Release notes for the Rapid release channel and the early-access program for GKE are included in this page and also in the Rapid channel release notes.
Other resources
For more detailed information about security-related known issues, see the security bulletin page.
To view release notes for versions prior to 2018, see the release notes archive.
To get the latest product updates delivered to you, add the URL of this page to your feed reader.
May 13, 2019
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
Important changes to clusters running unsupported versions
In addition to GKE's version policy, Kubernetes has a version skew policy of supporting only the three newest minor versions. Older versions are not guaranteed to receive bug fixes or security updates, and the control plane may become incompatible with nodes running unsupported versions.
For example, the Kubernetes v1.13.x control plane is not compatible with nodes running v1.10.x. Clusters in such a configuration could become unreachable or fail to run your workloads correctly.
To keep your clusters operational and to protect Google's infrastructure, we strongly recommend that you upgrade existing nodes to v1.11.x or higher before the end of June 2019. At that time, Google will enable node auto-upgrade on node pools older than v1.11.x, and these nodes will be updated to v1.11.x so that the control plane can be upgraded to v1.13.x and remain compatible with existing node pools.
We strongly recommend leaving node auto-upgrade enabled.
New default version
The default version for new clusters is now 1.12.7-gke.10 (previously 1.11.8-gke.6). If your cluster is using v1.12.6-gke.10, upgrade to this version to avoid a potential issue that causes auto-repairing nodes to fail.
Scheduled automatic upgrades
Masters and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded:
| Current version | Upgrade version |
|---|---|
| All 1.10.x versions, including v1.10.12-gke.14 (continuing after unpausing node auto-upgrade) | v1.11.8-gke.6 |
| v1.11.x versions older than v1.11.8-gke.6 | v1.11.8-gke.6 |
Rollouts are phased across multiple weeks, to ensure cluster and fleet stability.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters:
v1.11.x
v1.11.9-gke.13
- Improvements to Vertical Pod Autoscaler
- Improvements to Cluster Autoscaler
- Cloud Run for GKE now uses the default Istio sidecar injection behavior
- Fix an issue that prevented the kubelet from seeing all GPUs available to nodes using the Ubuntu node image.
v1.12.x
v1.12.7-gke.17
- Upgrade Istio to 1.1.3
- Upgrade Ingress controller to 1.5.2
- Improvements to Vertical Pod Autoscaler
- Improvements to Cluster Autoscaler
- Fix an issue that prevented the kubelet from seeing all GPUs available to nodes using the Ubuntu node image
- Fix an issue that sets the dynamic maximum volume count to 16 if your nodes use a custom machine type. The value is now set to 128.
v1.13.x
v1.13.5-gke.10
Upgrading to GKE v1.13.x
To prepare to upgrade your clusters, read the Kubernetes 1.13 release notes and the following information. You may need to modify your cluster before upgrading.
scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod is deprecated. To mark
Pods as critical, use
Pod priority and preemption.
node.status.volumes.attached.devicePath is deprecated for Container
Storage Interface (CSI) volumes and will not be enabled in future
releases.
The built-in system:csi-external-provisioner and
system:csi-external-attacher Roles are no longer automatically created
You can create your own Roles and modify your Deployments to use them.
Support for CSI drivers using 0.3 and older versions of the CSI API is deprecated. Users should upgrade CSI drivers to use the 1.0 API during the deprecation period.
Kubernetes cannot distinguish between manually-provisioned zonal and regional persistent disks with the same name. Ensure that persistent disks have unique names across the Google Cloud Platform project. This issue does not occur when using dynamically provisioned persistent disks.
If kubelet fails to register a CSI driver, it does not make a second attempt. To work around this issue, restart the CSI driver Pod.
After resizing a PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC), the PVC is sometimes left
with a spurious RESIZING condition when expansion has already completed.
The condition is spurious as long as the PVC's reported size is correct.
If the value of pvc.spec.capacity['storage'] matches
pvc.status.capacity['storage'], the condition is spurious and you can
delete or ignore it.
The CSI driver-registrar external sidecar container v1.0.0 has a
known issue where it takes up to a minute to restart.
DaemonSets now use scheduling features that require kubelet version 1.11 or higher. Google will update kubelet to 1.11 before upgrading clusters to v1.13.x.
kubelet can no longer delete their Node API objects.
Use of the --node-labels flag to set labels under the kubernetes.io/ and
k8s.io/ prefix will be subject to restriction by the NodeRestriction
admission plugin in future releases. See the
admission plugin documentation
for the list of allowed labels.
Rapid channel
1.14.1-gke.5
GKE v1.14.1-gke.5 (alpha) is now available for testing and validation in the Rapid release channel. For more details, refer to the release notes for Kubernetes v1.14.
GKE v1.14.x has the following differences from Kubernetes 1.14.x.
- GKE v1.14.x uses
kube-dnsrather thancore-dns. - GKE v1.14.x does not support
Dramatically Simplify Kubernetes Cluster Creation,
a sub-feature of
kubeadm. - GKE v1.14.x does not support taint-based eviction.
You cannot yet create an alpha cluster running GKE
v1.14.x. If you attempt to use the --enable-kubernetes-alpha flag,
cluster creation fails.
Security bulletin
If you run untrusted code in your own multi-tenant services within Google Kubernetes Engine, we recommend that you disable Hyper-Threading to mitigate Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities announced by Intel. For more information, see the security bulletin.
New features
With GKE 1.13.5-gke.10, GKE 1.13 is now generally available for use in production. You can upgrade clusters running older v1.13.x versions manually.
GKE v1.13.x has the following differences from Kubernetes 1.13:
- GKE v1.13.x uses
kube-dnsrather thancore-dns. - GKE v1.13.x does not support
Dramatically Simplify Kubernetes Cluster Creation,
a sub-feature of
kubeadm. - GKE v1.13.x does not support taint-based eviction.
We are introducing Release channels, a new way to keep your GKE clusters up to date. The Rapid release channel is available, and includes v1.14.1-gke.5 (alpha). You can sign up to try release channels and preview GKE v1.14.x.
GKE Sandbox (Beta) is now available for clusters running v1.12.7-gke.17 and higher and v1.13.5-gke.15 and higher. You can use GKE Sandbox to isolate untrusted workloads in a sandbox to protect your nodes, other workloads, and cluster metadata from defective or malicious code.
Changes
For clusters running v1.12.x or higher and using nodes with less than 1 GB of memory, GKE reserves 255 MiB of memory. This is not a new change, but it was not previously noted. For more details about node resources, see Allocatable memory and CPU resources.
| Date | Available zones | Available regions |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-13 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
europe-west3, us-east1 |
| 2019-05-14 | asia-east1-a, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-a, asia-northeast2-c, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, europe-west6-c, northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
asia-east1, asia-southeast1, europe-west6, northamerica-northeast1, us-east4, us-west2 |
| 2019-05-15 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-northeast1-b, asia-northeast2-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, europe-west6-b, northamerica-northeast1-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b, us-west2-b |
asia-east2, asia-northeast1, australia-southeast1, europe-west1, europe-west2, southamerica-east1, us-west1 |
| 2019-05-16 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a, asia-northeast1-c, asia-northeast2-a, asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, europe-west6-a, northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c, us-west2-a |
asia-northeast2, asia-south1, europe-north1, europe-west4, us-central1 |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- GKE Sandbox will be supported on v1.13.x clusters
April 29, 2019
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
Scheduled automatic upgrades
Masters only with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded as follows:
| Current version | Upgrade version |
|---|---|
| All 1.10.x versions, including v1.10.12-gke.14 (continuing) | 1.11.8-gke.6 |
| 1.13.4-gke.x | 1.13.5-gke.10 |
Rollouts are phased across multiple weeks, to ensure cluster and fleet stability.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.12.6-gke.11
- Nodes continue to use Docker as the default runtime.
- Fix a performance regression introduced in 1.12.6-gke.10. This regression
caused delays when the kubelet reads the
/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.statfile to determine a node's memory usage.
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or cluster upgrades:
- 1.11.9-gke.5
- 1.12.7-gke.7
- 1.13.4-gke.10
- 1.13.5-gke.7
Fixed issues
A problem was fixed in the Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring (Beta) Metadata agent. This problem caused the agent to generate unnecessary log messages.
Changes
Alpha clusters running
Kubernetes 1.13 and higher created with the gcloud command-line tool version 242.0.0
and higher have auto-upgrade and auto-repair disabled. Previously, you were
required to disable these feature manually.
Known issues
Under certain circumstances, Google-managed SSL certificates (Beta) are not being provisioned in regional clusters. If this happens, you are unable to create or update managed certificates. If you are experiencing this issue, contact GCP support.
Node auto-upgrade is currently disabled. You can still upgrade node pools manually.
| Date | Available zones | Available regions |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-29 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
europe-west3, us-east1 |
| 2019-04-30 | asia-east1-a, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-a, asia-northeast2-c, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, europe-west6-c, northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
asia-east1, asia-southeast1, europe-west6, northamerica-northeast1, us-east4, us-west2 |
| 2019-05-01 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-northeast1-b, asia-northeast2-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, europe-west6-b, northamerica-northeast1-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b, us-west2-b |
asia-east2, asia-northeast1, australia-southeast1, europe-west1, europe-west2, southamerica-east1, us-west1 |
| 2019-05-02 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a, asia-northeast1-c, asia-northeast2-a, asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, europe-west6-a, northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c, us-west2-a |
asia-northeast2, asia-south1, europe-north1, europe-west4, us-central1 |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- Node auto-upgrade will be re-enabled
- etcd will be upgraded
- Improvements to Vertical Pod Autoscaler
- Improvements to Cluster Autoscaler
- Improvements to Managed Certificates
April 26, 2019
Due to delays during the April 22 GKE release rollout, the release will not complete by April 26, 2019 as originally planned. Rollout is expected to complete by April 29, 2019 GMT.
April 25, 2019
Changes
Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring users: Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring logging label fields change when you upgrade your GKE clusters to GKE v1.12.6 or higher. The following changes were effective the week of March 26, 2019:
-
Kubernetes Pod labels, currently
located in the
metadata.userLabelsfield, are moved to thelabelsfield in the LogEntry and the label keys have a prefix prefix ofk8s-pod/. The filter expressions in your sinks, logs-based metrics, log exclusions, or queries might need to change. -
Stackdriver system labels that are in the
metadata.systemLabelsfield are no longer available.
For detailed information about what changed, see the release guide for Stackdriver Beta Monitoring and Logging, also known as Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring (Beta).
