November 12, 2026 · Google CloudFeature
Agent Sandbox on GKE generally available; Agent Gateway for GKE in Preview
Agent Sandbox on GKE is generally available and runs on any supported GKE version. Agent Sandbox on GKE is optimized for running isolated, stateful, single-replica workloads, such as AI agents, at no additional cost.
You can install Agent Sandbox on GKE by using the open source Agent Sandbox installation.
For more information, see About Agent Sandbox on GKE and Install Agent Sandbox on GKE.
Agent Gateway for GKE is now available in Preview in the Rapid channel on clusters running GKE version 1.37.2-gke.1042000 or later. Agent Gateway provides a centralized management layer to control traffic flowing to, from, and between your agents on GKE. This feature is supported in the following regions:
europe-west1us-central1
For more information, see Agent Gateway for GKE.
Text from the Google Cloud release notes, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Google Cloud release notes.
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