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June 30, 2025

Compute Engine

Generally available: You can now modify licenses attached to your disks. Previously, licenses on disk resources were immutable. You had to delete and recreate disks, or engage our support team to change licenses.

This feature provides greater flexibility for managing your disk licenses. You can now:

Append, remove, replace, and view the history of license updates.
Perform in-place license upgrades, such as Ubuntu to Ubuntu Pro, using the gcloud CLI and REST.
Switch from PAYG to BYOS billing models.
Review license changes and restrictions and append a RHEL ELS license to a newer version.

For more information on how to manage licenses, see Manage licenses.

June 27, 2025

Compute Engine

Generally available: You can specify a custom ephemeral external IPv6 address when creating an instance. For more information, see Create instances that use IPv6 addresses.

June 23, 2025

BigQuery

Colab Enterprise notebooks in BigQuery let you do the following in Preview:

Cloud NGFW

You can create a secure tag at the organization level and bind it's value to all virtual machine (VM) instances across that organization, instead of applying tags to instances within a specific network. For more information, see Secure tags for firewalls. This feature is available in Preview.

June 16, 2025

BigQuery

The Merchant Center best sellers report supports multi-client accounts (MCAs). If you have an MCA, you can use the aggregator_id to query the tables. The BestSellersEntityProductMapping table maps the best-selling entities to the products in the sub-accounts' inventory. This provides a consolidated view of best-selling products, which you can then join with product data for more detailed insights. This feature is generally available (GA).

June 13, 2025

Identity and Access Management

Conditions that check the tags for a resource can also check other attributes, such as the resource name of the timestamp of the request. This feature is available in Preview. For more information, see Resource tags.

June 12, 2025

Cloud VPN

Cloud VPN supports customizable cipher options for your VPN tunnels. You can configure ciphers as per your security requirements. This feature is available in Public Preview.

For more information, see Configure ciphers in Cloud VPN tunnel.

May 30, 2025

Google Kubernetes Engine

(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.

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.

(2025-R21) Version updates

There are no version updates for 2025-R21.

(2025-R22) Version updates

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.

(2025-R22) Version updates

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.

(2025-R22) Version updates

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.

(2025-R22) Version updates

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-R22) Version updates

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.

May 28, 2025

Identity and Access Management

Workforce Identity Federation supports detailed audit logging, which you can use to troubleshoot attribute mapping issues. This feature is generally available.

May 27, 2025

BigQuery

BigQuery offers optional job creation mode to speed up small queries that you use in your dashboards, data exploration, and other workflows. This mode automatically optimizes eligible queries and uses a cache to improve latency. This feature is generally available (GA).

May 23, 2025

Google Kubernetes Engine

(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.

(2025-R20) Version updates

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.

(2025-R20) Version updates

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.

(2025-R20) Version updates

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.

(2025-R20) Version updates

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.

(2025-R20) Version updates

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

BigQuery

You can select multiple columns and perform data preparation tasks on them, including dropping columns. For more information, see Prepare data with Gemini. This feature is generally available (GA).

Google Kubernetes Engine

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

Compute Engine

Preview: You can use future reservation requests in calendar mode to reserve capacity for creating VMs with TPUs attached. This feature helps you obtain and reserve high-demand resources to run generative artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), or high performance computing (HPC) workloads.

For more information, see the following pages:

Google Kubernetes Engine

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

Google Kubernetes Engine

(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.

(2025-R19) Version updates

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.

(2025-R19) Version updates

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.

(2025-R19) Version updates

The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:

(2025-R19) Version updates

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.

(2025-R19) Version updates

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 15, 2025

Identity and Access Management

The predefined role reference and the permissions reference have been reorganized to improve performance and searchability. To see the new experience, visit the IAM roles and permissions index.

May 13, 2025

Google Kubernetes Engine

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

BigQuery

BigQuery resource utilization charts have the following changes:

The default timeline shown in the event timeline chart has changed from one to six hours.
Several improvements have been made to the views, including a new reservation slot usage view. This view helps monitor idle, baseline, and autoscaled slot usage.

This feature is in Preview.

Google Kubernetes Engine

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.

Virtual Private Cloud

You can exclude IP address ranges from being used for automatic IP address allocation for internal ranges. This feature is available in General Availability. For more information, see Reserve internal ranges.

May 09, 2025

Google Kubernetes Engine

(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.

(2025-R18) Version updates

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.

(2025-R18) Version updates

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.

(2025-R18) Version updates

There are no new releases in the Stable channel.

(2025-R18) Version updates

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.

(2025-R18) Version updates

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.

May 08, 2025

Google Kubernetes Engine

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.

May 07, 2025

Identity and Access Management

Workload Identity Federation support for X.509 certificates is generally available.

Virtual Private Cloud

The following features of internal ranges are available in General Availability:

Reserving internal ranges with IPv6 addresses
Creating immutable ranges (ranges that can't be edited, except for the description)
Editable descriptions

For more information, see Internal ranges overview.

When you reserve an internal range with an automatically allocated IPv4 CIDR block, you can specify the allocation strategy that is used to select a free block. This feature is available in Preview.