Releasesby GlyphGKE ambient networking is now available in Preview through an allowlist
GKE ambient networking is now available in Preview through an allowlist. GKE ambient networking provides a simplified, sidecarless deployment model for a service mesh with Layer 4 capabilities.
Also shipped Sep 24, 2026Google Cloud in September 2026 →
DCM Projects capability updates
This release updates the availability of several DCM Projects capabilities. The following capabilities are now generally available: The following capabilities are now available in preview:
Alpha Changelog - 9/23/26
Hi everyone, here are the latest round of changes on alpha.midjourney.com . Many of these came directly from your feedback in #alpha-ideas-and-bugs . Please keep it coming! STYLE PREVIEWS We're experimenting with fast models in the interface.
New project activity feed
As part of our ongoing work to simplify the Netlify dashboard, we’ve added an activity feed to the project overview page. It’s available on all plans and adapts to how your project is set up.
Retool CLI
Live on cloud • Team • Business • Enterprise Public beta 4.62 Edge • Team • Business • Enterprise Public beta 4.34.4 Stable • Team • Business • Enterprise Public beta The Retool CLI is now available in public beta.
Buildkite Cache is now in public preview
Buildkite Cache is now available in public preview. It saves and restores files and directories across pipeline jobs and builds. Use it for package manager download caches, compiled dependencies, and other regenerable data to avoid repeating work.
Service principal Genie usage is billed at standard pricing
Genie usage by service principals is now billed at standard Genie pay-as-you-go pricing. Service principals are excluded from the free monthly usage allowance that applies to individual users. See Manage budgets and cost controls for Genie and Monitor and understand your Genie cost .
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GKE Standard clusters now support up to 512 maximum Pods per node, an increase from the previous limit of 256
GKE Standard clusters now support up to 512 maximum Pods per node, an increase from the previous limit of 256. Nodes configured for 257 to 512 Pods will now be allocated a /22 Pod CIDR block (1,024 IP addresses).
(2026-R40) 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 1.36.4-gke.1391000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
The storage-optimized Z4D machine series is available with GKE clusters running 1.36.3-gke.1244000 or later
The storage-optimized Z4D machine series is available with GKE clusters running 1.36.3-gke.1244000 or later. You can use Z4D machine types in Standard or Autopilot mode. For more information about limitations for this machine series in GKE, see About machine support with GKE clusters .
GKE now automatically applies protection tier labels to TPU node pools created from Compute Engine...
GKE now automatically applies protection tier labels to TPU node pools created from Compute Engine reservations. Depending on your configuration, GKE adds: Node pool resource label: goog-gke-node-pool-protection-tier ( standard or capacity_optimized ) Kubernetes node label: cloud.google.com/protection-tier ( STANDARD or CAPACITY_OPTIMIZED ) To learn more...
(2026-R39) 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 1.36.4-gke.1247000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
(2026-R42) 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 .