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June 07, 2023

(2023-R12) Version updates

June 05, 2023

(2023-R11) Version updates

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.22.17-gke.7500
    • 1.22.17-gke.9400
    • 1.23.17-gke.1700
    • 1.24.10-gke.2300
    • 1.25.7-gke.1000
    • 1.25.9-gke.400
    • 1.26.2-gke.1000
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.22.17-gke.8000 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to version 1.23.17-gke.2000 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.23 to version 1.24.12-gke.500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.24 to version 1.24.12-gke.500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.25.8-gke.500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.26 to version 1.26.3-gke.1000 with this release.

May 09, 2023

(2023-R10) Version updates

  • Version 1.25.8-gke.500 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane versions are now available:
  • The following versions are no longer available:
    • 1.21.14-gke.8500
    • 1.21.14-gke.15800
    • 1.22.17-gke.5400
    • 1.22.17-gke.6100
    • 1.23.16-gke.1400
    • 1.23.16-gke.2500
    • 1.23.17-gke.300
    • 1.24.9-gke.3200
    • 1.24.10-gke.1200
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21.14-gke.18100 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.22.17-gke.7500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to version 1.23.17-gke.1700 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.23 to version 1.24.11-gke.1000 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.24 to version 1.24.11-gke.1000 with this release.

April 19, 2023

(2023-R09) Version updates

March 31, 2023

(2023-R08) Version updates

March 22, 2023

(2023-R07) Version updates

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:

  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:

    • 1.21.14-gke.14100
    • 1.22.17-gke.3100
    • 1.25.6-gke.200

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.21.14-gke.14600 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.22.17-gke.4000 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to 1.22.17-gke.4000 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.25 to 1.25.6-gke.1000 with this release.

March 03, 2023

(2023-R06) Version updates

February 22, 2023

(2023-R05) Version updates

  • Version 1.24.9-gke.3200 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.21.14-gke.7100
    • 1.22.15-gke.1000
    • 1.22.15-gke.2500
    • 1.22.16-gke.1300
    • 1.22.16-gke.2000
    • 1.25.5-gke.2000
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21.14-gke.14100 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.22.17-gke.3100 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to version 1.22.17-gke.3100 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.25.6-gke.200 with this release.

February 10, 2023

(2023-R04) Version updates

  • Version 1.24.9-gke.2000 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.21.14-gke.5300
    • 1.22.17-gke.1400
    • 1.22.17-gke.1900
    • 1.24.7-gke.900
    • 1.24.8-gke.401
    • 1.25.5-gke.1500
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21.14-gke.7100 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.21.14-gke.7100 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to version 1.23.14-gke.1800 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.24 to version 1.24.8-gke.2000 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.25.5-gke.2000 with this release.

February 02, 2023

(2023-R02) Version updates

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.21.14-gke.4300
    • 1.25.4-gke.2100
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21.14-gke.5300 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.22.15-gke.2500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to version 1.22.15-gke.2500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.25.5-gke.1500 with this release.

January 13, 2023

(2023-R02) Version updates

January 05, 2023

(2023-R01) Version updates

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.22.15-gke.100
    • 1.25.3-gke.800
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.22.15-gke.1000 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to version 1.22.15-gke.1000 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.25 to version 1.25.4-gke.2100 with this release.

December 14, 2022

(2022-R28) Version updates

December 05, 2022

(2022-R27) Version updates

  • Version 1.24.5-gke.600 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.21.14-gke.3000
    • 1.21.14-gke.9500
    • 1.22.12-gke.2300
    • 1.23.8-gke.1900
    • 1.23.9-gke.900
    • 1.23.9-gke.2100
    • 1.23.10-gke.1000
    • 1.24.4-gke.800
  • The following node version is no longer available: 1.21.14-gke.9500
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21.14-gke.4300 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.22.15-gke.100 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.23 to version 1.23.11-gke.300 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.24 to version 1.24.5-gke.600 with this release.

November 04, 2022

(2022-R26) Version updates

  • Version 1.23.12-gke.100 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.22.12-gke.500
    • 1.22.12-gke.1200
    • 1.24.3-gke.2100
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.22.15-gke.100 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to 1.22.15-gke.100 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.24 to 1.24.4-gke.800 with this release.

