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Distributed Cloud connected clusters use a local control plane deployed on your Distributed Cloud connected hardware. When the connection to Google Cloud is lost, your clusters enter survivability mode and your workloads continue to run for up to 7 days. If a workload goes down while the cluster is in survivability mode, local image caching ensures that workload comes back up when the connection Google Cloud is restored.
A cluster can enter survivability mode due to a hardware or software fault outside of Google's control, or due to a fault in the Distributed Cloud connected hardware or software.
Examples of faults beyond Google's control:
If your Distributed Cloud connected cluster operates in survivability mode for 7 days or fewer due to a hardware or software failure beyond Google's control, Google Support works with you to restore it to normal operation up to the 7-day mark. Past the 7-day mark, further support is not guaranteed.
Examples of faults in the Distributed Cloud connected hardware or software:
If your Distributed Cloud connected cluster enters survivability mode due to a fault in Distributed Cloud connected software or hardware, Google Support works with you until the cluster is restored to normal operation.
What happens when a cluster enters survivability modeWhen a Distributed Cloud connected cluster enters survivability mode, the following happens:
When in survivability mode, a Distributed Cloud connected cluster operates as follows:
kubectl
CLI, and the Distributed Cloud Edge Container API is disabled. You can, however, generate offline credentials to access your clusters over an alternative internet connection as described in Obtain credentials for a cluster.When a Distributed Cloud connected cluster exits survivability mode, you might to address the following:
You can check the state of your Distributed Cloud cluster's to Google Cloud by completing the steps in Get information about a cluster. The command returns the value for the connectionState
field. This field can have one of the following values:
CONNECTED
: The cluster is connected to and fully synchronized with Google Cloud.DISCONNECTED
: The cluster is not connected to Google Cloud.CONNECTED_AND_SYNCING
: The cluster has reconnected to Google Cloud and is synchronizing offline data with Google Cloud. Do not disconnect this cluster from Google Cloud until synchronization has completed.Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2025-08-07 UTC.
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