April 22, 2019
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
Scheduled automatic upgrades
Masters and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded:
| Current version | Upgrade version |
|---|---|
| All 1.10.x versions, including v1.10.12-gke.14 | 1.11.8-gke.6 |
This roll-out will be phased across multiple weeks.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters:
1.11.9-gke.8
- Node image for Container-Optimized OS updated to cos-69-10895-211-0
- Fix a performance regression introduced in v1.11.x node images older than 1.11.9-gke.8. This regression
caused delays when the kubelet reads the
/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.statfile to determine a node's memory usage.
- Fix a performance regression introduced in v1.11.x node images older than 1.11.9-gke.8. This regression
caused delays when the kubelet reads the
- Upgrade Node Problem Detector to 0.6.3
- Node image for Container-Optimized OS updated to cos-69-10895-211-0
1.12.7-gke.10
- Node image for Container-Optimized OS updated to cos-69-10895-211-0
- Fix a performance regression introduced in v1.12.x node images older than v1.12.6-gke.10. This regression
caused delays when the kubelet reads the
/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.statfile to determine a node's memory usage.
- Fix a performance regression introduced in v1.12.x node images older than v1.12.6-gke.10. This regression
caused delays when the kubelet reads the
- Upgrade Node Problem Detector to 0.6.3
- Node image for Container-Optimized OS updated to cos-69-10895-211-0
1.13.5-gke.10 (Preview)
To create a cluster, use the following command, replacing `my-alpha-cluster with the name of your cluster:
gcloud container clusters create my-alpha-cluster \ --cluster-version=1.13.5-gke.10 \ --enable-kubernetes-alpha \ --no-enable-autorepairUpgrade Node Problem Detector to 0.6.3
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or cluster upgrades:
- All 1.10.x versions, including v1.10.12-gke.14
Fixed issues
A known issue in v1.12.6-gke.10 and older has been fixed in 1.12.7-gke.10. This issue causes node auto-repair to fail. Upgrading is recommended.
A known issue in 1.12.7-gke.7 and older has been fixed in 1.12.7-gke.10.
The currentMetrics field now reports the correct
value. The problem only affected reporting and did not impact the
functionality of Horizontal Pod Autoscaler.
Deprecations
GKE v1.10.x has been deprecated, and is no longer available for new clusters, master upgrades, or node upgrades.
The Cluster.FIELDS.initial_node_count field has been deprecated
in favor of nodePool.initial_node_count in the
v1 and v1beta1
GKE APIs.
| Date | Available zones | Available regions |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-23 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
europe-west3, us-east1 |
| 2019-04-24 | asia-east1-a, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-a, asia-northeast2-c, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, europe-west6-c, northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
asia-east1, asia-southeast1, europe-west6, northamerica-northeast1, us-east4, us-west2 |
| 2019-04-25 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-northeast1-b, asia-northeast2-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, europe-west6-b, northamerica-northeast1-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b, us-west2-b |
asia-east2, asia-northeast1, australia-southeast1, europe-west1, europe-west2, southamerica-east1, us-west1 |
| 2019-04-26 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a, asia-northeast1-c, asia-northeast2-a, asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, europe-west6-a, northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c, us-west2-a |
asia-northeast2, asia-south1, europe-north1, europe-west4, us-central1 |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- etcd will be upgraded
- Improvements to Vertical Pod Autoscaler
- Improvements to Cluster Autoscaler
- Improvements to Managed Certificates
April 19, 2019
You can now use Usage metering with GKE 1.12.x and 1.13.x clusters.
April 18, 2019
You can now run GKE clusters in region
asia-northeast2 (Osaka, Japan) with zones asia-northeast2-a,
asia-northeast2-b, and asia-northeast2-c.
The new region and zones will be included in future rollout schedules.
April 15, 2019
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New default version
The default version for new clusters has been updated to 1.11.8-gke.6 (previously 1.11.7-gke.12).
Scheduled automatic upgrades
Masters and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded:
| Current version | Upgrade version |
|---|---|
| 1.10.x versions 1.10.12-gke.13 and older | 1.10.12-gke.14 |
| 1.11.x versions 1.11.8-gke.5 and older | 1.11.8-gke.6 |
| 1.12.x versions 1.12.6-gke.9 and older | 1.12.6-gke.10 |
| 1.13.x versions 1.13.4-gke.9 and older | 1.13.4-gke.10 (Preview) |
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.11.9-gke.5
- Node image for Container-Optimized OS updated to cos-69-10895-201-0
- This release note previously stated, in error, that Docker was upgraded. However, the Docker version is still 17.03 in this image.
- Apply a restart policy to the Docker daemon, so that it attempts to restart every 10 seconds if it is not running, with no maximum number of retries.
- Apply security update for CVE-2019-8912
- Node image for Ubuntu updated to ubuntu-gke-1804-d1703-0-v20190409
- This release note previously stated, in error, that Docker was upgraded. However, the Docker version is still 17.03 in this image.
- Apply a restart policy to the Docker daemon, so that it attempts to restart every 10 seconds if it is not running, with no maximum number of retries.
- Apply security update for CVE-2019-8912
- Upgrade Cloud Run on GKE to 0.5.0
- Upgrade containerd to 1.1.7
- Node image for Container-Optimized OS updated to cos-69-10895-201-0
- 1.12.7-gke.7
- Node image for Container-Optimized OS updated to cos-69-10895-201-0
- This release note previously stated, in error, that Docker was upgraded. However, the Docker version is still 17.03 in this image.
- Apply a restart policy to the Docker daemon, so that it attempts to restart every 10 seconds if it is not running, with no maximum number of retries.
- Apply security update for CVE-2019-8912
- Node image for Ubuntu updated to ubuntu-gke-1804-d1703-0-v20190409
- This release note previously stated, in error, that Docker was upgraded. However, the Docker version is still 17.03 in this image.
- Apply a restart policy to the Docker daemon, so that it attempts to restart every 10 seconds if it is not running, with no maximum number of retries.
- Apply security update for CVE-2019-8912
- Upgrade Cloud Run on GKE to 0.5.0
- Upgrade containerd to 1.2.6
- Node image for Container-Optimized OS updated to cos-69-10895-201-0
1.13.5-gke.7 (Preview)
To create a cluster, use the following command, replacing `my-alpha-cluster with the name of your cluster:
gcloud container clusters create my-alpha-cluster \ --cluster-version=1.13.5-gke.7 \ --enable-kubernetes-alpha \ --no-enable-autorepairNode image for Container-Optimized OS updated to cos-u-73-11647-121-0
- Upgrade Docker from 17.03 to 18.09
- Apply a restart policy to the Docker daemon, so that it attempts to restart every 10 seconds if it is not running, with no maximum number of retries.
- Apply security update for CVE-2019-8912
Node image for Ubuntu updated to ubuntu-gke-1804-d1809-0-v20190402a
- Upgrade Docker from 17.03 to 18.09
- Apply a restart policy to the Docker daemon, so that it attempts to restart every 10 seconds if it is not running, with no maximum number of retries.
- Apply security update for CVE-2019-8912
Upgrade Cloud Run on GKE to 0.5.0
Upgrade containerd to 1.2.6
Improvements to volume operation metrics
Cluster Autoscaler is now supported for GKE 1.13 clusters
Fix a problem that caused the
currentMetricsfield for Horizontal Pod Autoscaler with 'AverageValue' target to always reportunknown. The problem only affected reporting and did not impact the functionality of Horizontal Pod Autoscaler.
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or cluster upgrades:
- 1.10.12-gke.7
- 1.10.12-gke.9
- 1.11.6-gke.11
- 1.11.6-gke.16
- 1.11.7-gke.12
- 1.11.7-gke.18
- 1.11.8-gke.2
- 1.11.8-gke.4
- 1.11.8-gke.5
- 1.12.5-gke.5
- 1.12.6-gke.7
- 1.13.4-gke.1
- 1.13.4-gke.5
Changes
Improvements have been made to the automated rules for the add-on resizer. It now uses 5 nodes as the inflection point.
Known issues
GKE 1.12.7-gke.7 and older, and 1.13.4-gke.10 and older have
a known issue where the currentMetrics field for
Horizontal Pod Autoscaler with AverageValue
target always reports unknown. The
problem only affects reporting and does not impact the functionality of
Horizontal Pod Autoscaler.
This issue has already been fixed in GKE 1.13.5-gke.7.
| Date | Available zones | Available regions |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-15 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
europe-west3, us-east1 |
| 2019-04-16 | asia-east1-a, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-a, asia-northeast2-c, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, europe-west6-c, northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
asia-east1, asia-southeast1, europe-west6, northamerica-northeast1, us-east4, us-west2 |
| 2019-04-17 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-northeast1-b, asia-northeast2-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, europe-west6-b, northamerica-northeast1-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b, us-west2-b |
asia-east2, asia-northeast1, australia-southeast1, europe-west1, europe-west2, southamerica-east1, us-west1 |
| 2019-04-18 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a, asia-northeast1-c, asia-northeast2-a, asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, europe-west6-a, northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c, us-west2-a |
asia-northeast2, asia-south1, europe-north1, europe-west4, us-central1 |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- Version 1.10.x will soon be unvailable for new clusters.
- The known issue published this week about Horizontal Pod Autoscaler metrics will be fixed in GKE 1.12.x as well.
- etcd will be upgraded.
April 2, 2019
The following GKE releases contain a security update that addresses CVE-2019-9900 and CVE-2019-9901. For more information, see the security bulletin.
- 1.10.12-gke.14
- 1.11.6-gke.16
- 1.11.7-gke.18
- 1.11.8-gke.6
- 1.12.6-gke.10
- 1.13.4-gke.10 (Public preview)
- To create a cluster, use the following command, replacing
my-alpha-clusterwith the name of your cluster:gcloud container clusters create my-alpha-cluster \ --cluster-version=1.13.4-gke.10 \ --enable-kubernetes-alpha \ --no-enable-autorepair
- To create a cluster, use the following command, replacing
| Date | Available zones | Available regions |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-02 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
europe-west3, us-east1 |
| 2019-04-03 | asia-east1-a, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, europe-west6-c, northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
asia-east1, asia-southeast1, europe-west6, northamerica-northeast1, us-east4, us-west2 |
| 2019-04-04 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, europe-west6-b, northamerica-northeast1-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b, us-west2-b |
asia-east2, asia-northeast1, australia-southeast1, europe-west1, europe-west2, southamerica-east1, us-west1 |
| 2019-04-05 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, europe-west6-a, northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c, us-west2-a |
asia-south1, europe-north1, europe-west4, us-central1 |
March 26, 2019
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.11.8-gke.5
- Improvements to Cluster Autoscaler
- Improvements to gVisor
- 1.12.6-gke.7
1.13.4-gke.5 (public preview)
- To create a cluster, use the following command, replacing
my-alpha-clusterwith the name of your cluster:gcloud container clusters create my-alpha-cluster \ --cluster-version=1.13.4-gke.5 \ --enable-kubernetes-alpha \ --no-enable-autorepair
- Improvements to Vertical Pod Autoscaler
- Improvements to gVisor
Update Ingress controller to 1.5.1
Update containerd to 1.2.5
Cluster Autoscaler is not operational in this GKE version.
