GKE launches Public Preview of VPA decision logs
Google Cloud's GKE team launched a Public Preview of Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) decision logs that stream structured autoscaler events into Cloud Logging. Available on GKE clusters running version 1.36.0-gke.1601000 or newer, the feature emits persistent, structured JSON control-plane logs (KCP_VPA) from the vpa-controller, capturing recommendation updates, evictions, apply-in-place and apply-on-eviction operations with state, reason, and confidence metadata. Operators can enable KCP_VPA via gcloud CLI and query events in Logs Explorer to troubleshoot autoscaling actions, audit decisions, and enable intent-based autonomous workload management.
- •Google Cloud launched the Public Preview of Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) Logs for GKE.
- •VPA decision logs are available on GKE clusters running version 1.36.0-gke.1601000 or newer.
- •VPA logs stream structured JSON decision events from the vpa-controller into Cloud Logging under container.googleapis.com/vpa-controller and are surfaced as KCP_VPA control plane logs.
