(2026-R36) Version updates

Note: Your clusters might not have these versions available. Rollouts are already in progress when we publish the release notes, and can take multiple days to complete across all Google Cloud zones.

• Version 1.34.9-gke.1655001 is now available in the Stable channel.
• Version 1.34.9-gke.1322001 is deprecated in the Stable channel. This version will be removed in 90 days, or at the end of support, if sooner.
• Clusters in this channel running the listed minor version have new general auto-upgrade targets. GKE can upgrade control planes and nodes to the following new versions with this release:
• GKE upgrades clusters to the following new minor versions if there are no factors, such as maintenance exclusions or deprecated APIs, preventing upgrades:
• 1.33 to 1.34.9-gke.1610001
• GKE upgrades clusters to the following new patch versions if no minor version upgrade is available, or if the cluster has maintenance exclusions or other factors preventing minor version upgrades:
• 1.34 to 1.34.9-gke.1610001