Google Distributed Cloud (software only) for bare metal 1.34.1000-gke.111 is now available for

## Announcement Announcement Google Distributed Cloud (software only) for bare metal 1.34.1000-gke.111 is now available for download. To upgrade, see [Upgrade clusters](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/distributed-cloud/bare-metal/docs/how-to/upgrade). Google Distributed Cloud for bare metal 1.34.1000-gke.111 runs on Kubernetes v1.34.7-gke.200. After a release, it takes approximately 7 to 14 days for the version to become available for installations or upgrades with the GKE On-Prem API clients: the Google Cloud console, the gcloud CLI, and Terraform. If you use a third-party storage vendor, check the listing of our previously-qualified [storage partners](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/docs/resources/partner-storage). ## Feature Feature The following features were introduced in 1.34.1000-gke.111: * Fixed an issue in clusters using bundled BGP load balancing where control plane upgrades or configuration updates could cause up to 20 seconds of API server connection failures while a control plane node restarted. After the fix, failover to a healthy control plane node completes in approximately 4 seconds. * Fixed an issue where the `NodePool` controller prematurely updated `Status.ManagedFields`on partial reconciliation failures, causing removed taints and labels to remain stranded on affected nodes. ## Fix Fixed The following issues were fixed in 1.34.1000-gke.111: * Fixed vulnerabilities listed in [Vulnerability fixes](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/distributed-cloud/bare-metal/docs/vulnerabilities). * Fixed `BareMetalMachine` conditions during maintenance mode transitions. * Fixed an issue where updating control plane configurations caused multiple API servers to restart simultaneously, leading to transient control plane unavailability.