This topic describes changes to VKE APIs after their official release.

October 2026

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateKubernetesObservability	2026-10-08	Adds the cluster observability API.	Cluster observability
ListKubernetesObservability	2026-10-08	Adds the cluster observability API.	Cluster observability

September 2026

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
UpdateNodePoolNodesConfig	2026-09-25	Adds the node configuration update API.	Node pool management.
CreateNodePool			Adds the PodPidsLimit, ImageMaximumGcAge, and ImageMinimumGcAge Parameters in the NodePoolKubeletConfig structure. Adds the UseLocalImagePull, MaxConcurrentUnpacks, MaxConcurrentDownloads, and ConcurrentLayerFetchBuffer Parameters in the NodePoolContainerdConfig structure.	Node pool management.
UpdateNodePoolConfig
ListNodePools
CreateAddon			Updates the parameter descriptions and examples for the p2p-accelerator add-on.	Add-on management
CreateNodes	September 10, 2026	Adds the ContainerStorageMountPoint parameter.	Node management
DeleteNodes	September 10, 2026	Adds the Drain parameter.	Node management
CreateDiagnosticTask	September 9, 2026	Adds inspection and diagnosis APIs.	Inspection and diagnosis
ListDiagnosticTask
ListDiagnosticTaskResults
CreateInspectionPolicy
ListInspectionPolicies
UpdateInspectionPolicy
DeleteInspectionPolicy
CreateRemedyRule
UpdateRemedyRule
DeleteRemedyRule
UpdateClusterVersion	September 1, 2026	Adds the cluster upgrade API.	Cluster upgrade management.
UpgradeNodePools	September 1, 2026	Adds the cluster upgrade API.	Cluster upgrade management.
UpdateTask	September 1, 2026	New task management APIs are available.	Task management.
ListTasks	September 1, 2026	New task management APIs are available.	Task management.

August 2026

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateNodePool	August 31, 2026	The NodePoolKubeletConfig structure contains the following new parameters: FailSwapOn, ImageGcLowThresholdPercent, and ImageGcHighThresholdPercent. Adds SpotWithPriceLimit to the values of the SpotStrategy parameter in the NodePoolNodeConfigRequest structure. The NodePoolNodeConfigRequest structure contains a new parameter: SpotPriceLimits. The DataVolume structure contains the following new parameters: KmsKeyId and Encrypted. The InstanceTypeSpotPriceLimit parameter and its sub-parameters are added.	Node pool management.
UpdateNodePoolConfig
ListNodePools
UpdateKubernetesObservabilityComponentConfigs	August 25, 2026	Adds a cloud-native observability management API.	Add-on management

July 2026

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateCluster	July 30, 2026	The MaintenanceWindowConfig parameter and its sub-parameters are added.	Cluster O&M management
UpdateNodePoolConfig
ListClusters
CreateNodePool	July 21, 2026	Adds the BurstEnabled parameter under the SystemVolume structure. Adds the BurstEnabled parameter under the DataVolume structure.	Node pool management.
UpdateNodePoolConfig
ListNodePools
CreateCluster	July 17, 2026	Adds the KubernetesConfig parameter and its sub-parameters.	Cluster control plane management
UpdateNodePoolConfig	July 17, 2026	Adds the KubernetesConfig parameter and its sub-parameters.	Cluster control plane management
ListClusters	July 17, 2026	Adds the KubernetesConfig parameter and its sub-parameters. Adds the Values parameter under the Tags structure.	Cluster control plane management
CreateAddon	July 2, 2026	Adds the description of the configuration file for the cr-signature-verifier add-on.	Add-on management
ScaleNodePool	July 2, 2026	Adds this API.	Node pool management.
CreateNodePool	July 2, 2026	Adds the GpuDriverConfig parameter. Deprecates the GpuDriverVersion parameter.	Node pool management.
UpdateNodePoolConfig
CreateNodes

May 2026

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateNodePool	May 28, 2026	Adds the BandwidthPackageId parameter.	Node pool management.
UpdateNodePoolConfig
ListNodePools
CreateScalingPolicy	May 26, 2026	Adds the Name parameter.	Node pool management.
UpdateScalingPolicy	May 26, 2026
ListScalingPolicies	May 26, 2026
CreateNodePool	May 6, 2026	Adds the Runtime parameter and its sub-parameters. Adds the AffinityGroupConfig parameter and its sub-parameters. Adds the ExtraPerformanceIops, ExtraPerformanceTypeId, and ExtraPerformanceThroughputMb parameters under the DataVolume structure.	Node runtime management Node pool and node affinity group management
UpdateNodePoolConfig
ListNodePools
CreateDefaultNodePool	May 6, 2026	Adds the Runtime parameter and its sub-parameters.	Node runtime management
CreateNodes	May 6, 2026	Adds the AffinityGroupConfig parameter and its sub-parameters.	Node pool and node affinity group management
ListNodes
DeleteNodes
ListSupportedImages	May 6, 2026	Adds the Intersection and KubernetesVersion parameters.	Image management by instance type

April 2026

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateNodePool	April 3, 2026	Updates the description of the HpcClusterIds parameter.	Node pool management.
UpdateNodePoolConfig	April 3, 2026	Updates the description of the HpcClusterIds parameter.	Node pool management.

