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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 1.37.1-gke.2097000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore now offers a Web Search API
AWS launched the InvokeWebSearch API on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, enabling direct web search execution billed at $7 per 1,000 queries.
Flagship - Evaluate Flagship feature flags from Rust
Cloudflare released an official Rust SDK (`cloudflare-flagship`) for Flagship, enabling async Rust applications to evaluate feature flags via OpenFeature with remote or in-process local evaluation.
Amazon OpenSearch Service announces managed cross-Region disaster recovery
AWS introduced managed cross-Region disaster recovery for Amazon OpenSearch Service, providing continuous data replication with an RPO under one minute and RTO under 20 minutes.
Amazon Bedrock adds bedrock-runtime endpoint support for Daybreak models
AWS added support for OpenAI Daybreak Red and Daybreak Blue cybersecurity models on Amazon Bedrock runtime endpoints via US and Global cross-Region inference profiles.
Amazon ElastiCache Serverless now supports vector, full-text and hybrid searches plus aggregations
AWS launched vector, full-text, and hybrid search capabilities along with server-side aggregations for Amazon ElastiCache Serverless for Valkey.
Amazon OpenSearch Service now lets you validate and roll back version upgrades
AWS launched clone-based upgrades for Amazon OpenSearch Service, allowing users to validate software upgrades on a cloned cluster before switching traffic or rolling back.
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(2026-R47) 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 .
GKE capacity buffers are generally available
Capacity buffers for GKE Standard and Autopilot are now generally available. This feature allows users to pre-provision and suspend compute capacity to accelerate workload scaling.
GKE Gateway adds SNI-based routing with TLS passthrough
GKE Gateway now supports TLS passthrough, allowing traffic routing based on SNI without terminating TLS at the load balancer.
Agent Substrate on GKE is generally available
Agent Substrate is now generally available for GKE Standard clusters. It provides an infrastructure layer optimized for high-density AI agent workloads with efficient sandbox provisioning.
Agent Sandbox on GKE is generally available and runs on any supported GKE version
Agent Sandbox on GKE is generally available and runs on any supported GKE version. Agent Sandbox on GKE is optimized for running isolated, stateful, single-replica workloads, such as AI agents, at no additional cost. You can install Agent Sandbox on GKE by using the open source Agent Sandbox installation .
Agent Gateway for GKE is now available in Preview in the Rapid channel on clusters running GKE version...
Agent Gateway for GKE is now available in Preview in the Rapid channel on clusters running GKE version 1.37.2-gke.1042000 or later. Agent Gateway provides a centralized management layer to control traffic flowing to, from, and between your agents on GKE.
In GKE version 1.35.1-gke.1516000 or later, GKE Dataplane V2 clusters use a unified cilium-cni configuration...
In GKE version 1.35.1-gke.1516000 or later, GKE Dataplane V2 clusters use a unified cilium-cni configuration instead of a chained CNI setup. With this change, Cilium configures the Pod default gateway by using its node-local virtual router interface ( cilium_host ), which has the statically assigned link-local IP address 169.254.4.6 .
In GKE version 1.37.0-gke.3570000 and later, you can split each Local SSD on a node between ephemeral storage...
In GKE version 1.37.0-gke.3570000 and later, you can split each Local SSD on a node between ephemeral storage and raw block storage. When you create a cluster or node pool, use the capacity property of the --ephemeral-storage-local-ssd flag to set how much Local SSD capacity GKE formats for ephemeral storage.