diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index d298dcaad3..ea89279094 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ bin
 /site/public
 /test
 
+# Allow upgrade test directory
+!/test/upgrade
+
 # Created by .ignore support plugin (hsz.mobi)
 ### Go template
 # Binaries for programs and plugins
diff --git a/cloudbuild.yaml b/cloudbuild.yaml
index 9f8003014b..29f08f5452 100644
--- a/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -233,9 +233,18 @@ steps:
   # End to end tests
   #
 
-  # wait for us to be the oldest ongoing build before we run e2es
-  - name: gcr.io/cloud-builders/gcloud
-    id: e2e-wait-to-become-leader
+  # Build and Push upgrade test
+  - name: make-docker
+    id: push-upgrade-test
+    dir: test/upgrade
+    env: ['REGISTRY=${_REGISTRY}']
+    args: [push]
+    waitFor:
+      - push-images
+
+  # Wait for us to be the oldest ongoing build before we run upgrade and e2e tests
+  - name: gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk
+    id: wait-to-become-leader
     waitFor: [push-images]
     script: |
       #!/usr/bin/env bash
@@ -258,10 +267,157 @@ steps:
       - BUILD_ID=$BUILD_ID
       - TRIGGER_NAME=$TRIGGER_NAME
 
+  # Run the upgrade tests parallel, fail this step if any of the tests fail
+  - name: gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk
+    id: submit-upgrade-test-cloud-build
+    dir: test/upgrade
+    entrypoint: bash
+    args:
+      - -c
+      - |
+        #!/usr/bin/env bash
+        set -e
+        set -o pipefail
+        export KUBECONFIG="/root/.kube/config"
+        mkdir -p /go/src/agones.dev/ /root/.kube/
+        ln -s /workspace /go/src/agones.dev/agones
+        cd /go/src/agones.dev/agones/test/upgrade
+
+        pids=()
+        typeset -A waitPids    # Associative array for mapping `kubectl wait job` pid -> `kubectl wait job` output log name
+        tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+        trap 'rm -rf -- "$tmpdir"' EXIT SIGTERM
+
+        # Update image tags to include the current build version.
+        DevVersion="${_BASE_VERSION}-dev-$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)"
+        export DevVersion
+        sed "s/\${DevVersion}/${DevVersion}/" upgradeTest.yaml > "${tmpdir}"/upgradeTest.yaml
+        sed "s/\${DevVersion}/${DevVersion}/" versionMap.yaml > "${tmpdir}"/versionMap.yaml
+
+        # Kill all currently running child processes on exit or if a non-zero signal is seen
+        trap 'echo Cleaning up any remaining running pids: $(jobs -p) ; kill $(jobs -p) 2> /dev/null || :' EXIT SIGTERM
+
+        cloudProducts=("generic" "gke-autopilot")
+        declare -A versionsAndRegions=( [1.31]=us-east1 [1.30]=us-central1 [1.29]=us-west1 )
+
+        for cloudProduct in "${cloudProducts[@]}"
+        do
+          for version in "${!versionsAndRegions[@]}"
+          do
+            region=${versionsAndRegions[$version]}
+            if [ "$cloudProduct" = generic ]
+            then
+              testCluster="standard-upgrade-test-cluster-${version//./-}"
+            else
+              testCluster="gke-autopilot-upgrade-test-cluster-${version//./-}"
+            fi
+            testClusterLocation="${region}"
+
+            gcloud container clusters get-credentials "$testCluster" --region="$testClusterLocation" --project="$PROJECT_ID"
+
+            if [ "$cloudProduct" = gke-autopilot ] ; then
+              # For autopilot clusters use evictable "balloon" pods to keep a buffer in node pool autoscaling.
+              kubectl apply -f evictablePods.yaml
+            fi
+
+            # Clean up any existing job / namespace / apiservice from previous run
+            echo Checking if resources from a previous build of upgrade-test-runner exist and need to be cleaned up on cluster "${testCluster}".
+            if kubectl get jobs | grep upgrade-test-runner ; then
+              echo Deleting job from previous run of upgrade-test-runner on cluster "${testCluster}".
+              kubectl delete job upgrade-test-runner
+              kubectl wait --for=delete pod -l job-name=upgrade-test-runner --timeout=5m
+            fi
+
+            # Check if there are any dangling game servers.
+            if kubectl get gs | grep ".*"; then
+              # Remove any finalizers so that dangling game servers can be manually deleted.
+              kubectl get gs -o=custom-columns=:.metadata.name --no-headers | xargs kubectl patch gs -p '{"metadata":{"finalizers":[]}}' --type=merge
+              sleep 5
+              echo Deleting game servers from previous run of upgrade-test-runner on cluster "${testCluster}".
+              kubectl delete gs -l app=sdk-client-test
+            fi
+
+            if kubectl get po -l app=sdk-client-test | grep ".*"; then
+              echo Deleting pods from previous run of upgrade-test-runner on cluster "${testCluster}".
+              kubectl delete po -l app=sdk-client-test
+              kubectl wait --for=delete pod -l app=sdk-client-test --timeout=5m
+            fi
+
+            # The v1.allocation.agones.dev apiservice does not get removed automatically and will prevent the namespace from terminating.
+            if kubectl get apiservice | grep v1.allocation.agones.dev ; then
