diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 52ec3560b4..39d14abb2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ jobs:
       if: "matrix.use_coverage"
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
       with:
-        fail_ci_if_error: true
+        fail_ci_if_error: false
         verbose: true
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f5891fa50..5f06a7879d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# v26.1.0b1
+
+Kubernetes API Version: v1.26.1
+
+### Bug or Regression
+- The timeout unit of the WSClient update method is now always seconds for both poll and select functions. (#1976, @t-yrka)
+
+### Feature
+- Adds support for loading CA certificates from a file using the `idp-certificate-authority` key for the oidc plugin. (#1916, @vgupta3)
+
 # v26.1.0a1
 
 Kubernetes API Version: v1.26.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b31b50a13..b17e20fb85 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ supported versions of Kubernetes clusters.
 - [client 23.y.z](https://pypi.org/project/kubernetes/23.6.0/): Kubernetes 1.22 or below (+-), Kubernetes 1.23 (✓), Kubernetes 1.24 or above (+-)
 - [client 24.y.z](https://pypi.org/project/kubernetes/24.2.0/): Kubernetes 1.23 or below (+-), Kubernetes 1.24 (✓), Kubernetes 1.25 or above (+-)
 - [client 25.y.z](https://pypi.org/project/kubernetes/25.3.0/): Kubernetes 1.24 or below (+-), Kubernetes 1.25 (✓), Kubernetes 1.26 or above (+-)
-- [client 26.y.z](https://pypi.org/project/kubernetes/26.1.0a1/): Kubernetes 1.25 or below (+-), Kubernetes 1.26 (✓), Kubernetes 1.27 or above (+-)
+- [client 26.y.z](https://pypi.org/project/kubernetes/26.1.0b1/): Kubernetes 1.25 or below (+-), Kubernetes 1.26 (✓), Kubernetes 1.27 or above (+-)
 
 > See [here](#homogenizing-the-kubernetes-python-client-versions) for an explanation of why there is no v13-v16 release.
 
diff --git a/examples/dynamic-client/accept_header.py b/examples/dynamic-client/accept_header.py
index 03373380e4..7bc27e3abc 100644
--- a/examples/dynamic-client/accept_header.py
+++ b/examples/dynamic-client/accept_header.py
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
\ No newline at end of file
+    main()
diff --git a/examples/dynamic-client/request_timeout.py b/examples/dynamic-client/request_timeout.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1670ba36d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dynamic-client/request_timeout.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+This example demonstrates the following:
+    - Creation of a k8s configmap using dynamic-client
+    - Setting the request timeout which is time duration in seconds
+"""
+
+from kubernetes import config, dynamic
+from kubernetes.client import api_client
+
+
+def main():
+    # Creating a dynamic client
+    client = dynamic.DynamicClient(
+        api_client.ApiClient(configuration=config.load_kube_config())
+    )
+
+    # fetching the configmap api
+    api = client.resources.get(api_version="v1", kind="ConfigMap")
+
+    configmap_name = "request-timeout-test-configmap"
+
+    configmap_manifest = {
+        "kind": "ConfigMap",
+        "apiVersion": "v1",
+        "metadata": {
+            "name": configmap_name,
+            "labels": {
+                "foo": "bar",
+            },
+        },
+        "data": {
+            "config.json": '{"command":"/usr/bin/mysqld_safe"}',
+            "frontend.cnf": "[mysqld]\nbind-address = 10.0.0.3\n",
+        },
+    }
+
+    # Creating configmap `request-timeout-test-configmap` in the `default` namespace
+    # Client-side timeout to 60 seconds
+
+    configmap = api.create(body=configmap_manifest, namespace="default", _request_time=60)
+
+    print("\n[INFO] configmap `request-timeout-test-configmap` created\n")
+
+    # Listing the configmaps in the `default` namespace
+    # Client-side timeout to 60 seconds
+
+    configmap_list = api.get(
+        name=configmap_name, namespace="default", label_selector="foo=bar", _request_time=60
+    )
+
+    print("NAME:\n%s\n" % (configmap_list.metadata.name))
+    print("DATA:\n%s\n" % (configmap_list.data))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/examples/pod_exec.py b/examples/pod_exec.py
index 1e2d9195a6..ecfbe6c28b 100644
--- a/examples/pod_exec.py
+++ b/examples/pod_exec.py
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ def exec_commands(api_instance):
         '/bin/sh',
         '-c',
         'echo This message goes to stderr; echo This message goes to stdout']
+    # When calling a pod with multiple containers running the target container
+    # has to be specified with a keyword argument container=<name>.
     resp = stream(api_instance.connect_get_namespaced_pod_exec,
                   name,
                   'default',
diff --git a/examples/watch/timeout-settings.md b/examples/watch/timeout-settings.md
index fe8e8d9ebc..ae0828d2d1 100644
--- a/examples/watch/timeout-settings.md
+++ b/examples/watch/timeout-settings.md
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ There are two inputs available in the client, that could be used to set connecti
   ***Refer***
   - *[https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python/blob/v17.17.0/kubernetes/client/api_client.py#L336-L339](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python/blob/v17.17.0/kubernetes/client/api_client.py#L336-L339)*
 
+  ***Example***
+  - *[request_timeout.py](../dynamic-client/request_timeout.py)*
+ 
 - In case of network outage, leading to dropping all packets with no RST/FIN, the timeout value (in seconds) determined by the `request_timeout` argument, would be the time duration for how long the client will wait before dropping the connection.
 
