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New GKE versions released to Rapid channel
Tue, October 27, 2026
13 days agoUnverified
Google Kubernetes Engine updated its Rapid channel with new versions, including 1.34.12-gke.1539000, 1.35.9-gke.1505000, 1.36.5-gke.1982000, and 1.37.1-gke.3020000, alongside new 1.38.0 alpha releases.
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In GKE version 1.35.3-gke.1389000 and later, you can run GPU workloads on Confidential GKE Nodes with certain...google-cloudAn event.4 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →In GKE version 1.36.0-gke.1601000 and later, you can enable the logging of VerticalPodAutoscaler decisions in...google-cloudAn event.4 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →Rollout sequencing with custom stages is now generally availablegoogle-cloudAn event.4 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →In GKE version 1.36.0-gke.4447000 and later, the VerticalPodAutoscaler supports CPU startup boost , which...google-cloudAn event.4 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →In version 1.36.2-gke.1498000 and later, GKE supports mixed-protocol Services of type LoadBalancer in general...google-cloudAn event.3 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →GKE Gateway and Inference Gateway now support Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)google-cloudAn event.3 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →TPU Subslicing (also known as Dynamic Subslicing) is now generally available for Ironwood (TPU7x)google-cloudAn event.3 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →You can generate optimized GKE configurations that can improve performance for specific workloads, such as...google-cloudAn event.3 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →Note : Your clusters might not have these versions availablegoogle-cloudAn event.3 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →Per the June 10, 2026 release note , the configuration option to not enroll your cluster in a release channel...google-cloudAn event.3 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →In GKE version 1.36 and later, GCPAuthzPolicy and GCPAuthzExtension resources for GKE Gateway are now...google-cloudAn event.2 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →Note : Your clusters might not have these versions availablegoogle-cloudAn event.2 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →Network Endpoint Group (NEG) pre-provisioning is now available in Previewgoogle-cloudAn event.2 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →Session affinity support using GCPTrafficDistributionPolicy for GKE Gateway is generally availablegoogle-cloudAn event.2 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →The bare metal machine types from the C3 machine series are now generally available with GKE clustersgoogle-cloudAn event.2 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →Note : Your clusters might not have these versions availablegoogle-cloudAn event.2 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →GKE support for using the c3-standard-*-lssd machine types as Confidential GKE Nodes with Intel TDX is...google-cloudAn event.2 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →New features in 1.37google-cloudAn event.2 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →Agent Substrate on GKE is now available for evaluation and non-production usegoogle-cloudAn event.2 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →Note : Your clusters might not have these versions availablegoogle-cloudAn event.2 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →GKE ambient networking is now available in Preview through an allowlistgoogle-cloudAn event.2 mo agogoogle-cloudDetails →Note : Your clusters might not have these versions availablegoogle-cloudAn event.38 days agogoogle-cloudDetails →You can use Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) with Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) to automatically optimize...google-cloudAn event.38 days agogoogle-cloudDetails →GKE support for using the c4-standard-* machine types (up to 192 vCPUs) as Confidential GKE Nodes with Intel...google-cloudAn event.35 days agogoogle-cloudDetails →The microVM sandbox type is now Generally Available (GA) with GKE Sandbox in clusters that run version...google-cloudAn event.33 days agogoogle-cloudDetails →Note : Your clusters might not have these versions availablegoogle-cloudAn event.32 days agogoogle-cloudDetails →Note : Your clusters might not have these versions availablegoogle-cloudAn event.26 days agogoogle-cloudDetails →C4D bare metal machine types are generally available on GKEgoogle-cloudAn event.14 days agogoogle-cloudDetails →
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