The GKE cluster autoscaler now allows for a significantly longer node drain time

## Feature The GKE cluster autoscaler now allows for a significantly longer node drain time. From GKE version 1.32.7-gke.1079000 and later, the graceful node drain timeout has been increased from 10 minutes to 1 hour. For more information, see [How cluster autoscaler works](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/cluster-autoscaler#how%5Fcluster%5Fautoscaler%5Fworks). ## Feature The [InPlaceOrRecreate](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/verticalpodautoscaler#inplaceorrecreate%5Fmode) mode for Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) is now available for Public Preview in GKE. This mode uses [In-Place Pod Resize (IPPR/IPPU)](https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/tree/master/vertical-pod-autoscaler/enhancements/4016-in-place-updates-support), which allows VPA to automatically adjust workload resources, without requiring Pod recreation. This seamless rightsizing capability helps ensure better service continuity and helps minimize costs by optimizing resource allocation, particularly during idle periods. VPA is enabled by default in Autopilot clusters. For Standard clusters, you must first enable VPA. For more information on configuring a VPA object, see[Set Pod resource requests automatically](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/vertical-pod-autoscaling#gcloud).