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

## Change Change #### (2026-R9) 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. * Version [1.35.1-gke.1396001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1351) is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel. * The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel: * [1.32.12-gke.1127000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13212) * [1.33.8-gke.1169000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1338) * [1.34.4-gke.1193000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1344) * [1.35.1-gke.1396001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1351) * [1.35.1-gke.1616000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1351) * The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel: * 1.32.12-gke.1026000 * 1.33.8-gke.1026000 * 1.34.4-gke.1047000 * 1.35.0-gke.3047001 * 1.35.1-gke.1396000 * 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 minor versions if there are no factors, such as [maintenance exclusions](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/maintenance-windows-and-exclusions#exclusions) or deprecated APIs, preventing upgrades: * 1.31 to [1.32.12-gke.1076000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13212) * 1.32 to [1.33.8-gke.1112000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1338) * 1.33 to [1.34.4-gke.1130000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1344) * 1.34 to [1.35.1-gke.1396001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1351) * 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: * 1.32 to [1.32.12-gke.1076000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13212) * 1.33 to [1.33.8-gke.1112000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1338) * 1.34 to [1.34.4-gke.1130000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1344) * 1.35 to [1.35.1-gke.1396001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1351) ### 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. * Version [1.34.3-gke.1444000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1343) is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel. * The following versions are now available in the Regular channel: * [1.32.12-gke.1026000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13212) * [1.33.8-gke.1026000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1338) * [1.34.4-gke.1047000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1344) * [1.35.0-gke.2745005](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) * [1.35.0-gke.3047002](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) * The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel: * 1.32.11-gke.1211000 * 1.33.5-gke.2392000 * 1.34.3-gke.1318000 * 1.35.0-gke.2398002 * 1.35.0-gke.2745004 * 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 minor versions if there are no factors, such as [maintenance exclusions](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/maintenance-windows-and-exclusions#exclusions) or deprecated APIs, preventing upgrades: * 1.31 to [1.32.11-gke.1264000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13211) * 1.32 to [1.33.5-gke.2469000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) * 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: * 1.32 to [1.32.11-gke.1264000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13211) * 1.33 to [1.33.5-gke.2469000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) * 1.34 to [1.34.3-gke.1444000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1343) * 1.35 to [1.35.0-gke.2745005](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) ### 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. * Version [1.33.5-gke.2326000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel. * The following versions are now available in the Stable channel: * [1.32.11-gke.1211000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13211) * [1.33.5-gke.2392000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) * [1.34.3-gke.1318000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1343) * The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel: * 1.32.11-gke.1038000 * 1.33.5-gke.2228001 * 1.34.3-gke.1051003 * 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 minor versions if there are no factors, such as [maintenance exclusions](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/maintenance-windows-and-exclusions#exclusions) or deprecated APIs, preventing upgrades: * 1.31 to [1.32.11-gke.1174000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13211) * 1.32 to [1.33.5-gke.2326000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) * 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: * 1.32 to [1.32.11-gke.1174000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13211) * 1.33 to [1.33.5-gke.2326000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) * 1.34 to [1.34.3-gke.1245000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1343) ### 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. * Version [1.34.3-gke.1444000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1343) is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel. * The following versions are now available in the Extended channel: * [1.30.14-gke.2071000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.30.md#v13014) * [1.30.14-gke.2154000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.30.md#v13014) * [1.31.14-gke.1423000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md#v13114) * [1.31.14-gke.1526000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md#v13114) * [1.32.12-gke.1026000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13212) * [1.33.8-gke.1026000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1338) * [1.34.4-gke.1047000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1344) * [1.35.0-gke.2745005](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) * [1.35.0-gke.3047001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) * [1.35.0-gke.3047002](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) * The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel: * 1.30.14-gke.1991000 * 1.30.14-gke.2117000 * 1.31.14-gke.1336000 * 1.31.14-gke.1476000 * 1.32.11-gke.1211000 * 1.33.5-gke.2392000 * 1.34.3-gke.1318000 * 1.35.0-gke.2398002 * 1.35.0-gke.2745004 * 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 minor versions if there are no factors, such as [maintenance exclusions](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/maintenance-windows-and-exclusions#exclusions) or deprecated APIs, preventing upgrades: * 1.29 to [1.30.14-gke.2026000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.30.md#v13014) * 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: * 1.30 to [1.30.14-gke.2026000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.30.md#v13014) * 1.31 to [1.31.14-gke.1376000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md#v13114) * 1.32 to [1.32.11-gke.1264000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13211) * 1.33 to [1.33.5-gke.2469000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) * 1.34 to [1.34.3-gke.1444000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1343) * 1.35 to [1.35.0-gke.2745005](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) ### 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. * Version [1.34.3-gke.1444000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1343) is now the default version for cluster creation. * The following versions are now available: * [1.32.12-gke.1127000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13212) * [1.33.8-gke.1169000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1338) * [1.34.4-gke.1193000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1344) * [1.35.0-gke.2745005](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) * [1.35.0-gke.3047002](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) * [1.35.1-gke.1396001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1351) * [1.35.1-gke.1616000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1351) * The following node versions are now available: * [1.30.14-gke.2154000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.30.md#v13014) * [1.31.14-gke.1526000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md#v13114) * [1.32.12-gke.1127000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13212) * [1.33.8-gke.1169000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1338) * [1.34.4-gke.1193000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1344) * [1.35.0-gke.2745005](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) * [1.35.0-gke.3047002](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) * [1.35.1-gke.1396001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1351) * [1.35.1-gke.1616000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1351) * The following versions are no longer available: * 1.32.11-gke.1038000 * 1.33.5-gke.2172001 * 1.34.3-gke.1051003 * 1.35.0-gke.2398002 * 1.35.0-gke.2745003 * 1.35.0-gke.2745004 * 1.35.1-gke.1396000 * 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 minor versions if there are no factors, such as [maintenance exclusions](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/maintenance-windows-and-exclusions#exclusions) or deprecated APIs, preventing upgrades: * 1.31 to [1.32.11-gke.1264000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13211) * 1.32 to [1.33.5-gke.2326000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) * 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: * 1.32 to [1.32.11-gke.1264000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.32.md#v13211) * 1.33 to [1.33.5-gke.2326000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.33.md#v1335) * 1.34 to [1.34.3-gke.1444000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v1343) * 1.35 to [1.35.0-gke.2745005](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.35.md#v1350) ## Feature Feature GKE Inference Quickstart (GIQ) now offers recommendations for distributed AI inference. This enables you to deploy optimized, full configurations for advanced models, such as the Qwen and gpt-oss model families, on NVIDIA GPUs and Cloud TPUs. This release introduces GKE Inference Gateway by integrating llm-d inference scheduling. You can select optimized configurations for workloads like Advanced Customer Support, Code Completion, and Deep Research. This tunes your infrastructure to meet the specific latency and throughput requirements of these applications. For more information, see [Analyze model serving performance and costs with Inference Quickstart](https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/machine-learning/inference/inference-quickstart). ## Feature Feature You can use automated disk type selection for Hyperdisk volumes on GKE. This feature allows GKE to automatically select the most appropriate disk type based on the machine type of the node where your workload is scheduled. With this feature, you can create a single StorageClass that supports clusters with mixed VM generations. For example, GKE can provision Hyperdisk on compatible instances (such as C3 or C4) while automatically falling back to Persistent Disk on other generations. For more information, see [Automated disk type selection](https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/hyperdisk#automated%5Fdisk%5Ftype%5Fselection). ## Feature Feature The [H4D machine series](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/compute-optimized-machines#h4d%5Fseries), designed for high performance computing (HPC) workloads, is generally available for GKE clusters. Based on 5th generation AMD EPYC Turin with Cloud RDMA 200 Gbps networking, H4D VMs offer 192 cores (SMT disabled), up to 1,488 GB of memory, and 3,750 GiB of Local SSD. H4D is optimized for tightly-coupled applications that scale across multiple nodes and offers RDMA-enabled 200 Gbps networking. You can use H4D with GKE clusters in Standard, or with the Performance compute class in Autopilot. For more information, see[Run high performance computing (HPC) workloads with H4D](https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/run-hpc-workloads).