October 19, 2022

(2022-R25) Version updates

  • Version 1.23.8-gke.1900 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.21.14-gke.2700
    • 1.22.12-gke.300
    • 1.24.2-gke.1900
    • 1.24.3-gke.200
    • 1.24.3-gke.900
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.21.14-gke.3000 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.22.12-gke.2300 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to 1.22.12-gke.2300 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.24 to 1.24.3-gke.2100 with this release.

October 05, 2022

(2022-R24) Version updates

September 23, 2022

(2022-R23) Version updates

  • Version 1.22.12-gke.2300 is now the default version.

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:

  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:

    • 1.21.14-gke.700
    • 1.21.14-gke.2100
    • 1.22.11-gke.400

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21.14-gke.2700 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.22.12-gke.1200 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to version 1.22.12-gke.1200 with this release.

September 13, 2022

(2022-R22) Version updates

  • Version 1.22.12-gke.300 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:

  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:

    • 1.20.15-gke.11400
    • 1.20.15-gke.12800
    • 1.20.15-gke.13400
    • 1.20.15-gke.13700
    • 1.21.13-gke.900
    • 1.22.10-gke.600

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.22.12-gke.500 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to version 1.22.12-gke.500 with this release.

September 02, 2022

(2022-R21) Version updates

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:

  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:

    • 1.21.12-gke.2200
    • 1.23.7-gke.1400
    • 1.23.8-gke.400

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21.14-gke.700 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.21.14-gke.700 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.23 to version 1.23.8-gke.1900 with this release.

August 18, 2022

(2022-R20) Version updates

  • Version 1.22.11-gke.400 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.20.15-gke.9900
    • 1.21.12-gke.1700
    • 1.22.8-gke.201
    • 1.22.8-gke.202
    • 1.22.8-gke.2200
    • 1.22.9-gke.1300
    • 1.22.9-gke.1500
    • 1.22.9-gke.2000
    • 1.23.5-gke.1503
    • 1.23.5-gke.2400
    • 1.23.6-gke.1500
    • 1.23.6-gke.1501
    • 1.23.6-gke.1700
    • 1.23.6-gke.2200
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to version 1.20.15-gke.11400 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21.13-gke.900 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.21.13-gke.900 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to version 1.22.10-gke.600 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.23 to version 1.23.7-gke.1400 with this release.

August 04, 2022

(2022-R19) Version updates

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:

  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:

    • 1.21.12-gke.1500
    • 1.24.2-gke.300

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21.12-gke.2200 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.21.12-gke.2200 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.24 to version 1.24.2-gke.1900 with this release.

June 30, 2022

(2022-R16) Version updates

  • Control plane and node version 1.24.1-gke.1800 is now available.
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.19.16-gke.9400
    • 1.19.16-gke.11000
    • 1.19.16-gke.11800
    • 1.19.16-gke.13800
    • 1.19.16-gke.14000
    • 1.19.16-gke.14500
    • 1.19.16-gke.15700
    • 1.20.15-gke.6000
    • 1.20.15-gke.8000
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21.12-gke.1500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.21.12-gke.1500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.24 to version 1.24.1-gke.1400 with this release.

June 23, 2022

(2022-R15) Version updates

June 13, 2022

(2022-R14) Version updates

May 26, 2022

(2022-R13) Version updates

  • Version 1.22.8-gke.201 is now the default version.

  • The following control plane and node version are now available:

  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:

    • 1.19.16-gke.10800
    • 1.20.15-gke.3400
    • 1.20.15-gke.3600
    • 1.20.15-gke.4100
    • 1.20.15-gke.5000
    • 1.20.15-gke.5200
    • 1.21.10-gke.400
    • 1.21.10-gke.1300
    • 1.21.10-gke.1500
    • 1.21.10-gke.2000
    • 1.22.6-gke.300
    • 1.22.6-gke.1000
    • 1.22.7-gke.300
    • 1.22.7-gke.900
    • 1.22.7-gke.1300
    • 1.22.7-gke.1500

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.20.15-gke.6000 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.21.11-gke.1100 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.21.11-gke.1100 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.22 to 1.22.8-gke.201 with this release.

