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June 03, 2024
Backup for GKE introduces new policies for handling namespaced resources conflict during restoration that are compatible with GitOps tools. For more information, see Handle resource conflicts during restore.
Backup for GKE now supports specifying the restore order when you create or update a restore plan. For more information, see Specify resource restore ordering during restoration.
Backup for GKE now allows configuration of volume data restore policies bound to specific volume types and overridden for specific volumes. This gives you more flexibility when restoring volumes. For more information, see Define volume data restore behavior.
Starting June 24, 2024, Backup for GKE will gradually roll out the Backup-Side Restore Validation feature to help ensure that backups are restorable. This change applies to backups under backup plans created from June 24, 2024 onwards. For more information, see Enable permissive mode on a backup plan.
Backup for GKE now provides enhanced granularity in resource selection during the restore creation process. For more information, see Enable fine-grained restore.
April 22, 2024
Backup for GKE now supports Smart Scheduling, an alternative backup creation scheduling approach based on desired RPO instead of a fixed schedule. This approach is in addition to the existing cron scheduling approach. For more information, see Automatic backup creation and deletion.
Backup index is now available for viewing the resource information in backups. See details on view backup index.
March 05, 2024
Backup for GKE is now available in three new regions: africa-south1, europe-west10, and us-west8.
October 31, 2023
Backup for GKE now supports transformation rules that allow for the modification of resources during restore. This is an improvement over the existing substitution rules. For more information, see Modify resources during restoration.
Terraform now supports managing Backup for GKE RestorePlan resources. For more information, see google_gke_backup_restore_plan.
July 21, 2023
Backup for GKE is now available in five new regions: europe-west12, me-west1, me-central1, us-south1, and us-east5.
July 11, 2023
When you create your first BackupPlan or RestorePlan resource for a cluster, the Backup for GKE agent is automatically installed in that cluster.
Backup for GKE now supports a blocklist for restoring cluster-scoped and namespaced resources. For more information, see Create a restore plan.
November 16, 2022
Backup for GKE is now generally available.