Releasesby GlyphGKE 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).
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Tags for dashboards, notebooks, Databricks apps, and Genie Agents are now generally available
You can now apply tags to dashboards, notebooks, Databricks apps, and Genie Agents to organize and categorize your workspace assets. This capability is now generally available. Both governed and ungoverned key-value tags are supported. See Apply tags to Unity Catalog securable objects .
Default Enablement of Copilot Features for Copilot Business and Enterprise
We’re introducing a new global default policy for generally available GitHub Copilot features and supported client capabilities in enterprise and organization Copilot settings. For the next 28 days, you can configure this policy, but it won’t affect feature access for your users yet.
CLI v0.8.1 | CLI
CLI v0.8.1 Continue local work in the cloud: Use cr code handoff --summary to start a new cloud Coding Agent task with your session summary, an optional plan, and an automatically discovered transcript when available. Clearer handoff results: See transfer progress, the branch and commit, transferred filenames, and a direct link to the cloud task.
Free VMs without an account, tracing, OpenCode on Cloud Agents
Your next project can start with an SSH command. This week, we're opening up free VMs with no account required, introducing tracing in Priority Boarding, and bringing OpenCode to Cloud Agents. Let's get into it!
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure HorizonDB supports PostgreSQL 18
Azure HorizonDB is a fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible, cloud-native database service designed for scalable, high-performance workloads.Azure HorizonDB, now in public preview, includes PostgreSQL 18 support.Learn more.
Private saved views for repository issues and “Relates to” issue relationship is generally available
Private saved views for repository issues Repository issues pages now support private saved views, making it easier to create and save personalized views of your issues. “Relates to” issue relationship The “Relates to” issue relationship now works across the REST API, GraphQL API, webhooks, timeline events, issues search, and projects search.
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GKE 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.
(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-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 .
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.1495000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
You can use Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) with Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) to automatically optimize...
You can use Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) with Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) to automatically optimize container CPU requests for workloads that scale replicas based on CPU utilization. This feature is available in Public Preview on clusters running GKE version 1.36.3-gke.1630000 or later. For more information, see Rightsize HPA workloads with VPA .