Google cloud deployment manager update Container cluster - google-cloud-platform

Question

I'm trying to create a Google Cloud Deployment Manager configuration to deploy and manage a Google Cloud Container cluster. So far, creating a configuration to create a cluster works, however updating fails. If I change a setting, the execution of the script fails with an error message I can't decipher:
code: RESOURCE_ERROR
location: /deployments/my-first-cluster/resources/my-first-test-cluster-setup
message:
'{"ResourceType":"container.v1.cluster","ResourceErrorCode":"400","ResourceErrorMessage":{"code":400,"message":"Invalid
JSON payload received. Unknown name \"cluster\": Cannot find field.","status":"INVALID_ARGUMENT","details":[{"#type":"type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.BadRequest","fieldViolations":[{"description":"Invalid
JSON payload received. Unknown name \"cluster\": Cannot find field."}]}],"statusMessage":"Bad
Request","requestPath":"https://container.googleapis.com/v1/projects/*****/zones/europe-west1-b/clusters/my-first-cluster"}}'
The relevant configuration:
resources:
- name: my-first-test-cluster-setup
type: container.v1.cluster
properties:
zone: europe-west1-b
cluster:
name: my-first-cluster
description: My first cluster setup
nodePools:
- name: my-cluster-node-pool
config:
machineType: n1-standard-1
initialNodeCount: 1
autoscaling:
enabled: true
minNodeCount: 3
maxNodeCount: 5
management:
autoUpgrade: true
autoRepair: true

Answer 1

It looks like this is a bug in Deployment Manager which means that it is not able to update GKE clusters. The bug is reported here. It has the same strange 'unknown name "cluster"' message that you see.
There is no suggestion on the ticket about workarounds or resolution.
We have seen this same problem when updating a different cluster property.