 - When the timeout happens, an exception will be raised, for eg. ~
diff --git a/kubernetes/README.md b/kubernetes/README.md
index 368591fcaa..23af221ffe 100644
--- a/kubernetes/README.md
+++ b/kubernetes/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ No description provided (generated by Openapi Generator https://github.com/opena
 This Python package is automatically generated by the [OpenAPI Generator](https://openapi-generator.tech) project:
 
 - API version: release-1.26
-- Package version: 26.1.0a1
+- Package version: 26.1.0b1
 - Build package: org.openapitools.codegen.languages.PythonClientCodegen
 
 ## Requirements.
diff --git a/kubernetes/__init__.py b/kubernetes/__init__.py
index aca4e2b7a5..4605597bd1 100644
--- a/kubernetes/__init__.py
+++ b/kubernetes/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 __project__ = 'kubernetes'
 # The version is auto-updated. Please do not edit.
-__version__ = "26.1.0a1"
+__version__ = "26.1.0b1"
 
 from . import client
 from . import config
diff --git a/kubernetes/base/stream/ws_client.py b/kubernetes/base/stream/ws_client.py
index 15cc3945fa..4a7356a6da 100644
--- a/kubernetes/base/stream/ws_client.py
+++ b/kubernetes/base/stream/ws_client.py
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ def update(self, timeout=0):
         if hasattr(select, "poll"):
             poll = select.poll()
             poll.register(self.sock.sock, select.POLLIN)
+            if timeout is not None:
+                timeout *= 1_000  # poll method uses milliseconds as the time unit
             r = poll.poll(timeout)
             poll.unregister(self.sock.sock)
         else:
diff --git a/kubernetes/client/__init__.py b/kubernetes/client/__init__.py
index c4f3a66100..f25a34da00 100644
--- a/kubernetes/client/__init__.py
+++ b/kubernetes/client/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-__version__ = "26.1.0a1"
+__version__ = "26.1.0b1"
 
 # import apis into sdk package
 from kubernetes.client.api.well_known_api import WellKnownApi
diff --git a/kubernetes/client/api_client.py b/kubernetes/client/api_client.py
index 0b5469be3b..227c6928bd 100644
--- a/kubernetes/client/api_client.py
+++ b/kubernetes/client/api_client.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def __init__(self, configuration=None, header_name=None, header_value=None,
             self.default_headers[header_name] = header_value
         self.cookie = cookie
         # Set default User-Agent.
-        self.user_agent = 'OpenAPI-Generator/26.1.0a1/python'
+        self.user_agent = 'OpenAPI-Generator/26.1.0b1/python'
         self.client_side_validation = configuration.client_side_validation
 
     def __enter__(self):
diff --git a/kubernetes/client/configuration.py b/kubernetes/client/configuration.py
index d84cfc16aa..743bdac359 100644
--- a/kubernetes/client/configuration.py
+++ b/kubernetes/client/configuration.py
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ def to_debug_report(self):
                "OS: {env}\n"\
                "Python Version: {pyversion}\n"\
                "Version of the API: release-1.26\n"\
-               "SDK Package Version: 26.1.0a1".\
+               "SDK Package Version: 26.1.0b1".\
                format(env=sys.platform, pyversion=sys.version)
 
     def get_host_settings(self):
diff --git a/kubernetes/utils/quantity.py b/kubernetes/utils/quantity.py
index 75ed9fcd89..68e57d9807 100644
--- a/kubernetes/utils/quantity.py
+++ b/kubernetes/utils/quantity.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def parse_quantity(quantity):
     else:
         raise ValueError("{} has unknown suffix".format(quantity))
 
-    # handly SI inconsistency
+    # handle SI inconsistency
     if suffix == "ki":
         raise ValueError("{} has unknown suffix".format(quantity))
 
diff --git a/scripts/constants.py b/scripts/constants.py
index 0f7db1b353..00e898b8aa 100644
--- a/scripts/constants.py
+++ b/scripts/constants.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 KUBERNETES_BRANCH = "release-1.26"
 
 # client version for packaging and releasing.
-CLIENT_VERSION = "26.1.0a1"
+CLIENT_VERSION = "26.1.0b1"
 
 # Name of the release package
 PACKAGE_NAME = "kubernetes"
 
 # Stage of development, mainly used in setup.py's classifiers.
-DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = "3 - Alpha"
+DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = "4 - Beta"
 
 
 # If called directly, return the constant value given
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cb441284f9..9ff15ecaaa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
 # Do not edit these constants. They will be updated automatically
 # by scripts/update-client.sh.
-CLIENT_VERSION = "26.1.0a1"
+CLIENT_VERSION = "26.1.0b1"
 PACKAGE_NAME = "kubernetes"
-DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = "3 - Alpha"
+DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = "4 - Beta"
 
 # To install the library, run the following
 #