+                echo Deleting v1.allocation.agones.dev from previous run of upgrade-test-runner on cluster "${testCluster}".
+                kubectl delete apiservice v1.allocation.agones.dev
+            fi
+
+            if kubectl get namespace | grep agones-system ; then
+              echo Deleting agones-system namespace from previous run of upgrade-test-runner on cluster "${testCluster}".
+              kubectl delete namespace agones-system
+              kubectl wait --for=delete ns agones-system --timeout=5m
+            fi
+
+            if kubectl get crds | grep agones ; then
+              echo Deleting crds from previous run of upgrade-test-runner on cluster "${testCluster}".
+              kubectl get crds -o=custom-columns=:.metadata.name | grep agones | xargs kubectl delete crd
+            fi
+
+            echo kubectl apply -f permissions.yaml on cluster "${testCluster}"
+            kubectl apply -f permissions.yaml
+            echo kubectl apply -f versionMap.yaml on cluster "${testCluster}"
+            kubectl apply -f "${tmpdir}"/versionMap.yaml
+            echo kubectl apply -f gameserverTemplate.yaml on cluster "${testCluster}"
+            kubectl apply -f gameserverTemplate.yaml
+
+            echo kubectl apply -f upgradeTest.yaml on cluster "${testCluster}"
+            kubectl apply -f "${tmpdir}"/upgradeTest.yaml
+
+            # We need to wait for job pod to be created and ready before we can wait on the job itself.
+            # TODO: Once all test clusters are at Kubernetes Version >= 1.31 use `kubectl wait --for=create` instead of sleep.
+            # kubectl wait --for=create pod -l job-name=upgrade-test-runner --timeout=1m
+            sleep 10s
+            kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod -l job-name=upgrade-test-runner --timeout=5m
+
+            echo Wait for job upgrade-test-runner to complete or fail on cluster "${testCluster}"
+            kubectl wait job/upgrade-test-runner --timeout=20m --for jsonpath='{.status.conditions[*].status}'=True -o jsonpath='{.status.conditions[*].type}' | tee "${tmpdir}"/"${testCluster}".log &
+            waitPid=$!
+            pids+=( "$waitPid" )
+            waitPids[$waitPid]="${tmpdir}"/"${testCluster}".log
+          done
+        done
+
+        for pid in "${pids[@]}"; do
+          # This block executes when the process exits and pid status==0
+          if wait $pid; then
+            outputLog="${waitPids[$pid]}"
+            # wait for output to finish writing to file
+            until [ -s "$outputLog" ]; do sleep 1; done
+            output=$(<"${outputLog}")
+            echo  "${outputLog}": "${output}"
+
+            # "Complete" is successful job run.
+            # Version 1.31 has "SuccessCriteriaMet" as the first completion status returned, or "FailureTarget" in case of failure.
+            if [ "$output" == "Complete" ] || [ "$output" == "SuccessCriteriaMet" ] ; then
+              continue
+            else
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          # This block executes when the process exits and pid status!=0
+          else
+            status=$?
+            outputLog="${waitPids[$pid]}"
+            echo "One of the upgrade tests pid $pid from cluster log $outputLog exited with a non-zero status ${status}."
+            exit $status
+          fi
+        done
+        echo "End of Upgrade Tests"
+
+    waitFor:
+      - wait-to-become-leader
+      - push-upgrade-test
+
   # cancel all the orphan e2e test cloud builds, fail to cancel any of the build will fail this whole build
   - name: gcr.io/cloud-builders/gcloud
     id: cancel-orphan-e2e-tests
-    waitFor: [e2e-wait-to-become-leader]
+    waitFor: [wait-to-become-leader]
     script: |
       #!/usr/bin/env bash
       until gcloud builds list --ongoing --filter "tags:'e2e-test'" --format="value(id)" | xargs --no-run-if-empty gcloud builds cancel
@@ -386,7 +542,7 @@ steps:
   #
   - name: gcr.io/cloud-builders/gcloud
     id: cleanup-services
-    waitFor: [e2e-wait-to-become-leader]
+    waitFor: [wait-to-become-leader]
     allowFailure: true
     entrypoint: bash
     args:
@@ -400,6 +556,7 @@ steps:
         done
 
 substitutions:
+  _BASE_VERSION: 1.46.0
   _CACHE_BUCKET: agones-build-cache
   _HTMLTEST_CACHE_KEY: htmltest-0.10.1
   _CPP_SDK_BUILD_CACHE_KEY: cpp-sdk-build
@@ -407,7 +564,7 @@ substitutions:
   _RUST_SDK_BUILD_CACHE_KEY: rust-sdk-build
   _REGISTRY: us-docker.pkg.dev/${PROJECT_ID}/ci
 tags: [ci, 'commit-${COMMIT_SHA}']
-timeout: 18000s  # 5h: 3h (e2e-wait-to-become-leader) + 1.5h (e2e timeout) + 0.5h (everything else)
+timeout: 18000s  # 5h: 3h (wait-to-become-leader) + 1.5h (e2e timeout) + 0.5h (everything else)
 queueTtl: 259200s  # 72h
 images:
   - ${_REGISTRY}/agones-controller
diff --git a/test/sdk/go/Makefile b/test/sdk/go/Makefile
index 45b8d7726a..86ba5dba7b 100644
--- a/test/sdk/go/Makefile
+++ b/test/sdk/go/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ project_path := $(dir $(mkfile_path))
 root_path = $(realpath $(project_path)/)
 # Because go mod init in the Dockerfile installs the most recently released version of Agones, this
 # will need to be built and pushed post-release. During DEV it will be built at DEV - 1.
-release_version = 1.44.0
+release_version = 1.45.0
 server_tag := $(REGISTRY)/sdk-client-test:$(release_version)
 
