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GKE Extended-channel defaults to 1.35.6-gke.1049000 and Cluster Toolkit adds stricter health checks

GKE Extended-channel now defaults to 1.35.6-gke.1049000, shifting CI baselines, admission controls, node-image security posture, and billing assumptions.

Jul 20, 2026·3mgkegcp

AWS

AWS Lambda: 1 MB async payloads, .NET 8 & Node.js 20 runtimes, tenant isolation

AWS Lambda now supports 1 MB async payloads, adds managed runtimes for .NET 8 and Node.js 20, and introduces a tenant-isolation option—operational impacts ahead.

Jul 19, 2026·3maws-lambdaamazon-bedrock

Azure

AKS LTS (v1.31 & v1.32): Azure CNI Overlay GA and Layer 7 Policies

AKS names newer minors as LTS and promotes Azure CNI Overlay with Layer 7 networking features. Platform teams should standardize on these supported patterns.

Jul 19, 2026·3maksazure-cni-overlay

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

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