- To create a cluster, use the following command, replacing
| Date | Available zones | Available regions |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-26 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
europe-west3, us-east1 |
| 2019-03-27 | asia-east1-a, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, europe-west6-c, northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
asia-east1, asia-southeast1, europe-west6, northamerica-northeast1, us-east4, us-west2 |
| 2019-03-28 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, europe-west6-b, northamerica-northeast1-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b, us-west2-b |
asia-east2, asia-northeast1, australia-southeast1, europe-west1, europe-west2, southamerica-east1, us-west1 |
| 2019-03-29 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, europe-west6-a, northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c, us-west2-a |
asia-south1, europe-north1, europe-west4, us-central1 |
March 19, 2019
GKE 1.13 public preview
GKE 1.13.4-gke.1 is available for alpha clusters as a public preview. The preview period helps Google Cloud to improve the quality of the final GA release, and allows you to test the new version earlier.
To create a cluster using this version, use the following
command, replacing my-alpha-cluster with the name
of your cluster. Use the exact cluster version provided in the command. You can
add other configuration options, but do not change any of the ones below.
gcloud container clusters create my-alpha-cluster \ --cluster-version=1.13.4-gke.1 \ --enable-kubernetes-alpha \ --no-enable-autorepair
Alpha clusters become unavailable after 30 days.
Changes
- The preview uses
kube-dnsrather thancore-dns. - The preview does not support
Dramatically Simplify Kubernetes Cluster Creation,
a sub-feature of
kubeadm. - The preview does not support taint-based eviction.
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.11.8-gke.4
- New Ubuntu node image ubuntu-gke-1804-d1703-0-v20190307b
- Update Nvidia GPU driver to 410
- Fix USN-3887-1: snapd vulnerability
- Update Istio to 1.0.6
- Improvements to Vertical Pod Autoscaler
- Fix CVE-2019-1002100. For more information, see the security bulletin.
- New Ubuntu node image ubuntu-gke-1804-d1703-0-v20190307b
- 1.13.4-gke.1 (see GKE 1.13 public preview for limitations and
more information)
- Includes the fix for CVE-2019-1002100. For more information, see the security bulletin.
- Known issues
- GKE 1.13.4-gke.1 clusters may experience a previously-published known issue related to elevated master error rates, if Namespaces exist with names longer than 44 characters. To work around the issue, use shorter Namespace names.
- Cluster autoscaler is not operational in this GKE version.
The following Kubernetes versions are no longer available:
- 1.11.5-gke.5
- 1.11.6-gke.2
- 1.11.6-gke.3
- 1.11.6-gke.6
- 1.11.6-gke.8
- 1.11.7-gke.4
- 1.11.7-gke.6
GKE 1.12.5-gke.10 is no longer available for new clusters, master upgrades, or node upgrades.
Last week, we began to make GKE 1.12.5-gke.10 unavailable for new clusters or upgrades, due to increased error rates. That process completes this week.
If you have already upgraded to 1.12.5-gke.10 and are experiencing elevated error rates, you can contact support.
Automated master and node upgrades
The following versions will be updated for masters and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled. Automated upgrades are rolled out over multiple weeks to ensure cluster stability.
- 1.11.6 Masters and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled which are using versions 1.11.6-gke.10 or earlier will begin to be upgraded to 1.11.7-gke.12.
- 1.11.7 Masters and nodes with auto-upgrade enabled which are using version 1.11.7-gke.11 or earlier will begin to be upgraded to 1.11.7-gke.12.
| Date | Available zones | Available regions |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-19 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
europe-west3, us-east1 |
| 2019-03-20 | asia-east1-a, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, europe-west6-c, northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
asia-east1, asia-southeast1, europe-west6, northamerica-northeast1, us-east4, us-west2 |
| 2019-03-21 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, europe-west6-b, northamerica-northeast1-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b, us-west2-b |
asia-east2, asia-northeast1, australia-southeast1, europe-west1, europe-west2, southamerica-east1, us-west1 |
| 2019-03-22 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, europe-west6-a, northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c, us-west2-a |
asia-south1, europe-north1, europe-west4, us-central1 |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- Nodes with auto-upgrade enabled and masters running 1.11.x will be upgraded to 1.11.7-gke.12
- GKE 1.12.x masters will begin using the containerd runtime with an upcoming release.
March 14, 2019
GKE 1.12.5-gke.10 is no longer available for new clusters or master upgrades.
We have received reports of master nodes experiencing elevated error rates when upgrading to version 1.12.5-gke.10 in all regions. Therefore, we have begun the process of making it unavailable for new clusters or upgrades.
If you have already upgraded to 1.12.5-gke.10 and are experiencing elevated error rates, you can contact support.
March 11, 2019
You can now run GKE clusters in region
europe-west6 (Zürich, Switzerland) with zones europe-west6-a,
europe-west6-b, and europe-west6-c.
The new region and zones will be included in future rollout schedules.
March 5, 2019
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.10.12-gke.7 - This version is being made available again after being previously removed.
- 1.10.12-gke.9
- 1.11.7-gke.12
- 1.12.5-gke.10
Node image updates
Container-Optimized OS with containerd image for GKE 1.11 clusters
The Container-Optimized OS with containerd node image has been upgraded from
cos-69-10895-138-0-c115
to
cos-69-10895-138-0-c116
for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.11+.
See COS image release notes and the containerd v1.1.5 to v1.1.6 changelog for more information.
Container-Optimized OS with containerd image for GKE 1.12 clusters
The Container-Optimized OS with containerd node image has been upgraded from
cos-69-10895-138-0-c123
to
cos-69-10895-138-0-c124
for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.12.5-gke.10+ and alpha clusters running Kubernetes 1.13+.
cos-69-10895-138-0-c124 upgrades Docker to v18.09.0.
See COS image release notes and the containerd v1.2.3 to v1.2.4 changelog for more information.
Other Updates
- GKE Ingress has been upgraded from v1.4.3 to v1.5.0 for clusters running 1.12.5-gke.10+. For details, see the detailed changelog and release notes.
| Date | Available zones | Available regions |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-05 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
europe-west3, us-east1 |
| 2019-03-06 | asia-east1-a, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
asia-east1, asia-southeast1, us-east4, us-west2 |
| 2019-03-07 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b, us-west2-b |
asia-east2, asia-northeast1, australia-southeast1, europe-west1, europe-west2, southamerica-east1, us-west1 |
| 2019-03-08 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c, us-west2-a |
asia-south1, europe-north1, europe-west4, us-central1 |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- Nodes with auto-upgrade enabled and masters running 1.11.x will be upgraded to 1.11.7-gke.12
February 27, 2019
GKE 1.12.5-gke.5 is generally available and includes Kubernetes 1.12. Kubernetes 1.12 provides faster auto-scaling, faster affinity scheduling, topology-aware dynamic provisioning of storage, and advanced audit logging. For more information, see [Digging into Kubernetes 1.12](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/digging-into-kubernetes-1-12) on the GCP blog.Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.12.5-gke.5
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones | Available regions |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-27 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d, asia-east1-a, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
europe-west3, us-east1, asia-south1, asia-southeast1, us-east4 |
| 2019-02-28 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b, us-west2-b |
australia-southeast1, europe-west2, us-west1 |
| 2019-03-01 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c, us-west2-a |
asia-east1, asia-east2, asia-northeast1, europe-north1, europe-west1, europe-west4, southamerica-east1, us-central1, us-west2 |
Known issues
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- Nodes with auto-upgrade enabled and masters running 1.10 will begin to be upgraded to 1.11
February 18, 2019
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New default version for new clusters
Kubernetes version 1.11.7-gke.4 is the default version for new clusters, available according to this week's rollout schedule.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.11.7-gke.6
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.10.x
Node image updates
The Container-Optimized OS node image has been upgraded from
cos-69-10895-123-0
to
cos-69-10895-138-0.
See COS image release notes
for more information.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones | Available regions |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-18 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
europe-west3, us-east1 |
| 2019-02-19 | asia-east1-a, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
asia-south1, asia-southeast1, us-east4 |
| 2019-02-20 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b, us-west2-b |
australia-southeast1, europe-west2, us-west1 |
| 2019-02-21 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c, us-west2-a |
asia-east1, asia-east2, asia-northeast1, europe-north1, europe-west1, europe-west4, southamerica-east1, us-central1, us-west2 |
New Features
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- GKE 1.12 will be made generally available.
- Nodes with auto-upgrade enabled and masters running 1.10 will begin to be upgraded to 1.11.7-gke.4.
February 11, 2019
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions will be available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades of existing clusters this week according to the rollout schedule:
- 1.11.6-gke.11
- 1.11.7-gke.4
- 1.10.12-gke.7
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.11.6-gke.0
Node image updates
The Ubuntu node image has been upgraded
to
ubuntu-gke-1604-d1703-0-v20190124
for clusters running 1.10.12-gke.7.
The Ubuntu node image has been upgraded
to
ubuntu-gke-1804-d1703-0-v20190124
for clusters running 1.11.6-gke.11,
1.11.7-gke.4 and 1.12.5-gke.5 (EAP).
- This image contains security patch for USN-3863-1: APT vulnerability.
- This image contains security patch for CVE-2019-5736.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2019-02-11 |
us-central1-d, us-east1-a, us-east2-a,
europe-west2-a, europe-west3, us-east1, us-east1-d
|
| 2019-02-12 |
asia-east1-a, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4, us-east4-b, us-west1-a, us-west2-c
|
| 2019-02-13 |
asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1, australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1, us-west1-b, us-west2-b
|
| 2019-02-14 |
asia-east1, asia-east1-b, asia-east2, asia-east2-a, asia-northeast1, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-north1, europe-north1-a, europe-west1, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4, europe-west4-b, northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c, us-west2, us-west2-a
|
New Features
- Node auto-repair and node auto-upgrade are supported on Ubuntu nodes with GKE version 1.11.4-gke.8 and above.
- Node auto-provisioning is now available in regional clusters with GKE 1.11.7 and above.
January 28, 2019
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
For information about changes expected in the coming weeks, see Coming soon.
