GCP Releases
Google Cloud releases and Terraform Google provider. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
Tracking 834 GCP releases · Updated
- Google Cloud release notes governanceinfragcpengineer ·
Google Cloud Backup and DR: Organization-level Protection Summary
Google Cloud Backup and DR now offers protection summary views at the organization and folder levels. This enhancement helps administrators identify unprotected resources across their entire Google Cloud environment. The feature is available now and provides improved visibility for managing backup and disaster recovery.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagovernanceawsgcp-cloud-storage ·
Cloud Storage Lifecycle Management to Delete Empty Folders
Starting August 26, 2026, Cloud Storage will automatically delete empty folders in buckets with hierarchical namespace enabled when they meet Object Lifecycle Management conditions. This change impacts users managing object lifecycles who rely on empty folders remaining intact. The update aims to simplify data cleanup and reduce storage costs for hierarchical namespace buckets.
breaking - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgapreviewengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise adds GA Core Assistant, Trace/Metrics Preview
Gemini Enterprise has released its Core Assistant agent, now Generally Available, simplifying user interactions with the Gemini Enterprise app. Additionally, new Traces and Metrics features for observing agent behavior are available in Public Preview. These enhancements provide detailed execution flow visualization and default monitoring dashboards without extra costs. The updates are relevant for engineers and architects managing or developing AI agent interactions within Gemini Enterprise.
feature - Terraform Google Provider Releases terraforminfragcpgaengineergcp-dataflow ·
Terraform Google Provider v7.34.0: New Resources and Enhancements
Terraform Google Provider v7.34.0 introduces several new resources, including data sources for compute service attachments and Oracle GoldenGate environments, alongside new resources for configuration deployment and Dialogflow. Key enhancements include added fields for Bigtable instances, CES guardrails, Compute subnetworks, and SSL policies, plus improved support for resource identity management in IAM and project resources. These updates benefit users managing Google Cloud infrastructure via Terraform, offering expanded configuration options and bug fixes for existing resources.
feature patch announcement - Google Cloud release notes infrapreviewdeprecationgcp-composer ·
Google Cloud Managed Airflow Updates: Tags, Secrets, and Deprecations
Google Cloud's Managed Service for Apache Airflow now supports resource tagging for environments, enabling policy enforcement based on annotations. Additionally, Gen 3 environments can now manage Kubernetes Secrets of type kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson via the beta Cloud Composer API. This release also includes log filtering fixes in the Airflow UI and announces end-of-support for several older Airflow versions and builds.
deprecation feature patch - Google Cloud release notes governancegcppreviewengineer ·
GCP Knowledge Catalog adds data lineage integration
Google Cloud's Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) now integrates with a remote MCP server to query data lineage graphs. This allows users to discover data provenance and analyze downstream impact, enhancing data understanding and governance. The feature is currently available in preview for users working with data lineage.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgaengineergcp-vertex-ai ·
Vertex AI Search: Table and image annotation in layout parser GA
The table and image annotation features within Vertex AI Search's layout parser are now generally available. This allows users to generate descriptive text annotations for tables and images, which can then be incorporated into generated answers. This enhancement is relevant for engineers and architects working with document AI and search solutions on Google Cloud.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygovernancegcpengineer ·
Google SecOps SIEM Standard Parser Support Policy
Google SecOps has introduced a new support policy for Standard parsers to enhance platform stability and data quality. This policy defines service level objectives, prioritizes important UDM fields, and shifts low-usage parsers to a community-maintained GitHub repository. The goal is to improve scalability and predictability for security data normalization, with details available in the policy documentation.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datainfragcp ·
Oracle Database@Google Cloud expands to Australia and Italy
Oracle Database@Google Cloud has been expanded to new regions in Australia and Italy, providing customers with enhanced local access to Exadata Database Service, Base Database Service, and Goldengate. This expansion aims to improve performance and compliance for workloads running on Google Cloud infrastructure. The update is relevant to organizations utilizing Oracle databases within Google Cloud, particularly those requiring data residency in these new locations.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewgcp-cloud-storagegcp-spanner ·
