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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.2046002 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
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Every Google Kubernetes Engine release(2026-R43) 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 .
The microVM sandbox type is now Generally Available (GA) with GKE Sandbox in clusters that run version...
The microVM sandbox type is now Generally Available (GA) with GKE Sandbox in clusters that run version 1.37.0-gke.4713000 and later. MicroVM sandboxes provide hardware virtualization and isolation for untrusted workloads, AI agent runtimes, and multi-tenant environments.
Starting on July 1, 2026, Identity Service for GKE is deprecated in GKE version 1.36 and earlier
Starting on July 1, 2026, Identity Service for GKE is deprecated in GKE version 1.36 and earlier. This feature is also unavailable in organizations that were created on or after July 1, 2025. GKE version 1.37 and later don't support Identity Service for GKE.
GKE support for using the c4-standard-* machine types (up to 192 vCPUs) as Confidential GKE Nodes with Intel...
GKE support for using the c4-standard-* machine types (up to 192 vCPUs) as Confidential GKE Nodes with Intel TDX is generally available. For more information, see the following pages: To use this feature with GKE , see Encrypt workload data in-use with Confidential GKE Nodes .
(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 .
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...
Also shipped on Oct 8, 2026
Google Cloud in October 2026The Compliance API chat endpoints now also return chats from the unified Claude experience, in beta for
The Compliance API chat endpoints now also return chats from the unified Claude experience, in beta for Claude Enterprise organizations, with your existing Compliance Access Key. See Retrieve and delete chats, files, and projects.
Updates to Intelligent Workloads and Standard Workloads
Create and define Intelligent Workloads Intelligent Workloads is now generally available (GA), designed for teams that want to proactively monitor business-impacting transactions and associated KPIs. You can now leverage bulk creation to build multiple workloads at once.
Performance Risks Inbox is now generally available
Performance Risks Inbox is GA Performance Risks Inbox is now generally available (GA). It finds the performance anti-patterns that quietly slow your application down, such as N+1 queries and inefficient database calls, and groups them in one place so your team can fix them before they become incidents.
CLI v0.9.0 | CLI, Beta
CLI v0.9.0 Manage cloud tasks with cr code , including interactive messages, side questions, plans, and delivery. Complete shell commands and read richer review JSON . Verify signed Linux releases and recover more reliably from login and update failures. Run cr update . See cloud tasks and upgrade details .
The Discover page and domains are now GA
The Discover page and domains are now generally available. Discover is a curated browsing experience that helps users find assets across Databricks without requiring deep knowledge of catalog hierarchies.
Prompt caching for DigitalOcean-hosted models is now in general availability
Prompt caching for DigitalOcean-hosted models is now in general availability. All DigitalOcean-hosted models cache context automatically, with no code changes and no cache-write charge. Cache affinity routes requests with matching prefixes …