May 19, 2022

(2022-R12) Version updates

May 11, 2022

(2022-R11) Version updates

  • Version 1.21.11-gke.900 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.21.6-gke.1503
    • 1.21.9-gke.300
    • 1.21.9-gke.1001
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to 1.19.16-gke.9900 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.19.16-gke.9900 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.23 to 1.23.5-gke.1501 with this release.

May 03, 2022

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(2022-R10) Version updates

April 21, 2022

(2022-R9) Version updates

  • Version 1.21.10-gke.2000 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.19.16-gke.8300
    • 1.20.15-gke.1000
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to version 1.19.16-gke.9200 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to version 1.20.15-gke.3400 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.20.15-gke.3400 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to version 1.21.10-gke.2000 with this release.

April 11, 2022

(2022-R8) Version updates

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.19.16-gke.6800
    • 1.20.15-gke.300
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to version 1.19.16-gke.8300 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to version 1.20.15-gke.2500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.20.15-gke.2500 with this release.

March 31, 2022

(2022-R07) Version updates

March 21, 2022

(2022-R6) Version updates

March 14, 2022

(2022-R5) Version updates

  • Version 1.21.9-gke.1002 is now the default version.

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:

  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:

    • 1.19.16-gke.3600
    • 1.20.11-gke.1300
    • 1.20.11-gke.1801
    • 1.22.4-gke.1501

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to 1.19.16-gke.6100 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.20.15-gke.300 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.20.15-gke.300 with this release.

If you specify --enable-dataplane-v2 in a Windows LTSC node pool running GKE version 1.22.7-gke.1300, Windows nodes cannot join the cluster.

March 07, 2022

(2022-R4) Version updates

February 24, 2022

(2022-R03) Version updates

February 10, 2022

Versions 1.21.9-gke.300, 1.22.6-gke.300, and 1.23.2-gke.300 contain a fix for a race condition which could result in erroneously detaching all endpoints from network endpoint groups for a short period.

February 03, 2022

(2022-R02) Version updates

  • Control plane and node version 1.19.16-gke.6100 is now available.
  • Control plane and node version 1.20.15-gke.300 is now available.
  • Control plane and node version 1.21.9-gke.300 is now available.
  • Control plane and node version 1.22.6-gke.300 is now available.
  • Control plane version 1.21.5-gke.1302 is no longer available.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to 1.19.16-gke.1500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.19.16-gke.1500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.21.6-gke.1500 with this release.

January 21, 2022

(2022-R01) Version updates

  • Version 1.21.6-gke.1500 is now the default version.
  • Control plane and node version 1.19.16-gke.3600 is now available.
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.19.15-gke.1300
    • 1.20.10-gke.1600
    • 1.20.10-gke.2100
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to 1.19.15-gke.1801 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.20.12-gke.1500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.20.12-gke.1500 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.21.5-gke.1802 with this release.

December 06, 2021

(2021-R34) Version updates

  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.19.13-gke.1900, 1.19.14-gke.301, 1.19.14-gke.1900, 1.19.14-gke.2300, 1.19.15-gke.500
    • 1.21.3-gke.2003, 1.21.4-gke.2300, 1.21.4-gke.2302, 1.21.5-gke.1300
  • The following control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded with this release:

November 19, 2021

The 2021-R33 release notes for No channel were updated with the following additions:

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
    • 1.19.16-gke.1500
    • 1.20.12-gke.1500
    • 1.21.6-gke.1500

November 15, 2021

2021-11-19 update: Added new control plane and node versions for the 2021-R33 release in No channel.

(2021-R33) Version updates

October 29, 2021

Revisions for 2021-R32

2021-12-03 update: Revised upgrade versions. Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded:

(2021-R32) Version updates

October 15, 2021

(2021-R31) Version updates

  • Version 1.20.10-gke.1600 is now the default version.

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:

  • Control plane version 1.19.13-gke.701 is no longer available.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.19.13-gke.1900 with this release.

  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.20.10-gke.1600 with this release.