New default version for new clusters
GKE version 1.11.6-gke.2 is the default version for new clusters, available according to this week's rollout schedule.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes Engine versions are available, according to this week's rollout schedule, for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.11.6-gke.6
GKE Ingress controller update
GKE Ingress has been upgraded from v1.4.1 to v1.4.2 for clusters running 1.11.6-gke.6+. For details, see the change log and the release notes.
Fixed Issues
A bug in version 1.10.x and 1.11.x may lead to periodic persistent disk commit latency spikes exceeding one second. This may trigger master re-elections of GKE components and cause short (a few seconds) periods of unavailability in the cluster control plane. The issue is fixed in version 1.11.6-gke.6.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2019-01-28 | europe-west2-a, europe-west3, us-east1-d |
| 2019-01-29 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2019-01-30 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2019-01-31 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a,
asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a,
europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1-c,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- 25% of the upgrades from 1.10 to 1.11.6-gke.2 will be complete.
- Version 1.11.6-gke.8 will be made available.
- Version 1.10 will be made unavailable.
January 21, 2019
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
For information about changes expected in the coming weeks, see Coming soon.
New default version for new clusters
Kubernetes version 1.10.11-gke.1 is the default version for new clusters, available according to this week's rollout schedule.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes Engine versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.10.12-gke.1
- 1.11.6-gke.3
The following Kubernetes versions are no longer available:
- 1.10.6-gke.13
- 1.10.7-gke.11
- 1.10.7-gke.13
- 1.10.9-gke.5
- 1.10.9-gke.7
- 1.11.2-gke.26
- 1.11.3-gke.24
- 1.11.4-gke.13
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
- Cluster masters running 1.10.x will be upgraded to 1.10.11-gke.1.
- Cluster masters running 1.11.2 through 1.11.4 will be upgraded to 1.11.5-gke.5.
Scheduled node auto-upgrades
Cluster nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded:
- 1.10.x nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.10.11-gke.1.
- 1.11.2 through 1.11.4 nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.5-gke.5.
Changes
GKE will not set --max-nodes-total, because
--max-nodes-total is inaccurate when the cluster uses
Flexible Pod CIDR ranges.
This will be gated in 1.11.7+.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2019-01-21 | europe-west2-a, europe-west3, us-east1-d |
| 2019-01-22 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2019-01-23 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2019-01-24 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a,
asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a,
europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1-c,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- GKE 1.11.6-gke.6 will be available.
- A new COS image will be available.
January 14, 2019
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
For information about changes expected in the coming weeks, see Coming soon.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes Engine versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.10.12-gke.0
- 1.11.6-gke.0
- 1.11.6-gke.2
The following Kubernetes versions are no longer available:
- 1.11.2-gke.25
- 1.11.3-gke.23
- 1.11.4-gke.12
- 1.11.5-gke.4
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
- Cluster masters running 1.9.x will be upgraded to 1.10.9-gke.5.
- Cluster masters running 1.11.2-gke.25 will be upgraded to 1.11.2-gke.26.
- Cluster masters running 1.11.3-gke.23 will be upgraded to 1.11.3-gke.24.
- Cluster masters running 1.11.4-gke.12 will be upgraded to 1.11.4-gke.13.
- Cluster masters running 1.11.5-gke.4 will be upgraded to 1.11.5-gke.5.
Scheduled node auto-upgrades
Cluster nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded:
- 1.9.x nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.10.9-gke.5.
- 1.11.2-gke.25 nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.2-gke.26.
- 1.11.3-gke.23 nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.3-gke.24.
- 1.11.4-gke.12 nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.4-gke.13.
- 1.11.5-gke.4 nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.5-gke.5.
GKE Ingress controller update
The GKE Ingress controller has been upgraded from v1.4.0 to v1.4.1 for clusters running 1.11.6-gke.2+. For details, see the change log and the release notes.
Fixed Issues
If you use Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring Beta with structured JSON logging, an issue with the parsing of structured JSON log entries was introduced in GKE v1.11.4-gke.12. See release guide for Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring. This is fixed by upgrading your cluster:
- 1.11.6-gke.2
Users of GKE 1.11.2.x, 1.11.3-gke.18, 1.11.4-gke.8, or 1.11.5-gke.2
on clusters that use Calico network policies may experience failures due to
a problem recreating the BGPConfigurations.crd.projectcalico.org
resource. This is fixed by the automatic upgrades to masters and nodes
that have auto-upgrade enabled.
A problem in Endpoints API object validation could prevent updates during an
upgrade, leading to stale network information for Services. Symptoms of
the problem include failed healthchecks with a 502 status code
or a message such as Forbidden: Cannot change NodeName. This is
fixed by the automatic upgrades to masters and nodes that have auto-upgrade
enabled.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2019-01-14 | europe-west2-a, europe-west3, us-east1-d |
| 2019-01-15 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2019-01-16 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2019-01-17 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a,
asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a,
europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1-c,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- All GKE 1.10.x masters will be upgraded to the latest 1.10 version.
- All GKE 1.11.0 through 1.11.4 masters will be upgraded to the latest 1.11.5 version.
January 8, 2019
The rollout beginning January 8, 2019 has been paused after two days. This is being done as a caution, so that we can investigate an issue that will be fixed in next week's rollout. This is not a bug in any GKE version currently available or planned to be made available.
December 17, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
For information about changes expected in the coming weeks, see Coming soon.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.11.2-gke.26
- 1.11.3-gke.24
- 1.11.4-gke.13
- 1.11.5-gke.5
The following Kubernetes versions are no longer available:
- 1.11.2-gke.18
- 1.11.2-gke.20
- 1.11.3-gke.18
- 1.11.4-gke.8
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
Remaining cluster masters running GKE 1.9.x will be upgraded to GKE 1.10.9-gke.5 in January 2019.
Scheduled node auto-upgrades
Cluster nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded:
- 1.11.2-gke.x nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.2-gke.25
- 1.11.3-gke.x nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.3-gke.23
- 1.11.4-gke.x nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.4-gke.12
- 1.11.5-gke.x nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.5-gke.4
Fixed Issues
Users upgrading to GKE 1.11.2.x, 1.11.3-gke.18, 1.11.4-gke.8, or 1.11.5-gke.2
on clusters that use Calico network policies may experience failures due to
a problem recreating the BGPConfigurations.crd.projectcalico.org
resource. This problem does not affect newly-created clusters. This is fixed
by upgrading your to one of the following versions:
- 1.11.2-gke.25
- 1.11.3-gke.23
- 1.11.4-gke.12
- 1.11.5-gke.4
A problem in Endpoints API object validation could prevent updates during an
upgrade, leading to stale network information for Services. Symptoms of
the problem include failed healthchecks with a 502 status code
or a message such as Forbidden: Cannot change NodeName. If you
encounter this problem, upgrade your cluster to one of the following versions:
- 1.11.2-gke.26
- 1.11.3-gke.24
- 1.11.4-gke.13
- 1.11.5-gke.5
This problem can also affect earlier versions of GKE, but the fix is not yet available for those versions. If you are running an earlier version and encounter this issue, [contact support](https://cloud.google.com/support-hub/).
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-12-17 | europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d |
| 2018-12-18 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-12-19 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-12-20 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a,
asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a,
europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1-c,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- Remaining GKE 1.9.x masters are expected to be upgraded in January 2019.
December 10, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
For information about changes expected in the coming weeks, see Coming soon.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.10.11-gke.1
- 1.11.2-gke.25
- 1.11.3-gke.23
- 1.11.4-gke.12
- 1.11.5-gke.4
The following Kubernetes versions are no longer available: * 1.9.x * 1.10.6-gke.11
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
We will begin upgrading cluster masters running GKE 1.9.x to GKE 1.10.9-gke.5. The upgrade will be completed in January 2019.
Scheduled node auto-upgrades
Cluster nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded:
- 1.11.2-gke.x nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.2-gke.25
- 1.11.3-gke.x nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.3-gke.23
- 1.11.4-gke.x nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.4-gke.12
- 1.11.5-gke.x nodes with auto-upgrade enabled will be upgraded to 1.11.5-gke.4
Node image updates
Container-Optimized OS node image has been upgraded to
cos-stable-69-10895-91-0
for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.11.2, Kubernetes 1.11.3, Kubernetes 1.11.4,
and Kubernetes 1.11.5..
Changes:
- containerd has been upgraded from 1.1.2 to 1.1.5. Refer to the COS image release notes and the containerd changelog for details.
Fixed Issues
Users upgrading to GKE 1.11.3 on clusters that use Calico network policies
may experience failures due to a problem recreating the
BGPConfigurations.crd.projectcalico.org resource. This problem
does not affect newly-created clusters. This is fixed by upgrading your
GKE 1.11.3 clusters to 1.11.3-gke.23.
Users modifying or upgrading existing GKE 1.11.x clusters that use Alias IP may experience network failures due to a mismatch between the new IP range assigned the Pods and the alias IP address range for the nodes. This is fixed by upgrading your GKE 1.11.x clusters to one of the following versions:
- 1.11.2-gke.25
- 1.11.3-gke.23
- 1.11.4-gke.12
- 1.11.5-gke.4
Changes
Node Problem Detector (NPD) has been upgraded from 0.5.0 to 0.6.0 for clusters running GKE 1.10.11-gke.1+ and 1.11.5-gke.1+. For details, see the upstream pull request.
Known Issues
In GKE v1.11.4-gke.12 and later, if you use Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring Beta with structured JSON logging, there is an issue with the parsing of structured JSON log entries. As a workaround, you can downgrade to GKE 1.11.3. For more information, see the release guide for Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-12-11 | europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d |
| 2018-12-12 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-12-13 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-12-14 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a,
asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a,
europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1-c,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- All GKE 1.9.x masters will be upgraded to 1.10.9-gke.5.
December 4, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
For information about changes expected in the coming weeks, see Coming soon.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.11.4-gke.8
Node image updates
Ubuntu node image has been upgraded to
ubuntu-gke-1804-d1703-0-v20181113.manifest
for clusters running Kubernetes 1.11.4-gke.8.
- The following warning is now displayed to SSH clients that connect to
Nodes using SSH or to run remote commands on Nodes over an SSH connection:
WARNING: Any changes on the boot disk of the node must be made via DaemonSet in order to preserve them across node (re)creations. Node will be (re)created during manual-upgrade, auto-upgrade, auto-repair or auto-scaling.
New features
- GKE Usage metering (beta) is now available.
Changes
- You can now drain node pools and delete Nodes in parallel.
- GKE data in Cloud Asset Inventory and Search is now available in near-real-time. Previously, data was dumped at 6-hour intervals.
