Versioning

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

Supported versions

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

Version 1.35

For information about the initial release of version 1.35, see May 06, 2026 in the release notes.

Release date Available patches Kubernetes version
May 06, 2026 1.35.0-gke.525 v1.35.2-gke.300

Version 1.34

For information about the initial release of version 1.34, see December 11, 2025 in the release notes.

Release date Available patches Kubernetes version
May 11, 2026 1.34.400-gke.88 v1.34.6-gke.200
April 15, 2026 1.34.300-gke.59 v1.34.3-gke.400
March 18, 2026 1.34.200-gke.68 v1.34.3-gke.400
February 13, 2026 1.34.100-gke.93 v1.34.1-gke.4700
December 11, 2025 1.34.0-gke.566 v1.34.1-gke.2900

Version 1.33

For information about the initial release of version 1.33, see September 02, 2025 in the release notes.

Release date Available patches Kubernetes version
April 22, 2026 1.33.700-gke.71 v1.33.5-gke.2200
March 23, 2026 1.33.600-gke.39 v1.33.5-gke.2200
March 3, 2026 1.33.500-gke.63 v1.33.5-gke.2200
February 4, 2026 1.33.400-gke.113 v1.33.5-gke.1900
December 5, 2025 1.33.300-gke.60 v1.33.5-gke.900
November 12, 2025 1.33.200-gke.70 v1.33.5-gke.600
October 2, 2025 1.33.100-gke.89 v1.33.4-gke.900
September 2, 2025 1.33.0-gke.799 v1.33.2-gke.700

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

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

Versioning scheme

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

Kubernetes major version (x)
Major versions are typically incremented if any backwards incompatible changes are introduced to the public API. A major version increments the Kubernetes version from x.y to x+1.y.
Kubernetes minor version (y)
Kubernetes releases a new minor version three times a year. Each release cycle is approximately 15 weeks long. Deprecated APIs might be removed with a new minor version. A minor version increments the Kubernetes version from 1.y to 1.y+1; for example, Kubernetes 1. 29 is the minor release that follows Kubernetes 1.28.
Google Distributed Cloud patch release (z-gke.N)
A patch release, such as 1.28.300-gke.131, increments the patch version (z) by 100 and includes a -gke.N suffix, which indicates the build. Patch releases include security updates and bug fixes. A Google Distributed Cloud patch release version doesn't correlate to a Kubernetes patch version.