 #   _____                    _
diff --git a/test/upgrade/Dockerfile b/test/upgrade/Dockerfile
index 52aa6a5e3f..68583bfae4 100644
--- a/test/upgrade/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/upgrade/Dockerfile
@@ -12,22 +12,23 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM gcr.io/cloud-builders/gcloud AS builder
+FROM golang:1.22.9-alpine AS builder
 
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y curl && \
-    apt-get clean
+# install curl
+RUN apk update && \
+    apk upgrade && \
+    apk --no-cache add curl
 
 WORKDIR /usr/local
 
 # install kubectl
-ENV KUBECTL_VER=1.29.7
+ENV KUBECTL_VER=1.30.4
 RUN curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v${KUBECTL_VER}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl && \
     chmod go+rx ./kubectl && \
     mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
 
 # install Helm package manager
-ENV HELM_VER=3.14.3
+ENV HELM_VER=3.16.3
 ENV HELM_URL=https://get.helm.sh/helm-v${HELM_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 RUN curl -L  ${HELM_URL} > /tmp/helm.tar.gz \
     && tar -zxvf /tmp/helm.tar.gz -C /tmp \
@@ -35,27 +36,20 @@ RUN curl -L  ${HELM_URL} > /tmp/helm.tar.gz \
     && chmod go+rx /usr/local/bin/helm \
     && rm /tmp/helm.tar.gz && rm -rf /tmp/linux-amd64
 
-# Build the Go image from source
-FROM golang:1.22.6 AS build-stage
-
+# Copy and build the Go application
 WORKDIR /agones.dev
-
-COPY *.go ./
-
+COPY test/upgrade/main.go ./
 RUN go mod init agones.dev/agones/test/upgrade/testContainer
 RUN go mod tidy
 RUN go mod download
-
 RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o /upgrade-test
 
-# Copy the above binary into a lean image
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:nonroot AS build-release-stage
-
+# Copy the dev build Agones Helm chart
 WORKDIR /
 
-COPY --from=build-stage /upgrade-test /upgrade-test
-COPY --from=builder /usr/local /usr/local
-
-USER nonroot:nonroot
+# Use a non-root user for security best practices
+RUN adduser -D -g '' adduser
+USER adduser
+COPY --chown=adduser install/helm/agones /install/helm
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/upgrade-test"]
diff --git a/test/upgrade/Makefile b/test/upgrade/Makefile
index 4b6bfe5a0a..e7c014412f 100644
--- a/test/upgrade/Makefile
+++ b/test/upgrade/Makefile
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@
 #
 
 REGISTRY ?=
-mkfile_path := $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
-project_path := $(dir $(mkfile_path))
-root_path = $(realpath $(project_path)/)
-dev_version = 1.44.0-dev
-server_tag := $(REGISTRY)/upgrade-test-controller:$(dev_version)
-
+base_version = 1.46.0
+# Version defaults to the short hash of the latest commit
+VERSION ?= $(base_version)-dev-$(shell git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)
+server_tag := $(REGISTRY)/upgrade-test-controller:$(VERSION)
+cwd:=$(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 #   _____                    _
 #  |_   _|_ _ _ __ __ _  ___| |_ ___
 #    | |/ _` | '__/ _` |/ _ \ __/ __|
@@ -37,9 +36,12 @@ server_tag := $(REGISTRY)/upgrade-test-controller:$(dev_version)
 #    |_|\__,_|_|  \__, |\___|\__|___/
 #                 |___/
 
+# Using .ONESHELL allows us to `cd` to the parent directory agones. This gives the Dockerfile the
+# context of the agones directory, which allows it to COPY files from any child directory.
+.ONESHELL:
 # Build a docker image for the server, and tag it
 build:
-	cd $(root_path) && docker build -f $(project_path)Dockerfile --tag=$(server_tag) .
+	cd "$(cwd)/../.." && DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -f $(cwd)/Dockerfile --tag=$(server_tag) .
 
