Releasesby Glyph(2026-R29) Version updates
GKE cluster versions have been updated. New versions available for upgrades and new clusters. The following versions are now available for new GKE clusters, and for manual control plane upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters. For more information about versioning and upgrades, see GKE versioning and support and About GKE cluster upgrades .
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Online Feature Store (Public Preview)
Online Feature Store is now available in public preview. Serve the latest feature values with low-latency online retrieval backed by Snowflake Postgres for real-time ML applications such as fraud detection, recommendations, and personalization.
Databricks-provided MCP Services will GA soon
Databricks-provided MCP Services for SaaS applications such as Slack, GitHub, Atlassian, and Google Drive will soon be generally available, with both read and write operations enabled by default. Admins and users can disable MCP Services and individual tools in Unity Gateway . See Connect agents to tools with MCP Services .
Secrets in Unity Catalog (Public Preview)
You can now store, govern, and access secrets as securable objects in Unity Catalog. A Unity Catalog secret uses the three-level namespace ( catalog.schema.secret ) and is governed by Unity Catalog privileges, so you can apply the same access controls and auditing that you use for other data assets. See Secrets in Unity Catalog .
Dreams research preview adds Claude Fable 5 and Claude Sonnet 5
Dreams, in research preview, now supports Claude Fable 5 and Claude Sonnet 5.
Agentic autofix for code scanning alerts in public preview
Agentic autofix is now in public preview for all code scanning alerts. It remediates alerts generated by CodeQL and third-party scanning tools by working across your codebase the way a developer would, it explores relevant files, proposes a fix, and reruns the original analysis to confirm the fix closes the alert before opening a pull request for your...
supabase-js will require TypeScript 5.0+ from January 31, 2027
@supabase/supabase-js will require TypeScript 5.0 starting January 31, 2027, dropping support for TypeScript 4.7 to 4.9.
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Note : Your clusters might not have these versions available
Note : Your clusters might not have these versions available. Rollouts are already in progress when we publish the release notes, and can take multiple days to complete across all Google Cloud zones. Version 1.36.0-gke.4447000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
(2026-R27) Version updates
There are no version updates for 2026-R27.
(2026-R28) Version updates
GKE cluster versions have been updated. New versions available for upgrades and new clusters. The following versions are now available for new GKE clusters, and for manual control plane upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters. For more information about versioning and upgrades, see GKE versioning and support and About GKE cluster upgrades .
Note : Your clusters might not have these versions available
Note : Your clusters might not have these versions available. Rollouts are already in progress when we publish the release notes, and can take multiple days to complete across all Google Cloud zones. Version 1.36.0-gke.3712000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The network-optimized C4N machine series is available with GKE clusters running 1.36.0-gke.3009002 or later
The network-optimized C4N machine series is available with GKE clusters running 1.36.0-gke.3009002 or later. You can use C4N machine types in Standard or Autopilot mode.
In GKE version 1.34 and later, you can configure Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus to collect...
In GKE version 1.34 and later, you can configure Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus to collect Pressure Stall Information (PSI) metrics from cAdvisor. You can use PSI metrics to monitor CPU, memory, and I/O congestion and stall times for your containers, Pods, and nodes. For more information, see Collect specific Prometheus metrics from Kubernetes .
In GKE version 1.35.3-gke.1389000 and later, you can run GPU workloads on Confidential GKE Nodes with certain...
In GKE version 1.35.3-gke.1389000 and later, you can run GPU workloads on Confidential GKE Nodes with certain G4 machine types and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs. This feature is available in Preview. For more information, see Encrypt GPU workload data in use with Confidential GKE Nodes .
In GKE version 1.36.0-gke.1601000 and later, you can enable the logging of VerticalPodAutoscaler decisions in...
In GKE version 1.36.0-gke.1601000 and later, you can enable the logging of VerticalPodAutoscaler decisions in Cloud Logging. You can use these logs to understand why specific vertical Pod autoscaling decisions were made. This feature is available in Preview. For more information, see Collect vertical Pod autoscaler event logs .