February 2026

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
ListClusters	February 27, 2026	Adds the VciSubnetIds parameter.	Cluster management
UpdateClusterConfig	February 27, 2026	Adds the VciSubnetIds parameter.	Cluster management

January 2026

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateNodePool	January 18, 2025	Adds the GpuDriverVersion parameter.	Node pool management.
UpdateNodePoolConfig
ListNodePools
CreateNodes
ListSupportedGpuDriverVersions	January 18, 2025	Adds an API to obtain the list of GPU driver versions supported for image installation.	Node pool management.
CreateNodePool	January 8, 2025	Adds the LOCAL_SSD, LOCAL_HDD, LOCAL_LVM_SSD, and LOCAL_SSD_SRIOV values under the DataVolume.Type structure.	Node pool management.
UpdateNodePoolConfig	January 8, 2025		Node pool management.
ListNodePools	January 8, 2025	Adds the LOCAL_SSD, LOCAL_HDD, LOCAL_LVM_SSD, and LOCAL_SSD_SRIOV values under the DataVolume.Type structure. Adds the ScalingFailed value to the Conditions.Type parameter.	Node pool management.
CreateNodes	January 8, 2025	Adds the SkipReplaceSystem parameter.	Node management
CreateAddon	January 8, 2025	The configurations of the cluster-autoscaler add-on are updated. The MaxNodeProvisionTime, ScaleDown.IgnoreDaemonSetsUtilizationEnabled, and ScaleDown.ScaleDownDelayTypeLocalEnabled parameters are added.	Add-on management

December 2025

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateNodePool	December 2, 2025	Adds the ContainerdConfig parameter and its sub-parameters. Adds the Ultra_Disk and TSSD_TL0 values under the SystemVolume.Type structure. Adds the Ultra_Disk and TSSD_TL0 values under the DataVolume.Type structure. The following error codes are deleted: InstanceChargeTypeMismatch.PublicAccessEnabled SpotStrategyMismatch.PublicAccessEnabled	Node pool management.
UpdateNodePoolConfig	December 2, 2025	Adds the ContainerdConfig parameter and its sub-parameters. Adds the Ultra_Disk and TSSD_TL0 values under the SystemVolume.Type structure. Adds the Ultra_Disk and TSSD_TL0 values under the DataVolume.Type structure. The description of the NodeConfigForUpdate.InstanceChargeType parameter is updated. Subscription node pools now support automatic EIP binding to nodes. Related limit descriptions are deleted. The following error codes are deleted: InstanceChargeTypeMismatch.PublicAccessEnabled SpotStrategyMismatch.PublicAccessEnabled
ListNodePools	December 2, 2025	Adds the ContainerdConfig parameter and its sub-parameters.
ListClusters	December 2, 2025	The following valid values are added to the Conditions.Type parameter under ClusterStatusFilter and ClusterStatusCondition: UpdatingCluster SyncingAddon SyncingNode SyncingNodePool	Cluster management

November 2025

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateNodePool	November 30, 2025	Adds the RSSD_PL0 value for the DataVolume.Type parameter, which allows you to configure remote elastic disks with performance level PL0 for data volumes during the creation or update of node pools.	Node pool management.
UpdateNodePoolConfig	November 30, 2025		Node pool management.
UpdateClusterConfig	November 26, 2025	Adds the EnableMetricsExternalCollection parameter, which allows you to enable the custom collection feature for cluster control plane add-ons.	Cluster management
UpdateClusterConfig	November 18, 2025	Adds the ResourcePublicAccessDefaultEnabled parameter, which allows you to disable cluster public access. Adds the MonitoringConfig parameter, which allows you to configure cluster monitoring.	Cluster management
CreateNodePool	November 4, 2025	Adds the InstanceChargeTypeMismatch.AutoScalingEnabled error code.	Node pool management
UpdateNodePoolConfig	November 4, 2025		Node pool management	Adds the InstanceChargeType parameter. The following two error codes are added: InstanceChargeTypeMismatch.AutoScalingEnabled InstanceChargeTypeMismatch.SpotStrategy
ListSupportedImages	November 4, 2025	Adds the API for managing images supported by ECS instance types.	Management of node pool specifications and images
ListInstanceTypeLabels
ListSupportedAddInstanceTypes

