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GCP

GKE Cluster Toolkit adds integrated health checks and stricter NAP accelerator validation

GKE Cluster Toolkit adds integrated health checks and stricter NAP accelerator validation, forcing teams to codify GPU mappings and rethink capacity planning.

Jul 18, 2026·3mgkecloud-run-gpu
AWS

Amazon EKS Provisioned Control Plane 8XL: 99.99% SLA and doubled API capacity

Amazon EKS adds an 8XL Provisioned Control Plane with a 99.99% SLA and doubled API capacity; AWS adds Neuron-aware scheduling and larger Lambda async payloads.

Jul 18, 2026·3mamazon-ekseks-control-plane
Azure

AKS v1.31 & v1.32 LTS: Ubuntu 24.04 node images and CIS v1.27 alignment

AKS marks Kubernetes v1.31 and v1.32 as LTS, adds Ubuntu 24.04 node images, and aligns to CIS Kubernetes v1.27—expect upgrade and compliance work now.

Jul 18, 2026·3makskubernetes
GCP

Gemini Pro preview in Vertex AI & Gemini API — stronger reasoning, code generation, and Cloud Run worker pools GA

Google previewed a Gemini Pro model in Vertex AI and the Gemini API, plus Cloud Run worker pools GA and BigQuery/Bigtable tooling for agent-driven ops.

Jul 17, 2026·3mgoogle-cloudgemini
AWS

AWS EKS Control-Plane Rollback for Minor Version Upgrades — 7-Day In-Place Downgrade

AWS EKS lets you revert a control-plane minor version within seven days after an upgrade, reducing risk but requiring node/workload compatibility and runbooks.

Jul 17, 2026·3mamazon-ekseks-rollback
Azure

AKS v1.31 & v1.32 LTS: kubelet serving cert rotation, Azure CNI Overlay GA, and Ubuntu 24.04 Confidential VM default

Azure AKS names Kubernetes v1.31 and v1.32 as LTS, expands kubelet serving certificate rotation, promotes Azure CNI Overlay to GA, and defaults Ubuntu 24.04 CVM.

Jul 17, 2026·3maksazure-cni
GCP

GKE two-step rollbackable control-plane upgrades GA — gcloud container clusters complete-control-plane-upgrade

GKE promotes rollbackable two-step control-plane upgrades to GA and adds a gcloud command to finalize staged upgrades so operators can validate before committing.

Jul 16, 2026·3mgkegcloud
AWS

Amazon EKS Rollback: 7-Day In-Place Control-Plane Downgrade for Minor Kubernetes Upgrades

AWS EKS now offers a 7-day in-place control-plane rollback for minor Kubernetes upgrades, forcing faster post-upgrade validation and coordinated node rollbacks.

Jul 16, 2026·3mamazon-ekskubernetes
Azure

AKS v1.31 & v1.32 LTS — Confidential VM node pools and per-region release-tracker visibility

AKS promotes v1.31 and v1.32 to LTS, adds per-region/component release-tracker visibility, and supports Confidential VM node pools for regulated workloads.

Jul 15, 2026·3makskubernetes-lts
GCP

GKE Standard: maxSurge and maxUnavailable up to 100% (combined cap 100%)

GKE Standard lets you set maxSurge and maxUnavailable up to 100%, shortening large-cluster upgrades but forcing teams to revisit PDBs, autoscaling, and quotas.

Jul 14, 2026·3mgkecloud-run
AWS

Amazon EKS control-plane rollback: 7-day in-place downgrade for minor Kubernetes upgrades

Amazon EKS adds a 7-day in-place control-plane rollback for minor Kubernetes upgrades, preserving diagnostics—update SLOs, GitOps, and node-upgrade processes.

Jul 14, 2026·3mamazon-ekskubernetes-upgrades
Azure

AKS 1.32.5 & 1.31.9: Azure CNI Overlay and Layer7 Policies GA — kubelet serving cert rotation now default

AKS enables kubelet serving certificate rotation by default on 1.27+, promotes Azure CNI Overlay and Layer7 Policies to GA, and updates node images now.

Jul 14, 2026·3maksazure-cni-overlay
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