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Tracking 833 GCP releases · Updated
- Google Cloud release notes aigcpgaengineergcp-bigquery ·
BigQuery Adds Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Flash Generative AI Models
BigQuery now supports the gemini-3.1-flash-lite and gemini-3.5-flash GA models, enhancing its generative AI capabilities. These models are available across us, eu, and global multi-regional endpoints, enabling broader access for developers. This update allows users to leverage these new models within all existing generative AI functions in BigQuery.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpgaengineer ·
Identity-Aware Proxy supports Agent Gateway egress
Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) now supports agent-to-anywhere egress for Agent Gateway, a feature that has reached general availability. This enables enhanced security for agent-initiated connections. Developers and security architects using Agent Gateway can now leverage IAP for securing egress traffic.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigapreviewengineergcp-cloud-run ·
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform GA for Security Findings
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform's AI security findings and posture management summaries are now generally available, enhancing security visibility. The Security dashboard now includes a "Top security findings" widget, providing immediate insights into potential risks. Specific features like vulnerability monitoring and historical trend analysis are available in preview, offering deeper analysis for agent runtimes and content violations.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aipreviewengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: RL fine-tuning for Gemini 3.5 Flash in preview
Reinforcement Learning fine-tuning is now available for Gemini 3.5 Flash models in Public Preview. This feature allows for more advanced model tuning, although it is currently restricted to specific regions and multi-region endpoints for serving. The preview is available for Gemini Enterprise users to explore.
feature - Google Cloud release notes awsazuregcpgaengineergcp-compute-engine ·
Backup and DR: Application-consistent backups and cross-region support for Compute Engine
Google Cloud Backup and DR now offers application-consistent backups for Compute Engine instances via Guest Flush or VSS options in the Console. This feature enhances data integrity for applications running on VMs during backups. Additionally, cross-region backups for Compute Engine instances, disks, and Filestore are now generally available, improving disaster recovery and regional resilience by enabling backup storage in a secondary region.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitycompliancegcpengineergcp-bigquerygcp-cloud-storage ·
Data Studio Pro Security and Compliance Enhancements
Data Studio Pro now offers security and compliance features including customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK), customer-managed storage for uploads and extracts, and data residency controls. These capabilities help organizations meet their security and compliance requirements by allowing greater control over data protection and location. These features are exclusively available within Data Studio Pro.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcpengineer ·
Data Studio: Report editors can enable viewer-initiated data refresh
Data Studio report editors can now give viewers the ability to manually refresh report data. This feature allows viewers to right-click a component or use the report's three-dot menu to update data, ensuring they are working with the most current information. This enhancement is now available for report editors to configure.
feature - Google Cloud release notes dataanalyticsgcpengineergcp-bigquery ·
Data Studio Adds Multi-Region Support for Conversational Analytics
Data Studio's Conversational Analytics now supports multi-region BigQuery data agents, enhancing its ability to query data across different geographic locations. This update benefits users who manage data in distributed BigQuery instances. More information is available on Conversational Analytics.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Agent Identity API now in Preview, replacing IAM Connectors API
Google Cloud's Agent Identity API ( agentidentity.googleapis.com ) is now available in Preview, superseding the legacy IAM Connectors API. This change streamlines the management of auth providers and agent identities. During the preview, both APIs will function concurrently, and existing configurations are mirrored to the new V2 resource hierarchy for a seamless migration of policies and applications without downtime.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpgaarchitect ·
Private Service Connect Interfaces Gain Authorization Policy Support in GCP VPC
Google Cloud's Virtual Private Cloud now supports authorization policies for Private Service Connect interfaces. Service consumers can now authorize connections to network attachments by adding service class IDs, enhancing security and control over private network connectivity. This feature is now generally available to all users, providing a more robust way to manage access to services over Private Service Connect.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise adds observability for Deep Research agents (Preview)
Gemini Enterprise now allows configuration of observability settings for individual Deep Research agents, mirroring the functionality for Agent Designer agents. This enables monitoring metrics in Metrics Explorer and trace results in Trace Explorer for these specific agents. The feature is in Public Preview and controlled via an agent-level toggle, distinguishing it from the Core Assistant's app-level toggle.
feature - Terraform Google Provider Releases terraforminfragcpengineergcp-bigquerygcp-gke ·
Terraform Google Provider v7.38.0 Adds New Resources and Enhancements
The Terraform Google Provider v7.38.0 introduces several new resources and data sources for managing various Google Cloud services. It also includes significant improvements to existing resources, particularly within GKE, for better performance and flexibility. These changes benefit engineers and architects managing GCP infrastructure with Terraform, offering more granular control and efficiency in resource management. This release focuses on expanding capabilities and refining user experience.
feature patch announcement - Google Cloud release notes datagcpgaengineergcp-spanner ·
Spanner supports direct connectivity for reduced latency
Spanner now supports direct connectivity to its servers, bypassing Google Front End (GFE) infrastructure. This feature aims to reduce application latency when interacting with Spanner. Direct connectivity is now generally available for all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpengineer ·
Google SecOps SIEM adds Gemini Cloud Assist for feed management
Google SecOps SIEM now integrates Gemini Cloud Assist (GCA) into its Feed Management interface to assist users with feed configuration and troubleshooting. This feature provides guidance but does not automatically apply changes, requiring manual user intervention. Additionally, an issue causing under-reported ingestion metrics has been corrected, which may result in a one-time spike in reported metrics.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgapreviewgcp-bigquery ·
BigQuery Conversational Analytics GA, New AI Functions
BigQuery's conversational analytics is now generally available, introducing features like agent thinking mode selection and clarifying questions. This update also includes new AI functions such as AI.KEY_DRIVERS and AI.SEARCH, and supports parameters in verified queries. Agents now provide context citations for generated responses, improving transparency for users, with the ability to create conversations with datasets currently in preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
AI Hypercomputer Preview: RoCE VPC networks with alias IP ranges
Google Cloud is previewing RoCE VPC networks for its AI Hypercomputer, enabling alias IP ranges on MRDMA vNICs. This enhances networking capabilities for AI and ML workloads by improving RDMA performance and flexibility. The feature is available for VM instances and is currently in a preview stage.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcppreviewengineer ·
GCP VPC: RoCE Alias IP Ranges for RDMA vNICs in Preview
Google Cloud's Virtual Private Cloud is previewing support for RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet) VPC networks. This allows alias IP ranges to be assigned to MRDMA vNICs on VM instances, enhancing high-performance computing and network-intensive workloads. This preview targets engineers and architects working with specialized networking requirements for VMs.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpengineer ·
Sensitive Data Protection adds image classification infoTypes
Sensitive Data Data Protection now supports image classification infoTypes within ExcludeByImageFindings and AdjustByImageFindings detection rules. This enhancement allows for more nuanced control over sensitive data scanning in images. The feature is available for users configuring these specific detection rules.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Gemini AI Hypercomputer feature preview in Google Cloud console
Google Cloud is previewing a new AI Hypercomputer feature in its console, powered by Gemini. This AI-driven interface assists users in evaluating hardware, estimating costs, and recommending optimal cluster configurations before deployment. The feature aims to streamline cluster design and optimization for users engaging with Google Cloud's infrastructure.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewarchitectgcp-compute-engine ·
Gemini for Compute Engine Preview
Gemini is now available in preview as an AI-powered interface within the Google Cloud console for Compute Engine. This feature assists users in evaluating hardware options, estimating costs, and viewing recommended configurations for compute instances. This aims to help engineers and architects find optimal configurations before creating or modifying instances.
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