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GKE release notes

This page documents production updates to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). You can periodically check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.

This page includes release notes for all channels and releases.

Current versions

The following table lists the current versions for each release channel. To learn more about the designations in this table, see What versions are available in a channel. For general information on versioning and upgrades, see GKE versioning and support and About GKE cluster upgrades.

GKE Release Channel	Rapid	Regular	Stable	Extended	No Channel (Static)
Available minor versions	1.30 to 1.33	1.30 to 1.33	1.30 to 1.32	1.28 to 1.33	1.30 to 1.33
Recommended auto-upgrade target	1.33.1-gke.1584000	1.32.4-gke.1415000	1.31.8-gke.1113000	1.28.15-gke.2303000	1.31.8-gke.1113000
Auto-upgrade targets	1.30.12-gke.1208000 1.31.9-gke.1119000 1.32.4-gke.1415000 1.33.1-gke.1584000	1.30.12-gke.1168000 1.31.9-gke.1044001 1.32.4-gke.1415000 1.33.1-gke.1107000	1.30.12-gke.1086000 1.31.8-gke.1113000 1.32.2-gke.1297002	1.28.15-gke.2303000 1.29.15-gke.1415000 1.30.12-gke.1168000 1.31.9-gke.1044001 1.32.4-gke.1415000 1.33.1-gke.1107000	1.30.12-gke.1168000 1.31.8-gke.1113000 1.32.4-gke.1415000 1.33.1-gke.1107000
Default patch version for cluster creation	1.33.1-gke.1584000	1.32.4-gke.1415000	1.32.2-gke.1297002	1.32.4-gke.1415000	1.32.4-gke.1415000
COS version of default patch version	cos-121-18867-90-38	cos-117-18613-263-14	cos-117-18613-164-38	cos-117-18613-263-14	cos-117-18613-263-14

For information on the current minor versions rollout and support schedule, see the GKE release schedule. To find all the patch versions available in a channel, check available and default versions.

This table also lists the Container-Optimized OS version that corresponds to the channel's default patch version. To upgrade a cluster to a specific image version, see Map Container-Optimized OS node image versions to GKE patch versions.

Other resources

For more detailed information about security-related known issues, see the security bulletin page.

To view release notes for versions prior to 2020, see the Release notes archive.

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May 30, 2025

(2025-R22) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in control plane upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters. For more information on versioning and upgrades, see GKE versioning and support and Upgrades.

Rapid channel

Version 1.33.0-gke.2248000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.30.12-gke.1086000
- 1.31.9-gke.1005000
- 1.33.0-gke.1868000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.12-gke.1151000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.12-gke.1151000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.33 to version 1.33.0-gke.2248000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.32.4-gke.1106006 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.30.11-gke.1217000
- 1.31.7-gke.1390000
- 1.32.3-gke.1927009
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.12-gke.1033000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.8-gke.1045000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.32.4-gke.1106006 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.12-gke.1033000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.8-gke.1045000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.4-gke.1106006 with this release.

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
- 1.30.11-gke.1217000
- 1.31.7-gke.1390000
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.30.11-gke.1131000
- 1.31.7-gke.1212000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.11-gke.1157000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.7-gke.1265000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1157000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1265000 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.32.4-gke.1106006 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2703000
- 1.27.16-gke.2810000
- 1.28.15-gke.2169000
- 1.28.15-gke.2287000
- 1.29.15-gke.1240000
- 1.29.15-gke.1395000
- 1.30.11-gke.1217000
- 1.31.7-gke.1390000
- 1.32.3-gke.1927009
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.2192000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.2732000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.2192000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.15-gke.1274000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.12-gke.1033000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.8-gke.1045000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.4-gke.1106006 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.32.4-gke.1106006 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.30.11-gke.1131000
- 1.31.7-gke.1212000
- 1.31.9-gke.1005000
- 1.32.3-gke.1785003
- 1.32.4-gke.1106000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.12-gke.1033000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.7-gke.1265000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.12-gke.1033000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1265000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.4-gke.1106006 with this release.

(2025-R21) Version updates

There are no version updates for 2025-R21.

The insecure kubelet read-only port (10255) is disabled by default in all new clusters that run GKE version 1.32 and later. If you created your cluster using a GKE version earlier than 1.32, we recommend that you disable the insecure kubelet read-only port. For more information see Disable the kubelet read-only port in GKE clusters.

May 23, 2025

(2025-R20) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.32.4-gke.1236006 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.30.12-gke.1033000
- 1.31.7-gke.1390000
- 1.31.8-gke.1045000
- 1.32.3-gke.1927002
- 1.32.4-gke.1106000
- 1.32.4-gke.1236000
- 1.33.0-gke.1552000
- 1.33.0-gke.1712000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.12-gke.1086000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.8-gke.1113000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.32.4-gke.1236006 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.12-gke.1086000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.8-gke.1113000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.4-gke.1236006 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.33 to version 1.33.0-gke.1868000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.32.3-gke.1927009 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.30.11-gke.1157000
- 1.31.7-gke.1265000
- 1.32.3-gke.1785003
- 1.32.3-gke.1927002
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.11-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.7-gke.1390000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.32.3-gke.1927009 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1390000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.3-gke.1927009 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.32.2-gke.1297002 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
- 1.30.11-gke.1157000
- 1.31.7-gke.1265000
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.30.10-gke.1070000
- 1.31.6-gke.1064001
- 1.32.2-gke.1182003
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.11-gke.1131000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.7-gke.1212000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1131000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1212000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.2-gke.1297002 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.32.3-gke.1927009 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2682000
- 1.27.16-gke.2771000
- 1.28.15-gke.2142000
- 1.28.15-gke.2239000
- 1.29.15-gke.1193000
- 1.29.15-gke.1325000
- 1.30.11-gke.1157000
- 1.31.7-gke.1265000
- 1.32.3-gke.1785003
- 1.32.3-gke.1927002
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.2169000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.2703000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.2169000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.15-gke.1240000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1390000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.3-gke.1927009 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.32.3-gke.1927009 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.30.10-gke.1070000
- 1.31.6-gke.1064001
- 1.32.3-gke.1927002
- 1.32.4-gke.1236000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.11-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.7-gke.1212000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1212000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.3-gke.1927009 with this release.

May 22, 2025

The May 13, 2025 issue in which GKE Autopilot clusters failed to update the cgroup_mode field is fixed in all GKE versions.

May 20, 2025

In GKE version 1.32.3-gke.1927002 and later, GKE uses a container-optimized compute platform for the general-purpose Autopilot compute class. This platform improves Pod scheduling latency, especially during autoscaling operations. The container-optimized compute platform provides benefits like faster scaling reaction times and more precise capacity right-sizing. For more information about the general-purpose compute class, see About built-in compute classes in Autopilot clusters.

May 16, 2025

(2025-R19) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.32.4-gke.1106000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.30.11-gke.1157000
- 1.30.11-gke.1217000
- 1.31.7-gke.1265000
- 1.32.3-gke.1785003
- 1.33.0-gke.1582000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.12-gke.1033000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.7-gke.1390000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.32.3-gke.1927002 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.12-gke.1033000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1390000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.3-gke.1927002 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.32.3-gke.1785003 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.30.11-gke.1131000
- 1.31.7-gke.1212000
- 1.32.2-gke.1297002
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.11-gke.1157000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.7-gke.1265000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.32.3-gke.1785003 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1157000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1265000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.3-gke.1785003 with this release.

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:

Extended channel

Version 1.32.3-gke.1785003 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2664000
- 1.27.16-gke.2732000
- 1.28.15-gke.2121000
- 1.28.15-gke.2192000
- 1.29.14-gke.1067000
- 1.29.15-gke.1274000
- 1.30.11-gke.1131000
- 1.31.7-gke.1212000
- 1.32.2-gke.1297002
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.2142000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.2682000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.2142000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.15-gke.1193000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1157000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1265000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.3-gke.1785003 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.32.3-gke.1785003 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.11-gke.1157000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1157000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.3-gke.1785003 with this release.

May 13, 2025

GKE now provides insights and recommendations that help you to identify and troubleshoot clusters with Custom Resource Definitions that contain an invalid or malformed Certificate Authority bundle, which might disrupt cluster operations. Implementing the recommendation helps you to keep your clusters stable and performant.

GKE Autopilot clusters fail to update the cgroup_mode field and display the following error:

ERROR: (gcloud.container.clusters.update) 
    ResponseError: code=400,
    message=INVALID_ARGUMENT: invalid node_pool_auto_config.linux_node_config.
    Allowed fields are: ["cgroup_mode"]

This issue occurs in all GKE versions. A fix for this issue is in progress. For more information, see Migrate nodes to Linux cgroupv2.

May 12, 2025

In GKE version 1.33 and later, the Compute Engine persistent disk CSI Driver supports provisioning Hyperdisk Balanced High Availability volumes in the ReadWriteOnce, ReadWriteOncePod, and ReadWriteMany access modes. For more information, see Provisioning Hyperdisk Balanced High Availability volumes.

May 09, 2025

(2025-R18) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.32.3-gke.1927002 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.30.11-gke.1131000
- 1.31.7-gke.1212000
- 1.32.2-gke.1297002
- 1.32.3-gke.1785000
- 1.32.3-gke.1927000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.11-gke.1157000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.7-gke.1265000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.32.3-gke.1785003 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1157000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1265000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.3-gke.1785003 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.33 to version 1.33.0-gke.1552000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.32.2-gke.1297002 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.30.10-gke.1070000
- 1.31.6-gke.1064001
- 1.32.2-gke.1182003
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.11-gke.1131000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.7-gke.1212000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1131000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1212000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.2-gke.1297002 with this release.

Stable channel

There are no new releases in the Stable channel.

Extended channel

Version 1.32.2-gke.1297002 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2650000
- 1.27.16-gke.2703000
- 1.28.15-gke.2097000
- 1.28.15-gke.2169000
- 1.29.15-gke.1240000
- 1.30.10-gke.1070000
- 1.31.6-gke.1064001
- 1.32.2-gke.1182003
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.2121000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.2664000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.2121000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1131000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.7-gke.1212000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.2-gke.1297002 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.32.2-gke.1297002 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.31.6-gke.1020000
- 1.32.3-gke.1785000
- 1.32.3-gke.1927000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.11-gke.1131000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.11-gke.1131000 with this release.

1.33 is now available in the Rapid channel

Kubernetes 1.33 is now available in the Rapid channel. For more information about the content of Kubernetes 1.33, read the Kubernetes 1.33 Release Notes.

New features in 1.33

New v1beta2 versions of the Kubernetes Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) APIs will be available (because this is a beta API, using it in GKE clusters requires opt-in). For more information about using DRA in GKE, see About dynamic resource allocation in GKE.
In-Place Pod Resize (Public Preview) allows you to change the CPU and memory requests and limits assigned to containers within a running Pod (limitations apply) through the new resize pod subresource (on-by-default), often without requiring a container restart significantly decreasing service disruptions. For more information, see Resize CPU and Memory Resources assigned to Containers.
Sidecar Containers graduated to stable, enabling the "sidecar pattern". initContainers with restartPolicy: Always will start before application containers and remain running throughout the pod's lifecycle, terminating after the main containers exit.
Streaming List Response Encoding enables efficient handling of requests for large object collections, improving API server reliability and performance.
Multiple Service CIDRs is now generally available, allowing cluster administrators to dynamically increase the number of IP addresses available for type: ClusterIP Services (by creating new ServiceCIDR objects).

Note: To ensure network stability during this initial phase, Service CIDRs can only be created within the 34.118.224.0/20 reserved IP address range in Compute Engine. Future releases will remove this limitation.

Deprecated in 1.33

The gitRepo volume driver is deprecated and disabled for security reasons. For more information, see KEP-5040.

Removed in 1.33

The status.nodeInfo.kubeProxyVersion field in the Node API object is no longer populated in 1.33 and later. This field actually reported the kubelet version, not the kube-proxy version. You can use status.nodeInfo.kubeletVersion to get the kubelet version. For more information, see KEP-4004.

