A fix is available for the December 16, 2025 issue in which Autopilot nodes enter into a state where new system Pods and user Pods are
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A fix is available for the [December 16, 2025](#December%5F16%5F2025) issue in which Autopilot nodes enter into a state where new system Pods and user Pods are unable to run due to NRI RunPodSandbox failures. For more details, including instructions on how to confirm if you're affected by this, see [Pods unable to run on a Node due to NRI RunPodSandbox failed](https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/troubleshooting/autopilot-clusters#nri-runpodsandbox-error).
The fix is available with GKE version 1.34.1-gke.3899000 and later.