Versioning

The following sections contain version information for Google Distributed Cloud (software only) for bare metal releases.

Supported versions

The following Google Distributed Cloud versions are fully supported, offering the latest patches and updates for security vulnerabilities, exposures, and issues affecting Google Distributed Cloud:

Minor version	Release date	Available patches	Kubernetes version
1.31 (latest)	February 13, 2025	1.31.200-gke.58	v1.31.5-gke.300
	February 05, 2025	1.31.100-gke.136	v1.31.4-gke.900
	December 18, 2024	1.31.0-gke.889	v1.31.3-gke.100
1.30	February 19, 2025	1.30.600-gke.68	v1.30.9-gke.100
	February 05, 2025	1.30.500-gke.126	v1.30.8-gke.200
	December 10, 2024	1.30.400-gke.133	v1.30.6-gke.300
	November 22, 2024	1.30.300-gke.84	v1.30.5-gke.600
	October 10, 2024	1.30.200-gke.101	v1.30.4-gke.1800
	September 25, 2024	1.30.100-gke.96	v1.30.4-gke.1800
	August 29, 2024	1.30.0-gke.1930	v1.30.3-gke.200
1.29	February 05, 2025	1.29.1000-gke.93	v1.29.12-gke.800
	January 07, 2025	1.29.900-gke.180	v1.29.11-gke.300
	November 21, 2024	1.29.800-gke.111	v1.29.10-gke.100
	October 24, 2024	1.29.700-gke.113	v1.29.8-gke.1800
	October 01, 2024	1.29.600-gke.108	v1.29.8-gke.1800
	September 12, 2024	1.29.500-gke.163	v1.29.7-gke.1200
	August 08, 2024	1.29.400-gke.86	v1.29.6-gke.1800
	July 25, 2024	1.29.300-gke.185	v1.29.6-gke.600
	June 27, 2024	1.29.200-gke.243	v1.29.5-gke.800
	May 15, 2024	1.29.100-gke.251	v1.29.4-gke.200
	April 29, 2024	1.29.0-gke.1449	v1.29.3-gke.600

Unsupported versions

The following versions are no longer fully supported. For the latest patches and updates for security vulnerabilities, exposures, and issues impacting Google Distributed Cloud, upgrade to a fully supported version. To learn more about the support period, see the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Enterprise edition Version Support Policy, which Google Distributed Cloud follows.