Other changes in 1.33

containerd 2.0 is supported. For more information, see Migrate nodes to containerd 2.

May 08, 2025

In GKE version 1.32 and later, GKE Sandbox (gVisor) can now be configured with SYS_ADMIN privileges in GKE Autopilot. This lets you use Docker-in-Docker with gVisor in GKE Autopilot.

April 03, 2025

GKE now provides insights and recommendations that help you identify workloads without resource requests or limits so that you can specify the resource needs for these workloads. Configuring CPU and memory requests and limits for containers is the best practice for improving reliability and performance, and is a necessary prerequisite for understanding and optimizing resource utilization by your workloads and their cost.

April 02, 2025

(2025-R13) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:

Regular channel

There are no new releases in the Regular channel.

Stable channel

There are no new releases in the Stable channel.

Extended channel

The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2633000
- 1.28.15-gke.2072000

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:

Automatic application monitoring is now generally available in GKE versions 1.28 and later. When configured on GKE clusters, this feature automatically collects key metrics with Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus and provides out-of-the-box dashboards for monitoring the supported workloads. Automatic application monitoring supports six new AI model servers (NVIDIA Triton, vLLM, TGI, JetStream, TorchServe and TensorFlow Serving). For more information, see Configure automatic application monitoring.

March 28, 2025

In version 1.32.1-gke.1729000 and later, you can customize specific kubelet and Linux kernel parameters like sysctls and huge pages by using the nodeSystemConfig field in your GKE compute classes. Additionally, you can now specify default values for fields that are omitted in individual rules in a compute class by using the priorityDefaults field. For details, see About custom compute classes.

March 26, 2025

(2025-R12) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:

Regular channel

There are no new releases in the Regular channel.

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:

Extended channel

The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2595000
- 1.28.15-gke.2027000

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:

March 21, 2025

In GKE version 1.32.2-gke.1652000 and later, new external LoadBalancer Services use zonal Network Endpoint Group (NEG) backends by default. This applies only to new backend service-based external LoadBalancer Services. Existing LoadBalancer Services are not affected. To learn more, see Create a backend service-based external load balancer.

Starting in GKE version 1.32.1-gke.1729000, Autopilot clusters will automatically use the new Performance HPA Profile. This new profile enables faster autoscaling on CPU and Memory metrics for up to 1,000 HorizontalPodAutoscaler objects by routing autoscaling metrics through the gke-metrics-agent Daemonset. If desired, users can revert to the old autoscaling profile by disabling the Peformance HPA Profile.

March 19, 2025

(2025-R11) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.32.2-gke.1182001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.32.2-gke.1182000
- 1.32.2-gke.1400001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.32.2-gke.1182001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.2-gke.1182001 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.32.2-gke.1182001 is now available in the Regular channel.
Version 1.32.2-gke.1182000 is no longer available in the Regular channel.

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
- 1.30.10-gke.1022000
- 1.31.6-gke.1020000

Extended channel

The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
Version 1.32.2-gke.1182000 is no longer available in the Extended channel.

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.32.2-gke.1182000
- 1.32.2-gke.1400001

March 12, 2025

(2025-R10) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.32.2-gke.1182000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.29.14-gke.1018000
- 1.30.10-gke.1022000
- 1.31.6-gke.1020000
- 1.32.1-gke.1357001
- 1.32.1-gke.1729000
- 1.32.2-gke.1297000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.14-gke.1067000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.10-gke.1070000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.6-gke.1064000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.32.2-gke.1182000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.14-gke.1067000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.10-gke.1070000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.6-gke.1064000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.2-gke.1182000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.31.6-gke.1020000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.29.13-gke.1169000
- 1.30.9-gke.1201000
- 1.31.5-gke.1233000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.14-gke.1018000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.10-gke.1022000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.6-gke.1020000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.14-gke.1018000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.10-gke.1022000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.6-gke.1020000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.9-gke.1127000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.30.9-gke.1046000
- 1.31.5-gke.1068000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1127000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1127000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1169000 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.31.6-gke.1020000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2270000
- 1.27.16-gke.2489000
- 1.28.15-gke.1781000
- 1.28.15-gke.1897000
- 1.29.13-gke.1169000
- 1.30.9-gke.1201000
- 1.31.5-gke.1233000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.2451000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1844000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.14-gke.1018000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.10-gke.1022000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.6-gke.1020000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.31.6-gke.1020000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.30.9-gke.1009000
- 1.31.5-gke.1068000
- 1.32.1-gke.1489001
- 1.32.2-gke.1297000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.14-gke.1018000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1127000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.14-gke.1018000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1127000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.6-gke.1020000 with this release.

March 07, 2025

You can now monitor startup latency of Kubernetes workloads and nodes using the new Startup Latency dashboard available in the Observability tab on the Deployment details and Cluster details pages in the GKE Console. The dashboard is useful for tracking, troubleshooting and optimizing startup latency of your GKE workloads.

GKE now allows you to enable logging of Horizontal Pod Autoscaler decisions starting from GKE version 1.31.5-gke.1090000 or later, or version 1.32.1-gke.1260000 or later. These logs include atomic recommendations (based on individual metrics) and final recommendations (consolidated HPA decisions). The logs are stored in Cloud Logging and offer insights into the decision-making process of the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler.

March 05, 2025

(2025-R09) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.29.14-gke.1020000
- 1.30.10-gke.1042000
- 1.31.6-gke.1027000

Regular channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1233000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.29.13-gke.1109000
- 1.30.9-gke.1127000
- 1.31.5-gke.1169000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1169000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1201000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1169000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1201000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1233000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.9-gke.1046000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.29.13-gke.1006000
- 1.30.9-gke.1009000
- 1.31.5-gke.1023000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1038000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1046000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1038000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1046000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1068000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.1-gke.1357001 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1233000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2477000
- 1.28.15-gke.1641000
- 1.28.15-gke.1881000
- 1.29.13-gke.1109000
- 1.30.9-gke.1127000
- 1.31.5-gke.1169000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1781000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1169000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1201000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1233000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1233000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.29.13-gke.1006000
- 1.29.13-gke.1109000
- 1.29.14-gke.1020000
- 1.30.8-gke.1261000
- 1.30.10-gke.1042000
- 1.31.5-gke.1023000
- 1.31.6-gke.1027000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1169000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1046000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1169000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1046000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1233000 with this release.

The Envoy project recently announced several new security vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-53269, CVE-2024-53270, and CVE-2024-53271) that could allow an attacker to crash Envoy.

For more details, see the GCP-2025-009 security bulletin.

March 04, 2025

The europe-north2 region in Stockholm, Sweden is now available. For more information, see the Global Locations.

February 28, 2025

New recommendations of NODE_SA_MISSING_PERMISSIONS subtype are added to the portfolio of GKE Recommendations. Use the new recommendations to identify clusters with node service accounts missing IAM permissions that are critical for normal cluster operations.

If your organization has a policy to disable automatic role grants to default service accounts, the created default GKE node service account will not get the necessary permissions. Missing critical permissions can degrade your essential cluster operations, such as logging and monitoring.

February 27, 2025

The GKE Autopilot partner program now lets partners create and manage allowlists that correspond to specific partner workloads. In GKE version 1.32.1-gke.1729000 and later, you can explicitly install allowlists in your clusters to run only the partner solutions that you need.

To learn more, see Run privileged workloads from GKE Autopilot partners.

February 26, 2025

(2025-R08) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.32.1-gke.1729000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.29.13-gke.1109000
- 1.29.13-gke.1169000
- 1.30.9-gke.1201000
- 1.30.9-gke.1231000
- 1.31.5-gke.1169000
- 1.31.5-gke.1233000
- 1.32.1-gke.1489001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.14-gke.1018000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.10-gke.1022000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.6-gke.1020000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.14-gke.1018000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.10-gke.1022000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.6-gke.1020000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1169000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.29.13-gke.1038000
- 1.30.9-gke.1046000
- 1.31.5-gke.1068000
- 1.32.1-gke.1200003
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1109000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1127000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1109000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1127000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1169000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.1-gke.1357001 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.9-gke.1009000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.29.12-gke.1270000
- 1.30.8-gke.1261000
- 1.31.4-gke.1372000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1009000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1009000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1169000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2440000
- 1.28.15-gke.1612000
- 1.28.15-gke.1844000
- 1.29.13-gke.1038000
- 1.30.9-gke.1046000
- 1.31.5-gke.1068000
- 1.32.1-gke.1200003
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1641000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1109000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1127000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1169000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.1-gke.1357001 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1169000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.29.12-gke.1270000
- 1.30.8-gke.1162001
- 1.30.9-gke.1231000
- 1.31.4-gke.1372000
- 1.32.1-gke.1200003
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1109000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1009000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1109000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1009000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1169000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.1-gke.1357001 with this release.

February 25, 2025

Three new metrics are added for checking node and node pool status:

kubernetes.io/node/status_condition: The condition of a node from the node status condition field. The Ready field has Unknown status if the node controller has not heard from the node in the last node-monitor-grace-period period. This metric is available for clusters with GKE version 1.32.1-gke.1260000 and later.
kubernetes.io/node_pool/multi_host/available: The multi-host NodePool availability. When all the nodes in the node pool are available, the value is True. If any of the nodes in the node pool are unavailable, the value is False. This metric is available for Multi-host TPU node pools only.
kubernetes.io/node_pool/status: The current status of the node pool from the NodePool instance. Status updates happen after GKE API operations complete. This metric is available for Multi-host TPU node pools only.

February 21, 2025

In GKE version 1.33 and later, if you omit the whenUnsatisfiable field in a new GKE compute class specification, the default value is DoNotScaleUp.

In GKE versions earlier than 1.33, the default value is ScaleUpAnyway. Ensure that your compute class specifications explicitly set a value in the whenUnsatisfiable field after you upgrade to version 1.33. This change only affects new ComputeClass objects that you create that omit the whenUnsatisfiable field. Any existing compute classes that omit the field continue to use ScaleUpAnyway as the default value even after you upgrade the cluster to version 1.33 or later.

To learn more about the whenUnsatisfiable field, see Define scaling behavior when no priority rules apply.

February 20, 2025

GKE Managed NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM) Metrics Package is now generally available for both GKE Standard and Autopilot clusters running version 1.32.0-gke.1764000 and later. You can enable the feature via the Console, gcloud, or Terraform. Starting with cluster version 1.32.1-gke.1357000, GKE Managed NVIDIA DCGM will be default-on for new clusters.

GKE Managed DCGM provides a curated set of metrics for monitoring the utilization, performance, and health of NVIDIA GPUs. These metrics are collected by Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus and you can view the metric charts in the Observability Tab on the Kubernetes Clusters page or in Cloud Monitoring. For more information, see Collect and view DCGM metrics.

To learn more, see Collect and view DCGM metrics.

New GKE 1.27 patch versions starting with version 1.27.16-gke.2440000 are built with COS 109, because COS 105 is near the end of support. GKE makes new 1.27 patch versions available using COS 109. However, GKE won't auto-upgrade nodes across the COS milestone boundary, from a patch version using COS 105 to a patch version using COS 109.

If you manually upgrade your nodes to 1.27.16-gke.2440000 or later, GKE continues node auto-upgrades as normal. Control plane upgrades are unaffected, and cluster auto-upgrades to the next minor version towards the end of extended support proceed as normal.

To learn more, see Container-Optimized OS updates during the extended support period.

GKE automatically adds the following resource labels to node pools:

goog-gke-accelerator-type: The accelerator type used in the node pool.
goog-gke-tpu-node-pool-type: The TPU node pool type, which can be single-host or multi-host.
goog-gke-node-pool-provisioning-model: The provisioning model of the node pool. The nodes can be on demand, by reservation, or Spot VMs.

To learn more, see Automatically applied labels.

