GKE cluster versions have been updated. New versions available for upgrades and new clusters

## Change Change #### (2025-R53) 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](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/versioning) and [About GKE cluster upgrades](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/upgrades). ### Rapid channel **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. * The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel: * [1.31.14-gke.1156000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md#v13114) * [1.32.9-gke.1711000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v1329) * [1.33.5-gke.2072000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) * [1.34.1-gke.3899000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1341) * [1.35.0-gke.1272000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) * Clusters in this channel running the listed minor version have new general auto-upgrade targets. GKE can upgrade control planes and nodes to the following new versions with this release: * GKE upgrades clusters to the following new patch versions if no minor version upgrade is available, or if the cluster has [maintenance exclusions](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/maintenance-windows-and-exclusions#exclusions) or other factors preventing minor version upgrades: * 1.35 to [1.35.0-gke.1272000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) ### Regular channel **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. * The following versions are now available in the Regular channel: * [1.31.14-gke.1081000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md#v13114) * [1.32.9-gke.1632000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v1329) * [1.33.5-gke.1956000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) ### Stable channel **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. There are no new releases in the Stable channel. ### Extended channel **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. * The following versions are now available in the Extended channel: * [1.28.15-gke.3280000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.28.md#v12815) * [1.29.15-gke.2613000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.29.md#v12915) * [1.30.14-gke.1855000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.30.md#v13014) ### No channel **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. * The following versions are now available: * [1.31.14-gke.1156000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md#v13114) * [1.32.9-gke.1711000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v1329) * [1.33.5-gke.2072000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) * [1.34.1-gke.3899000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1341) * The following node versions are now available: * [1.28.15-gke.3280000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.28.md#v12815) * [1.29.15-gke.2613000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.29.md#v12915) * [1.30.14-gke.1855000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.30.md#v13014) * [1.31.14-gke.1156000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md#v13114) * [1.32.9-gke.1711000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v1329) * [1.33.5-gke.2072000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) * [1.34.1-gke.3899000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1341) ## Announcement Announcement #### Kubernetes 1.35 is now available in the Rapid channel Kubernetes 1.35 is now available in the Rapid channel. For more information about the content of Kubernetes 1.35, read the [Kubernetes 1.35 Release Notes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#changelog-since-v1340) and Kubernetes [1.35 Release Blog](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/12/17/kubernetes-v1-35-release/). ## Deprecate Deprecated #### Deprecated in 1.35 * The `PreferClose` value for a [Kubernetes Service's](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/) `trafficDistribution` field is now deprecated in favor of the more explicit `PreferSameZone`. #### Removed in 1.35 * Kubernetes has [deprecated cgroup v1](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11/26/kubernetes-v1-35-sneak-peek/#cgroup-v1-support) support. * GKE is removing cgroup v1 support in 1.35\. If you have specifically configured your node pools to use cgroup v1 then upgrades will be blocked until you configure cgroup v2\. To migrate to cgroup v2, see [Migrate to cgroup v2](https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/migrate-cgroupv2#migrate). ## Feature Feature #### New features in 1.35 * **In-place Pod Resize:** [In-place Pod Resize](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/resize-container-resources/) is now GA. This feature allows Pod CPU and memory requests and limits to be modified in-place without Pod or container restart. * **Writable cgroups:** GKE [Writable cgroups](https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/writable-cgroups) for containers is now GA. This feature allows workloads to manage resources for child processes using the Linux cgroups API, improving reliability for applications like [Ray](https://www.ray.io/). ## Change Change #### Other changes in 1.35 * **Windows containerd 2.1:** GKE Windows nodes will use containerd 2.1 in 1.35, upgraded from containerd 1.7 in GKE 1.34\. Clusters containing Windows nodes will have auto-upgrades to 1.35 delayed until 1.34 EOL due to possible compatibility issues introduced in containerd 2.0\. Check if you're using deprecated containerd features removed in 2.0 and migrate off of them, see [Migrate nodes to containerd 2](https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/deprecations/migrate-containerd-2#migrate). After all deprecated features are removed, manually upgrade your cluster to 1.35.