 push: build
 	docker push $(server_tag)
diff --git a/test/upgrade/evictablePods.yaml b/test/upgrade/evictablePods.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59a6765f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/upgrade/evictablePods.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Copyright 2024 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Create evictable pods to prevent Autopilot clusters from completely scaling down.
+# https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/capacity-provisioning
+---
+apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1
+kind: PriorityClass
+metadata:
+  name: low-priority
+value: -10
+preemptionPolicy: Never
+globalDefault: false
+description: "Low priority workloads"
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: evictable-pods-deployment
+spec:
+  replicas: 200
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: evictable-pods
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: evictable-pods
+        # Label for use with packed game server pod affinity rules
+        agones.dev/role: gameserver
+    spec:
+      priorityClassName: low-priority
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
+      containers:
+        - name: ubuntu
+          image: ubuntu
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          command: ["sleep"]
+          args: ["infinity"]
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              memory: 52Mi
+              cpu: 30m
+            limits:
+              memory: 52Mi
+              cpu: 30m
+      # Use same affinity as packed game server pods
+      affinity:
+        podAffinity:
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - podAffinityTerm:
+                labelSelector:
+                  matchLabels:
+                    agones.dev/role: gameserver
+                topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+              weight: 100
diff --git a/test/upgrade/gameserverTemplate.yaml b/test/upgrade/gameserverTemplate.yaml
index 407ed218aa..f93c6088bc 100644
--- a/test/upgrade/gameserverTemplate.yaml
+++ b/test/upgrade/gameserverTemplate.yaml
@@ -51,16 +51,23 @@ data:
         metadata:
           labels:
             agonesVersion: {{ .AgonesVersion }}
+            app: sdk-client-test
         spec:
           containers:
             - name: sdk-client-test
               image: "{{ .Registry }}:{{ .AgonesVersion }}"
               imagePullPolicy: Always
+              env:
+                - name: SHUTDOWN_DELAY_SECONDS
+                  value: "10"
+                - name: GRACEFUL_TERMINATION_DELAY_SECONDS
+                  value: "10"
               resources:
                 requests:
-                  memory: 64Mi
+                  memory: 52Mi
                   cpu: 20m
                 limits:
-                  memory: 64Mi
+                  memory: 52Mi
                   cpu: 20m
           serviceAccountName: agones-sa
+          restartPolicy: Never
diff --git a/test/upgrade/go.mod b/test/upgrade/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index f7615ef1da..0000000000
--- a/test/upgrade/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-module agones.dev/agones/test/upgrade/testContainer
-
-go 1.22
-
-toolchain go1.22.6
-
-require (
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0
-)
-
-require (
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.4 // indirect
-	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
-	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.8 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.33.1 // indirect
-	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.31.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 // indirect
-)
diff --git a/test/upgrade/main.go b/test/upgrade/main.go
index 6ce62924ae..17104a1eff 100644
--- a/test/upgrade/main.go
+++ b/test/upgrade/main.go
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	agonesv1 "agones.dev/agones/pkg/apis/agones/v1"
+	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
+	"agones.dev/agones/pkg/client/informers/externalversions"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -48,17 +52,24 @@ const (
 	SidecarPullPolicy = "true"
 	// LogLevel sets the Agones Helm configuration log level
 	LogLevel = "debug"
+	// Timeout sets the amount of time to wait for resources to become ready. Should be more than the
+	// time for an Autopilot cluster to scale up.
+	Timeout = 10 * time.Minute
 	// HelmChart is the helm chart for the public Agones releases
 	HelmChart = "agones/agones"
+	// TestChart is the registry for Agones Helm chart development builds
+	TestChart = "./install/helm"
 	// AgonesRegistry is the public registry for Agones releases
 	AgonesRegistry = "us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/release"
-	// TestRegistry is the public registry for upgrade test container files
-	TestRegistry = "us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/sdk-client-test"
+	// TestRegistry is the registry for Agones development builds
+	TestRegistry = "us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci"
+	// ContainerRegistry is the registry for upgrade test container files
+	ContainerRegistry = "us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/sdk-client-test"
 )
 
 var (
-	// Dev is the current development version of Agones
-	Dev = os.Getenv("Dev")
+	// DevVersion is the current development version of Agones
+	DevVersion = os.Getenv("DevVersion")
 	// ReleaseVersion is the latest released version of Agones (DEV - 1).
 	ReleaseVersion = os.Getenv("ReleaseVersion")
 	// PodName the name of the pod this container is running in
@@ -81,8 +92,14 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal("Could not create the kubernetes api clientset", err)
 	}
 
+	agonesClient, err := versioned.NewForConfig(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Could not create the agones api clientset")
+	}
+
 	validConfigs := configTestSetup(ctx, kubeClient)
-	go watchGameServerPods(kubeClient, make(chan struct{}), make(map[string]podLog), len(validConfigs)*2)
+	go watchGameServers(agonesClient, len(validConfigs)*2)
+	go watchGameServerEvents(kubeClient)
 	addAgonesRepo()
 	runConfigWalker(ctx, validConfigs)
 	cleanUpResources()
@@ -111,9 +128,10 @@ type gameServerTemplate struct {
 	CountsAndLists bool
 }
 
-type podLog struct {
+type gsLog struct {
 	SdkVersion        string
 	GameServerVersion string
+	GameServerState   string
 }
 
 type helmStatuses []struct {
@@ -136,7 +154,7 @@ func configTestSetup(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset) []*c
 	// Get the mappings of valid Kubernetes, Agones, and Feature Gate versions from the configmap.
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(VersionMappings), &versionMap)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Could not Unmarshal", err)
+		log.Fatal("Could not Unmarshal ", err)
 	}
 