February 19, 2025

Starting on July 1, 2025, new organizations will no longer be able to create GKE clusters with Identity Service for GKE. You can continue to use Identity Service for GKE in existing organizations, but we encourage you to migrate to Workforce Identity Federation.

Workforce Identity Federation is the recommended method for configuring access to your GKE clusters from external identity providers. Workforce Identity Federation provides a single hosted solution for managing external IdPs across Google Cloud products. Unlike Identity Service for GKE, Workforce Identity Federation doesn't install components in your cluster.

For details and migration instructions, see Use external identity providers to authenticate to GKE.

February 18, 2025

(2025-R07) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.32.1-gke.1489001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.29.13-gke.1038000
- 1.30.9-gke.1046000
- 1.30.9-gke.1127000
- 1.31.5-gke.1068000
- 1.32.1-gke.1200003
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1109000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1201000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.5-gke.1169000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1109000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1201000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1169000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.1-gke.1357001 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1068000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.29.13-gke.1006000
- 1.30.9-gke.1009000
- 1.31.5-gke.1023000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1038000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1046000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1038000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1046000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1068000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.29.12-gke.1143001
- 1.30.8-gke.1162001
- 1.31.4-gke.1256000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1068000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2296000
- 1.27.16-gke.2387000
- 1.28.15-gke.1781000
- 1.29.13-gke.1006000
- 1.30.9-gke.1009000
- 1.31.5-gke.1023000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1038000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1046000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1068000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1068000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.29.12-gke.1143001
- 1.30.8-gke.1128001
- 1.31.4-gke.1256000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1038000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1038000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1068000 with this release.

February 11, 2025

(2025-R06) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.32.1-gke.1200003 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1641000
- 1.28.15-gke.1673000
- 1.28.15-gke.1720000
- 1.29.13-gke.1006000
- 1.30.9-gke.1009000
- 1.31.5-gke.1023000
- 1.32.0-gke.1448000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1038000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1046000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.5-gke.1068000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1038000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1046000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1068000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1612000
- 1.28.15-gke.1641000
- 1.29.12-gke.1270000
- 1.30.8-gke.1261000
- 1.31.4-gke.1372000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1009000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1009000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.1-gke.1200003 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.8-gke.1162001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1480000
- 1.28.15-gke.1503000
- 1.29.12-gke.1120001
- 1.30.8-gke.1128001
- 1.30.8-gke.1162000
- 1.31.4-gke.1183000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1143001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1162001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1143001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1162001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1256000 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2246000
- 1.27.16-gke.2342000
- 1.29.12-gke.1270000
- 1.30.8-gke.1261000
- 1.31.4-gke.1372000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.2270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1009000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.1-gke.1200003 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.15-gke.1480000
- 1.28.15-gke.1503000
- 1.28.15-gke.1612000
- 1.28.15-gke.1641000
- 1.28.15-gke.1673000
- 1.28.15-gke.1720000
- 1.29.12-gke.1120001
- 1.30.8-gke.1051000
- 1.30.8-gke.1162000
- 1.31.4-gke.1183000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1162001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1162001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.1-gke.1200003 with this release.

February 06, 2025

(2025-R05) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1068000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1612000
- 1.29.12-gke.1270000
- 1.30.9-gke.1027000
- 1.31.4-gke.1372000
- 1.32.0-gke.1538000
- 1.32.1-gke.1200000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1641000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1641000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.1-gke.1200003 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1503000
- 1.29.12-gke.1143000
- 1.29.12-gke.1143001
- 1.30.8-gke.1162000
- 1.30.8-gke.1162001
- 1.31.4-gke.1256000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.8-gke.1128001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1435000
- 1.29.12-gke.1055000
- 1.29.12-gke.1055001
- 1.30.8-gke.1051000
- 1.30.8-gke.1051001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1480000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1120001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1480000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1120001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128001 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2142000
- 1.27.16-gke.2296000
- 1.28.15-gke.1503000
- 1.29.12-gke.1143000
- 1.29.12-gke.1143001
- 1.30.8-gke.1162000
- 1.30.8-gke.1162001
- 1.31.4-gke.1256000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.2246000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.15-gke.1435000
- 1.29.12-gke.1055000
- 1.29.12-gke.1055001
- 1.29.12-gke.1143000
- 1.30.5-gke.1713000
- 1.30.8-gke.1051001
- 1.30.9-gke.1027000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 with this release.

February 04, 2025

A security vulnerability was discovered in the Google Secret Manager Provider for Secret Store CSI Driver. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain access to the Kubernetes service account token of the CSI driver.

For more details, see GCP-2025-006 security bulletin.

GKE cluster notifications have the following new capabilities:

You can now receive cluster notifications through Cloud Logging. To learn more, see Viewing cluster notifications in Cloud Logging (Preview).
GKE now sends a cluster notification to notify you when your cluster is running a minor version that is at or near the end of support. To learn more, see Minor version at or near the end of support.
GKE now sends a cluster notification to notify you when your cluster has completed an upgrade operation. To learn more, see Upgrade operation is complete.

For more details about the different types of cluster notifications GKE sends and how you can receive them, see Cluster notifications.

February 03, 2025

Starting on February 3, 2025, GKE will create a new service agent named service-{PROJECT_ NUMBER}@gcp-sa-gkenode.iam.gserviceaccount.com that the GKE system workloads that run on your worker nodes can use. This service agent will only have the minimum permissions that GKE needs to operate these nodes by default, and will help to isolate the requirements of GKE-managed workloads from the requirements of your workloads. GKE-managed system workloads will begin using this service agent in an upcoming GKE version, which we'll announce in a separate release note.

January 30, 2025

Starting on January 28, 2025, the following Preview features are deprecated:

GKE threat detection
Supply chain concerns - Binary Authorization
GKE Compliance dashboard

For deprecation and removal dates, and for information about alternatives, see Posture management deprecations.

January 29, 2025

(2025-R04) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1503000
- 1.29.12-gke.1143000
- 1.30.8-gke.1261000
- 1.30.8-gke.1282000
- 1.31.4-gke.1256000
- 1.32.1-gke.1002000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.9-gke.1009000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.9-gke.1009000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.31.4-gke.1256000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1480000
- 1.29.12-gke.1120000
- 1.30.8-gke.1128000
- 1.31.4-gke.1183000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1503000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1143000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1162000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1503000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1143000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1162000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1256000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.8-gke.1051000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1342000
- 1.29.10-gke.1280000
- 1.30.5-gke.1713000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1435000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1055000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1051000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1435000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1055000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1051000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.31.4-gke.1256000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2122000
- 1.27.16-gke.2270000
- 1.28.15-gke.1480000
- 1.29.12-gke.1120000
- 1.30.8-gke.1128000
- 1.31.4-gke.1183000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.2142000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1503000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1143000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1162000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1256000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.31.4-gke.1256000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.15-gke.1342000
- 1.29.10-gke.1280000
- 1.29.12-gke.1120000
- 1.30.5-gke.1699000
- 1.30.8-gke.1128000
- 1.30.8-gke.1282000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1503000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1143000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1051000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1503000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1143000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1051000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1256000 with this release.

January 23, 2025

(2025-R03) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1480000
- 1.29.12-gke.1120000
- 1.30.8-gke.1162000
- 1.30.8-gke.1224000
- 1.31.4-gke.1183000
- 1.32.0-gke.1709000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1503000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1143000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.4-gke.1256000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1503000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1143000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1256000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1435000
- 1.29.12-gke.1055000
- 1.30.8-gke.1051000
- 1.31.3-gke.1162000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1480000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1120000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1480000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1120000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 with this release.

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
Version 1.30.6-gke.1596000 is no longer available in the Stable channel.

Extended channel

Version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2081000
- 1.27.16-gke.2246000
- 1.28.15-gke.1435000
- 1.29.12-gke.1055000
- 1.30.8-gke.1051000
- 1.31.3-gke.1162000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.2122000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1480000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1120000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.30.6-gke.1596000
- 1.30.8-gke.1224000
- 1.31.3-gke.1006000
- 1.31.3-gke.1162000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1480000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1120000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1480000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1120000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 with this release.

User-managed firewall rules for GKE LoadBalancer Services is now generally available on GKE clusters running version 1.31.3-gke.1056000 or later. By allowing user-managed firewall rules for GKE LoadBalancer Services, advanced firewall policies can now be configured to control ingress traffic to your GKE Services exposed with passthrough network load balancers. To learn more, see User-managed firewall rules for GKE LoadBalancer Services.

You can now customize a node system configuration with the following new kubelet and sysctl configuration options:

Kubelet
- containerLogMaxSize
- containerLogMaxFiles
- imageGcLowThresholdPercent
- imageGcHighThresholdPercent
- imageMinimumGcAge
- imageMaximumGcAge (1.30.7-gke.1076000 and later, 1.31.3-gke.1023000 and later)
- allowedUnsafeSysctls (1.32.0-gke.1448000 and later)
Sysctl
- kernel.shmmni
- kernel.shmmax
- kernel.shmall
- net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct (1.32.0-gke.1448000 and later)
- net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_max (1.32.0-gke.1448000 and later)
- net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_buckets (1.32.0-gke.1448000 and later)
- net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close_wait (1.32.0-gke.1448000 and later)
- net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established (1.32.0-gke.1448000 and later)
- net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_time_wait (1.32.0-gke.1448000 and later)

To learn more, see Kubelet configuration options and Sysctl configuration options.

Starting with GKE version 1.32.1-gke.1002000, the default OS image for Ubuntu is updated from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04.

January 21, 2025

You can now use A3 Ultra VM powered by NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPUs with our new Titanium ML network adapter, which delivers non-blocking 3.2 Tbps of GPU-to-GPU traffic with RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE).

A3 Ultra VMs are generally available in the a3-ultragpu-8g machine type and can be used through both the modes of operation in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE):

GKE Standard supports A3 Ultra with GPUDirect RDMA on GKE version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 or higher. To get started, see Create a Hypercompute Cluster with GKE with default configuration.
GKE Autopilot supports A3 Ultra without GPUDirect RDMA on GKE version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 or higher. To get started, see Deploy GPU workloads in Autopilot. A3 Ultra with GPUDirect RDMA is not yet supported on GKE Autopilot.

January 16, 2025

With minor version 1.33, GKE nodes use containerd 2.0, which removes support for Docker Schema 1 images and the CRI v1alpha2 API. GKE pauses automatic upgrades to 1.33 when it detects that a cluster uses the deprecated features. To prepare for this change, see Migrate nodes to containerd 2.

January 14, 2025

(2025-R02) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1488000
- 1.29.12-gke.1126000
- 1.30.8-gke.1128000
- 1.30.8-gke.1133000
- 1.31.4-gke.1249000
- 1.32.0-gke.1577000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1162000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1162000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.30.8-gke.1051000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1342000
- 1.28.15-gke.1362000
- 1.29.10-gke.1280000
- 1.30.6-gke.1596000
- 1.30.7-gke.1084000
- 1.31.1-gke.2105000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1435000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1055000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1051000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1435000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1055000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1051000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.3-gke.1162000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1713000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1020000
- 1.29.10-gke.1054000
- 1.29.10-gke.1155000
- 1.30.5-gke.1699000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.10-gke.1280000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1713000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1280000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1713000 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.30.8-gke.1051000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2142000
- 1.28.15-gke.1342000
- 1.28.15-gke.1362000
- 1.29.10-gke.1280000
- 1.30.6-gke.1596000
- 1.30.7-gke.1084000
- 1.31.1-gke.2105000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1435000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1055000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1051000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.3-gke.1162000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.30.8-gke.1051000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.15-gke.1020000
- 1.28.15-gke.1362000
- 1.28.15-gke.1488000
- 1.29.10-gke.1054000
- 1.29.10-gke.1155000
- 1.29.12-gke.1126000
- 1.30.5-gke.1443001
- 1.30.6-gke.1125000
- 1.30.7-gke.1084000
- 1.30.8-gke.1133000
- 1.31.1-gke.2105000
- 1.31.4-gke.1249000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1435000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1055000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1713000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1435000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1055000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1713000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.3-gke.1162000 with this release.

