
+To remove the DaemonSet:
+
+```bash
+kubectl delete -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/k8s-node-tools/master/containerd/enable-deprecated-checkpoint-restore/enable-deprecated-checkpoint-restore.yaml
+```
+
+Note that removing the DaemonSet does not revert the configuration in `/etc/containerd/config.toml` until the node is recreated or the configuration field is manually removed.
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: containerd-enable-deprecated-restore
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: containerd-enable-deprecated-restore
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      name: containerd-enable-deprecated-restore
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        name: containerd-enable-deprecated-restore
+        k8s-app: containerd-enable-deprecated-restore
+    spec:
+      hostPID: true
+      tolerations:
+      - operator: "Exists"
+      containers:
+      - name: startup-script
+        image: gke.gcr.io/startup-script:v2
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        env:
+        - name: STARTUP_SCRIPT
+          value: |
+            set -o errexit
+            set -o pipefail
+            set -o nounset
+
+            CONFIG_FILE="/etc/containerd/config.toml"
+            if ! grep -q "enable_experimental_restore_via_create" "$CONFIG_FILE"; then
+              echo "Enabling enable_experimental_restore_via_create in $CONFIG_FILE..."
+              sed -i '/\[plugins\.[^.]*io\.containerd\.[^.]*\(grpc\.v1\.cri\|cri\.v1\.runtime\)[^.]*\]/a \ \ \ \ enable_experimental_restore_via_create = true' "$CONFIG_FILE"
+              echo "Restarting containerd..."
+              systemctl restart containerd
+            fi