 	// Find valid Agones versions and feature gates for the current version of Kubernetes.
@@ -148,7 +166,7 @@ func configTestSetup(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset) []*c
 		countsAndLists := containsCountsAndLists(agonesVersion)
 		ct.agonesVersion = agonesVersion
 		if agonesVersion == "Dev" {
-			ct.agonesVersion = Dev
+			ct.agonesVersion = DevVersion
 			// Game server container cannot be created at DEV version due to go.mod only able to access
 			// published Agones versions. Use N-1 for DEV.
 			ct.gameServerPath = createGameServerFile(ReleaseVersion, countsAndLists)
@@ -285,19 +303,19 @@ func runConfigWalker(ctx context.Context, validConfigs []*configTest) {
 	for _, config := range validConfigs {
 		registry := AgonesRegistry
 		chart := HelmChart
-		if config.agonesVersion == Dev {
-			// TODO: Update to templated value for registry and chart for Dev build
-			continue
+		if config.agonesVersion == DevVersion {
+			registry = TestRegistry
+			chart = TestChart
 		}
 		err := installAgonesRelease(config.agonesVersion, registry, config.featureGates, ImagePullPolicy,
 			SidecarPullPolicy, LogLevel, chart)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("installAgonesRelease err: %s", err)
+			log.Fatalf("installAgonesRelease err: %s", err)
 		}
 
 		// Wait for the helm release to install. Waits the same amount of time as the Helm timeout.
 		var helmStatus string
-		err = wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second, 10*time.Minute, true, func(ctx context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
+		err = wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second, Timeout, true, func(_ context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
 			helmStatus = checkHelmStatus(config.agonesVersion)
 			if helmStatus == "deployed" {
 				return true, nil
@@ -309,7 +327,11 @@ func runConfigWalker(ctx context.Context, validConfigs []*configTest) {
 				config.agonesVersion, helmStatus)
 		}
 
-		go createGameServers(cancelCtx, config.gameServerPath)
+		gsReady := make(chan bool)
+		go createGameServers(cancelCtx, config.gameServerPath, gsReady)
+		// Wait for the first game server pod created to become ready
+		<-gsReady
+		close(gsReady)
 		// Allow some soak time at the Agones version before next upgrade
 		time.Sleep(1 * time.Minute)
 	}
@@ -332,6 +354,12 @@ func checkHelmStatus(agonesVersion string) string {
 		log.Fatal("Could not Unmarshal", err)
 	}
 
+	// Remove the commit sha from the DevVersion i.e. from 1.46.0-dev-7168dd3 to 1.46.0-dev
+	if agonesVersion == DevVersion {
+		r := regexp.MustCompile(`1\.\d+\.\d+-dev`)
+		agonesVersion = r.FindString(DevVersion)
+	}
+
 	for _, status := range helmStatus {
 		if status.AppVersion == agonesVersion {
 			return status.Status
@@ -342,8 +370,9 @@ func checkHelmStatus(agonesVersion string) string {
 
 // Creates a gameserver yaml file from the mounted gameserver.yaml template. The name of the new
 // gameserver yaml is based on the Agones version, i.e. gs1440.yaml for Agones version 1.44.0
+// Note: This does not validate the created file.
 func createGameServerFile(agonesVersion string, countsAndLists bool) string {
-	gsTmpl := gameServerTemplate{Registry: TestRegistry, AgonesVersion: agonesVersion, CountsAndLists: countsAndLists}
+	gsTmpl := gameServerTemplate{Registry: ContainerRegistry, AgonesVersion: agonesVersion, CountsAndLists: countsAndLists}
 
 	gsTemplate, err := template.ParseFiles("gameserver.yaml")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -377,12 +406,16 @@ func createGameServerFile(agonesVersion string, countsAndLists bool) string {
 }
 
 // Create a game server every five seconds until the context is cancelled. The game server container
-// be the same binary version as the game server file. The SDK version is always the same as the
+// is the same binary version as the game server file. The SDK version is always the same as the
 // version of the Agones controller that created it. The Game Server shuts itself down after the
 // tests have run as part of the `sdk-client-test` logic.
-func createGameServers(ctx context.Context, gsPath string) {
+func createGameServers(ctx context.Context, gsPath string, gsReady chan bool) {
 	args := []string{"create", "-f", gsPath}
+	checkFirstGameServerReady(ctx, gsReady, args...)
+
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)
+	retries := 8
+	retry := 0
 