January 09, 2025

A security issue impacted resources in VPCs with GKE Multi-Cluster Gateway (MCG) configured. MCG is an optional feature that is used by a small subset of GKE customers. We are individually notifying customers who had the feature enabled during that time period.

For more details, see the GCP-2025-001 security bulletin.

January 07, 2025

(2025-R01) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1342000
- 1.28.15-gke.1362000
- 1.28.15-gke.1388000
- 1.28.15-gke.1435000
- 1.29.10-gke.1280000
- 1.29.11-gke.1012000
- 1.29.11-gke.1045000
- 1.29.12-gke.1055000
- 1.30.6-gke.1596000
- 1.30.7-gke.1084000
- 1.30.7-gke.1136000
- 1.30.8-gke.1051000
- 1.31.3-gke.1006000
- 1.31.3-gke.1056000
- 1.31.3-gke.1121001
- 1.31.3-gke.1162000
- 1.31.4-gke.1072000
- 1.31.4-gke.1177000
- 1.32.0-gke.1358000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1480000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1120000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1480000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1120000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1183000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.0-gke.1448000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.30.6-gke.1596000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1159000
- 1.29.10-gke.1227000
- 1.30.6-gke.1125000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.10-gke.1280000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.6-gke.1596000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1280000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.6-gke.1596000 with this release.

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:

Extended channel

Version 1.30.6-gke.1596000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1836000
- 1.27.16-gke.2027000
- 1.27.16-gke.2051000
- 1.28.15-gke.1159000
- 1.29.10-gke.1227000
- 1.30.6-gke.1125000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.2081000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1280000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.6-gke.1596000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.30.6-gke.1596000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.15-gke.1159000
- 1.28.15-gke.1388000
- 1.29.10-gke.1227000
- 1.29.11-gke.1012000
- 1.29.11-gke.1045000
- 1.30.7-gke.1136000
- 1.31.3-gke.1056000
- 1.31.3-gke.1121001
- 1.31.4-gke.1072000
- 1.31.4-gke.1177000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.10-gke.1280000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1280000 with this release.

December 26, 2024

(2024-R50) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:

Regular channel

There are no new releases in the Regular channel.

Stable channel

There are no new releases in the Stable channel.

Extended channel

Version 1.27.16-gke.2122000 is now available in the Extended channel.

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:

December 18, 2024

(2024-R49) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.0-gke.1358000 with this release.

Regular channel

There are no new releases in the Regular channel.

Stable channel

There are no new releases in the Stable channel.

Extended channel

Version 1.27.16-gke.2081000 is now available in the Extended channel.

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:

December 17, 2024

1.32 is now available in the Rapid channel

Kubernetes 1.32 is now available in the Rapid channel. For more information about the content of Kubernetes 1.32, read the Kubernetes 1.32 Release Notes.

New features

Dynamic Resource Allocation graduated to beta, and enables efficient scheduling of advanced device driver resources (because this is a beta API, using it in GKE clusters requires opt-in).
Support for more efficient API streaming graduated to beta and is enabled by default in the API server. Clients can opt into use of this more efficient mechanism.
Support for recovery from volume expansion failure graduated to beta and is enabled by default.
Support in the Job API for management by external controllers graduated to beta and is enabled by default. This enables integrations with external controllers like MultiKueue.

Deprecated in Kubernetes 1.32

The following Beta versions of graduated APIs were deprecated in 1.29 and removed in 1.32 in favor of newer versions:
- flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io/v1beta3 FlowSchema, PriorityLevelConfiguration
  - deprecated since 1.29, will no longer be served in 1.32,
  - instead, use flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io/v1, available since 1.29.
The status.nodeInfo.kubeProxyVersion field in the Node API is deprecated and will not be populated starting in v1.33. The field is currently populated with the kubelet version, not the kube-proxy version, and might not accurately reflect the kube-proxy version in use. For more information, see KEP-4004.

December 16, 2024

Cloud DNS additive VPC scope is now generally available on GKE clusters running version 1.28.3-gke.1430000 or later. You can now configure your GKE clusters to add GKE headless service entries to your Cloud DNS private zone visible from your VPC networks, on top of using Cloud DNS (cluster scope) as your GKE DNS provider.

To learn more, read Cloud DNS scopes for GKE.

Trillium, our sixth-generation TPU, is now generally available. Support is available for GKE Standard clusters in version 1.31.1-gke.1846000 or later, and Autopilot clusters in version 1.31.2-gke.1384000 or later. You can use TPU Trillium in the us-east5-b, europe-west4-a, us-east1-d, asia-northeast1-b, and us-south1-a zones.

To learn more, see Benefits of using TPU Trillium.

December 13, 2024

GKE now provides insights and recommendations that help you identify and amend clusters running a minor version that reached end of standard support, clusters with nodes in violation of version skew policy, and clusters without a maintenance window to achieve reliable operations, up-to-date security posture and supportability.

The C4A machine family is generally available in the following versions:

Standard clusters in version 1.28.13-gke.1024000, 1.29.8-gke.1057000, 1.30.4-gke.1213000 or later. To use this family in GKE Standard, you can use the --machine-type flag when creating a cluster or node pool.
Autopilot clusters in 1.28.15-gke.1344000, 1.29.11-gke.1012000, 1.30.7-gke.1136000, 1.31.3-gke.1056000 or later. To use this family in GKE Autopilot, schedule your workloads along with the kubernetes.io/machine-family: c4a node selector. In versions 1.31 or above, the kubernetes.io/arch: arm64 node selector would default to C4A machine family.

Cluster autoscaler and node auto-provisioning are supported in 1.28.15-gke.1344000, 1.29.11-gke.1012000, 1.30.7-gke.1136000, 1.31.3-gke.1056000 or later.

Local SSD support is available for Public Preview from 1.31.1-gke.2008000. Contact your Account Team to participate in the preview.

December 12, 2024

(2024-R48) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1344000
- 1.30.7-gke.1077000
- 1.31.3-gke.1023000

Regular channel

Version 1.30.6-gke.1125000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1020000
- 1.28.15-gke.1080000
- 1.29.10-gke.1054000
- 1.29.10-gke.1155000
- 1.30.5-gke.1699000
- 1.30.5-gke.1713000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1159000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.10-gke.1227000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.6-gke.1125000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1159000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1227000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.6-gke.1125000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1340000
- 1.29.9-gke.1496000
- 1.30.5-gke.1443001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1020000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.10-gke.1054000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1020000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1054000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.30.6-gke.1125000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1784000
- 1.28.15-gke.1020000
- 1.28.15-gke.1080000
- 1.29.10-gke.1054000
- 1.29.10-gke.1155000
- 1.30.5-gke.1699000
- 1.30.5-gke.1713000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1836000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1159000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1227000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.6-gke.1125000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.30.6-gke.1125000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.14-gke.1340000
- 1.28.15-gke.1080000
- 1.28.15-gke.1344000
- 1.29.9-gke.1496000
- 1.29.10-gke.1155000
- 1.30.5-gke.1014003
- 1.30.5-gke.1713000
- 1.30.7-gke.1077000
- 1.31.3-gke.1023000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1159000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.10-gke.1227000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1159000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1227000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 with this release.

Starting with GKE version 1.33, clusters running cgroupv1 will automatically be upgraded to cgroupv2 unless you opt out first. For more information, see Migrate nodes to cgroupv2.

December 10, 2024

(2024-R47) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.3-gke.1006000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1020000
- 1.28.15-gke.1041000
- 1.28.15-gke.1080000
- 1.28.15-gke.1159000
- 1.29.10-gke.1054000
- 1.29.10-gke.1071000
- 1.29.10-gke.1155000
- 1.29.10-gke.1227000
- 1.30.5-gke.1699000
- 1.30.5-gke.1713000
- 1.30.6-gke.1059000
- 1.30.6-gke.1125000
- 1.31.1-gke.2105000
- 1.31.2-gke.1354000
- 1.31.2-gke.1384000
- 1.31.2-gke.1518000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.10-gke.1280000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.6-gke.1596000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.3-gke.1006000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1280000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.6-gke.1596000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.3-gke.1006000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1340000
- 1.28.14-gke.1376000
- 1.29.9-gke.1496000
- 1.29.9-gke.1541000
- 1.30.5-gke.1443001
- 1.31.1-gke.1846000
- 1.31.1-gke.2008000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1020000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.10-gke.1054000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1020000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1054000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.2105000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1099000
- 1.28.14-gke.1217000
- 1.29.9-gke.1177000
- 1.30.5-gke.1014003
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1340000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1496000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1340000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1496000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1681000
- 1.27.16-gke.1742000
- 1.27.16-gke.2019000
- 1.28.14-gke.1340000
- 1.28.14-gke.1376000
- 1.29.9-gke.1496000
- 1.29.9-gke.1541000
- 1.30.5-gke.1443001
- 1.31.1-gke.1846000
- 1.31.1-gke.2008000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1784000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1020000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1054000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.2105000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.14-gke.1099000
- 1.28.14-gke.1217000
- 1.28.14-gke.1376000
- 1.28.15-gke.1041000
- 1.29.9-gke.1177000
- 1.29.9-gke.1541000
- 1.29.10-gke.1071000
- 1.30.5-gke.1014001
- 1.30.5-gke.1355000
- 1.30.6-gke.1059000
- 1.31.1-gke.1846000
- 1.31.1-gke.2008000
- 1.31.2-gke.1354000
- 1.31.2-gke.1384000
- 1.31.2-gke.1518000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1020000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.10-gke.1054000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1020000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1054000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.2105000 with this release.

December 02, 2024

In GKE version 1.31.1-gke.2105000 or later, you can now configure custom compute classes to consume Compute Engine reservations. Workloads that use those custom compute classes automatically trigger reservation consumption during node creation. This lets you manage reservation consumption more centrally. To learn more, see About custom compute classes.

November 27, 2024

(2024-R46) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:

Regular channel

There are no new releases in the Regular channel.

Stable channel

There are no new releases in the Stable channel.

Extended channel

Version 1.27.16-gke.2019000 is now available in the Extended channel.

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:

Cloud TPU Trillium (v6e) machine types are now in public preview for Autopilot clusters running version 1.31.2-gke.1384000 or later. These TPUs are available in the following zones: us-east5-b, europe-west4-a, us-east1-d, asia-northeast1-b, and us-south1-a. To learn more, see Plan TPUs in GKE.

November 26, 2024

Cluster autoscaler and node auto-provisioning support the C4 machine family in GKE version 1.28.15-gke.1159000, 1.29.10-gke.1227000 or later.

November 21, 2024

If your GKE cluster was created before version 1.26, you can now migrate it to cgroupv2. This migration enables the use of Pod bursting in Autopilot mode.

November 20, 2024

You can now specify a custom resource policy as a compact placement policy with node auto-provisioning in clusters running GKE version 1.31.1-gke.2010000 or later. To learn more, see Use compact placement for node auto-provisioning.

November 19, 2024

(2024-R45) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:

Regular channel

There are no new releases in the Regular channel.

Stable channel

There are no new releases in the Stable channel.

Extended channel

Version 1.27.16-gke.1836000 is now available in the Extended channel.

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:

GKE version 1.31 introduces increased scalability, allowing users to create clusters with up to 65,000 nodes. For clusters exceeding 5,000 nodes, a quota increase is required. Contact Google Cloud support to request this increase.

November 18, 2024

The northamerica-south1 region in Querétaro, Mexico location is now available. For more information, see Global Locations.

Performance horizontal Pod autoscaling (HPA) profile is now available in Preview for new and existing GKE clusters running version 1.31.2-gke.1138000 or later. This feature speeds up HPA reaction time and enables quick recalculation of up to 1,000 HPA objects. To learn more, see Configuring Performance HPA profile.

