Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) - December 13th, 2024 [Feature]

## Feature GKE now provides insights and recommendations that help you identify and amend clusters running a minor version that reached [end of standard support](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/versioning#recommender-end-of-support), clusters with nodes in [violation of version skew policy](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/versioning#recommender-version-skew), and clusters [without a maintenance window](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/maintenance-windows-and-exclusions#recommender-maintenance-window) to achieve reliable operations, up-to-date security posture and supportability. ## Feature The C4A machine family is generally available in the following versions: * Standard clusters in version `1.28.13-gke.1024000`, `1.29.8-gke.1057000`, `1.30.4-gke.1213000` or later. To use this family in GKE Standard, you can use the `--machine-type` flag when creating a cluster or node pool. * Autopilot clusters in `1.28.15-gke.1344000`, `1.29.11-gke.1012000`, `1.30.7-gke.1136000`, `1.31.3-gke.1056000` or later. To use this family in GKE Autopilot, schedule your workloads along with the `kubernetes.io/machine-family: c4a` node selector. In versions `1.31` or above, the `kubernetes.io/arch: arm64` node selector would default to C4A machine family. Cluster autoscaler and node auto-provisioning are supported in `1.28.15-gke.1344000`, `1.29.11-gke.1012000`, `1.30.7-gke.1136000`, `1.31.3-gke.1056000` or later. Local SSD support is available for Public [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/?%5Fgl=1%2Ajq03lo%2A%5Fga%2AMTE4MTA1MzEyMS4xNzMzOTQ1MTU0%2A%5Fga%5F4LYFWVHBEB%2AMTczNDAxMzM2OS40LjEuMTczNDAxMzk2NS4wLjAuMA..#product-launch-stages) from `1.31.1-gke.2008000`. Contact your Account Team to participate in the preview.