Cluster Toolkit v1.96.0 adds Confidential VM support, CMEK, vulnerability warnings
Cluster Toolkit v1.96.0 now supports G4 Confidential VMs with Blackwell GPUs and customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) for storage. It also introduces warnings for GKE version vulnerabilities and allows custom environment variables via the --env flag in gcluster job submit. These updates benefit users of GKE and Confidential VMs, offering enhanced security and configuration flexibility.
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Cluster Toolkit v1.96.0 is available. This release adds support for G4 Confidential VMs with Blackwell GPUs and customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) for storage. This version also introduces warnings for GKE version vulnerabilities and support for the --env flag in the gcluster job submit command to set custom environment variables. For details, see the release announcement on GitHub .
https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#July_02_2026
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