November 13, 2024

(2024-R44) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.1-gke.2105000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1376000
- 1.29.9-gke.1541000
- 1.30.5-gke.1628000
- 1.31.1-gke.1846000
- 1.31.2-gke.1115000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1020000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.10-gke.1054000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.1-gke.2105000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1020000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.10-gke.1054000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1699000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.2105000 with this release.

Regular channel

The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:

Extended channel

The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
Version 1.27.16-gke.1373000 is no longer available in the Extended channel.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1681000 with this release.

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.30.5-gke.1628000
- 1.31.1-gke.1678000
- 1.31.2-gke.1115000

November 11, 2024

Clusters now have unified and flexible configuration, allowing you to modify control plane access and cluster node settings at any time, without the need to recreate the cluster. This eliminates the previous distinction between private and public clusters. All clusters support this flexibility and utilize DNS-based endpoints for secure and direct control plane access from any network, removing the need for bastion hosts or proxies. You can still enhance security with measures like VPC Service Controls.

To learn more, see About network isolation in GKE.

DNS-based access for GKE clusters control plane is now generally available. This capability provides each cluster with a unique domain name system (DNS) name or fully-qualified domain name (FQDN). Access to clusters is controlled through IAM policies, eliminating the need for bastion hosts or proxy nodes. Authorized users can connect to the control plane from different cloud networks, on-prem deployments, or from remote locations, without relying on proxies.

To learn more, see About network isolation in GKE.

November 08, 2024

The machine family of N1 custom machine types (like custom-1-1024) is now accurately labeled as "N1" for all node versions later than 1.31.2-gke.1115000.

November 07, 2024

GKE clusters running version 1.28 or later now support automatic application monitoring in public preview. Enabling this feature automatically deploys PodMonitoring configurations to capture key metrics for supported workloads like Apache Airflow, Istio, and RabbitMQ. These metrics are integrated with Cloud Monitoring dashboards for observability. To learn more, see Configure automatic application monitoring for workloads.

November 06, 2024

The GKE Volume Populator is generally available on GKE clusters running version 1.31.1-gke.1729000 or later. This feature provides a way to automate data transfer from a Google Cloud Storage bucket source storage to a destination PersistentVolumeClaim backed by a Parallelstore instance. To learn more, see Transfer data from Cloud Storage during dynamic provisioning using GKE Volume Populator.

(2024-R43) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1340000
- 1.28.15-gke.1015000
- 1.29.9-gke.1496000
- 1.29.10-gke.1043000
- 1.30.5-gke.1443001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1376000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1541000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1628000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1376000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1541000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1628000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1217000
- 1.29.9-gke.1341000
- 1.30.5-gke.1355000
- 1.31.1-gke.1678000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1340000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1496000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1340000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1496000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.1846000 with this release.

Stable channel

There are no new releases in the Stable channel.

Extended channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1217000
- 1.29.9-gke.1341000
- 1.30.5-gke.1355000
- 1.31.1-gke.1678000
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1340000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1496000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.1846000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.14-gke.1217000
- 1.28.15-gke.1015000
- 1.29.9-gke.1341000
- 1.29.10-gke.1043000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1340000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1496000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1340000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1496000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.1846000 with this release.

November 05, 2024

Generally available: In GKE version 1.26 and later, Hyperdisk Balanced volumes can be created in Confidential mode for custom boot disks and persistent volumes and attached to Confidential GKE Nodes.

Cloud TPU v6e machine types are now in public preview for GKE clusters running version 1.30.4-gke.1167000 or later. These TPU VMs (ct6e-standard) are available in the following zones: us-east5-b, europe-west4-a, us-east1-d, asia-northeast1-b, and us-south1-a. To learn more, see Plan TPUs in GKE.

October 31, 2024

For GKE clusters running version 1.31.1-gke.1146000 or later, Cloud Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) v3 machine types are generally available. These TPU VMs (ct3-hightpu-4t and ct3p-hightpu-4t) are currently available in us-east1-d, europe-west4-a, us-central1-a, us-central1-b, and us-central1-f. To learn more, see TPUs in GKE.

Clusters that are experiencing stale endpoint resources and stale kube-dns entries are likely affected by Kubernetes issue #126578. Your cluster is most likely affected if endpoint resources consistently have incorrect Pod IPs. This issue has been fixed in the following GKE versions or later:

1.28.14-gke.1115000
1.29.9-gke.1207000
1.30.5-gke.1171000
1.31.1-gke.1414000

GKE control plane authority is now generally available with version 1.31.1-gke.1846000 or later. GKE control plane authority provides enhanced visibility, security controls, and customization of the GKE control plane. For more information, see the About GKE control plane authority.

October 30, 2024

(2024-R42) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.1-gke.1846000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1217000
- 1.29.9-gke.1341000
- 1.30.5-gke.1355000
- 1.31.1-gke.1678000
- 1.31.1-gke.2008000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1340000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1496000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.1-gke.1846000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1340000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1496000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1443001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.1846000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1355000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1099000
- 1.29.9-gke.1177000
- 1.30.5-gke.1014001
- 1.30.5-gke.1014003
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1341000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1355000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1341000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1355000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1014003 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1004000
- 1.29.8-gke.1278000
- 1.30.5-gke.1014001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1099000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1177000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014003 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1099000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1177000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014003 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1355000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1712000
- 1.28.14-gke.1099000
- 1.29.9-gke.1177000
- 1.30.5-gke.1014001
- 1.30.5-gke.1014003
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1341000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1355000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1355000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.14-gke.1004000
- 1.29.8-gke.1278000
- 1.30.4-gke.1348000
- 1.30.4-gke.1348001
- 1.31.1-gke.1146000
- 1.31.1-gke.2008000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1341000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014003 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1341000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014003 with this release.

Weighted load balancing for GKE External LoadBalancer Services is now available in Preview. Weighted load balancing is a more efficient way to distribute traffic to nodes based on the number of serving Pods they have backing the Service. To learn more, see About LoadBalancer Services.

October 29, 2024

Three new metrics are added for measuring node and workload startup latency:

kubernetes.io/node/latencies/startup: The total startup latency of a node, from the GCE instance's CreationTimestamp to Kubernetes Node Ready for the first time.
kubernetes.io/pod/latencies/pod_first_ready: The Pod end-to-end startup latency (from Pod Created to Ready), including image pulls. This metric is available for clusters with GKE version 1.31.1-gke.1678000 or later.
kubernetes.io/autoscaler/latencies/per_hpa_recommendation_scale_latency_seconds: Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) scaling recommendation latency (the time between metrics being created and the corresponding scaling recommendation being applied to the API server) for the HPA target. This metric is available for clusters running the following versions or later:
- 1.30.4-gke.1348001
- 1.31.0-gke.1324000

Instance Group Managers for node pools created with version 1.30.5-gke.1523000 or later and 1.31.1-gke.1869000 or later will now have update on repair enabled by default. This will allow labels to persist upon Spot VM preemption.

October 28, 2024

The A3 Edge (a3-edgegpu-8g) machine type with H100 80GB GPUs attached is now available on GKE Standard clusters. To learn more, see About GPUs.

October 25, 2024

(2024-R41) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.1-gke.1678000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1099000
- 1.29.9-gke.1177000
- 1.30.5-gke.1145000
- 1.31.1-gke.1146000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1341000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1355000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.1-gke.1678000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1217000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1341000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1355000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.1678000 with this release.

Regular channel

The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.1678000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1014001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.28.13-gke.1119000
- 1.29.8-gke.1211000
- 1.30.4-gke.1348001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1004000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1278000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1004000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1278000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014001 with this release.

Extended channel

The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
Version 1.27.16-gke.1342000 is no longer available in the Extended channel.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1373000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.1678000 with this release.

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.13-gke.1119000
- 1.29.8-gke.1211000
- 1.30.3-gke.1969002
- 1.30.5-gke.1145000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.1678000 with this release.

October 17, 2024

(2024-R40) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1175000
- 1.31.1-gke.1621000

Regular channel

The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1004000
- 1.29.8-gke.1278000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1099000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1177000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1099000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1177000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.4-gke.1348001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.28.13-gke.1049000
- 1.29.8-gke.1096000
- 1.30.3-gke.1969002
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1119000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1211000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.4-gke.1348001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1119000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1211000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.4-gke.1348001 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.27.16-gke.1681000 is now available in the Extended channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1576000
- 1.28.14-gke.1004000
- 1.29.8-gke.1278000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1099000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1177000 with this release.

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.13-gke.1049000
- 1.28.14-gke.1175000
- 1.29.8-gke.1096000
- 1.30.3-gke.1969001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1099000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1177000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.4-gke.1348001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1099000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1177000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.4-gke.1348001 with this release.

You can now use NVIDIA H100 80GB GPUs on GKE in the following smaller machine types:

a3-highgpu-1g (1 GPU)
a3-highgpu-2g (2 GPUs)
a3-highgpu-4g (4 GPUs)

These machine types are available through Dynamic Workload Scheduler Flex Start mode, Spot VMs in GKE Standard mode clusters, or Spot Pods in GKE Autopilot mode clusters. You can only provision these machine types if there's available capacity in your region.

GKE continues to support the 8 GPU H100 80GB machine types: a3-highgpu-8g and a3-megagpu-8g.

The new release of the GKE Gateway controller (2024-R2) is now generally available. With this release, the GKE Gateway controller provides the following new capabilities:

Conformance:

GKE Gateway is now conformant to Gateway APIs v1.1.0

To learn more about our GKE Gateway controller capabilities, see the supported capabilities per GatewayClass.

In GKE clusters with the control plane running version 1.29.1-gke.1425000 or later, TPU slice nodes support SIGTERM signals that alert the node of an imminent shutdown. The imminent shutdown notification is configurable up to five minutes in TPU nodes. To configure GKE to terminate your workloads gracefully within this notification timeframe, see Manage GKE node disruption for GPUs and TPUs.

October 16, 2024

In GKE version 1.31.1-gke.1621000 and later, the kube_pod_resource_request metric and the kube_pod_resource_limit metric are exported as part of the the scheduler metrics package.

October 15, 2024

On GKE Autopilot clusters running version 1.30 and later, partner workloads that set AppArmor profiles might unexpectedly be rejected at admission. This might include installations of Prisma Defender, Wiz Runtime Sensor, Sentinel One Agent, Checkpoint CloudGuard, Aqua Security Enforcer and Splunk OTEL Collector.

The following GKE versions contain a fix for this issue:

1.30.5-gke.1355000 and later
1.31.1-gke.1621000 and later

Clusters in any release channel can be created on or upgraded to these versions. For details, see Manually upgrading the control plane.

You can now create workloads with multiple network interfaces in GKE Autopilot clusters running version 1.29.5-gke.1091000 and later or version 1.30.1-gke.1280000 and later. For more information, see Setup multi-network support for Pods.

For newly-created VPC Peering-based clusters running version 1.27 or later, traffic from the kube-apiserver to nodes routes through the Konnectivity service. For existing VPC Peering-based clusters, GKE gradually migrates your cluster to use the Konnectivity service.

October 11, 2024

(2024-R39) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.1-gke.1146000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1373000
- 1.27.16-gke.1478000
- 1.29.8-gke.1278000
- 1.30.5-gke.1014000
- 1.31.1-gke.1000000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.9-gke.1177000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1145000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.1-gke.1146000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.9-gke.1177000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1145000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.1146000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1014001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.14-gke.1099000
- 1.29.9-gke.1177000
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1342000
- 1.27.16-gke.1373000
- 1.28.13-gke.1119000
- 1.29.8-gke.1211000
- 1.30.4-gke.1348000
- 1.30.4-gke.1348001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1004000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1278000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1004000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1278000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014001 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.3-gke.1969002 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1148001
- 1.27.16-gke.1258000
- 1.27.16-gke.1287000
- 1.28.13-gke.1024000
- 1.29.8-gke.1057000
- 1.30.3-gke.1969001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1049000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1096000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969002 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1049000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1096000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969002 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1014001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.28.13-gke.1119000
- 1.29.8-gke.1211000
- 1.30.4-gke.1348000
- 1.30.4-gke.1348001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1004000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1278000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014001 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.30.5-gke.1014001 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.27.16-gke.1148001
- 1.27.16-gke.1258000
- 1.27.16-gke.1287000
- 1.27.16-gke.1342000
- 1.27.16-gke.1373000
- 1.27.16-gke.1478000
- 1.28.13-gke.1024000
- 1.29.8-gke.1057000
- 1.30.2-gke.1587003
- 1.30.5-gke.1014000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1004000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1278000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969002 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1004000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1278000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969002 with this release.