October 01, 2021

(2021-R30) Version updates

  • Version 1.20.10-gke.301 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.18.20-gke.3001
    • 1.18.20-gke.3300
    • 1.18.20-gke.4100
    • 1.18.20-gke.4501
    • 1.18.20-gke.6000
    • 1.19.12-gke.2101
    • 1.20.8-gke.2101
    • 1.20.9-gke.701
    • 1.20.9-gke.1000
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.19.13-gke.1200 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.20.10-gke.301 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.21.3-gke.2001 with this release.

September 17, 2021

(2021-R29) Version updates

September 07, 2021

This note was updated on September 24, 2021. Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to 1.19.12-gke.2101 with this release.

(2021-R28) Version updates

August 20, 2021

(2021-R27) Version updates

  • Version 1.20.8-gke.2100 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.18.20-gke.501
    • 1.19.9-gke.1900
    • 1.19.10-gke.1000
    • 1.19.10-gke.1001
    • 1.19.10-gke.1601
    • 1.19.10-gke.1701
    • 1.19.11-gke.1701
    • 1.19.11-gke.2101
    • 1.19.12-gke.700
    • 1.19.12-gke.900
    • 1.19.12-gke.1100
    • 1.20.8-gke.700
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to 1.18.20-gke.901 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.19.12-gke.2100 with this release.

August 12, 2021

(2021-R26) Version updates

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.17.17-gke.3700
    • 1.17.17-gke.4400
    • 1.17.17-gke.4900
    • 1.17.17-gke.5400
    • 1.17.17-gke.6000
    • 1.17.17-gke.6700
    • 1.17.17-gke.7200
    • 1.17.17-gke.7800
    • 1.17.17-gke.8200
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.20.8-gke.900 with this release.

August 03, 2021

(2021-R25) Version updates

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.18.17-gke.1901
    • 1.18.19-gke.1701
    • 1.18.19-gke.2101
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to version 1.18.20-gke.501 with this release.

July 27, 2021

(2021-R24) Version updates

  • Version 1.20.8-gke.900 is now the default version.
  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.18.18-gke.1101
    • 1.18.18-gke.1701
    • 1.20.7-gke.1800
    • 1.20.7-gke.2200
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.20.8-gke.700 with this release.

July 20, 2021

(2021-R23) Version updates

  • The following control plane and node versions are now available:
  • The following control plane versions are no longer available:
    • 1.18.17-gke.1900
    • 1.19.9-gke.1400
    • 1.20.6-gke.1000
    • 1.20.6-gke.1400
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to version 1.18.17-gke.1901 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to version 1.19.9-gke.1900 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.20.7-gke.1800 with this release.

July 09, 2021

(2021-R22) Version updates

June 25, 2021

(2021-R21) Version updates

June 16, 2021

(2021-R20) Version updates

  • Version 1.19.10-gke.1600 is now the default version.
  • The following versions are now available:
  • The following versions are no longer available:
    • 1.18.17-gke.1200
    • 1.18.17-gke.1201
    • 1.19.9-gke.1400
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to version 1.18.17-gke.1901 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.19 to version 1.19.9-gke.1900 with this release.

June 09, 2021

(2021-R19) Version updates

May 28, 2021

(2021-R18) Version updates

  • Version 1.19.9-gke.1900 is now the default version.
  • Version 1.18.18-gke.1700 is now available.
  • Version 1.19.10-gke.1700 is now available.
  • Version 1.18.17-gke.100 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.19.8-gke.1600 is no longer available.

May 19, 2021

(2021-R17) Version updates

  • Version 1.17.17-gke.8200 is now available.
  • Version 1.18.18-gke.1100 is now available.
  • Version 1.19.10-gke.1600 is now available.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.17 to version 1.18.17-gke.700 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to version 1.18.17-gke.700 with this release.

May 12, 2021

(2021-R16) Version updates

  • Version 1.19.9-gke.1400 is now the default version.
  • Version 1.17.17-gke.7800 is now available.
  • Version 1.19.10-gke.1000 is now available.
  • The following versions are no longer available:
    • 1.18.15-gke.1501
    • 1.18.15-gke.1502
    • 1.18.16-gke.1201
    • 1.18.16-gke.2100
    • 1.18.16-gke.300
    • 1.18.16-gke.302
    • 1.18.16-gke.502
  • The following control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded with this release:

May 04, 2021

(2021-R15) Version updates

  • Version 1.18.17-gke.100 is now the default version.
  • Version 1.17.17-gke.7200 is now available.
  • The following versions are no longer available:
    • 1.16.15-gke.12500
    • 1.16.15-gke.14800
    • 1.17.17-gke.1101
    • 1.17.17-gke.1500
    • 1.17.17-gke.2800
    • 1.17.17-gke.3000
  • The following control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded with this release:

April 27, 2021

(2021-R14) Version updates

April 20, 2021

(2021-R13) Version updates

April 14, 2021

(2021-R12) Version updates

April 06, 2021

(2021-R11) Version updates

March 29, 2021

(2021-R10) Version updates

  • Version 1.17.17-gke.2800 is now the default version.
  • The following versions are now available:
  • The following versions are no longer available:
    • 1.15.12-gke.6002
    • 1.16.15-gke.10600
    • 1.16.15-gke.11800
    • 1.16.15-gke.7801
    • 1.17.15-gke.800
    • 1.17.17-gke.1100
    • 1.18.12-gke.1210
    • 1.18.14-gke.1200
    • 1.18.14-gke.1600
    • 1.18.15-gke.1100
    • 1.18.15-gke.1102
    • 1.18.15-gke.1500
    • 1.18.16-gke.1200
    • 1.18.16-gke.500
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from versions 1.17 and earlier to version 1.17.17-gke.2800 with this release.
  • Control planes and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded from version 1.18 to version 1.18.16-gke.302 with this release.

March 23, 2021

Starting tomorrow, March 24, 2021, the mechanism we use to create GKE release notes will change. Although this change does not affect the content of the notes, it does affect the presentation and underlying syntax. If you subscribe to the XML feed for this page, entries for March 24 and earlier will be updated as a result of changes to formatting and syntax; the content itself did not change.

The feed URL will also change from https://cloud.google.com/feeds/kubernetes-engine-release-notes.xml to https://cloud.google.com/feeds/gke-main-release-notes.xml. We will automatically redirect from the old URL to the new one.

March 16, 2021

(2021-R9) Version updates

March 05, 2021

(2021-R8) Version updates

February 25, 2021

(2021-R7) Version updates

February 17, 2021

This note was updated on February 23, 2021. Version 1.15.12-gke.6002 is still available in this channel for R6.

(2021-R6) Version updates

  • Version 1.16.15-gke.11800 is now available.
  • Version 1.17.17-gke.1500 is now available.

  • Version 1.18.15-gke.1500 is now available.

  • Version 1.16.15-gke.6000 is no longer available.

  • Version 1.16.15-gke.6900 is no longer available.

  • Version 1.16.15-gke.7300 is no longer available.

  • Version 1.17.14-gke.1600 is no longer available.

  • Version 1.17.15-gke.300 is no longer available.

  • Version 1.18.12-gke.1205 is no longer available.

  • Version 1.18.15-gke.800 is no longer available.

  • Auto-upgrading control planes automatically upgrade from version 1.15 to version 1.16.15-gke.7800 with this release.

February 09, 2021

This note was updated on February 23, 2021 to include the following control plane auto-upgrades for this channel: 1.15 to 1.16.15-gke.6000 and 1.16 and 1.17 to 1.17.15-gke.800. The node upgrades from 1.15, 1.16, and 1.17 to version 1.17.15-gke.800 were added to this channel.

(2021-R5) Version updates

  • Version 1.17.15-gke.800 is now available. This version is now the default.
  • Version 1.16.15-gke.11000 is now available.
  • Version 1.17.17-gke.1100 is now available.
  • Version 1.18.12-gke.1210 is now available.
  • Version 1.18.15-gke.1100 is now available.
  • Version 1.16.15-gke.4901 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.17.14-gke.400 is no longer available.
  • Auto-upgrading control planes automatically upgrade from version 1.15 to version 1.16.15-gke.6000 with this release.
  • Auto-upgrading control planes automatically upgrade from version 1.16 to version 1.17.15-gke.800 with this release.
  • Auto-upgrading control planes automatically upgrade from version 1.17 to version 1.17.15-gke.800 with this release.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes automatically upgrade from version 1.15 to version 1.17.15-gke.800 with this release. version 1.17.15-gke.800 with this release.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes automatically upgrade from version 1.16 to version 1.17.15-gke.800 with this release.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes automatically upgrade from version 1.17 to version 1.17.15-gke.800 with this release.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes automatically upgrade from version 1.18 to version 1.18.12-gke.1206 with this release.