Fixed Issues
When upgrading to GKE 1.11.x versions prior to GKE 1.11.4-gke.8, a problem
with provisioning the ExternalIP on one or more Nodes causes the kubectl
command to fail. The following error is logged in the
kube-apiserver log:
Failed to getAddresses: no preferred addresses found; known addresses
This issue is fixed in GKE 1.11.4-gke.8. If you can't upgrade to that version, you can work around this issue by following these steps:
-
Determine which Nodes have no ExternalIP set:
kubectl get nodes -o wide
Look for entries where the last column is
<none>. - Restart affected nodes.
Known Issues
Users upgrading to GKE 1.11.3 on clusters that use Calico network policies
may experience failures due to a problem recreating the
BGPConfigurations.crd.projectcalico.org resource. This problem does not
affect newly-created clusters. This is expected to be fixed in the coming
weeks.
To work around this problem, you can create the
BGPConfigurations.crd.projectcalico.org resource manually:
- Copy the following script into a file named
bgp.yaml:apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: CustomResourceDefinition metadata: name: bgpconfigurations.crd.projectcalico.org labels: kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true" addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile spec: scope: Cluster group: crd.projectcalico.org version: v1 names: kind: BGPConfiguration plural: bgpconfigurations singular: bgpconfiguration - Apply the change to the affected cluster using the following command:
kubectl apply -f bgp.yaml
Users modifying or upgrading existing GKE 1.11.x clusters that use Alias IP may experience network failures due to a mismatch between the new IP range assigned the Pods and the alias IP address range for the nodes. This is expected to be fixed in the coming weeks.
To work around this problem, follow these steps. Use the name of your node
in place of
- Cordon node that has been affected:
kubectl cordon
[NODE_NAME] - Drain node of all workloads:
kubectl drain
[NODE_NAME] - Delete the Node object from Kubernetes
kubectl delete nodes
[NODE_NAME] - Reboot the Node. This is not optional.
gcloud compute instances reset --zone
[ZONE] [NODE_NAME]
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-12-05 | europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d |
| 2018-12-06 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-12-07 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-12-10 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a,
asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a,
europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1-c,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
Coming soon
We expect the following changes in the coming weeks. This information is not a guarantee, but is provided to help you plan for upcoming changes.
- We expect to begin upgrading cluster masters running GKE 1.9.x to 1.10.9-gke.5.
- An updated Container-Optimized OS node image, including containerd 1.1.5
- Support for enabling Node auto-upgrade and auto-repair when creating or modifying node pools for GKE 1.11 clusters running Ubuntu node images
November 26, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See these instructions to get a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.10.6-gke.13
- 1.10.7-gke.13
- 1.10.9-gke.7
- 1.11.2-gke.20
- 1.11.3-gke.18
Node image updates
Container-Optimized OS node image has been upgraded to
cos-stable-69-10895-91-0
for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.10.9 and Kubernetes 1.11.3.
Changes:
- Bug fix for pod hanging when executing a file in NFS path
See COS image release notes for more information.
Ubuntu node image has been upgraded to
ubuntu-gke-1804-bionic-20180921
for clusters running Kubernetes 1.11.3.
- Add GPU support on Ubuntu
Known Issues
When upgrading to GKE 1.11.x versions prior to GKE 1.11.4-gke.8, a problem
with provisioning the ExternalIP on one or more Nodes causes some kubectl
command to fail. The following error is logged in the kube-apiserver
log:
Failed to getAddresses: no preferred addresses found; known addresses
You can work around this issue by following these steps:
- Determine which Nodes have no ExternalIP set:
kubectl get nodes -o wide
Look for entries where the last column is
<none>. - Restart affected nodes.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-11-27 | europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d |
| 2018-11-28 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-11-29 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-11-30 | asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a,
asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a,
europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1-c,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
New Features
November 12, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New default version for new clusters
Kubernetes version 1.9.7-gke.11 is the default version for new clusters, available according to this week's rollout schedule.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.9.7-gke.11
- 1.10.6-gke.11
- 1.10.7-gke.11
- 1.10.9-gke.5
- 1.11.2-gke.18
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
Cluster masters will be auto-upgraded as described below:
- All clusters running 1.9.7 will be upgraded to 1.9.7-gke.11
- All clusters running 1.10.6 will be upgraded to 1.10.6-gke.11
- All clusters running 1.10.7 will be upgraded to 1.10.7-gke.11
- All clusters running 1.10.9 will be upgraded to 1.10.9-gke.5
- All clusters running 1.11.2 will be upgraded to 1.11.2-gke.18
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.9.7-gke.7
- 1.10.6-gke.9
- 1.10.7-gke.9
- 1.10.9-gke.3
- 1.11.2-gke.15
Known Issues
When upgrading to GKE 1.11.x versions prior to GKE 1.11.4-gke.8, a problem
with provisioning the ExternalIP on one or more Nodes causes some kubectl
command to fail. The following error is logged in the kube-apiserver log:
Failed to getAddresses: no preferred addresses found; known addresses
You can work around this issue by following these steps:
- Determine which Nodes have no ExternalIP set:
kubectl get nodes -o wide
Look for entries where the last column is
<none>
. - Restart affected nodes.
Other Updates
Patch 2 for Tigera Technical Advisory TTA-2018-001. See the security bulletin for further details.
Patch for Kubernetes vulnerability CVE-2018-1002105. See the security bulletin for more details.
November 5, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New default version for new clusters
Kubernetes version 1.9.7-gke.7 is the default version for new clusters, available according to this week's rollout schedule.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.9.7-gke.7
- 1.10.6-gke.9
- 1.10.7-gke.9
- 1.10.9-gke.3
- 1.11.2-gke.15
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
Cluster masters running will be auto-upgraded as described below:
- All clusters running 1.9.x will be upgraded to 1.9.7-gke.7
- All clusters running 1.10.6 will be upgraded to 1.10.6-gke.9
- All clusters running 1.10.7 will be upgraded to 1.10.7-gke.9
- All clusters running 1.10.9 will be upgraded to 1.10.9-gke.3
- All clusters running 1.11.2 will be upgraded to 1.11.2-gke.15
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.9.7-gke.6
- 1.10.6-gke.6
- 1.10.7-gke.6
- 1.10.9-gke.0
- 1.11.2-gke.9
Other Updates
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-11-6 | asia-southeast1, europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d, us-east4 |
| 2018-11-7 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1, asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east1, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-11-8 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b, europe-west2,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-11-9 | asia-east1, asia-east1-b, asia-east2-a,
asia-northeast1, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1, europe-north1-a,
europe-west1, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4, europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
November 1, 2018
New Features
Node auto-provisioning is now available in beta.
October 30, 2018
Version updates
GKE cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your GKE masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
GKE 1.11.2-gke.9 is now generally available.
You can now select Container-Optimized OS with
containerdimages when creating, modifying, or upgrading a cluster to GKE v1.11. Visit Using Container-Optimized OS with containerd for details.The CustomResourceDefinition API supports a
versionslist field (and deprecates the previous singularversionfield) that you can use to support multiple versions of custom resources you have developed, to indicate the stability of a given custom resource. All versions must currently use the same schema, so if you need to add a field, you must add it to all versions. Currently, versions only indicate the stability of your custom resource, and do not allow for any difference in functionality among versions. For more information, visit Versions of CustomResourceDefinitions.Kubernetes 1.11 introduces beta support for increasing the size of an existing PersistentVolume. To increase the size of a PersistentVolume, edit the PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC) object. Kubernetes expands the file system automatically.
Kubernetes 1.11 also includes alpha support for expanding an online PersistentVolume (one which is in use by a running deployment). To test this feature, use an alpha cluster.
Shrinking persistent volumes is not supported. For more details, visit Resizing a volume containing a file system.
Subresources allow you to add capabilities to custom resources. You can enable
/statusand/scaleREST endpoints for a given custom resource. You can access these endpoints to view or modify the behavior of the custom resource, usingPUT,POST, orPATCHrequests. Visit Subresources for details.
Also, 1.10.9-gke.0 is available.
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
- Cluster masters running GKE 1.10.6 will be upgraded to 1.10.6-gke.6.
- Cluster masters running GKE 1.10.7 will be upgraded to 1.10.7-gke.6.
Fixed Issues
GKE 1.10.7-gke.6 and 1.11.2-gke.9 fix an issue that is present in GKE 1.10.6-gke.2 and higher and 1.11.2-gke.4 and higher, where master component logs are missing from Stackdriver Logging.
Other Updates
Container-Optimized OS node image has been upgraded to `cos-beta-69-10895-52-0` for clusters running Kubernetes 1.11.2-gke.9, 1.10.9-gke.0, or 1.10.7-gke.6. See COS image release notes for more information.Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-10-30 | asia-southeast1, europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d, us-east4 |
| 2018-10-31 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1, asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east1, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-11-01 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b, europe-west2,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-11-02 | asia-east1, asia-east1-b, asia-east2, asia-east2-a,
asia-northeast1, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1, europe-north1-a,
europe-west1, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4, europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
New Features
Cluster templates are now available when creating new GKE clusters in Google Cloud Platform Console.
Changes
The kubectl command on new nodes has been upgraded from version
1.9 to 1.10. The kubectl version is always one version behind the
highest GKE version, to ensure compatibility with all supported versions.
Known Issues
In GKE 1.10.6-gke.2 and higher and 1.11.2-gke.4 and higher, master component logs are missing from Stackdriver Logging. This is due to an issue in the version of fluentd used in those versions of GKE.
Update: This issue is fixed in GKE 1.10.7-gke.6 and 1.11.2-gke.9, available from October 30, 2018.
October 22, 2018
Fixed
Kubernetes 1.11.0+: Fixes a bug in kubeDNS where hostnames in SRV records were being incorrectly compressed.
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
- 20% of cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.10.6-gke.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.10.6-gke.6, according to this week's rollout schedule.
- 20% of cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.10.7-gke.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.10.7-gke.6, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.10.6-gke.2
- 1.11.1-gke.1 (EAP)
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-10-23 | asia-southeast1, europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d, us-east4 |
| 2018-10-24 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1, asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east1, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-10-25 | asia-east1-c, asia-east2-b, asia-east2-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b, europe-west2,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-10-26 | asia-east1, asia-east1-b, asia-east2, asia-east2-a,
asia-northeast1, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1, europe-north1-a,
europe-west1, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4, europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
New Features
Authorized networks is now generally available.
You can now run GKE clusters in region
asia-east2 (Hong Kong) with zones asia-east2-a,
asia-east2-b, and asia-east2-c.
October 18, 2018
Changes
Node autoupgrades are enabled by default for clusters and node pools created with the Google Cloud Platform Console.