October 2025

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateNodePool	October 22, 2025	The Management parameter and its sub-parameters are added, which allow you to configure the managed node pool.	Managed node pool
UpdateNodePoolConfig
ListNodePools
CreateScalingPolicy	October 21, 2025	APIs related to node pool elastic scheduled scaling rules are added.	Elastic scheduled scaling of node pools
UpdateScalingPolicy
ListScalingPolicies
DeleteScalingPolicies
CreateCluster	October 17, 2025	The LogType parameter supports the following values: Etcd ClusterAutoscaler	Cluster log configuration
UpdateClusterConfig	October 17, 2025		The LogType parameter supports the following values: Etcd ClusterAutoscaler The request parameters now include the IrsaEnabled parameter.	Cluster log configuration IRSA can be enabled for clusters.

July 2025

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateNodePool	July 30, 2025	The following fields are added under the NodePoolKubeletConfig structure: Adds the MaxPods field, which is used to specify the maximum number of pods supported by a node. Adds the KubeApiQps and KubeApiBurst fields to configure the number of requests sent to the API server per second and the burst request threshold. Adds the EvictionHard field, which is used to configure a set of hard eviction thresholds that trigger pod eviction. Adds the KubeReserved and SystemReserved fields, which are used to configure resources reserved for the Kubernetes system and add-ons on nodes. The RegistryPullQps and RegistryBurst fields are added to configure the QPS and burst thresholds for pulling images from image registries. Adds the SerializeImagePulls field, which is used to specify whether to serially pull images. Adds the CpuManagerPolicy field, which is used to configure a CPU manager policy.	Configuration of node kubelet parameters
UpdateNodePoolConfig
ListNodePools

December 2024

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
GrantPermission	December 3, 2024	APIs related to RBAC access policy management are added.	VKE supports configuring RBAC permissions for IAM users and IAM roles.
ListPermissions
RevokePermission

November 2024

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateImageCache	November 25, 2024	Adds the RegistryHostnameResolvNameservers parameter.	Image caches support custom DNS.
UpdateImageCache	November 25, 2024	Adds the RegistryHostnameResolvNameservers parameter.	Image caches support custom DNS.

July 2024

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateNodes	July 30, 2024	Updates the description of the NodePoolId parameter. You can retain the original ECS instance names when you add existing nodes.	The original ECS instance names can be retained when you add existing nodes.

January 2024

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateCluster	January 19, 2024	Adds the error codes Insufficient.SubnetIp, LimitExceeded.ClusterSubnetZones, and LimitExceeded.ClusterSubnetsOfZone.	Clusters support modifying the API server subnet.
UpdateClusterConfig	January 19, 2024		Clusters support modifying the API server subnet.	Adds the SubnetIds field under the ClusterConfig structure. Adds the error codes Insufficient.SubnetIp, LimitExceeded.ClusterSubnetZones, and LimitExceeded.ClusterSubnetsOfZone.
CreateNodePool	January 19, 2024	Adds the NamePrefix field under the KubernetesConfig structure.	Custom metadata name prefix
ListNodePools	January 19, 2024		Custom metadata name prefix
ListKubeconfigs	January 19, 2024	Adds the RoleIds field under the Filter parameter.	Cluster RBAC permissions can be granted to IAM roles.
CreateAddon	January 19, 2024	Updates the configurations of the cluster-autoscaler add-on and adds the ScaleDownGpuUtilizationThreshold parameter.	CA supports configuring the GPU scale-in threshold.

December 2023

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
DeleteCluster	December 18, 2023	Adds the RetainResources parameter, and deprecates the CascadingDeleteResources parameter.	API operations related to cluster resources are optimized or removed.
DeleteNodePool
DeleteNodes
DeleteAddon
CreateAddon	December 1, 2023	The configurations of the prometheus-agent add-on and the nvidia-device-plugin add-on are updated.	Optimization of add-on parameter names

November 2023

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateAddon	November 9, 2023	Updated the configurations of the mgpu, p2p-accelerator, and prometheus-adapter add-ons.	Optimization of add-on parameter names

October 2023

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateNodes	October 30, 2023	Adds the error code OperationDenied.NodePoolReplicas.	Optimization of service API capabilities
DeleteNodes	October 30, 2023	Adds the error code OperationDenied.NodePoolReplicas.	Optimization of service API capabilities

May 2023

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
CreateNodePool	May 6, 2023	Adds the error code ClusterVersionMismatch.ImageId.	Node images for some instance types support the veLinux CentOS-compatible operating system.
UpdateNodePoolConfig
CreateNodes
CreateAddon			The configurations of the prometheus-agent add-on are updated.	Optimization of code related to add-ons

April 2023

API	Release date	Change record	Associated features
API overview	April 30, 2023	The API documentation for VKE is officially released.	Official release of the documentation

Volcengine Kubernetes Engine