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 governancegcppreviewengineer ·
Policy Intelligence for GCP Resource Access
Google Cloud's Policy Intelligence feature, including Policy Analyzer, is now available in Preview. This allows users to visualize and understand the complex relationships between identities, roles, permissions, and resources, particularly focusing on agent identities and their access patterns. This new capability is aimed at engineers and architects managing access controls within GCP environments.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Standard Go: Direct VPC egress in preview
App Engine standard environment's Go runtime now supports Direct VPC egress in preview. This feature simplifies and reduces costs for accessing VPC network resources, serving as an alternative to Serverless VPC Access connectors. It is available for Go workloads in the standard environment.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Java: Direct VPC egress in preview
App Engine standard environment for Java now supports Direct VPC egress in preview. This feature provides a simpler and more cost-effective way for Java workloads to access VPC network resources compared to existing Serverless VPC Access connectors. The capability is available to all users in preview, with no specific prerequisites mentioned.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreview ·
App Engine standard PHP adds Direct VPC egress preview
App Engine standard environment PHP now supports Direct VPC egress in preview. This feature provides a simpler and more cost-effective way for workloads to access VPC network resources, serving as an alternative to Serverless VPC Access connectors. The feature is currently in preview for PHP workloads.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Standard Ruby: Direct VPC egress in preview
App Engine standard environment Ruby now supports Direct VPC egress in preview, offering a simpler and more cost-effective alternative to Serverless VPC Access connectors. This feature enables your workloads to access VPC network resources directly. This is particularly relevant for developers managing Ruby applications on App Engine who need to integrate with private VPC resources.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
VPC Service Controls Preview Support for Workload Identity API
VPC Service Controls now supports a preview of Workload Identity API integration. This enhancement helps improve security posture by enabling fine-grained access control for workloads. The feature is currently in preview, meaning it is available for testing and feedback but not yet generally available for production use.
feature - Google Cloud release notes awspreviewengineer ·
App Engine Standard Node.js: Direct VPC Egress in Preview
App Engine standard environment for Node.js now supports Direct VPC egress in preview. This feature offers a simpler and more cost-effective way to access VPC network resources compared to Serverless VPC Access connectors. It allows Node.js workloads to directly connect to resources within your Virtual Private Cloud.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Standard Python: Direct VPC egress in Preview
App Engine standard environment for Python now supports Direct VPC egress in preview. This feature provides a simpler and more cost-effective way for workloads to access VPC network resources, serving as an alternative to Serverless VPC Access connectors. It is now available for preview testing.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineergcp-cloud-rungcp-composer ·
Managed Airflow Gen 3 supports internal-only Cloud Run endpoints
Managed Service for Apache Airflow (Gen 3) now allows access to Cloud Run endpoints restricted to internal ingress traffic via your environment's network attachment. This enhancement improves network security and control for Airflow deployments. The feature is available to all Managed Airflow Gen 3 versions through gcloud CLI beta commands and the beta Cloud Composer API.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcpgapreviewdeprecationengineergcp-cloud-rungcp-cloud-sqlgcp-cloud-storagegcp-dataprocgcp-compute-engine ·
Cloud SDK 571.0.0: AlloyDB labels, Dataproc confidential compute, BigLake beta
Cloud SDK version 571.0.0 includes new features for AlloyDB, Dataproc, and BigLake, along with updates to Cloud Storage and Compute Engine. Notably, AlloyDB now supports instance labels, Dataproc offers more control over confidential compute, and BigLake hive tables are promoted to beta. These changes benefit users managing cloud resources, particularly those working with data services and confidential computing environments. The release also includes several other minor enhancements and bug fixes.