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -391,39 +424,82 @@ func createGameServers(ctx context.Context, gsPath string) {
 			return
 		case <-ticker.C:
 			_, err := runExecCommand(KubectlCmd, args...)
-			// TODO: Do not ignore error if unable to create due to something other than cluster scale up
+			// Ignore failures for ~45s at at time to account for the brief (~30s) during which the
+			// controller service is unavailable during upgrade.
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Could not create Gameserver %s: %s", gsPath, err)
+				if retry > retries {
+					log.Fatalf("Could not create Gameserver %s: %s. Too many successive errors.", gsPath, err)
+				}
+				log.Printf("Could not create Gameserver %s: %s. Retries left: %d.", gsPath, err, retries-retry)
+				retry++
+			} else {
+				retry = 0
 			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-// watchGameServerPods watches all game server pods for CrashLoopBackOff. Errors if the number of
-// CrashLoopBackOff backoff pods exceeds the number of acceptedFailures.
-func watchGameServerPods(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, stopCh chan struct{}, failedPods map[string]podLog, acceptedFailures int) {
-	// Filter by label agones.dev/role=gameserver to only game server pods
-	labelOptions := informers.WithTweakListOptions(func(opts *metav1.ListOptions) {
-		opts.LabelSelector = "agones.dev/role=gameserver"
+// checkFirstGameServerReady waits for the Game Server Pod to be running. This may take several
+// minutes in Autopilot.
+func checkFirstGameServerReady(ctx context.Context, gsReady chan bool, args ...string) {
+	// Sample output: gameserver.agones.dev/sdk-client-test-5zjdn created
+	output, err := runExecCommand(KubectlCmd, args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Could not create Gameserver: %s", err)
+	}
+	r := regexp.MustCompile(`sdk-client-test-\S+`)
+	gsName := r.FindString(string(output))
+	// Game Server has too many states, so using the pod instead as there are only two healthy states.
+	// Includes the gs name to make output logs easier to read.
+	getPodStatus := []string{"get", "pod", gsName, "-o=custom-columns=:.status.phase,:.metadata.name", "--no-headers"}
+
+	// Pod is created after Game Server, wait briefly before erroring out on unable to get pod.
+	retries := 0
+	err = wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 2*time.Second, Timeout, true, func(_ context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
+		out, err := runExecCommand(KubectlCmd, getPodStatus...)
+		if err != nil && retries > 2 {
+			log.Fatalf("Could not get Gameserver %s state: %s", gsName, err)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			retries++
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		// Sample output: Running   sdk-client-test-bbvx9
+		podStatus := strings.Split(string(out), " ")
+		if podStatus[0] == "Running" || podStatus[0] == "Succeeded" {
+			gsReady <- true
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil
 	})
-	kubeInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(kubeClient, 5*time.Second,
-		informers.WithNamespace("default"), labelOptions)
-	podInformer := kubeInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("PollUntilContextTimeout timed out while wait for first gameserver %s to be Ready", gsName)
+	}
+}
 
-	_, err := podInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
+// watchGameServers watches all game servers for errors. Errors if the number of failed game servers
+// exceeds the number of acceptedFailures.
+func watchGameServers(agonesClient *versioned.Clientset, acceptedFailures int) {
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
+	failedGs := make(map[string]gsLog)
+
+	agonesInformerFactory := externalversions.NewSharedInformerFactory(agonesClient, 5*time.Second)
+	gsInformer := agonesInformerFactory.Agones().V1().GameServers().Informer()
+
+	_, err := gsInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		UpdateFunc: func(_, newObj interface{}) {
-			newPod := newObj.(*v1.Pod)
-			for _, cs := range newPod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
-				if cs.Name != "sdk-client-test" || cs.State.Waiting == nil || cs.State.Waiting.Reason != "CrashLoopBackOff" {
-					continue
-				}
-				gsVersion := newPod.Labels["agonesVersion"]
-				sdkVersion := newPod.Annotations["agones.dev/sdk-version"]
-				log.Printf("%s for pod: %s with game server binary version %s, and SDK version %s", cs.State.Waiting.Reason, newPod.Name, gsVersion, sdkVersion)
-				// Put failed pods into the map until it reaches capacity.
-				failedPods[newPod.Name] = podLog{GameServerVersion: gsVersion, SdkVersion: sdkVersion}
-				if len(failedPods) > acceptedFailures {
-					log.Fatalf("Too many Game Server pods in CrashLoopBackOff: %v", failedPods)
+			newGs := newObj.(*agonesv1.GameServer)
+			if newGs.Status.State == "Error" || newGs.Status.State == "Unhealthy" {
+				gsVersion := newGs.Labels["agonesVersion"]
+				sdkVersion := newGs.Annotations["agones.dev/sdk-version"]
+				log.Printf("Game server %s with binary version %s, and SDK version %s in %s state\n",
+					newGs.Name, gsVersion, sdkVersion, newGs.Status.State)
+
+				// Put failed game servers into the map until it reaches capacity.
+				failedGs[newGs.Name] = gsLog{GameServerVersion: gsVersion, SdkVersion: sdkVersion,
+					GameServerState: string(newGs.Status.State)}
+				if len(failedGs) > acceptedFailures {
+					log.Fatalf("Too many Game Servers in Error or Unhealthy states: %v", failedGs)
 				}
 			}
 		},
@@ -432,9 +508,51 @@ func watchGameServerPods(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, stopCh chan struct{},
 		log.Fatal("Not able to create AddEventHandler", err)
 	}
 
