Product overview
Google Kubernetes Engine is tracked by BlackTree as a vendor-operated software service. Its lifecycle page separates release identity, maintenance and security boundaries using the publisher's registered source.
Main capabilities
- Hosted product capabilities
- Vendor-managed operation and updates
- Version or feature retirement management
Typical use
Used through a hosted service, API or managed product interface.
Deployment
Operated by the publisher, with customer configuration and integrations where applicable.
This category-level context is generated from the registered product identity. Confirm exact product capabilities on the publisher's page ↗.
Collected lifecycle data
| Product | Cloud Service Mesh support for the managed ISTIOD control plane on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) on Google Cloud |
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| Release | Published lifecycle |
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| End of Cloud Service Mesh support for the managed ISTIOD control plane on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) on Google Cloud is deprecated as of September 28, 2026, and support will end on March 1, 2028 . After March 1, 2028, managed ISTIOD control pl | 1 March 2028 |
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| Date precision | Day |
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Known exploited vulnerabilities
Catalogue updated 27 Oct 2026These are product-family matches in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue. Confirm the affected product version in the vendor advisory.
No CISA known-exploited entries currently match this mapped product family.
This does not mean the product has no vulnerabilities.
Package vulnerability advisories
OSV advisories are matched through the registered package URL. A package-family match does not prove that the installed release is affected. Check the affected and fixed versions before remediation.
No package advisories have been linked for this product identity.
This is not evidence that the product has no vulnerabilities.
Source evidence
PRIMARYReady
Alphabet (Google) lifecycle discovery
To retain export capabilities, assign the Cloud SQL Editor ( roles/cloudsql.editor ) role or update custom roles to include the cloudsql.instances.export permission. | For more information, see Cloud SQL roles . | Cloud Service Mesh | Deprecated | Cloud Service Mesh support for the managed ISTIOD control plane on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) on Google Cloud is deprecated as of September 28, 2026, and support will end on March 1, 2028 . After March 1, 2028, managed ISTIOD control plane components on GKE on Google Cloud will not receive updates, security patches, or support from Google Cloud, and workload sidecars on unmodernized clusters will fail and be unable to receive or send requests. | Google Cloud is transitioning managed Cloud Service Mesh with Istio APIs to the TRAFFIC_DIRECTOR control plane implementation using Istio APIs. As part of this transition, support will also end for any features that are incompatible with the TRAFFIC_DIRECTOR control plane. | To continue using managed Cloud Service Mesh on GKE, you must modernize your clusters by March 1, 2028: | Confirm that you affected.
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First collected 30 Sep 2026 · Last collected 25 Oct 2026 · Review state accepted
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