GKE now automatically applies protection tier labels to TPU node pools created from Compute Engine...

UpdateSep 30, 20263 days agoUnverifiedAdded Oct 2, 2026

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...

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