This page includes release notes for all channels and releases.
Current versions
The following table lists the current versions for each release channel. To learn more about the designations in this table, see What versions are available in a channel. For general information on versioning and upgrades, see GKE versioning and support and About GKE cluster upgrades.
| GKE Release Channel | Rapid | Regular | Stable | Extended | No Channel (Static) |
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| Available minor versions | 1.31 to 1.34 | 1.31 to 1.33 | 1.31 to 1.33 | 1.28 to 1.33 | 1.31 to 1.33 |
| Recommended auto-upgrade target | 1.33.5-gke.1162000 | 1.33.5-gke.1080000 | 1.33.4-gke.1245000 | 1.28.15-gke.2730000 | 1.33.4-gke.1245000 |
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| Default patch version for cluster creation | 1.34.1-gke.1293000 | 1.33.5-gke.1080000 | 1.33.4-gke.1245000 | 1.33.5-gke.1080000 | 1.33.5-gke.1080000 |
| COS version of default patch version | cos-121-18867-199-80 | cos-121-18867-199-43 | cos-121-18867-199-43 | cos-121-18867-199-43 | cos-121-18867-199-43 |
For information on the current minor versions rollout and support schedule, see the GKE release schedule. To find all the patch versions available in a channel, check available and default versions.
This table also lists the Container-Optimized OS version that corresponds to the channel's default patch version. To upgrade a cluster to a specific image version, see Map Container-Optimized OS node image versions to GKE patch versions.
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March 26, 2025
(2025-R12) Version updates
GKE cluster versions have been updated.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in control plane upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters. For more information on versioning and upgrades, see GKE versioning and support and Upgrades.
Rapid channel
- The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
Regular channel
There are no new releases in the Regular channel.
Stable channel
- The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
Extended channel
- The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
No channel
- The following versions are now available:
- The following node versions are now available:
February 06, 2025
(2025-R05) Version updates
GKE cluster versions have been updated.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in control plane upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters. For more information on versioning and upgrades, see GKE versioning and support and Upgrades.
Rapid channel
- Version 1.31.5-gke.1068000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Rapid channel.
- The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
- The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1612000
- 1.29.12-gke.1270000
- 1.30.9-gke.1027000
- 1.31.4-gke.1372000
- 1.32.0-gke.1538000
- 1.32.1-gke.1200000
- Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1641000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 with this release.
- The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1641000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.13-gke.1006000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.5-gke.1023000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.32 to version 1.32.1-gke.1200003 with this release.
Regular channel
- Version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Regular channel.
- The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
- The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1503000
- 1.29.12-gke.1143000
- 1.29.12-gke.1143001
- 1.30.8-gke.1162000
- 1.30.8-gke.1162001
- 1.31.4-gke.1256000
- Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
- The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 with this release.
Stable channel
- Version 1.30.8-gke.1128001 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Stable channel.
- The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
- The following versions are no longer available in the Stable channel:
- 1.28.15-gke.1435000
- 1.29.12-gke.1055000
- 1.29.12-gke.1055001
- 1.30.8-gke.1051000
- 1.30.8-gke.1051001
- Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1480000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1120001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128001 with this release.
- The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1480000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1120001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128001 with this release.
Extended channel
- Version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 is now the default version for cluster creation in the Extended channel.
- The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
- The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.16-gke.2142000
- 1.27.16-gke.2296000
- 1.28.15-gke.1503000
- 1.29.12-gke.1143000
- 1.29.12-gke.1143001
- 1.30.8-gke.1162000
- 1.30.8-gke.1162001
- 1.31.4-gke.1256000
- The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.2246000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1261000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 with this release.
No channel
- Version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 is now the default version for cluster creation.
- The following versions are now available:
- The following node versions are now available:
- The following versions are no longer available:
- 1.28.15-gke.1435000
- 1.29.12-gke.1055000
- 1.29.12-gke.1055001
- 1.29.12-gke.1143000
- 1.30.5-gke.1713000
- 1.30.8-gke.1051001
- 1.30.9-gke.1027000
- Auto-upgrade targets are now available for the following minor versions:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128001 with this release.