-	go podInformer.Run(stopCh)
-	if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(stopCh, podInformer.HasSynced) {
-		log.Fatal("Timed out waiting for caches to sync")
+	go gsInformer.Run(stopCh)
+	if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(stopCh, gsInformer.HasSynced) {
+		log.Fatal("Timed out waiting for game server informer cache to sync")
+	}
+}
+
+// watchGameServerEvents watches all events on `sdk-client-test` containers for BackOff errors. The
+// purpose is to catch ImagePullBackOff errors.
+func watchGameServerEvents(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset) {
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
+
+	// Filter by Game Server `sdk-client-test` containers
+	containerName := "sdk-client-test"
+	containerPath := "spec.containers{sdk-client-test}"
+	fieldSelector := fields.OneTermEqualSelector("involvedObject.fieldPath", containerPath).String()
+	// First delete previous `sdk-client-test` events, otherwise there will be events from previous runs.
+	_, err := runExecCommand(KubectlCmd, []string{"delete", "events", "--field-selector", fieldSelector}...)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Could not delete `sdk-client-test` events", err)
+	}
+
+	eventOptions := informers.WithTweakListOptions(func(opts *metav1.ListOptions) {
+		opts.FieldSelector = fieldSelector
+	})
+	kubeInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(kubeClient, 5*time.Second,
+		informers.WithNamespace("default"), eventOptions)
+	eventInformer := kubeInformerFactory.Core().V1().Events().Informer()
+
+	_, err = eventInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
+		AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
+			newEvent := obj.(*v1.Event)
+			gsPodName := newEvent.InvolvedObject.Name
+			if newEvent.Reason == "Failed" {
+				log.Fatalf("%s on %s %s has failed. Latest event: message %s", containerName, newEvent.Kind,
+					gsPodName, newEvent.Message)
+			}
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Not able to create AddEventHandler", err)
+	}
+
+	go eventInformer.Run(stopCh)
+	if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(stopCh, eventInformer.HasSynced) {
+		log.Fatal("Timed out waiting for eventInformer cache to sync")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -455,7 +573,7 @@ func cleanUpResources() {
 	// Apiservice v1.allocation.agones.dev, which is part of Service agones-system/agones-controller-service,
 	// does not always get cleaned up on Helm uninstall, and needs to be deleted (if it exists) before
 	// the agones-system namespace can be removed.
-	// Ignore the error, because an "error" means Helm already uninstall the apiservice.
+	// Ignore the error, because an "error" means Helm already uninstalled the apiservice.
 	args = []string{"delete", "apiservice", "v1.allocation.agones.dev"}
 	out, err := runExecCommand(KubectlCmd, args...)
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/test/upgrade/permissions.yaml b/test/upgrade/permissions.yaml
index 1f4a96005b..54e0d57215 100644
--- a/test/upgrade/permissions.yaml
+++ b/test/upgrade/permissions.yaml
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Role
 metadata:
   namespace: default
-  name: pod-reader
+  name: pod-manager
 rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]  # "" indicates the core API group
-    resources: ["pods"]
-    verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
+    resources: ["pods", "events"]
+    verbs: ["get", "delete", "list", "watch"]
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 # This role binding allows default service account to read all pods in the "default" namespace.
 # You need to already have a Role named "pod-reader" in that namespace.
 kind: RoleBinding
 metadata:
-  name: read-pods
+  name: manage-pods
   namespace: default
 subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ subjects:
 roleRef:
   # "roleRef" specifies the binding to a Role / ClusterRole
   kind: Role  # this must be Role or ClusterRole
-  name: pod-reader  # this must match the name of the Role or ClusterRole you wish to bind to
+  name: pod-manager  # this must match the name of the Role or ClusterRole you wish to bind to
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
 ---
 kind: ClusterRole
@@ -202,23 +202,23 @@ roleRef:
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
-  name: apiservices-creator
+  name: apiservices-manager
 rules:
   - apiGroups: ["apiregistration.k8s.io"]
     resources: ["apiservices"]
-    verbs: ["get", "watch", "list", "create", "patch"]
+    verbs: ["create", "delete", "get", "list", "patch", "watch"]
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
-  name: create-apiservices
+  name: manage-apiservices
 subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: agones-sa
     namespace: default
 roleRef:
   kind: ClusterRole
-  name: apiservices-creator
+  name: apiservices-manager
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
 ---
 # Agones needs to be able to create Agones CustomResourceDefinitions
@@ -249,23 +249,23 @@ roleRef:
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
-  name: clusterrole-creator
+  name: clusterrole-manager
 rules:
   - apiGroups: ["rbac.authorization.k8s.io"]
     resources: ["clusterroles", "clusterrolebindings", "rolebindings"]
-    verbs: ["get", "watch", "list", "create", "patch"]
+    verbs: ["create", "delete", "get", "list", "patch", "watch"]
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
-  name: create-clusterroles
+  name: manager-clusterroles
 subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: agones-sa
     namespace: default
 roleRef:
   kind: ClusterRole
-  name: clusterrole-creator
+  name: clusterrole-manager
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
 ---
 # Agones needs to be able to create deployments
@@ -498,3 +498,41 @@ roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: ClusterRole
   name: sdk
+---
+# Source: agones/templates/hooks/sa.yaml
+# Permissions to grant to helm on helm uninstall
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  namespace: agones-system
+  name: helm-cleanup