October 04, 2024

CVE-2024-45016 was discovered in the Linux kernel, which can lead to a privilege escalation on Container-Optimized OS and Ubuntu nodes.

For more details, see the GCP-2024-057 security bulletin.

The following beta APIs were added in Kubernetes 1.31 and are available in GKE version 1.31.1-gke.1361000 and later:

networking.k8s.io/v1beta1/ipaddresses
networking.k8s.io/v1beta1/servicecidrs

Enabling both APIs at the same time enables the Multiple Service CIDRs Kubernetes feature in a GKE cluster. For more information, see the following resources:

During the beta phase, you can only create Service CIDRs in the 34.118.224.0/20 reserved IP address range to avoid possible issues with overlapping IP address ranges.

Ray Operator on GKE is now generally available on 1.29 and later. Ray Operator is a GKE add-on that lets you manage and scale Ray applications. To learn more, see the Ray Operator documentation.

October 03, 2024

(2024-R38) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.1-gke.1000000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1342000
- 1.28.13-gke.1119000
- 1.28.14-gke.1004000
- 1.29.8-gke.1211000
- 1.30.4-gke.1348000
- 1.31.0-gke.1577000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1373000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.14-gke.1099000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1278000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.1-gke.1000000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1373000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.14-gke.1099000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1278000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.5-gke.1014000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.1-gke.1000000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.30.4-gke.1348000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1287000
- 1.28.13-gke.1049000
- 1.29.8-gke.1096000
- 1.30.3-gke.1969001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1119000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1211000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.4-gke.1348000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1119000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1211000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.4-gke.1348000 with this release.

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.28.13-gke.1006000
- 1.29.8-gke.1031000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1024000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1057000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1024000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1057000 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.30.4-gke.1348000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1287000
- 1.28.13-gke.1049000
- 1.29.8-gke.1096000
- 1.30.3-gke.1969001
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1119000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1211000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.4-gke.1348000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.30.4-gke.1348000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.13-gke.1006000
- 1.29.8-gke.1031000
- 1.30.3-gke.1639000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1119000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1211000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1119000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1211000 with this release.

October 01, 2024

GKE now supports the Parallelstore CSI driver in allowlisted general availability (GA), which means that you can reach out to your Google support team to use the service under GA terms.

Parallelstore accelerates AI/ML training and excels at saturating individual compute clients, ensuring that expensive compute resources are efficiently used. The product demonstrated a 3.9x training time improvement and 3.7x better throughput improvement compared to native ML framework data loaders and saturates single clients NIC bandwidth at 90%+.

For details, see About the GKE Parallelstore CSI driver.

In GKE version 1.30.3-gke.1639000 and later and 1.31.0-gke.1058000 and later, GKE can handle GPU and TPU node disruptions by notifying you in advance of a shutdown and by gracefully terminating your workloads. This feature is generally available. For details, see Manage GKE node disruption for GPUs and TPUs.

September 26, 2024

(2024-R37) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.0-gke.1577000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1287000
- 1.28.13-gke.1049000
- 1.29.8-gke.1096000
- 1.30.3-gke.1969001
- 1.30.4-gke.1476000
- 1.31.0-gke.1506000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1119000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1211000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.4-gke.1348000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.0-gke.1577000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1342000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1119000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1211000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.4-gke.1348000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.0-gke.1577000 with this release.

Regular channel

The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1148001
- 1.27.16-gke.1258000
- 1.28.13-gke.1006000
- 1.28.13-gke.1024000
- 1.29.8-gke.1031000
- 1.29.8-gke.1057000
- 1.30.3-gke.1639000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1287000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1049000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1096000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1287000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1049000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1096000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1051001
- 1.28.12-gke.1052000
- 1.28.12-gke.1179000
- 1.29.7-gke.1104000
- 1.29.7-gke.1274000
- 1.30.2-gke.1587003
- 1.30.3-gke.1639000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1031000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1031000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 with this release.

Extended channel

The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1148001
- 1.27.16-gke.1258000
- 1.28.13-gke.1006000
- 1.28.13-gke.1024000
- 1.29.8-gke.1031000
- 1.29.8-gke.1057000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1287000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1049000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1096000 with this release.

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.27.16-gke.1051001
- 1.28.12-gke.1052000
- 1.28.12-gke.1179000
- 1.29.7-gke.1104000
- 1.29.7-gke.1274000
- 1.30.3-gke.1969000
- 1.30.4-gke.1476000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1287000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1049000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1096000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1287000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1049000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1096000 with this release.

September 24, 2024

GKE clusters using the Network Policy feature and Pods specifying a hostPort might have experienced networking connectivity issues after control plane upgrades. As a precaution, GKE disabled auto-upgrades for potentially impacted clusters.

The following GKE versions contain a fix for this issue and are safe to manually upgrade to:

1.27.16-gke.1342000 or later
1.28.13-gke.1078000 or later
1.29.8-gke.1157000 or later
1.30.4-gke.1282000 or later
1.31 or later

GKE control plane upgrades are now resumed and clusters will be auto-upgraded when the patch version becomes an auto-upgrade target for your clusters, honoring maintenance windows and exclusions.

September 23, 2024

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes clusters with Windows nodes where BUILTIN\Users may be able to read container logs and AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users may be able to modify container logs. For more information, see the GCP-2024-054 security bulletin.

September 19, 2024

(2024-R36) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1296000
- 1.28.13-gke.1078000
- 1.29.8-gke.1157000
- 1.30.3-gke.1969000
- 1.30.4-gke.1282000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.0-gke.1506000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 with this release.

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:

Extended channel

Version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
Version 1.30.3-gke.1639000 is no longer available in the Extended channel.
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.27.16-gke.1296000
- 1.28.13-gke.1078000
- 1.29.8-gke.1157000
- 1.30.4-gke.1129000
- 1.30.4-gke.1213000
- 1.30.4-gke.1282000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.0-gke.1506000 with this release.

September 11, 2024

(2024-R35) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.0-gke.1506000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1234000
- 1.27.16-gke.1234001
- 1.27.16-gke.1258000
- 1.28.13-gke.1024000
- 1.28.13-gke.1042000
- 1.29.8-gke.1031000
- 1.29.8-gke.1057000
- 1.30.4-gke.1129000
- 1.30.4-gke.1213000
- 1.31.0-gke.1058000
- 1.31.0-gke.1324000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1287000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1049000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1096000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1287000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1049000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1096000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.0-gke.1506000 with this release.

Regular channel

The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1148000
- 1.28.12-gke.1179000
- 1.29.7-gke.1274000
- 1.30.3-gke.1969000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1031000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1031000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.30.2-gke.1587003 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
Version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 is no longer available in the Stable channel.
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1051001 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1051001 with this release.

Extended channel

The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1148000
- 1.28.12-gke.1179000
- 1.29.7-gke.1274000
- 1.30.3-gke.1969000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1031000 with this release.

No channel

The following control plane and node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.27.16-gke.1008000
- 1.27.16-gke.1148000
- 1.27.16-gke.1234000
- 1.27.16-gke.1234001
- 1.28.13-gke.1042000
- 1.29.6-gke.1326000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1006000 with this release.

For GPU node pools created in GKE Standard clusters running version 1.30.1-gke.115600 or later, GKE automatically installs the default NVIDIA GPU driver version corresponding to the GKE version if you don't specify the gpu-driver-version flag.

September 10, 2024

We previously identified a potential issue that could cause downtime for traffic directed to your GKE-managed internal passthrough Network Load Balancers after certain cluster operations, like node upgrades. This issue specifically affected clusters with GKE subsetting and Services configured with externalTrafficPolicy=Cluster. See the Aug 14, 2024 release note for details.

A fix for this issue is now available. We recommend upgrading your GKE cluster's control plane to the following patch versions or later:

1.27.16-gke.1258000
1.28.13-gke.1024000
1.29.8-gke.1057000
1.30.4-gke.1129000
1.31.0-gke.1506000

September 06, 2024

(2024-R34) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

There are no new releases in the Rapid channel.

Regular channel

There are no new releases in the Regular channel.

Stable channel

There are no new releases in the Stable channel.

Extended channel

There are no new releases in the Extended channel.

No channel

There are no updates for clusters not enrolled in a release channel.

(2024-R33) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.31.0-gke.1058000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1148000
- 1.28.13-gke.1006000
- 1.29.7-gke.1274000
- 1.30.3-gke.1639000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1234000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1024000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.8-gke.1031000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1234000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1024000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.8-gke.1031000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1969000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.30.3-gke.1639000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1051000
- 1.27.16-gke.1082000
- 1.28.12-gke.1052000
- 1.29.7-gke.1104000
- 1.30.3-gke.1225000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.12-gke.1179000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.7-gke.1274000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.12-gke.1179000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1274000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1639000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
Version 1.27.16-gke.1051001 is now available in the Stable channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.27.15-gke.1252000
- 1.28.11-gke.1260000
- 1.29.6-gke.1326000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.12-gke.1052000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.12-gke.1052000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.30.3-gke.1639000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1051000
- 1.27.16-gke.1082000
- 1.28.12-gke.1052000
- 1.29.7-gke.1104000
- 1.30.3-gke.1225000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.12-gke.1179000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1274000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1639000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.30.3-gke.1639000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
The following control plane and node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.27.15-gke.1252000
- 1.27.16-gke.1051000
- 1.27.16-gke.1082000
- 1.28.11-gke.1260000
- 1.29.6-gke.1254000
- 1.29.7-gke.1008000
- 1.30.3-gke.1225000
Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.12-gke.1179000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 with this release.
The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.12-gke.1179000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1639000 with this release.

September 04, 2024

For GKE versions 1.29 and later, the gke-metrics-agent Pod runs with the prometheus-metrics-collector container in addition to the existing gke-metrics-agent and core-metrics-exporter containers. This change might result in an increase in the Service time series ingestion requests per minute quota; however, there is no additional cost.

August 28, 2024

(2024-R32) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.30.3-gke.1639000 is now the default version in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1082000
- 1.28.12-gke.1090000
- 1.28.12-gke.1179000
- 1.29.7-gke.1174000
- 1.30.3-gke.1225000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1148000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.7-gke.1274000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1274000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.3-gke.1639000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1639000 with this release.

Regular channel

The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:

Extended channel

The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.12-gke.1090000
- 1.29.7-gke.1174000

August 27, 2024

Starting from version 1.30.3-gke.1451000, new and upgraded GKE clusters support the GKE Metrics Server updates where the addon-resizer runs in the cluster's control plane instead of worker nodes.

August 26, 2024

The following vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel that can lead to a privilege escalation on Container-Optimized OS and Ubuntu nodes:

CVE-2024-36978

For more details, see the GCP-2024-049 security bulletin.

The following vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel that can lead to a privilege escalation on Container-Optimized OS and Ubuntu nodes:

CVE-2024-41009

For more details, see the GCP-2024-048 security bulletin.

August 21, 2024

GKE support for Hyperdisk ML as an attached persistent disk option is now generally available. Support is available for both Autopilot and Standard clusters running GKE versions 1.30.2-gke.1394000 and later.