patch - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgapreviewengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise Adds Gemini 3 Pro and 3.1 Flash Image Models
Gemini Enterprise is now generally available with Gemini 3 Pro image (Nano Banana Pro) and Gemini 3.1 flash image (Nano Banana 2) for image generation. These models enhance generative AI capabilities within the Gemini Enterprise app, offering advanced image creation features. Administrators can manage model availability through feature controls, with both models defaulting to off and available in the Global region.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineergcp-cloud-rungcp-composer ·
Cloud Composer: Internal ingress for Cloud Run endpoints
Cloud Composer now supports accessing Cloud Run endpoints restricted to internal ingress traffic via your environment's network attachment. This enhancement is available for all Managed Airflow (Gen 3) versions through gcloud CLI beta commands and the beta Cloud Composer API. This update allows for more secure and restricted communication between Airflow environments and internal Cloud Run services.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Cloud Load Balancing adds post-quantum key exchange
Google Cloud Load Balancing now supports post-quantum key exchange for Application Load Balancers and external proxy Network Load Balancers. This feature protects current traffic from future quantum decryption risks by enabling clients that support TLS 1.3 and X25519MLKEM768 to use post-quantum key exchange. The rollout occurs in three phases, with opt-in available now and enablement by default beginning October 2026.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise updates: Agent Designer migration, Canvas editing
Gemini Enterprise has automatically migrated Agent Designer agents to Gemini 3.5 Flash, requiring no user action. Additionally, a new Canvas feature allows users to create and edit AI-generated documents and presentations within the Gemini Enterprise web app, which is currently in public preview. This enhancement is available after an administrator enables the feature, offering direct export to various formats like Google Workspace and Microsoft Office.
feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps: Manage access to preview features rolled back
The "Manage access to preview features" functionality within Google SecOps has been rolled back. This change means users can no longer control granular access to preview features through this specific mechanism. It impacts security operations teams and administrators who were using this feature to manage their preview environment.
announcement - Google Cloud release notes networkingpreviewengineer ·
Cloud Load Balancing: Preview of Modernized Component Interface
A new component-centric interface for Cloud Load Balancing is now in Preview, offering enhanced transparency into load balancing infrastructure. This release provides a comprehensive resource inventory, interactive topology visualization, and integrated audit logging. It is aimed at technical teams needing to manage and troubleshoot load balancing configurations.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewdeprecationengineergcp-dataprocgcp-compute-engine ·
Managed Service for Apache Spark adds Confidential Computing options
Google Cloud's Managed Service for Apache Spark now supports specific Confidential Computing technologies like AMD SEV, SEV-SNP, and Intel TDX through new flags and API fields. This offers enhanced security for sensitive workloads. The older generic '--enable-confidential-compute' flag is deprecated but remains functional, defaulting to AMD SEV for existing configurations. This update is relevant for users managing Spark clusters on Google Cloud who require advanced security features.
announcement - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpgapreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps SIEM upgrades Chronicle API to v1 GA
Google SecOps SIEM has upgraded its Chronicle API resources from v1 beta to v1. This upgrade signifies API stability and functional completeness, encouraging production usage for new integrations. Customers and partners should adopt the v1 API for a more robust and secure experience. The upgrade includes numerous features across alerts, dashboards, data tables, ingestion, normalization, detections, search, exports, and enrichment controls.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgapreviewdeprecationengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: Image Models GA, Video Input Preview
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform's Gemini 3.1 Flash Image and Gemini 3 Pro Image models are now Generally Available, offering 4K output in preview. This update also introduces video input support for Gemini 3.1 Flash Image in preview, enabling thumbnail generation. Existing preview versions of these image models are deprecated and will be removed by July 17, 2026, requiring users to migrate endpoints.
deprecation feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygapreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps: Unified Chronicle API and Preview Feature Access
Google SecOps has unified its Chronicle API with legacy SOAR API resources and upgraded several Chronicle API resources to v1, signaling stability and readiness for production use. This impacts users and partners leveraging the Chronicle API for security operations. Additionally, tenant administrators can now manage access to public preview features directly, improving control over feature enablement, though compliance-controlled tenants require support interaction for preview features.
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