October 8, 2018
Known Issues
All GKE v1.10.6 releases includes a problem with Ingress load balancing. The problem was first reported in the release notes for September 18, 2018.
The problem is fixed in GKE v1.10.7 and higher. However, it cannot be fixed in GKE v1.10.6. If your cluster uses Ingress, do not upgrade to v1.10.6. Do not use GKE v1.10.6 for new clusters. If your cluster does not use Ingress for load balancing and you cannot upgrade to GKE v1.10.7 or higher, you can still use GKE v1.10.6.
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.10.6-gke.6
- 1.10.7-gke.6
- 1.11.2-gke.9 as EAP
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.10.6-gke.4
- 1.10.7-gke.2
Node image updates
Container-Optimized OS node image cos-dev-69-10895-23-0 is now
available. See COS image
release notes
for more information.
Container-Optimized OS with containerd node image
cos-b-69-10895-52-0-c110 is now available. See COS image
release notes
for more information.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-10-09 | asia-southeast1, europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d, us-east4 |
| 2018-10-10 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1, asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east1, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-10-11 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b, europe-west2,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-10-12 | asia-east1, asia-east1-b,
asia-northeast1, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1, europe-north1-a,
europe-west1, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4, europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
October 2, 2018
New Features
Private clusters is now generally available.
September 21, 2018
New Features
Container-native load balancing is now available in beta.
September 18, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.10.6-gke.4
- 1.10.7-gke.2
- 1.11.2-gke.4 clusters are now available for whitelisted early-access users. Non-whitelisted users can specify version 1.11.2-gke.4 in Alpha Clusters.
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
20% of cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.9.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.6, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.9.6-gke.2
- 1.9.7-gke.5
- 1.10.6-gke.3
- 1.10.7-gke.1
- 1.11.2-gke.2 (EAP version)
- 1.11.2-gke.3 (EAP version)
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-09-18 | asia-southeast1, europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d, us-east4 |
| 2018-09-19 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1, asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east1, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-09-21 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b, europe-west2,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-09-22 | asia-east1, asia-east1-b,
asia-northeast1, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1, europe-north1-a,
europe-west1, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4, europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
Fixes
- 1.10.7-gke.2 fixes a bug introduced in 1.10.6 that causes the
Ingress-GCEcontroller to crash.
September 5, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.10.6-gke.3
- 1.10.7-gke.1
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.10.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.10.6-gke.2 according to this week's rollout schedule.
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.8.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.5 according to this week's rollout schedule.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.10.2-gke.4
- 1.10.4-gke.3
- 1.10.5-gke.4
- 1.10.6-gke.1
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-09-05 | asia-southeast1, europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d, us-east4 |
| 2018-09-06 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1, asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east1, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-09-07 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b, europe-west2,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-09-10 | asia-east1, asia-east1-b,
asia-northeast1, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1, europe-north1-a,
europe-west1, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4, europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
Fixes
- 1.10.7-gke.1 fixes an issue where preempted GPU Pods would restart without proper GPU libraries.
August 20, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
- 1.11.2-gke.3 (preview)
- 1.10.6-gke.2
- 1.9.7-gke.6
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
Auto-upgrades of Kubernetes 1.8.x clusters to 1.9.7-gke.5 continues for the second week. You can always upgrade your Kubernetes 1.8 masters manually.
Node image updates
Container-Optimized OS node image has been upgraded from
cos-stable-66-10452-109-0 to cos-dev-69-10895-23-0
for clusters running Kubernetes 1.10.6-gke.2 and Kubernetes 1.11.2-gke.3.
See COS image release notes
for more information.
Container-Optimized OS node image has been upgraded from
cos-stable-65-10323-98-0-p2 to
cos-stable-65-10323-99-0-p2 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.6.
See COS image release notes
for more information.
These images contain a fix for an L1 Terminal Fault vulnerability.
Ubuntu node image has been upgraded from
ubuntu-gke-1804-bionic-20180718 to
ubuntu-gke-1804-bionic-20180814
for clusters running Kubernetes 1.11.2-gke.3.
Ubuntu node image has been upgraded from
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-20180731-1 to
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-20180814-1
for clusters running Kubernetes 1.10.6-gke.2 and Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.6.
These images contain a fix for an L1 Terminal Fault vulnerability.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-08-21 | asia-southeast1, europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d, us-east4 |
| 2018-08-22 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1, asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east1, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-08-23 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b, europe-west2,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-08-24 | asia-east1, asia-east1-b,
asia-northeast1, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1, europe-north1-a,
europe-west1, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4, europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
New Features
- Cloud binary authorization is promoted to Beta for GKE clusters.
GCE-Ingresshas been upgraded to version 1.3.0. HTTP2 support for Ingress is promoted to Beta.- Private endpoints are promoted to Beta, for customers using private clusters. At cluster creation time, customers can now choose to use the Kubernetes master's private IP address as their API server endpoint.
Fixes
- This week's releases address an L1 Terminal Fault vulnerability. Customers running containers from different customers on the same GKE Node, as well as customers using COS images, should prioritize updating those environments.
August 13, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and for opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- Kubernetes 1.11.2-gke.2 clusters are now available for whitelisted early-access users. Non-whitelisted users can specify version 1.11.0-gke.1 in Alpha Clusters
- 1.10.6-gke.1
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
10 % of cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.8.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.5, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.9.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.5, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.10.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.10.6-gke.1, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.8.x
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-08-13 | asia-southeast1, europe-west2-a,
europe-west3, us-east1-d, us-east4 |
| 2018-08-14 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1, asia-south1-a,
asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a,
europe-north1-c, europe-west1-c,
europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a,
northamerica-northeast1,
northamerica-northeast1-c, southamerica-east1-a,
us-central1-b, us-east1, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a, us-west2-c |
| 2018-08-15 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1,
australia-southeast1-b, europe-north1-b,
europe-west1-b, europe-west2,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-08-16 | asia-east1, asia-east1-b,
asia-northeast1, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1, europe-north1-a,
europe-west1, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4, europe-west4-b,
northamerica-northeast1-a, southamerica-east1,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
New Features
- Containerd integration on the Container-Optimized OS (COS) image is now beta. You can now create a cluster or a node pool with image type
cos_containerd. Refer to Container-Optimized OS with containerd for details.
Fixes
- GKE 1.10.6-gke.1 and higher contains a critical fix for the Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring Beta release. In total, the upgrade fixes the first five known issues of Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring Beta Release 1.10.2.
August 6, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
New default version for new clusters
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
Cluster masters running Kubernetes version 1.8.10-gke.0 will be updated to Kubernetes 1.8.10-gke.2, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.8.12-gke.1 and 1.8.12-gke.2 will be updated to Kubernetes 1.8.12-gke.3, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Cluster masters running Kubernetes version 1.9.6-gke.1 will be updated to Kubernetes 1.9.6-gke.2, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.9.7-gke.0, 1.9.7-gke.1, 1.9.7-gke.3, and 1.9.7-gke.4 will be updated to Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.5, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.10.2-gke.0, 1.10.2-gke.1, and 1.10.2-gke.3 will be updated to Kubernetes 1.10.2-gke.4, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.10.4-gke.0 and 1.10.4-gke.2 will be updated to Kubernetes 1.10.4-gke.3, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.10.5-gke.0 and 1.10.5-gke.3 will be updated to Kubernetes 1.10.5-gke.4, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-08-07 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-08-08 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a,
australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c,
europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a,
europe-west4-a, northamerica-northeast1-c,
southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b,
us-east4-b, us-west1-a,
us-west2-c |
| 2018-08-09 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1-b,
europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-08-10 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b, northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a,
us-central1-c, us-east1-b,
us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
Fixes
A patch for Kubernetes vulnerability CVE-2018-5390 is now available according to this week's rollout schedule. We recommend that you manually upgrade your nodes as soon as the patch becomes available in your cluster's zone.
August 3, 2018
New Features
In a future release, all newly-created Google Kubernetes Engine clusters are VPC-native by default.
July 30, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
- Kubernetes 1.10.5-gke.3 is now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
July 12, 2018
New Features
Cloud TPU is now available with GKE in Beta. Run your machine learning workload in a Kubernetes cluster on GCP, and let GKE manage and scale the Cloud TPU resources for you.
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See supported versions for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- Kubernetes 1.8.12-gke.2 is now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
- Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.4 is now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
- Kubernetes 1.10.5-gke.2 is now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
- Kubernetes 1.11.0-gke.1 clusters are now available for whitelisted early-access users. Non-whitelisted users can specify version 1.11.0-gke.1 in Alpha Clusters.
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.8 will be updated to Kubernetes 1.8.10-gke.0 according to this week's rollout schedule.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-07-12 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-07-13 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a,
australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c,
europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a,
europe-west4-a, northamerica-northeast1-c,
southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b,
us-east4-b, us-west1-a,
us-west2-c |
| 2018-07-16 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1-b,
europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b,
us-west2-b |
| 2018-07-17 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b, northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a,
us-central1-c, us-east1-b,
us-east4-a, us-west1-c,
us-west2-a |
July 10, 2018
New Features
You can now run GKE clusters in region
us-west2 (Los Angeles) with zones us-west2-a,
us-west2-b, and us-west2-c.
June 28, 2018
Version Updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes 1.10.5-gke.0 is now generally available for use with GKE clusters.
New default version for new clusters
Kubernetes version 1.9.7-gke.3 is the default version for new clusters, available according to this week's rollout schedule.New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and opt- in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.10.5-gke.0
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions older than 1.8.10-gke.0 will be updated to Kubernetes 1.8.10-gke.0 according to this week's rollout schedule.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.8.8-gke.0
- 1.10.4-gke.0
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-06-27 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-06-28 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a,
australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c,
europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a,
europe-west4-a, northamerica-northeast1-c,
southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b,
us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-06-29 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1-b,
europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c,
us-west1-b |
| 2018-07-02 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b, northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a,
us-central1-c, us-east1-b,
us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
Known Issues
Currently, OS Login is not fully compatible with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters running Kubernetes version 1.10.x. The following functionalities of kubectl might not work properly when OS Login is enabled: kubectl logs, proxy, exec, attach, and port-forward. Until OS Login is fully supported, the settings at the project-level are ignored at the nodes level. The settings at project-level are ignored in Kubernetes Engine.
