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
1.33 (latest) October 02, 2025 1.33.100-gke.89 v1.33.4-gke.900
September 02, 2025 1.33.0-gke.799 v1.33.2-gke.700
1.32 (latest) October 29, 2025 1.32.600-gke.53 v1.32.9-gke.200
September 24, 2025 1.32.500-gke.48 v1.32.8-gke.500
August 28, 2025 1.32.400-gke.68 v1.32.7-gke.200
August 08, 2025 1.32.300-gke.85 v1.32.6-gke.200
July 17, 2025 1.32.200-gke.104 v1.32.4-gke.1000
June 04, 2025 1.32.100-gke.106 v1.32.4-gke.200
May 06, 2025 1.32.0-gke.1087 v1.32.3-gke.1000
1.31 (latest) October 15, 2025 1.31.1000-gke.44 v1.31.12-gke.600
September 15, 2025 1.31.900-gke.38 v1.31.12-gke.200
August 13, 2025 1.31.800-gke.32 v1.31.10-gke.300
July 22, 2025 1.31.700-gke.72 v1.31.10-gke.200
June 23, 2025 1.31.600-gke.85 v1.31.8-gke.100
May 22, 2025 1.31.500-gke.68 v1.31.7-gke.1000
April 25, 2025 1.31.400-gke.110 v1.31.7-gke.800
March 18, 2025 1.31.300-gke.81 v1.31.5-gke.700
February 27, 2025 1.31.200-gke.59 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

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.