August 20, 2024

(2024-R31) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1051000
- 1.28.12-gke.1052000
- 1.29.7-gke.1104000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1082000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1082000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.12-gke.1090000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.12-gke.1090000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.7-gke.1174000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1174000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.0-gke.1058000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 is now the default version in the Regular channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1008000
- 1.28.11-gke.1315000
- 1.29.7-gke.1008000
- 1.30.2-gke.1587003
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1051000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1051000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.12-gke.1052000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.12-gke.1052000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1225000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 is now the default version in the Stable channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.27.15-gke.1154000
- 1.28.11-gke.1172000
- 1.29.6-gke.1254000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.11-gke.1260000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1260000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 is now the default version in the Extended channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1008000
- 1.28.11-gke.1315000
- 1.29.7-gke.1008000
- 1.30.2-gke.1587003
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1051000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.12-gke.1052000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1225000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 is now the default version.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.27.15-gke.1154000
- 1.27.16-gke.1008000
- 1.28.11-gke.1172000
- 1.28.11-gke.1315000
- 1.29.6-gke.1038001
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1051000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1051000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.12-gke.1052000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.12-gke.1052000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1225000 with this release.

1.31 is now available in the Rapid channel

Kubernetes 1.31 is now available in the Rapid channel. For more information about the content of Kubernetes 1.31, read the Kubernetes 1.31 Release Notes.

New features

The following features are new in Kubernetes 1.31:

Field selectors for custom resources is beta and enabled by default.
matchLabelKeys and mismatchLabelKeys for Pod Affinity and Pod Anti Affinity are beta and enabled by default.
Traffic distribution for Services is beta and enabled by default.
Transition kubectl from SPDY to WebSockets is beta and enabled by default.
Recursive Read-only (RRO) mounts is beta and enabled by default.
Job success/completion policy is beta and enabled by default.
Always Honor PersistentVolume Reclaim Policy is beta and enabled by default.
procMount security context option is beta and enabled by default.

Deprecated APIs in 1.31

The following Beta versions of graduated APIs were deprecated in 1.29 in favor of newer versions:
- flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io/v1beta3 FlowSchema, PriorityLevelConfiguration
  - deprecated since 1.29, will no longer be served in 1.32
  - instead, use flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io/v1, available since 1.29
The status.nodeInfo.kubeProxyVersion field in the Node API is deprecated and will not be populated starting in v1.33. The field is currently populated with the kubelet version, not the kube-proxy version, and might not accurately reflect the kube-proxy version in use. For more information, see KEP-4004.

Deprecated in-tree volume support

The Ceph CephFS (kubernetes.io/cephfs) and RBD (kubernetes.io/rbd) volume plugins are deprecated since 1.28 and are removed in 1.31.
To determine if you have volumes/pods using RBD or Ceph volumes, run the following commands. If either of them print output, then you are using a deprecated volume type.
- kubectl describe pv | egrep \-i 'Type: \*(RBD|CephFS)'
- kubectl describe pod \-A | egrep \-i 'Type: \*(RBD|CephFS)'
Switch to use an RBD or CephFS CSI driver (like the CSI drivers provided at https://github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/), or a Google Cloud-managed solution like Filestore.
For more information, refer to the OSS Kubernetes announcement and https://github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/

The C4 machine family is generally available in the following versions:

Standard clusters in version 1.29.2-gke.1521000 and later. To use this family in GKE Standard, you can use the --machine-type flag when creating a cluster or node pool.
Autopilot clusters in 1.30.3-gke.1225000 and later. To use this family in GKE Autopilot, you can use the Performance compute class when scheduling your workloads.
Cluster autoscaler and node auto-provisioning are supported in 1.30.3-gke.1225000 and later.

The following vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel that can lead to a privilege escalation on Container-Optimized OS and Ubuntu nodes:

CVE-2024-39503

For more details, see the GCP-2024-047 security bulletin.

August 16, 2024

In GKE version 1.29.7-gke.1238000-1.30, and 1.30.3-gke.1571000 or later, node pools use regional instance templates instead of global instance templates. To learn more, see Regional and global instance templates.

August 14, 2024

(2024-R30) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.30.3-gke.1225000 is now the default version in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.1008000
- 1.28.11-gke.1315000
- 1.29.7-gke.1008000
- 1.30.2-gke.1587003
- 1.30.3-gke.1451000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1051000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1051000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.12-gke.1052000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.12-gke.1052000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1104000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.3-gke.1225000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.3-gke.1225000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.29.7-gke.1008000 is now the default version in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.27.15-gke.1252000
- 1.28.11-gke.1260000
- 1.29.6-gke.1326000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.11-gke.1315000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1315000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.7-gke.1008000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1008000 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 is now the default version in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.27.14-gke.1059002
- 1.28.11-gke.1019001
- 1.29.6-gke.1038001
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.15-gke.1154000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1154000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.11-gke.1172000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1172000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.2-gke.1587003 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.29.7-gke.1008000 is now the default version in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.15-gke.1252000
- 1.28.11-gke.1260000
- 1.29.6-gke.1326000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1315000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1008000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.29.7-gke.1008000 is now the default version.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.27.14-gke.1059002
- 1.28.11-gke.1019001
- 1.29.5-gke.1091002
- 1.30.1-gke.1329003
- 1.30.3-gke.1451000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.11-gke.1315000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1315000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 with this release.

We've identified a potential issue that may cause downtime for traffic coming to your GKE managed Internal passthrough Network Load Balancers, after certain cluster operations like node upgrades. This issue specifically affects clusters with GKE Subsetting and Services with externalTrafficPolicy=Cluster.

This issue is more likely to occur in clusters with more than 25 nodes. To prevent this issue altogether, we recommend updating your Service configuration to use externalTrafficPolicy=Local. If you're already experiencing downtime, scale up the number of pods backing your LoadBalancer to provide immediate relief. A fix for this issue will be available in upcoming GKE releases.

August 13, 2024

In GKE version 1.30 and later, there is a workaround in the PDCSI driver for privileged workloads that access container namespaces with hostpath. The workaround delays NodeUnstage until attached filesystems are no longer in use. Under certain conditions, the privileged hostpath workloads may cause a container's mount namespace to be retained longer than the container's lifecycle. The workaround addresses an issue where the driver could proceed with detaching a GCE persistent disk even if the block device filesystem is still in use.

With this fix, the PDCSI driver will validate that an attached block device is no longer in use prior to unmounting it from a GKE node.

Custom compute classes are a new set of capabilities in GKE that provide an API for fine-grained control over fallback compute priorities, autoscaling configuration, obtainability and node consolidation. Custom compute classes offer enhanced flexibility and control over your GKE compute infrastructure so that you can ensure optimal resource allocation for your workloads. You can use custom compute classes in GKE version 1.30.3-gke.1451000 and later. To learn more, see About custom compute classes.

August 12, 2024

(2024-R29) Version updates

There are no GKE cluster version updates in 2024-R29. For more information on versioning and upgrades, see GKE versioning and support and Upgrades.

Rapid channel

There are no new releases in the Rapid channel.

Regular channel

There are no new releases in the Regular channel.

Stable channel

There are no new releases in the Stable channel.

Extended channel

There are no new releases in the Extended channel.

No channel

There are no updates for clusters not enrolled in a release channel.

August 07, 2024

(2024-R28) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.15-gke.1252000
- 1.29.6-gke.1326000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1008000 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 is now the default version in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.27.15-gke.1154000
- 1.28.11-gke.1172000
- 1.29.6-gke.1254000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1260000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 with this release.

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 is now the default version in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.15-gke.1154000
- 1.28.11-gke.1172000
- 1.29.6-gke.1254000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1260000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 is now the default version.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1260000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.

August 06, 2024

You can now keep a GKE Standard cluster on a minor version for longer with the Extended release channel. Clusters running 1.27 or later can be enrolled in the Extended channel, and automatically receive security patches during the extended support period after the end of standard support. To learn more, see Get long-term support with the Extended channel.

August 02, 2024

The NVIDIA GPU Operator can now be used as an alternative to fully managed GKE for both Container-Optimized OS and Ubuntu node images. Choose this option to manage your GPU stack if you're looking for a consistent multi-cloud experience, already using the NVIDIA GPU Operator, or have software reliant on it.

August 01, 2024

You can now enable NCCL Fast Socket on your multi-GPU Autopilot workloads. NCCL Fast Socket is a transport layer plugin designed to improve NVIDIA Collective Communication Library (NCCL) performance on Google Cloud. To enable NCCL Fast Socket on GKE Autopilot, you must use a GKE Autopilot cluster with control plane version 1.30.2-gke.1023000 or later. For more information, see Improve workload efficiency using NCCL Fast Socket.

Autopilot nodes use Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) for 1.30.2-gke.1023000 and later.

July 31, 2024

(2024-R27) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

Rapid channel

Version 1.30.2-gke.1587003 is now the default version in the Rapid channel.
The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.14-gke.1059002
- 1.27.15-gke.1125000
- 1.28.11-gke.1260000
- 1.28.11-gke.1289000
- 1.29.6-gke.1038001
- 1.29.6-gke.1137000
- 1.30.1-gke.1329003
- 1.30.2-gke.1394003
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1315000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.2-gke.1587003 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.2-gke.1587003 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 is now the default version in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.27.14-gke.1059002
- 1.28.11-gke.1019001
- 1.29.6-gke.1038001
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.15-gke.1154000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1154000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1172000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.2-gke.1587003 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 is now the default version in the Stable channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.27.14-gke.1042001
- 1.28.10-gke.1075001
- 1.29.5-gke.1091002
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.14-gke.1059002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.14-gke.1059002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.11-gke.1019001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1019001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.

Extended channel

Version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 is now the default version in the Extended channel.
The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.14-gke.1059002
- 1.28.11-gke.1019001
- 1.29.6-gke.1038001
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1154000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1172000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.2-gke.1587003 with this release.

No channel

Version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 is now the default version.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.27.14-gke.1042001
- 1.27.15-gke.1125000
- 1.28.9-gke.1289002
- 1.28.10-gke.1075001
- 1.28.11-gke.1289000
- 1.29.6-gke.1137000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.15-gke.1154000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1154000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.11-gke.1019001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1019001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1254000 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.2-gke.1587003 with this release.

GKE Autopilot versions 1.28.6-gke.1317000 and later fixes a known issue for ephemeral storage requests. If the combined ephemeral storage requests across all containers in your workload exceed 10 GiB, your workload will be rejected with an error message. This differs from earlier versions, which admitted the workload if it requested more than 10 GiB while only actually provisioning 10 GiB, which would result in workload eviction when the workload used more than 10 GiB.

To ensure uninterrupted operation with GKE Autopilot versions 1.28.6-gke.1317000 and later, do the following:

Verify that containers injected by webhooks don't cause Pods to exceed the maximum Autopilot resource limits.
Adjust workload resource requests to account for any containers that may be injected by webhooks.
If any Pods are rejected after updating, reduce their ephemeral storage requests to meet the limit for your workload configuration.

To learn more, see Automatic resource management in Autopilot.

July 26, 2024

With GKE patch version 1.30.1-gke.115600 and later, if you don't specify the gpu-driver-version flag when creating new GPU node pools, then GKE automatically installs the default GPU driver version that corresponds to the GKE version. If you prefer to manually install the GPU driver, set gpu-driver-version=disabled. To learn more, see Create a GPU node pool.

July 25, 2024

In GKE version 1.30.2-gke.1100 and later, the _CMDLINE field is removed from kubelet log entries to reduce log volumes.

If you need to access _CMDLINE information, you have two options:

SSH into the node:
- SSH into the relevant node.
- Run the following command: ps aux | grep kubelet.
Search cloud logging:
- Use the Cloud Logging interface or API.
- Apply the following filter to search kubelet startup logs:
```
resource.type="k8s_node"
log_name="projects/{PROJECT_ID}/logs/kubelet"
resource.labels.cluster_name="{CLUSTER_NAME}"
SEARCH("`FLAG:`")
```
Remember to replace {PROJECT_ID} and {CLUSTER_NAME} with the appropriate values for your environment.