June 18, 2018
Version Updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes 1.10.4-gke.2 is now generally available for use with GKE clusters.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and opt- in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.10.4-gke.2
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.9.7-gke.1
- 1.10.2-gke.3
New Features
GPUs for Google Kubernetes Engine is now generally available.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-06-18 | europe-west2-a,
us-east1-d |
| 2018-06-19 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a,
australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c,
europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a,
europe-west4-a, northamerica-northeast1-c,
southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b,
us-east1, us-east4-b,
us-west1-a |
| 2018-06-20 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1-b,
europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c,
us-west1-b |
| 2018-06-21 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b, northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1, southamerica-east1-c,
us-central1-a, us-central1-c,
us-east1-b, us-east4-a,
us-west1-c |
June 11, 2018
Version Updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes 1.10.4-gke.0 is now generally available for use with GKE clusters.
The base image for this version is cos-stable-66-10452-101-0,
which contains a fix for an issue that causes deadlock in the Linux kernel.
New Features
You can now run GKE clusters in region
europe-north1 (Finland) with zones europe-north1-a,
europe-north1-b, and europe-north1-c.
Refer to the rollout schedule below for the specific rollout dates in each zone.
A new `cos_containerd` image is now available and set by default for trying out the containerd integration in the alpha clusters running Kubernetes 1.10.4-gke.0 and above. See the containerd runtime alpha user guide for more information, or learn about the containerd integration in the recent Kubernetes blog post.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-06-11 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-06-12 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a,
asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a,
australia-southeast1-a, europe-north1-c,
europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a,
europe-west4-a, northamerica-northeast1-c,
southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b,
us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-06-13 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b,
asia-south1-b, australia-southeast1-b,
europe-north1-b, europe-west1-b,
europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b,
europe-west4-c, northamerica-northeast1-b,
southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f,
us-east1-c, us-east4-c,
us-west1-b |
| 2018-06-14 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c,
asia-south1-c, asia-southeast1-b,
asia-southeast1-c, australia-southeast1-c,
europe-north1-a, europe-west1-d,
europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c,
europe-west4-b, northamerica-northeast1-a,
southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a,
us-central1-c, us-east1-b,
us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
June 04, 2018
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following Kubernetes versions are now available for new clusters and opt-in master upgrades for existing clusters:
- 1.9.7-gke.3
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-06-04 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-06-05 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-06-06 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-06-07 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
May 22, 2018
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
Kubernetes 1.10.2-gke.3 is now available for use with Kubernetes Engine clusters.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:- 1.8.12-gke.0
- 1.9.7-gke.0
- 1.10.2-gke.1
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-05-24 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-05-24 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-05-25 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-05-28 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
New Features
Custom Boot Disks is now available in Beta.
Alias IPs is now generally available.
May 16, 2018
New Features
Kubernetes Engine Shared VPC is now available in Beta.
May 15, 2018
The rollout of the release has been delayed. Refer to the revised rollout schedule below.
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
Clusters running Kubernetes 1.9.0 - 1.9.6-gke.0 that have opted into automatic node upgrades will be upgraded to Kubernetes 1.9.6-gke.1 according to this week's rollout schedule.
Kubernetes 1.10.2-gke.1 is now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.1 is now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
Kubernetes 1.8.12-gke.1 is now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
New default version for new clusters
The following versions are now default according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes 1.8.10-gke.0 is now the default version for new clusters.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-05-16 (previously 2018-05-15) | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-05-17 (previously 2018-05-16) | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-05-18 (previously 2018-05-17) | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-05-21 (previously 2018-05-18) | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
New Features
Load balancers and ingresses are now automatically deleted upon cluster deletion.
Other Updates
The base image has been changed to
cos-stable-66-10452-89-0 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.10.2-gke.1.
This image contains a fix for Linux kernel CVE-2018-1000199 and CVEs in ext4 (CVE-2018-1092, CVE-2018-1093, CVE-2018-1094, CVE-2018-1095).
The base image has been changed to
cos-stable-65-10323-85-0 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.8.12-gke.0 and Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.1.
This image contains a fix for Linux kernel CVE-2018-1000199.
The base image has been changed to
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-20180509-1 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.1 and Kubernetes 1.10.2-gke.1.
The base image has been changed to
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-20180509 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.8.12-gke.1.
These images contain a fix for Linux kernel CVE-2018-1000199. Refer to USN-3641-1 for more information.
May 7, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
100% of cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.7.0 and 1.7.12-gke.2 will be updated to Kubernetes 1.8.8-gke.0, according to this week's rollout schedule.
100% of cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.7.14.gke-1 and 1.7.15-gke.0 will be updated to Kubernetes 1.8.10-gke.0, according to this week's rollout schedule.
100% of cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.9.X will be updated to Kubernetes 1.9.6, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- 1.7.15-gke.l0
- 1.9.3-gke.0
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-05-07 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-05-08 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-05-09 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-05-10 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
Known Issues
The Kubernetes Dashboard in verison 1.8.8-gke.0 isn't compatible with nodes running versions 1.7.13 through 1.7.15.
May 1, 2018
Known Issues
In Kubernetes versions 1.9.7, 1.10.0, and 1.10.2, if an NVIDIA GPU
device plugin restarts but the associated kubelet does not, then the node
allocatable for the GPU resource nvidia.com/gpu stays zero
until the kubelet restarts. This prevents new pods from consuming GPU
devices.
The most likely scenario when this problem occurs is after a cluster is created or upgraded with Kubernetes 1.9.7, 1.10.0, or 1.10.2 and the cluster master is upgraded to a new version, which triggers an NVIDIA GPU device plugin DaemonSet upgrade. The DaemonSet upgrade causes the NVIDIA GPU device plugin to restart itself.
If you use the GPU feature, do not create or upgrade your cluster with Kubernetes 1.9.7, 1.10.0, or 1.10.2. This issue will be addressed in an upcoming release.
April 30, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes 1.8.12-gke.0 is now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.0 is now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
Kubernetes 1.10.2-gke.0 clusters are now available for whitelisted early-access users. Non-whitelisted users can specify version 1.10.2-gke.0 in Alpha Clusters.
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
100% of cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.7.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.8.8-gke.0, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-04-30 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-05-01 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-05-02 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-05-03 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
Other Updates
The base image has been changed to
cos-stable-65-10323-75-0-p for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.8.12-gke.0.
The base image has been changed to
cos-stable-65-10323-75-0-p2 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.9.7-gke.0.
The base image has been changed to
cos-stable-66-10452-74-0 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.10.2-gke.0.
April 24, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
- 10 % of cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.7.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.8.8-gke.0, according to this week's rollout schedule.
- Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.8.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.8.8-gke.0, according to this week's rollout schedule.
- Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.9.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.9.3-gke.0, according to this week's rollout schedule.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- Kubernetes 1.9.6-gke.0
The following versions are no longer available for new nodes or upgrades to existing nodes:
- 1.8.7-gke.1
- 1.9.2-gke.1
- 1.9.6-gke.0
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-04-24 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-04-25 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-04-26 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-04-27 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
April 16, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:- Kubernetes 1.7.14-gke.1
- Kubernetes 1.8.9-gke.1
- Kubernetes 1.9.4-gke.1
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-04-17 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-04-18 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-04-19 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-04-20 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
April 9, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes 1.9.6-gke.1 is now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
Kubernetes 1.10.0-gke.0 clusters are now available for whitelisted early-access users. Non-whitelisted users can specify version 1.10.0-gke.0 in Alpha Clusters.
Scheduled master auto-upgrades
Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions 1.7.x will be updated to Kubernetes 1.7.12-gke.2, according to this week's rollout schedule.Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:- Kubernetes 1.7.12-gke.1
Other Updates
Container-Optimized OS node image has been upgraded to
cos-stable-65-10323-69-0-p2 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.9.6-gke.1. See COS image
release notes
for more information.
Container-Optimized OS node image is using
cos-beta-66-10452-28-0 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.10.0-gke.0. See COS image
release notes
for more information.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-04-11 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-04-12 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-04-13 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-04-16 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
March 30, 2018
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes 1.9.6-gke.0., Kubernetes 1.8.10-gke.0., and Kubernetes 1.7.15-gke.0. are now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
New default version for new clusters
The following versions are now default according to this week's rollout schedule:
Zonal clusters
The default version has been reverted from the March 27, 2018 release. Kubernetes 1.8.8-gke.0 is now the default version for new zonal and regional clusters.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- Kubernetes 1.9.2-gke.1
- Kubernetes 1.7.12-gke.2
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-03-30 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-03-30 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-04-02 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-04-03 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
Other Updates
The following updates are the same as in the March 27, 2018 release. They have not been changed by the rollback.
Ubuntu node image has been upgraded to
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-v20180317-1 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.9.6-gke.0.
Issues fixed:
- In
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-v20180207-1, used by Kubernetes 1.9.3-gke.0 and 1.9.4-gke.1, new pods could not be scheduled to node where Docker gets restarted. - Security fix for USN-3586-1
Ubuntu node image has been upgraded to
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-v20180308 for clusters running
Kubernetes 2.8.10-gke.0 and 1.7.15-gke.0.
Issue fixed:
- Security fix for USN-3586-1
Container-Optimized OS node image has been upgraded to
cos-beta-65-10323-12-0 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.7.15-gke.0. See COS image
release notes
for more information.
March 27, 2018
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes 1.9.6-gke.0., Kubernetes 1.8.10-gke.0., and Kubernetes 1.7.15-gke.0. are now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
New default version for new clusters
The following versions are now default according to this week's rollout schedule:
Zonal clusters
Kubernetes 1.8.9-gke.1 is now the default version for new zonal and regional clusters.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- Kubernetes 1.9.2-gke.1
- Kubernetes 1.8.8-gke.0
- Kubernetes 1.7.12-gke.2
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-03-27 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-03-28 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-03-29 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-03-30 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
Other Updates
Ubuntu node image has been upgraded to
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-v20180317-1 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.9.6-gke.0.
Issues fixed:
- In
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-v20180207-1, used by Kubernetes 1.9.3-gke.0 and 1.9.4-gke.1, new pods could not be scheduled to node where Docker gets restarted. - Security fix for USN-3586-1
Ubuntu node image has been upgraded to
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-v20180308 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.8.10-gke.0 and 1.7.15-gke.0.
Issue fixed:
- Security fix for USN-3586-1
Container-Optimized OS node image has been upgraded to
cos-beta-65-10323-12-0 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.7.15-gke.0. See COS image
release notes
for more information.
March 21, 2018
New Features
Private Clusters are now available in Beta.
March 19, 2018
Fixed
Kubernetes 1.9.4+: Fixes a bug that prevented clusters with IP aliases from appearing.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-03-20 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-03-21 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-03-22 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-03-23 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
March 13, 2018
Fixed
A patch for Kubernetes vulnerabilities CVE-2017-1002101 and CVE-2017-1002102 is now available according to this week's rollout schedule. We recommend that you manually upgrade your nodes as soon as the patch becomes available in your cluster's zone.