Minor version	Release date	Available patches	Kubernetes version
1.28	January 24, 2025	1.28.1400-gke.79 (final patch)	v1.28.15-gke.1200
	December 11, 2024	1.28.1300-gke.59	v1.28.15-gke.100
	November 07, 2024	1.28.1200-gke.83	v1.28.14-gke.700
	October 17, 2024	1.28.1100-gke.94	v1.28.14-gke.200
	September 23, 2024	1.28.1000-gke.60	v1.28.13-gke.600
	August 29, 2024	1.28.900-gke.112	v1.28.12-gke.1100
	August 01, 2024	1.28.800-gke.111	v1.28.11-gke.2200
	July 09, 2024	1.28.700-gke.150	v1.28.10-gke.2100
	June 06, 2024	1.28.600-gke.163	v1.28.9-gke.1800
	May 02, 2024	1.28.500-gke.120	v1.28.8-gke.2000
	April 08, 2024	1.28.400-gke.77	v1.28.7-gke.1700
	March 21, 2024	1.28.300-gke.131	v1.28.7-gke.1700
	March 04, 2024	1.28.200-gke.118	v1.28.5-gke.1200
	January 31, 2024	1.28.100-gke.146	v1.28.5-gke.1200
	December 15, 2023	1.28.0-gke.435	v1.28.3-gke.700
1.16	August 26, 2024	v1.16.12 (final patch)	v1.27.16-gke.1200
	July 25, 2024	v1.16.11	v1.27.15-gke.1200
	July 01, 2024	v1.16.10	v1.27.13-gke.1600
	May 28, 2024	v1.16.9	v1.27.13-gke.100
	April 25, 2024	v1.16.8	v1.27.12-gke.800
	April 08, 2024	v1.16.7	v1.27.10-gke.500
	February 20, 2024	v1.16.6	v1.27.9-gke.1200
	January 30, 2024	v1.16.5	v1.27.8-gke.1500
	December 15, 2023	v1.16.4	v1.27.7-gke.1400
	November 28, 2023	v1.16.3	v1.27.6-gke.2500
	October 30, 2023	v1.16.2	v1.27.4-gke.1600
	September, 21, 2023	v1.16.1	v1.27.4-gke.1600
	August 25, 2023	v1.16.0	v1.27.4-gke.1600
1.15	March 21, 2024	v1.15.11 (final patch)	v1.26.13-gke.1100
	March 04, 2024	v1.15.10	v1.26.13-gke.400
	February 1, 2024	v1.15.9	v1.26.12-gke.1200
	December 13, 2023	v1.15.8	v1.26.10-gke.1400
	November 20, 2023	v1.15.7	v1.26.9-gke.2400
	October 30, 2023	v1.15.6	v1.26.8-gke.200
	September 25, 2023	v1.15.5	v1.26.8-gke.200
	August 16, 2023	v1.15.4	v1.26.5-gke.2100
	July 20, 2023	v1.15.3	v1.26.5-gke.2100
	June 22, 2023	v1.15.2	v1.26.5-gke.1200
	May 31, 2023	v1.15.1	v1.26.2-gke.1001
	April 27, 2023	v1.15.0	v1.26.2-gke.1001
1.14	November 21, 2023	v1.14.11 (final patch)	v1.25.14-gke.2400
	November 06, 2023	v1.14.10	v1.25.14-gke.2400
	September 29, 2023	v1.14.9	v1.25.13-gke.200
	August 22, 2023	v1.14.8	v1.25.10-gke.2100
	July 25, 2023	v1.14.7	v1.25.10-gke.2100
	June 23, 2023	v1.14.6	v1.25.10-gke.1200
	May 24, 2023	v1.14.5	v1.25.7-gke.1000
	April 19, 2023	v1.14.4	v1.25.7-gke.1000
	March 24, 2023	v1.14.3	v1.25.6-gke.1000
	March 01, 2023	v1.14.2	v1.25.5-gke.1001
	January 27, 2023	v1.14.1	v1.25.5-gke.1001
	December 13, 2022	v1.14.0	v1.25.3-gke.1400
1.13	August 01, 2023	v1.13.10 (final patch)	v1.24.14-gke.2100
	June 29, 2023	v1.13.9	v1.24.14-gke.1200
	June 01, 2023	v1.13.8	v1.24.11-gke.1000
	April 25, 2023	v1.13.7	v1.24.11-gke.1000
	March 21, 2023	v1.13.6	v1.24.9-gke.2500
	February 23, 2023	v1.13.5	v1.24.9-gke.2500
	January 26, 2023	v1.13.4	v1.24.9-gke.2500
	December 19, 2022	v1.13.3	v1.24.7-gke.1700
	November 22, 2022	v1.13.2	v1.24.7-gke.300
	October 31, 2022	v1.13.1	v1.24.5-gke.400
	September 29, 2022	v1.13.0	v1.24.2-gke.1900
1.12	March 28, 2023	v1.12.9 (final patch)	v1.23.17-gke.300
	March 02, 2023	v1.12.8	v1.23.16-gke.100
	February 07, 2023	v1.12.7	v1.23.15-gke.2400
	December 14, 2022	v1.12.6	v1.23.13-gke.1700
	December 09, 2022	v1.12.5	v1.23.13-gke.1700
	November 08, 2022	v1.12.4	v1.23.11-gke.500
	October 05, 2022	v1.12.3	v1.23.10-gke.1000
	August 25, 2022	v1.12.2	v1.23.5-gke.1505
	August 03, 2022	v1.12.1	v1.23.5-gke.1505
	June 29, 2022	v1.12.0	v1.23.5-gke.1504
1.11	November 18, 2022	v1.11.8 (final patch)	v1.22.15-gke.3300
