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 833 GCP releases · Updated
- 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 - 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 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 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 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.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Python: Secure bundled service enablement
App Engine standard environment for Python now supports selectively enabling legacy bundled services via the `app_engine_bundled_services` field. This change enhances application security and maintainability by allowing developers to activate only necessary services. This feature is currently available as a preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine standard PHP: Control bundled services
App Engine standard PHP now allows explicit control over legacy bundled services via the `app_engine_bundled_services` field. This improves application security and maintainability. This feature is currently in Preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Standard Java: Enable specific bundled services
App Engine standard environment for Java now allows enabling only necessary legacy bundled services via the app_engine_bundled_services field. This feature improves application security and maintainability. It is currently available as a preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform adds new capabilities
Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform has launched several new features for its managed AI agents. These include a Deep Research Agent for complex workflows, new sandbox environments for browser automation and custom workloads, and enhanced security monitoring. These updates are aimed at developers and architects building sophisticated AI applications on GCP.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewdeprecationengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise updates: Site filters, PagerDuty integration, and Flash control
Gemini Enterprise now supports filtering Google Sites data stores and connecting PagerDuty data stores, both in public preview. The Gemini Enterprise assist feature has been deprecated and shut down. Administrators can control Gemini 3.5 Flash visibility, with changes to default availability planned for June 2026.
deprecation feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpgapreviewengineer ·
Cloud Load Balancing: Granular CDN Cache Policies and IPv6 Support
Cloud Load Balancing now allows granular configuration of Cloud CDN cache policies at multiple levels within a URL map for global external Application Load Balancers. This feature is GA and offers finer control based on request criteria. Additionally, IPv6 frontend configuration is now supported for several regional and cross-region proxy and Application Load Balancers, currently in Preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineergcp-gke ·
GKE adds JobSet efficiency metrics in preview
Google Kubernetes Engine is now offering two new system metrics in preview to monitor the efficiency of GKE training JobSets. These metrics, kubernetes.io/jobset/scheduling_goodput and kubernetes.io/jobset/proxy_runtime_goodput, aim to provide insights into resource availability and accelerator productivity during training jobs. They are accessible via the GKE metrics and a dedicated JobSet monitoring dashboard.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcpgapreviewengineer ·
Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog: Data Products GA, New Features
Google Cloud's Knowledge Catalog has reached General Availability for its Data Products feature, enabling curated data asset packaging for business problems. Key enhancements include approval workflows for consumption, automated documentation generation with Gemini, and service account support. A preview feature allows programmatic interaction with data products via a remote Model Context Protocol server for data applications and AI agents.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps SOAR adds calculated fields for dynamic data derivation
Google Security Operations Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) introduces calculated fields, allowing users to dynamically derive new data points within cases and alerts using logical formulas. This enhancement, now in Preview, enables real-time computation based on existing fields, aiding in richer case analysis. The feature is rolling out with release 6.3.86, which also includes general bug fixes.
feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps Adds Calculated Fields and Enhanced Search Time Ranges
Google Security Operations (SecOps) is introducing Calculated Fields in preview, allowing users to derive new data points within cases and alerts using logical formulas. The platform also now supports relative and absolute time range selections for search queries. These enhancements aim to provide more dynamic data analysis and flexible search capabilities to security analysts and engineers working with SecOps data.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Database Center Generative Views in Preview
Database Center generative views are now available in preview, leveraging Gemini to create custom dashboard views from natural language prompts. This feature allows users to generate and save detailed views of their database fleet inventory and metrics. It is intended for engineers and architects managing database fleets.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewdeprecationengineer ·
Security Command Center updates and deprecations
Google Cloud's Security Command Center has updated several compliance frameworks, including CIS Controls and ISO 27001. The Security Command Center Enterprise tier is being deprecated and will be shut down on May 21, 2027, with organizations automatically migrating to the Premium tier. New features, Artifact Guard and Risk Engine for Cloud Build, are now available in preview.
deprecation feature patch - Google Cloud release notes securityinfragcppreview ·
Secure Web Proxy now supports listening on all ports
Google Cloud's Secure Web Proxy can now be configured to listen on all ports (1-65535) when used as a next hop. This simplifies security policy enforcement for all outbound traffic by removing the need for manual port list management. The feature is currently in preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infrapreviewdeprecationgcp-gke ·
Google Kubernetes Engine Updates Include New Versions and Security Fixes
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) has released updated cluster versions across its Rapid, Regular, Stable, and Extended channels. These updates provide access to newer Kubernetes versions and include crucial security fixes through updated Container-Optimized OS images. The new versions are available for new clusters and for manual upgrades of existing control planes and nodes, with rollouts progressing across Google Cloud zones.
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