UPDATE: Specific GKE Clusters upgraded from 1.19 to 1.20 (lower than 1.20.9-gke.2100) may experience pods restarting when Docker restarts.

Incident began at 2021-09-23 18:14 (all times are US/Pacific).

Summary: Specific GKE Clusters upgraded from 1.19 to 1.20 (lower than 1.20.9-gke.2100) may experience pods restarting when Docker restarts.

Description: We are experiencing an issue with GKE clusters upgraded from 1.19 to 1.20(lower than 1.20.9-gke.2100). Clusters may see pods restarting when Dockers are restarted.

Problematic versions:

  • All 1.20.0.* – 1.20.8.*
  • 1.20.9.* below 1.20.9-gke.1600

Action required:
Do not upgrade from 1.19 -> 1.20.x (lower than 1.20.9-gke.2100)
To mitigate a cluster already upgraded to a problematic version, upgrade master and nodes to 1.20.10-gke.301.

Available versions with fix:

  • 1.20.9-gke.210
  • 1.20.10+

Our engineering team continues to investigate the issue at the back end.

We will provide an update by Thursday, 2021-09-23 22:00 US/Pacific with current details.

We apologize to all who are affected by the disruption.

Diagnosis: Customers may see GKE Cluster pods restarting when Docker restarts.

Workaround: Do not upgrade from 1.19 -> 1.20.x (lower than 1.20.9-gke.2100)

To mitigate a cluster already upgraded, to a problematic version, upgrade master and nodes to 1.20.10-gke.301. Versions above 1.20.9-gke.2100 is not impacted.


Affected products: Google Kubernetes Engine

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