	October 28, 2022	v1.11.7	v1.22.14-gke.500
	September 26, 2022	v1.11.6	v1.22.8-gke.204
	August 30, 2022	v1.11.5	v1.22.8-gke.204
	August 04, 2022	v1.11.4	v1.22.8-gke.204
	June 23, 2022	v1.11.3	v1.22.8-gke.203
	May 26, 2022	v1.11.2	v1.22.8-gke.200
	May 02, 2022	v1.11.1	v1.22.8-gke.200
	March 31, 2022	v1.11.0	v1.22.8-gke.200
1.10	August 23, 2022	v1.10.8 (final patch)	v1.21.13-gke.202
	August 01, 2022	v1.10.7	v1.21.13-gke.202
	July 07, 2022	v1.10.6	v1.21.13-gke.201
	June 02, 2022	v1.10.5	v1.21.6-gke.1503
	May 04, 2022	v1.10.4	v1.21.6-gke.1503
	March 31, 2022	v1.10.3	v1.21.5-gke.1300
	February 25, 2022	v1.10.2	v1.21.5-gke.1300
	January 27, 2022	v1.10.1	v1.21.5-gke.1200
	December 10, 2021	v1.10.0	v1.21.5-gke.1200
1.9	June 09, 2022	v1.9.8 (final patch)	v1.21.13-gke.200
	April 27, 2022	v1.9.7	v1.21.6-gke.1503
	March 23, 2022	v1.9.6	v1.21.5-gke.1300
	February 28, 2022	v1.9.5	v1.21.5-gke.1300
	January 27, 2022	v1.9.4	v1.21.5-gke.1200
	December 22, 2021	v1.9.3	v1.21.5-gke.1200
	November 15, 2021	v1.9.2	v1.21.4-gke.201
	October 26, 2021	v1.9.1	v1.21.4-gke.201
	September 28, 2021	v1.9.0	v1.21.4-gke.200
1.8	March 14, 2022	v1.8.9 (final patch)	v1.20.9-gke.102
	February 01, 2022	v1.8.8	v1.20.9-gke.102
	December 14, 2021	v1.8.7	v1.20.9-gke.102
	November 29, 2021	v1.8.6	v1.20.9-gke.102
	October 21, 2021	v1.8.5	v1.20.9-gke.102
	September 21, 2021	v1.8.4	v1.20.9-gke.101
	August 27, 2021	v1.8.3	v1.20.9-gke.101
	July 29, 2021	v1.8.2	v1.20.8-gke.1500
	July 02, 2021	v1.8.1	v1.20.5-gke.1301
	June 21, 2021	v1.8.0	v1.20.5-gke.1301
1.7	December 09, 2021	v1.7.7 (final patch)	v1.19.14-gke.2201
	November 15, 2021	v1.7.6	v1.19.14-gke.2201
	October 19, 2021	v1.7.5	v1.19.14-gke.2201
	September 20, 2021	v1.7.4	v1.19.14-gke.400
	August 16, 2021	v1.7.3	v1.19.13-gke.100
	June 02, 2021	v1.7.2	v1.19.10-gke.1602
	April 30, 2021	v1.7.1	v1.19.7-gke.1200
	March 25, 2021	v1.7.0	v1.19.7-gke.1200
1.6	August 13, 2021	v1.6.4 (final patch)	v1.18.20-gke.3000
	May 17, 2021	v1.6.3	v1.18.18-gke.100
	February 26, 2021	v1.6.2	v1.18.6-gke.6600
	January 29, 2021	v1.6.1	v1.18.6-gke.6600
	November 30, 2020	v1.6.0	v1.18.6-gke.6600

To determine whether a release version contains security updates, see the release notes, Vulnerability fixes, and the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) security bulletins.

For version information related to cluster upgrades, see Version rules.

Versioning scheme

Google Distributed Cloud uses Kubernetes semantic versioning to refer to supported Kubernetes versions, but appends a GKE patch version. This results in a version number of the form: x.y.z-gke.N.

Kubernetes major version (x)

Major versions are typically incremented if any backwards incompatible changes are introduced to the public API. A major version increments the Kubernetes version from x.y to x+1.y.

Kubernetes minor version (y)

Kubernetes releases a new minor version three times a year. Each release cycle is approximately 15 weeks long. Deprecated APIs might be removed with a new minor version. A minor version increments the Kubernetes version from 1.y to 1.y+1; for example, Kubernetes 1. 29 is the minor release that follows Kubernetes 1.28.

Google Distributed Cloud patch release (z-gke.N)

A patch release, such as 1.28.300-gke.131, increments the patch version (z) by 100 and includes a -gke.N suffix, which indicates the build. Patch releases include security updates and bug fixes. A Google Distributed Cloud patch release version doesn't correlate to a Kubernetes patch version.