Issues
Breaking Change: Do not upgrade your cluster if your application requires mounting a secret, configMap, downwardAPI, or projected volume with write access.
To fix security vulnerability CVE-2017-1002102, Kubernetes 1.9.4-gke.1, Kubernetes 1.8.9-gke.1, and Kubernetes 1.7.14-gke.1 changed secret, configMap, downwardAPI, and projected volumes to mount read-only, instead of allowing applications to write data and then reverting it automatically. We recommend that you modify your application to accommodate these changes before you upgrade your cluster.
If your cluster uses IP Aliases
and was created with the --enable-ip-alias flag, upgrading the
master to Kubernetes 1.9.4-gke.1 will prevent it from starting properly.
This issue will be addressed in an upcoming release.
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes 1.9.4-gke.1, Kubernetes 1.8.9-gke.1, and Kubernetes 1.7.14-gke.1 are now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
New default version for new clusters
The following versions are now default according to this week's rollout schedule:
Zonal clusters
Kubernetes 1.8.8-gke.0 is now the default version for new zonal and regional clusters.
Scheduled auto-upgrades
Clusters running the following Kubernetes versions will be automatically upgraded as follows, according to the rollout schedule:
- Regional clusters running Kubernetes 1.7.x will be upgraded to Kubernetes 1.8.7-gke.1.
This upgrade applies to cluster masters.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- Kubernetes 1.8.7-gke.1
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-03-13 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-03-14 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-03-15 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-03-16 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
New Features
You can now use version aliases with gcloud's --cluster-version
option to specify Kubernetes versions. Version aliases allow you to specify
the latest version or a specific version, without including the `-gke.0` version
suffix. See versioning
and upgrades for a complete overview of version aliases.
March 12, 2018
Issues
A patch for Kubernetes vulnerabilities CVE-2017-1002101 and CVE-2017-1002102 will be available in the upcoming release. We recommend that you manually upgrade your nodes as soon as the patch becomes available.
Tentative rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-03-13 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-03-14 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-03-15 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-03-16 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
March 08, 2018
New Features
You can now easily debug your Kubernetes services from the Cloud Console with port-forwarding and web preview.
March 06, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- Kubernetes 1.7.12-gke.1
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-03-06 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-03-07 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-03-08 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-03-09 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
February 27, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes 1.9.3-gke.0, Kubernetes 1.8.8-gke.0, and Kubernetes 1.7.12-gke.2 are now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
Scheduled auto-upgrades
Clusters running the following Kubernetes versions will be automatically upgraded as follows, according to the rollout schedule:
- Clusters running Kubernetes 1.8.x will be upgraded to Kubernetes 1.8.7-gke.1.
- Regional clusters running Kubernetes 1.8.x will have etcd upgraded to etcd 3.1.11.
This upgrade applies to cluster masters.
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or upgrades to existing cluster masters:
- Kubernetes 1.8.5-gke.0
The following versions are no longer available for new nodes or upgrades to existing nodes:
- Kubernetes 1.8.5-gke.0
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-02-27 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-02-28 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-03-01 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-03-02 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
New Features
Beginning with Kubernetes version 1.9.3, you can enable metadata concealment to prevent user Pods from accessing certain VM metadata for your cluster's nodes. For more information, see Protecting Cluster Metadata.
Other Updates
Ubuntu node image has been upgraded from
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-v20180122
to ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-v20180207 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.7.12-gke.2 and 1.8.8-gke.0.
- Security fix for USN-3548-2
Ubuntu node image has been upgraded from
ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-v20180122
to ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-v20180207-1 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.9.3-gke.0.
- Security fix for USN-3548-2
- Docker upgraded from 1.12 to 17.03 and default storage driver changed to overlay2
- Known issue: When Docker gets restarted on a node, new pods cannot be scheduled on that node and they will be stuck in `ContainerCreating` state.
Container-Optimized OS node image has been upgraded from
cos-stable-63-10032-71-0
to cos-beta-65-10323-12-0 for clusters running
Kubernetes 1.9.3-gke.0 and 1.8.8-gke.0. See COS image
release notes
for more information.
February 13, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New default version for new clusters
The following versions are now default according to this week's rollout schedule:
Zonal clusters
Kubernetes version 1.8.7-gke.1 is now the default version for new zonal and regional clusters.
Scheduled auto-upgrades
Clusters running the following Kubernetes versions will be automatically upgraded as follows, according to the rollout schedule:
- Clusters running Kubernetes 1.6.13-gke.1 and 1.7.12-gke.0 will be upgraded to Kubernetes 1.7.12-gke.1.
- Clusters running Kubernetes 1.9.1-gke.0 and 1.9.2-gke.0 will be upgraded to Kubernetes 1.9.2-gke.1.
- Clusters running etcd 2.* will be upgraded to etcd 3.0.17-gke.2.
This upgrade applies to cluster masters.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-02-13 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-02-14 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-02-15 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-02-16 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
February 8, 2018
New Features
GPUs on Kubernetes Engine are now available in Beta.
February 5, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes 1.9.2-gke.1 is now generally available for use with Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
New default version for new clusters
The following versions are now default according to this week's rollout schedule:
Zonal clusters
Kubernetes version 1.7.12-gke.1 is now the default version for new zonal clusters.
Regional clusters
Kubernetes version 1.8.7-gke.1 is now the default version for new regional clusters.
The new cluster versions can be used with the latest Ubuntu node image version, ubuntu-gke-1604-xenial-v20180122.
- Kernel upgraded from 4.4 to 4.13
- Security fixes for Spectre and Meltdown
- Support for Alias IPs
Scheduled auto-upgrades
Clusters running the following Kubernetes versions will be automatically upgraded as follows, according to the rollout schedule:
- Clusters running Kubernetes 1.6.13-gke.1 and 1.7.x will be upgraded to Kubernetes 1.7.12-gke.0.
This upgrade applies to cluster masters.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-02-05 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-02-06 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-02-07 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-02-08 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
New Features
Beginning with Kubernetes version 1.9.x on Google Kubernetes Engine, you can now perform horizontal pod autoscaling based on custom metrics from Stackdriver Monitoring (in addition to the default scaling based on CPU utilization). For more information, see Scaling an Application and the custom metrics autoscaling tutorial.
Known Issues
Beginning with Kubernetes version 1.9.x, automatic firewall rules have changed such that workloads in your Google Kubernetes Engine cluster cannot communicate with other Compute Engine VMs that are on the same network, but outside the cluster. This change was made for security reasons.
You can replicate the behavior of older clusters (1.8.x and earlier) by setting a new firewall rule on your cluster.
January 31, 2018
New Features
PodSecurityPolicies are now available in Beta.
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New default version for new clusters
The following versions are now default according to this week's rollout schedule:
Kubernetes version 1.7.12-gke.0 is now the default version for new zonal clusters.
Kubernetes version 1.8.6-gke.0 is now the default version for new regional clusters.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
- Kubernetes 1.8.7-gke.0
- Kubernetes 1.9.2-gke.0 clusters are now available for whitelisted early-access users. Non-whitelisted users can specify version 1.9.2-gke.0 in Alpha Clusters.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-02-01 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-02-02 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-02-03 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-02-04 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
January 16, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following versions are now available according to this week's rollout schedule:
- Kubernetes 1.9.1 clusters are now available for whitelisted early-access users. Non-whitelisted users can specify version 1.9.1 in Alpha Clusters.
Scheduled auto-upgrades
Clusters running the following Kubernetes versions will be automatically upgraded as follows, according to the rollout schedule:
- Clusters running Kubernetes 1.6.x will be upgraded to 1.7.11-gke.1.
This upgrade applies to cluster masters.
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-01-17 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-01-18 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, europe-west4-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-01-19 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, europe-west4-c, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-01-22 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, europe-west4-b, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
January 10, 2018
New Features
You can now run Container Engine clusters in region
europe-west4 (Netherlands).
You can now run Container Engine clusters in region
northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal).
January 9, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New default version for new clusters
Kubernetes version 1.7.11-gke.1 is now the default version for new clusters, available according to this week's rollout schedule.
Scheduled auto-upgrades
Clusters running the following Kubernetes versions will be automatically upgraded as follows, according to the rollout schedule:
- Clusters running Kubernetes 1.6.x will be upgraded to 1.6.13-gke.1.
- Clusters running Kubernetes 1.7.x will be upgraded to 1.7.11-gke.1.
- Clusters running Kubernetes 1.8.x will be upgraded to 1.8.5-gke.0
This upgrade applies to cluster masters and, if node auto-upgrades are enabled, all cluster nodes.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following versions are now available for new clusters and opt-in master and node upgrades according to this week's rollout schedule:
- Kubernetes 1.8.6-gke.0
- Kubernetes 1.7.12-gke.0
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or opt-in master and node upgrades:
- Kubernetes 1.8.4-gke.1
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-01-09 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-01-10 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-01-11 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-01-12 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
January 2, 2018
Version updates
Kubernetes Engine cluster versions have been updated as detailed in the following sections. See versioning and upgrades for a full list of the Kubernetes versions you can run on your Kubernetes Engine masters and nodes.
New default version for new clusters
Kubernetes version 1.7.11-gke.1 is now the default version for new clusters, available according to this week's rollout schedule.
New versions available for upgrades and new clusters
The following versions are now available for new clusters and opt-in master and node upgrades according to this week's rollout schedule:
- Kubernetes 1.8.5-gke.0
Versions no longer available
The following versions are no longer available for new clusters or opt-in master and node upgrades:
- Kubernetes 1.6.x (all versions)
- Kubernetes 1.7.8
- Kubernetes 1.7.9
Rollout schedule
| Date | Available zones |
|---|---|
| 2018-01-02 | europe-west2-a, us-east1-d |
| 2018-01-03 | asia-east1-a, asia-northeast1-a, asia-south1-a, asia-southeast1-a, australia-southeast1-a, europe-west1-c, europe-west3-a, southamerica-east1-a, us-central1-b, us-east4-b, us-west1-a |
| 2018-01-04 | asia-east1-c, asia-northeast1-b, asia-south1-b, asia-southeast1-b, australia-southeast1-b, europe-west1-b, europe-west2-b, europe-west3-b, southamerica-east1-b, us-central1-f, us-east1-c, us-east4-c, us-west1-b |
| 2018-01-05 | asia-east1-b, asia-northeast1-c, asia-south1-c, australia-southeast1-c, europe-west1-d, europe-west2-c, europe-west3-c, southamerica-east1-c, us-central1-a, us-central1-c, us-east1-b, us-east4-a, us-west1-c |