February 02, 2021

This note was updated on February 10, 2021. The node auto-upgrade from 1.15 to version 1.16.15-gke.6000 was removed from this channel.

(2021-R4) Version updates

January 25, 2021

(2021-R3) Version updates

  • Version 1.17.16-gke.1600 is now available.
  • Version 1.18.14-gke.1600 is now available.
  • Version 1.17.13-gke.2600 is no longer available.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes in the no channel automatically upgrade from version 1.17 to version 1.17.14-gke.1600 with this release.

January 19, 2021

March 3, 2021 update: This release note was updated to add version 1.17.16- gke.1300, which was made available in this release.

(2021-R2) Version updates

January 08, 2021

(2021-R1) Version updates

  • Version 1.16.15-gke.6000 is now available. This version is now the default.
  • Version 1.17.14-gke.400 is now available.
  • Version 1.14.10-gke.50 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.14.10-gke.902 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.14.10-gke.1504 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.15.12-gke.20 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.15.12-gke.4000 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.15.12-gke.4002 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.15.12-gke.5000 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.15.12-gke.6001 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.16.15-gke.4300 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.16.15-gke.4301 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.16.15-gke.5500 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.17.13-gke.2001 is no longer available.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes in the no channel automatically upgrade from version 1.14 to version 1.15.12-gke.6002 with this release.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes in the no channel automatically upgrade from version 1.16 to version 1.16.15-gke.6000 with this release.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes in the no channel automatically upgrade from version 1.17 to version 1.17.14-gke.400 with this release.

December 14, 2020

(R41) Version updates

  • Version 1.16.15-gke.7300 is now available.
  • Version 1.17.14-gke.1600 is now available.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes in the no channel automatically upgrade from version 1.14 to version 1.15.12-gke.6001 with this release.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes in the no channel automatically upgrade from version 1.16 to version 1.16.15-gke.4300 with this release.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes in the no channel automatically upgrade from version 1.17 to version 1.17.13-gke.2600 with this release.

December 07, 2020

(R40) Version updates

December 01, 2020

(R39) Version updates

  • Version 1.16.15-gke.4301 is now available.
  • Version 1.16.15-gke.6000 is now available.
  • Version 1.17.13-gke.1401 is now available.

  • Version 1.17.14-gke.400 is now available.

    This release sets sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_be_liberal=1 on the node image. This discourages netfilter from resetting TCP connections.

  • Version 1.19.4-gke.700 is now available.

    This version is available in preview. Before creating GKE v1.19 clusters, you must review the known issues and urgent upgrade notes.

  • Version 1.19.3-gke.2100 is no longer available.

  • Version 1.19.3-gke.2700 is no longer available.

  • Auto-upgrading nodes in the no channel automatically upgrade from version 1.17 to version 1.17.13-gke.1401 with this release.

November 24, 2020

The November 17, 2020 release removed the following GKE versions.

  • Version 1.16.13-gke.401 is no longer available.
  • Version 1.19.3-gke.1500 is no longer available.

November 17, 2020

This note was updated on November 24, 2020.

(R38) Version updates

November 12, 2020

(R37) Version updates

November 06, 2020

October 28, 2020

(R35) Version updates

  • Version 1.16.15-gke.3500 is now available.
  • Version 1.17.13-gke.600 is now available.
  • Version 1.19.3-gke.2 is now available.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes and control planes upgrade from version 1.14 to version 1.15.12-gke.20 during this release.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes and control planes upgrade from version 1.17 to version 1.17.12-gke.1504 during this release.

October 20, 2020

(R34) Version updates

October 12, 2020

(R33) Version updates

October 02, 2020

(R32) Version updates

  • Version 1.15.12-gke.4000 is now available.
  • Version 1.16.15-gke.500 is now available.
  • Version 1.17.12-gke.500 is now available.
  • Version 1.16.13-gke.401 is the new default version for clusters with no channel.
  • Auto-upgrading control planes upgrade from version 1.14 to version 1.14.10-gke.50 during this release.
  • Auto-upgrading control planes upgrade from version 1.15 to version 1.15.12-gke.20 during this release.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes control planes upgrade from version 1.16 to version 1.16.13-gke.401 during this release.

