Note : Your clusters might not have these versions available
UpdateUnverifiedAdded Sep 24, 2026
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 1.36.2-gke.1498000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
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Every Google Kubernetes Engine release| Date | Release | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 24 | (2026-R31) Version updatesunverified Update | Update |
| Jul 27 | In GKE version 1.36 and later, GKE Dataplane V2 with NetworkPolicies supports up to 15,000 nodes per cluster...unverified Update | Update |
| Jul 27 | In version 1.36.2-gke.1498000 and later, GKE supports mixed-protocol Services of type LoadBalancer in general...unverified GA | GA |
| Jul 28 | GKE now supports opting out of the default kubernetes.io/arch=arm64:NoSchedule taint on Arm nodes in Standard...unverified Update | Update |
| Jul 28 | GKE Gateway and Inference Gateway now support Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)unverified Preview | Preview |
| Jul 20 | To improve security, Ubuntu node images in GKE version 1.37 and later don't pre-install the vulkan-tools...unverified Deprecation | Deprecation |
| Jul 30 | (2026-R32) Version updatesunverified Update | Update |
| Jul 30 | Note : Your clusters might not have these versions availableunverified Update | Update |
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