The following issues were fixed in 1.35.500-gke.142:

The following issues were fixed in 1.35.500-gke.142:

• Fixed vulnerabilities listed in Vulnerability fixes.
• Fixed a reconciliation loop issue in metrics-server by checking the ConfigMap on the target cluster.
• Updated etcd to v3.5.33-0-gke.3 to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2026-46595 and CVE-2026-39821.
• Fixed an issue in split-datacenter environments where cluster validation and diagnostics incorrectly reported missing datastores for PersistentVolumes residing in the user datacenter.
• Fixed an issue where deleting a cluster stalled indefinitely because node pool controllers recreated machine resources during cluster deletion.