Google Container-Optimized OS (COS)
Updated on Apr 18, 2025
Google Container-Optimized OS (COS) is an operating system image for GCP Compute Engine VMs which is optimized for running Docker containers. It is maintained by Google and is based on the open source Chromium OS project. Any Image Family API
| Release | Release Date | Core Support | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| cos-117 (LTS) | Oct 02, 2024 (6 months ago) | Sep 01, 2026 (1 year from now) | cos-117-18613-164-109 (Apr 14, 2025) |
| cos-113 (LTS) | Apr 15, 2024 (1 year ago) | Mar 01, 2026 (10 months from now) | cos-113-18244-291-102 (Apr 14, 2025) |
| cos-109 (LTS) | Sep 27, 2023 (1 year ago) | Sep 01, 2025 (4 months from now) | cos-109-17800-436-99 (Apr 14, 2025) |
| cos-105 (LTS) | Apr 03, 2023 (2 years ago) | Apr 01, 2025 (18 days ago) | cos-105-17412-535-98 (Mar 31, 2025) |
| cos-101 (LTS) | Sep 15, 2022 (2 years ago) | Sep 01, 2024 (7 months ago) | cos-101-17162-528-64 (Oct 21, 2024) |
| cos-97 (LTS) | Mar 29, 2022 (3 years ago) | Mar 01, 2024 (1 year ago) | cos-97-16919-450-41 (Mar 27, 2024) |
| cos-93 (LTS) | Oct 18, 2021 (3 years ago) | Oct 01, 2023 (1 year ago) | cos-93-16623-461-42 (Oct 24, 2023) |
| cos-89 (LTS) | Apr 07, 2021 (4 years ago) | Mar 01, 2023 (2 years ago) | cos-89-16108-798-22 (Apr 03, 2023) |
| cos-85 (LTS) | Sep 24, 2020 (4 years ago) | Sep 01, 2022 (2 years ago) | cos-85-13310-1498-13 (Aug 22, 2022) |
| cos-81 (LTS) | Mar 27, 2020 (5 years ago) | Sep 01, 2021 (3 years ago) | cos-81-12871-1317-8 (Jan 10, 2022) |
| cos-77 (LTS) | Sep 27, 2019 (5 years ago) | Apr 01, 2021 (4 years ago) | cos-77-12371-1109-0 (Jan 11, 2021) |
| cos-73 (LTS) | Mar 25, 2019 (6 years ago) | Jun 01, 2020 (4 years ago) | cos-73-11647-656-0 (Sep 05, 2020) |
| cos-69 (LTS) | Sep 18, 2018 (6 years ago) | Dec 01, 2019 (5 years ago) | cos-69-10895-385-0 (Oct 08, 2019) |
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