Spanner Graph adds built-in graph algorithms
Spanner Graph now supports a suite of graph algorithms, enabling use cases like fraud detection and recommendations via built-in function calls in queries. This feature allows users to save results to Cloud Storage or Spanner. It is currently available in Preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpgaengineer ·
Secure Source Manager adds daily code scan quota
Secure Source Manager now enforces a daily quota on the size of code scanned for credentials per instance, defaulting to 1 GB. This feature aims to improve cost control and resource management for users. It is now generally available and applies to all users of Secure Source Manager.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcpsnowflakegapreviewengineergcp-bigquerygcp-looker ·
Looker 26.8 Enhancements: CI GA, Conversational Analytics, In-Database Models
Looker 26.8 introduces several new features and enhancements, including the general availability of Continuous Integration (CI) and expanded support for Conversational Analytics. Notably, it now integrates with in-database analytic models for BigQuery and Snowflake connections, enabling consistent semantic definitions across tools. Many new capabilities, such as granular dashboard sizing, enhanced observability, agentic workflows, and publishable conversational agents, are available in preview.
feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes aigcpengineer ·
Google Cloud Contact Center AI advanced reporting dashboards v4.22
Google Cloud has released version 4.22 of its Contact Center AI advanced reporting dashboards. This update introduces a new Location filter, expands filtering options, renames several tiles for clarity, and adds new metrics like Total Failed and Avg Current Sentiment Score. These enhancements benefit contact center administrators and analysts by providing more granular insights into performance and agent activity.
feature patch announcement - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgaengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise: Slack data store now GA
The Slack data store for Gemini Enterprise has reached general availability. This feature allows users to connect a Slack Workspace to search conversations, files, and messages using natural language, and perform actions like sending messages directly from Gemini Enterprise. This enhancement provides a more integrated and efficient way for teams to leverage their Slack data within the Gemini Enterprise app.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform adds User ID to logs
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform now includes the user.id field in agent logs when prompt input and response output logging is enabled. This enhancement improves tracking of anomalous tool interactions and is effective for agents deployed with ADK version 2.1 and later after May 22, 2026. Users who previously opted in will need to redeploy their agents and re-enable logging for this feature to take effect.
feature - Google Cloud release notes awsazuregcpgaengineergcp-compute-engine ·
Compute Engine C4A bare metal machine types GA
Two C4A bare metal machine types, c4a-standard-96-metal and c4a-highmem-96-metal, are now generally available for Compute Engine. These instances offer significant CPU and memory configurations and support advanced storage and networking capabilities. This release is relevant for users requiring high-performance bare metal compute on Google Cloud.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpengineer ·
Google SecOps Marketplace Adds Cloud Identity Integration
Google Cloud Security Operations (SecOps) Marketplace has integrated with Cloud Identity, enabling enhanced security posture management. This integration allows organizations to streamline identity and access controls within their security workflows. It is available now for all Google Cloud SecOps users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpengineer ·
Google SecOps Standard Parser Support Policy
Google SecOps has implemented a new support policy for Standard parsers, aiming to enhance platform stability and data normalization. This policy introduces service level objectives, request triaging based on support tiers, and prioritizes critical security data fields. Low-usage parsers will be moved to a community-maintained GitHub repository.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgaengineer ·
Document AI Layout Parser GA: Image and Table Annotations
Document AI's Layout parser now offers general availability for image and table annotations. This feature enhances document analysis by identifying and annotating visual elements like images and tables within parsed documents. This capability is now production-ready for all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine standard Go: Enable legacy bundled services
App Engine standard environment for Go now allows enabling only necessary legacy bundled services. This feature improves application security and maintainability. It is currently available as a preview.
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