- The following patch-only version auto-upgrade targets are now available for clusters with maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.15-gke.1612000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.12-gke.1270000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.8-gke.1128001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.31 to version 1.31.4-gke.1372000 with this release.
December 12, 2024
Starting with GKE version 1.33, clusters running cgroupv1 will automatically be upgraded to cgroupv2 unless you opt out first. For more information, see Migrate nodes to cgroupv2.
October 31, 2024
Clusters that are experiencing stale endpoint resources and stale kube-dns entries are likely affected by Kubernetes issue #126578. Your cluster is most likely affected if endpoint resources consistently have incorrect Pod IPs. This issue has been fixed in the following GKE versions or later:
- 1.28.14-gke.1115000
- 1.29.9-gke.1207000
- 1.30.5-gke.1171000
- 1.31.1-gke.1414000
September 23, 2024
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes clusters with Windows nodes where BUILTIN\Users may be able to read container logs and AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users may be able to modify container logs. For more information, see the GCP-2024-054 security bulletin.
August 07, 2024
(2024-R28) Version updates
GKE cluster versions have been updated.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in control plane upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters. For more information on versioning and upgrades, see GKE versioning and support and Upgrades.
Rapid channel
- The following versions are now available in the Rapid channel:
- The following versions are no longer available in the Rapid channel:
- 1.27.15-gke.1252000
- 1.29.6-gke.1326000
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.16-gke.1008000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.7-gke.1008000 with this release.
Regular channel
- Version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 is now the default version in the Regular channel.
- The following versions are now available in the Regular channel:
- The following versions are no longer available in the Regular channel:
- 1.27.15-gke.1154000
- 1.28.11-gke.1172000
- 1.29.6-gke.1254000
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1260000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 with this release.
Stable channel
- The following versions are now available in the Stable channel:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.
Extended channel
- Version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 is now the default version in the Extended channel.
- The following versions are now available in the Extended channel:
- The following versions are no longer available in the Extended channel:
- 1.27.15-gke.1154000
- 1.28.11-gke.1172000
- 1.29.6-gke.1254000
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1260000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Extended channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 with this release.
No channel
- Version 1.29.6-gke.1326000 is now the default version.
- The following versions are now available:
- The following node versions are now available:
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.15-gke.1252000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.11-gke.1260000 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.6-gke.1038001 with this release.
July 26, 2024
With GKE patch version 1.30.1-gke.115600 and later, if you don't specify the gpu-driver-version flag when creating new GPU node pools, then GKE automatically installs the default GPU driver version that corresponds to the GKE version. If you prefer to manually install the GPU driver, set gpu-driver-version=disabled. To learn more, see Create a GPU node pool.
July 15, 2024
The following vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel that can lead to a privilege escalation on Container-Optimized OS and Ubuntu nodes:
- CVE-2024-26809
For more details, see the GCP-2024-042 security bulletin.
July 08, 2024
(2024-R23) Version updates
GKE cluster versions have been updated.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters.
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in control plane upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters. For more information on versioning and upgrades, see GKE versioning and support and Upgrades.
No channel
- Version 1.29.4-gke.1043004 is now the default version.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.26.15-gke.1320002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.26.15-gke.1320002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.13-gke.1070002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.13-gke.1070002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.9-gke.1289002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.4-gke.1043004 with this release.
Stable channel
- Version 1.27.13-gke.1070002 is now the default version in the Stable channel.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.26.15-gke.1090004 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.26.15-gke.1090004 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.27.13-gke.1070002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.13-gke.1070002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.9-gke.1069002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Stable channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.4-gke.1043004 with this release.
Regular channel
- Version 1.29.4-gke.1043004 is now the default version in the Regular channel.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.26.15-gke.1320002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.26.15-gke.1320002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.13-gke.1201002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.28.9-gke.1289002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.9-gke.1289002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Regular channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.4-gke.1043004 with this release.
Rapid channel
- Version 1.30.1-gke.1329003 is now the default version in the Rapid channel.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.26.15-gke.1404002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.26.15-gke.1404002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.27 to version 1.27.14-gke.1059002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.28.10-gke.1089002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.28 to version 1.29.5-gke.1091002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.29.5-gke.1091002 with this release.
- Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled in the Rapid channel will be upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.30.1-gke.1329003 with this release.