+  labels:
+    app: agones
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: ["agones.dev", "multicluster.agones.dev", "autoscaling.agones.dev"]
+    resources: ["fleets", "fleetautoscalers", "gameservers", "gameserversets", "gameserverallocationpolicies"]
+    verbs: ["delete", "get", "list"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["configmaps"]
+    verbs: ["create", "delete", "get", "list"]
+  - apiGroups: ["batch"]
+    resources: ["jobs"]
+    verbs: ["create", "delete", "get", "list"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: helm-cleanup-access
+  labels:
+    app: agones
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: agones-sa
+    namespace: default
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: helm-cleanup
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/test/upgrade/upgradeTest.yaml b/test/upgrade/upgradeTest.yaml
index ebb301953c..4b549500aa 100644
--- a/test/upgrade/upgradeTest.yaml
+++ b/test/upgrade/upgradeTest.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: upgrade-test-controller
-          # TODO: Update image name to use a templated value for current Dev version
-          image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/upgrade-test-controller:1.44.0-dev
+          image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/upgrade-test-controller:${DevVersion}
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           env:
             - name: PodName
diff --git a/test/upgrade/versionMap.yaml b/test/upgrade/versionMap.yaml
index b0a7499de0..7c8a1724cd 100644
--- a/test/upgrade/versionMap.yaml
+++ b/test/upgrade/versionMap.yaml
@@ -18,82 +18,33 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: version-map
 data:
-  Dev: "1.44.0-dev"
-  ReleaseVersion: "1.43.0"
+  DevVersion: ${DevVersion}
+  ReleaseVersion: "1.45.0"
   version-mappings.json: |
     {
       "k8sToAgonesVersions": {
-        "1.25": [
-          "1.34.0",
-          "1.35.0"
-        ],
-        "1.26": [
-          "1.34.0",
-          "1.35.0",
-          "1.36.0",
-          "1.37.0",
-          "1.38.0",
-          "1.39.0"
-        ],
-        "1.27": [
-          "1.34.0",
-          "1.35.0",
-          "1.36.0",
-          "1.37.0",
-          "1.38.0",
-          "1.39.0",
-          "1.40.0",
-          "1.41.0",
-          "1.42.0"
-        ],
-        "1.28": [
-          "1.36.0",
-          "1.37.0",
-          "1.38.0",
-          "1.39.0",
-          "1.40.0",
-          "1.41.0",
-          "1.42.0",
-          "1.43.0",
-          "Dev"
-        ],
         "1.29": [
           "1.40.0",
           "1.41.0",
           "1.42.0",
           "1.43.0",
+          "1.44.0",
+          "1.45.0",
           "Dev"
         ],
         "1.30": [
           "1.43.0",
+          "1.44.0",
+          "1.45.0",
+          "Dev"
+        ],
+        "1.31": [
+          "1.44.0",
+          "1.45.0",
           "Dev"
         ]
       },
       "agonesVersionFeatureGates": {
-        "1.34.0": {
-          "alphaGates": ["PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking"],
-          "betaGates": []
-        },
-        "1.35.0": {
-          "alphaGates": ["PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking"],
-          "betaGates": []
-        },
-        "1.36.0": {
-          "alphaGates": ["PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking"],
-          "betaGates": []
-        },
-        "1.37.0": {
-          "alphaGates": ["CountsAndLists", "DisableResyncOnSDKServer", "GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods", "PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking"],
-          "betaGates": []
-        },
-        "1.38.0": {
-          "alphaGates": ["CountsAndLists", "DisableResyncOnSDKServer", "GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods", "PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking"],
-          "betaGates": []
-        },
-        "1.39.0": {
-          "alphaGates": ["CountsAndLists", "DisableResyncOnSDKServer", "GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods", "PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking"],
-          "betaGates": []
-        },
         "1.40.0": {
           "alphaGates": ["CountsAndLists", "GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods", "PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking"],
           "betaGates": ["DisableResyncOnSDKServer"]
@@ -110,9 +61,17 @@ data:
           "alphaGates": ["GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods", "PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking", "PortPolicyNone", "PortRanges", "RollingUpdateFix"],
           "betaGates": ["AutopilotPassthroughPort", "CountsAndLists", "DisableResyncOnSDKServer"]
         },
+        "1.44.0": {
+          "alphaGates": ["PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking", "PortPolicyNone", "PortRanges", "RollingUpdateFix", "ScheduledAutoscaler"],
+          "betaGates": ["AutopilotPassthroughPort", "CountsAndLists", "DisableResyncOnSDKServer", "GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods"]
+        },
+        "1.45.0": {
+          "alphaGates": ["PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking", "PortPolicyNone", "PortRanges", "RollingUpdateFix", "ScheduledAutoscaler"],
+          "betaGates": ["AutopilotPassthroughPort", "CountsAndLists", "DisableResyncOnSDKServer", "GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods"]
+        },
         "Dev": {
-          "alphaGates": ["GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods", "PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking", "PortPolicyNone", "PortRanges", "RollingUpdateFix", "ScheduledAutoscaler"],
-          "betaGates": ["AutopilotPassthroughPort", "CountsAndLists", "DisableResyncOnSDKServer"]
+          "alphaGates": ["PlayerAllocationFilter", "PlayerTracking", "PortPolicyNone", "PortRanges", "RollingUpdateFix", "ScheduledAutoscaler"],
+          "betaGates": ["AutopilotPassthroughPort", "CountsAndLists", "DisableResyncOnSDKServer", "GKEAutopilotExtendedDurationPods"]
         }
       }
     }