September 25, 2020

(R31) Version updates

  • Version 1.17.9-gke.6300 is now available.
  • Auto-upgrading control planes upgrade from version 1.16 to version 1.16.13-gke.401 during this release.
  • Auto-upgrading control planes upgrade from version 1.17 to version 1.17.9-gke.1504 during this release.

September 15, 2020

(R30) Version updates

  • Version 1.15.12-gke.20 is the new default version for clusters with no channel.

September 14, 2020

(R29.1) Version updates

September 03, 2020

(R29) Version updates

  • Version 1.15.12-gke.17 is now available.
  • Version 1.16.13-gke.400 is now available.
  • Auto-upgrading nodes upgrade from version 1.14 to version 1.15.12-gke.2 during this release if they have not already done so.

August 27, 2020

(R28) Version updates

  • Auto-upgrading nodes begin upgrading from version 1.14 to version 1.15.12-gke.2 in this release. The auto-upgrades will continue gradually over the course of several releases.

August 20, 2020

(R27) Version updates

August 06, 2020

(R26) Version updates

July 28, 2020

(R25) Version updates

July 22, 2020

(R24) Version updates

July 13, 2020

(R23) Version updates

June 29, 2020

June 23, 2020

June 08, 2020

June 01, 2020

May 19, 2020

May 13, 2020

1.15.11-gke.13 is now available.

1.16.8-gke.15 is now generally available for new clusters. Existing clusters and nodes will not automatically upgrade in this release.

Important: Before you migrate to GKE 1.16, you must review:

May 04, 2020

1.15.11-gke.12 is now available.

April 27, 2020

April 15, 2020

  • 1.14.10-gke.36 is now available.

  • 1.15.11-gke.9 is now available. This version updates Calico to 3.8.7. This version fixes an issue where Calico Pods would fail to initialize after restarting. The issue occurred because the Calico CNI script tried to overwrite a file which was referenced by Kubelet at the same time. For more information on the fix, see the open source documentation.

  • 1.17.4-gke.6 is now available in alpha clusters.

April 07, 2020

1.15.11-gke.5 is now available.

April 01, 2020

March 26, 2020

1.15.11-gke.1 is now available. The node image for Container-Optimized OS is updated to cos-77-12371-183-0.

March 20, 2020

March 16, 2020

March 06, 2020

v.1.13.x
  • There are no new 1.13 versions this week.
v.1.14.x
v.1.15.x

February 25, 2020

v.1.13.x
  • There are no new 1.13 versions this week.
v.1.14.x
  • 1.14.10-gke.17
v.1.15.x
  • 1.15.9-gke.12

February 18, 2020

v.1.13.x
  • 1.13.12-gke.30
v.1.14.x
  • 1.14.10-gke.24
v.1.15.x
  • 1.15.9-gke.9

Node image for Container-Optimized OS updated to cos-77-12371-141-0.

February 11, 2020

v.1.13.x
  • 1.13.12-gke.25
v.1.14.x
  • 1.14.10-gke.17
v.1.15.x
  • 1.15.9-gke.8

February 04, 2020

v.1.13.x
  • There are no new 1.13 versions this week.
v.1.14.x
  • 1.14.10-gke.21
v.1.15.x
  • 1.15.8-gke.3

January 29, 2020

v.1.13.x
  • There are no new 1.13 versions this week.
v.1.14.x
  • There are no new 1.14 versions this week.
v.1.15.x
  • 1.15.8-gke.2

January 22, 2020

v.1.13.x

  • 1.13.11-gke.23

  • 1.13.12-gke.25

v.1.14.x
  • 1.14.7-gke.40
  • 1.14.8-gke.33
  • 1.14.9-gke.23
  • 1.14.10-gke.17
v.1.15.x
  • 1.15.7-gke.23

January 07, 2020

v.1.13.x
  • 1.13.12-gke.17
v.1.14.x
  • 1.14.10-gke.0
v.1.15.x
  • 1.15.7-gke.2