July 24, 2024

In GKE versions starting from 1.29.4-gke.1542000 and earlier than 1.29.7-gke.1008000, while Anthos Service Mesh is enabled, Pods that utilize Google Cloud Storage FUSE CSI driver volumes might encounter scheduling issues, with this error message:

Pod "your-pod-name" is invalid: [spec.volumes[x].name: Duplicate value: "gke-gcsfuse-tmp", spec.initContainers[x].name: Duplicate value: "gke-gcsfuse-sidecar"]

This issue has been resolved in GKE version 1.29.7-gke.1008000.

July 23, 2024

(2024-R26) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

No channel

The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.14-gke.1059002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.14-gke.1059002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.10-gke.1075001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.10-gke.1075001 with this release.

Stable channel

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:

Regular channel

The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.11-gke.1172000
- 1.30.2-gke.1394000
- 1.30.2-gke.1587000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1260000 with this release.

Extended channel

The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:

July 17, 2024

The following vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel that can lead to a privilege escalation on Container-Optimized OS and Ubuntu nodes:

CVE-2024-26925

For more details, see the GCP-2024-045 security bulletin.

(2024-R25) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

No channel

Version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 is now the default version.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.27.13-gke.1070002
- 1.27.13-gke.1201002
- 1.27.14-gke.1059001
- 1.27.15-gke.1154000
- 1.28.10-gke.1058001
- 1.28.11-gke.1170000
- 1.29.4-gke.1043004
- 1.29.5-gke.1091001
- 1.29.6-gke.1254000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.14-gke.1042001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.14-gke.1042001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1019001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.29.5-gke.1091002 is now the default version in the Stable channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.27.13-gke.1201002
- 1.28.9-gke.1289002
- 1.28.10-gke.1058001
- 1.29.4-gke.1043004
- 1.29.5-gke.1091001
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.14-gke.1042001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.14-gke.1042001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.10-gke.1075001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.5-gke.1091002 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 is now the default version in the Regular channel.
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.27.14-gke.1042001
- 1.27.14-gke.1059001
- 1.28.10-gke.1075001
- 1.29.5-gke.1091002
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.14-gke.1059002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.14-gke.1059002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1019001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.15-gke.1154000
- 1.28.11-gke.1019001
- 1.28.11-gke.1170000
- 1.29.6-gke.1254000
- 1.30.2-gke.1447000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1172000 with this release.

GKE Autopilot now supports opportunistic bursting and lower Pod minimums upon cluster creation or upgrade to 1.30.2-gke.1394000 or later, resolving a previous issue with containerd.

July 16, 2024

The following vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel that can lead to a privilege escalation on Container-Optimized OS and Ubuntu nodes:

CVE-2024-26921

For more details, see the GCP-2024-043 security bulletin.

Compute flexible committed use discounts (CUDs), previously known as Compute Engine Flexible CUDs, have been expanded to include several GKE Autopilot and Cloud Run SKUs (see the GKE CUD documentation for details). The legacy GKE Autopilot CUD will be removed from sale on October 15, 2024. GKE Autopilot CUDs purchased before this date will continue to apply through their term.

The following vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel that can lead to a privilege escalation on Container-Optimized OS and Ubuntu nodes:

CVE-2024-36972

For more details, see the GCP-2024-044 security bulletin.

July 15, 2024

The following vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel that can lead to a privilege escalation on Container-Optimized OS and Ubuntu nodes:

CVE-2024-26809

For more details, see the GCP-2024-042 security bulletin.

July 10, 2024

(2024-R24) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

No channel

Version 1.29.5-gke.1091002 is now the default version.
The following versions are now available:
The following node versions are now available:
The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.26.15-gke.1090000
- 1.26.15-gke.1090004
- 1.26.15-gke.1191000
- 1.26.15-gke.1191001
- 1.26.15-gke.1300000
- 1.26.15-gke.1300001
- 1.26.15-gke.1320000
- 1.26.15-gke.1320002
- 1.26.15-gke.1381000
- 1.26.15-gke.1381001
- 1.26.15-gke.1390000
- 1.26.15-gke.1390001
- 1.26.15-gke.1404000
- 1.26.15-gke.1404002
- 1.26.15-gke.1469000
- 1.26.15-gke.1469001
- 1.27.11-gke.1062004
- 1.27.13-gke.1070000
- 1.27.13-gke.1166000
- 1.27.13-gke.1166001
- 1.27.13-gke.1201000
- 1.27.14-gke.1022000
- 1.27.14-gke.1022001
- 1.27.14-gke.1042000
- 1.27.14-gke.1059000
- 1.27.14-gke.1100000
- 1.27.14-gke.1100002
- 1.27.15-gke.1012000
- 1.27.15-gke.1012003
- 1.28.9-gke.1000000
- 1.28.9-gke.1069000
- 1.28.9-gke.1069002
- 1.28.9-gke.1209000
- 1.28.9-gke.1209001
- 1.28.9-gke.1289000
- 1.28.10-gke.1058000
- 1.28.10-gke.1075000
- 1.28.10-gke.1089000
- 1.28.10-gke.1089002
- 1.28.10-gke.1148000
- 1.28.10-gke.1148001
- 1.28.11-gke.1019000
- 1.29.4-gke.1043002
- 1.29.5-gke.1060000
- 1.29.5-gke.1060001
- 1.29.5-gke.1091000
- 1.29.6-gke.1038000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.13-gke.1201002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.13-gke.1201002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.10-gke.1075001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.5-gke.1091002 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.28.9-gke.1289002 is now the default version in the Stable channel.
The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.26.15-gke.1090000
- 1.26.15-gke.1090004
- 1.26.15-gke.1191000
- 1.26.15-gke.1191001
- 1.26.15-gke.1300000
- 1.26.15-gke.1300001
- 1.27.13-gke.1070000
- 1.27.13-gke.1070002
- 1.27.13-gke.1166000
- 1.27.13-gke.1166001
- 1.27.13-gke.1201000
- 1.28.9-gke.1069000
- 1.28.9-gke.1069002
- 1.28.9-gke.1209000
- 1.28.9-gke.1209001
- 1.28.9-gke.1289000
- 1.29.4-gke.1043002
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.13-gke.1201002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.13-gke.1201002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.9-gke.1289002 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.29.5-gke.1091002 is now the default version in the Regular channel.
The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.26.15-gke.1320000
- 1.26.15-gke.1320002
- 1.26.15-gke.1381000
- 1.26.15-gke.1381001
- 1.26.15-gke.1390000
- 1.26.15-gke.1390001
- 1.27.13-gke.1201000
- 1.27.13-gke.1201002
- 1.27.14-gke.1022000
- 1.27.14-gke.1022001
- 1.27.14-gke.1042000
- 1.28.9-gke.1289000
- 1.28.9-gke.1289002
- 1.28.10-gke.1058000
- 1.28.10-gke.1058001
- 1.28.10-gke.1075000
- 1.29.4-gke.1043002
- 1.29.4-gke.1043004
- 1.29.5-gke.1060000
- 1.29.5-gke.1060001
- 1.29.5-gke.1091000
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.14-gke.1042001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.14-gke.1042001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.10-gke.1075001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.5-gke.1091002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.5-gke.1091002 with this release.

Rapid channel

The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.26.15-gke.1404000
- 1.26.15-gke.1404002
- 1.26.15-gke.1469000
- 1.26.15-gke.1469001
- 1.27.14-gke.1059000
- 1.27.14-gke.1100000
- 1.27.14-gke.1100002
- 1.27.15-gke.1012000
- 1.27.15-gke.1012003
- 1.28.10-gke.1089000
- 1.28.10-gke.1089002
- 1.28.10-gke.1148000
- 1.28.10-gke.1148001
- 1.28.11-gke.1019000
- 1.29.5-gke.1091000
- 1.29.5-gke.1091002
- 1.29.6-gke.1038000
- 1.30.1-gke.1329000
- 1.30.2-gke.1023000
- 1.30.2-gke.1023004
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1019001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.

July 09, 2024

The following vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel that can lead to a privilege escalation on Container-Optimized OS and Ubuntu nodes:

CVE-2023-52654
CVE-2023-52656

For more information, see the GCP-2024-041 security bulletin.

July 08, 2024

(2024-R23) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

No channel

Version 1.29.4-gke.1043004 is now the default version.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.26.15-gke.1320002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.26.15-gke.1320002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.13-gke.1070002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.13-gke.1070002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.9-gke.1289002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.4-gke.1043004 with this release.

Stable channel

Version 1.27.13-gke.1070002 is now the default version in the Stable channel.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.26.15-gke.1090004 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.26.15-gke.1090004 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.13-gke.1070002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.13-gke.1070002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.9-gke.1069002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.4-gke.1043004 with this release.

Regular channel

Version 1.29.4-gke.1043004 is now the default version in the Regular channel.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.26.15-gke.1320002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.26.15-gke.1320002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.13-gke.1201002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.9-gke.1289002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.9-gke.1289002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.4-gke.1043004 with this release.

Rapid channel

Version 1.30.1-gke.1329003 is now the default version in the Rapid channel.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.26.15-gke.1404002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.26.15-gke.1404002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.14-gke.1059002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.10-gke.1089002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.5-gke.1091002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.5-gke.1091002 with this release.
Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.1-gke.1329003 with this release.

Ray Operator on GKE is now generally available in the Rapid channel. Ray Operator is a GKE add-on that allows you to manage and scale Ray applications. To learn more, see the Ray Operator documentation.

July 03, 2024

A remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2024-6387, was recently discovered in OpenSSH. The vulnerability exploits a race condition that can be used to obtain access to a remote shell, enabling attackers to gain root access. This vulnerability has a Critical severity for GKE. An expedited rollout is in progress to make patch versions available.

For patch versions and mitigation steps, see the GCP-2024-040 security bulletin.

(2024-R22) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated.

New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.

You can now preload data or container images in new nodes on GKE, enabling faster workload deployment and autoscaling. This feature is Generally Available and production-ready, with support for Autopilot and Terraform. To learn more, see Use secondary boot disks to preload data or container images.

GKE Managed DCGM Metrics Package is now available in Preview for both GKE Standard and Autopilot clusters running version 1.30.1-gke.1204000 and later.

You can now configure Autopilot and Standard clusters to export a predefined list of DCGM metrics emitted by GKE Managed DCGM exporter including metrics for GPU performance, utilization, and I/Os in the GPU node pools with GKE-managed NVIDIA drivers. These metrics are collected by Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus. You can view the curated DCGM metrics in the Observability Tab on the Kubernetes Clusters page or in Cloud Monitoring.

For more information, see Collect and view DCGM metrics.

July 02, 2024

A faulty component in the Persistent Disk CSI (PDCSI) driver may cause mount failures for NVMe block devices on specific GKE clusters. This issue affects machine types that exclusively use the NVMe interface for attached Persistent Disks, such as third-generation machine types, T2A instances, and Confidential VMs. For more details, see About persistent disks.

Impacted GKE versions include:

1.30.2-gke.1023000
1.27.15-gke.1012000
1.27.14-gke.1100000

Mount failures will log errors indicating difficulties verifying and re-linking the GCE Persistent Disk. You will see log errors like this:

"Error when getting device path: rpc error: code = Internal desc = error verifying GCE PD ("$PVC") is attached: failed to find and re-link disk $PVC with udevadm after retrying for 3s: couldn't get serial number for disk $PVC at device path /dev/$NVME_PATH: google_nvme_id failed for device "/dev/$NVME_PATH" with output [**numbers**]: exit status 1"

This issue will be resolved in the next GKE releases. In the meantime, if you are experiencing mount failures, upgrade your cluster to the default version 1.30.1-gke.1329000 for the 1.30 release channel or 1.27.14-gke.1059000 for the 1.27 release channel.