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 securitygcpgaarchitect ·
Secret Manager adds multi-region storage option
Secret Manager now supports multi-region storage, allowing users to choose between single or multi-region locations for regional secrets via the Google Cloud console. This enhances data durability and availability for sensitive information. The feature is available for regional secrets and requires no specific prerequisites.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpga ·
Secret Manager multi-region availability expanded
Secret Manager is now available in additional multi-regions: the United States, European Union, Canada, and India. This expansion allows users to deploy secrets closer to their applications for reduced latency and improved resilience. This update is relevant for all users of Google Cloud Secret Manager.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewarchitect ·
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: Semantic Governance Policies Preview
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform now offers Semantic Governance Policies (SGP) in Public Preview, providing an intelligent security and compliance layer for AI agents. SGP evaluates tool calls against user intent and business rules at runtime, helping prevent unauthorized actions and data exfiltration. This feature is available for testing in Log Explorer before enforcement, aiding engineers and architects in securing AI agent deployments.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aipreview ·
Gemini Enterprise: Action-filtering for SharePoint and OneDrive (Preview)
Gemini Enterprise now supports action-filtering for Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive data stores in public preview. This feature allows administrators to specify accessible SharePoint sites and OneDrive paths for Gemini, ensuring that only in-scope data is accessed or modified. It applies to both search queries and action executions, enhancing data control within the Gemini Assistant.
feature - Google Cloud release notes observabilitygcpengineer ·
Cloud Trace adds support for new observability bucket location
Cloud Trace now supports observability buckets in the europe-west9 region, expanding data storage options. This change benefits users needing to keep trace data within specific European geographic boundaries. Engineers and architects managing observability on Google Cloud can now leverage this additional location for their trace data.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcpgaengineergcp-cloud-run ·
Cloud Run GA: Multi-region services and readiness probes
Cloud Run now offers General Availability (GA) for multi-region services with automated failover, improving availability for internal and external traffic. Additionally, HTTP and gRPC readiness probes for services are now GA. These features enhance service resilience and deployment control for developers using Cloud Run.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpgaarchitect ·
VPC Service Controls adds SPIFFE identity support
VPC Service Controls now supports Agent identities in SPIFFE formats for ingress and egress rules, enabling fine-grained access control for third-party workloads. This feature is now generally available, enhancing security for resources protected by service perimeters. Engineers and architects managing cloud security will find this useful for integrating external identities.
feature - Google Cloud release notes observabilitygcpengineer ·
Cloud Monitoring: PromQL Alerting Policies Support Longer Data Retention
Cloud Monitoring's PromQL-based alerting policies now support querying data beyond 25 hours, extending to over two years. This enhancement allows for more comprehensive historical analysis and detection of long-term trends or anomalies. Engineers and architects using Cloud Monitoring for infrastructure and application health will benefit from the expanded data visibility for their alerting strategies.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcppreviewengineergcp-bigquery ·
BigQuery: Grant data prep/pipelines access to more Google services
BigQuery now allows data preparations and pipelines to access Google Drive, Bigtable, and Knowledge Catalog using user credentials. This enhances data pipeline integration and flexibility for users working with these services. These extended access options are currently available in preview for Google Account users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcppreviewengineer ·
Dataform Workflows Gain Access to Bigtable, Drive, Knowledge Catalog
Dataform workflows can now access Bigtable, Google Drive, and Knowledge Catalog using user credentials. This feature simplifies data integration and management by extending workflow capabilities. It is primarily relevant for data engineers and architects managing complex data pipelines. Extended access options are currently available in preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreview ·
Confidential VMs support Intel TDX on C3 machine types
Google Cloud Confidential VMs now support Intel TDX on C3-standard-*-lssd machine types, enhancing data security during processing. This feature is currently available in Preview, offering enhanced protection for sensitive workloads on specific machine types.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgaengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise: Confluence Data Center Federated Data Store GA
The Confluence Data Center federated data store is now generally available within Gemini Enterprise. This enhancement allows Gemini Enterprise to access data from Confluence Data Center, improving data integration capabilities. This feature is available to all Gemini Enterprise users and requires no special prerequisites.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpgaengineer ·
Cloud Monitoring RBAC for dashboards and alerts now GA
Role-based access controls (RBAC) for Cloud Monitoring dashboards and alerting policies using Tags are now generally available. This feature allows for protection of Terraform-managed resources and configuration of team-scoped access. It is now production-ready for all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgaarchitect ·
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform adds Provisioned Throughput features
The Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform now offers several new features for Provisioned Throughput, including the ability to change, schedule, and split orders. These enhancements provide more control and flexibility for managing throughput resources. The features are now generally available to all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcpgaengineergcp-compute-engine ·
Compute Engine GA: Cancel future reservations and control MIG autohealing
Compute Engine is now generally available with two new features for users. You can cancel future reservation requests to avoid unexpected charges and use health checks in managed instance groups (MIGs) to monitor application health without triggering repairs. These updates affect users managing compute resources and applications on Google Cloud.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securityazuregcpengineer ·
Google SecOps Marketplace Updates
Google SecOps Marketplace has introduced new actions and enhancements for several security tools, including Palo Alto Cortex XDR, CyberArk PAM, and Siemplify. These updates aim to improve file handling, credential management, and alert processing for security operations teams. Specific improvements include refactored code for Google Cloud Compute actions and updated authentication for FireEye Helix and ETP, enhancing security workflows. The changes are available in their respective tool versions.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes awsgaengineergcp-cloud-storage ·
Cloud CDN Private Bucket Access for Cloud Storage Generally Available
Cloud CDN and external Application Load Balancers now support self-service Private Bucket Access for Cloud Storage buckets. This feature enhances security by allowing content serving without public storage buckets, managed through IAM permissions. It is now Generally Available, offering a more secure way to deliver content.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpengineer ·
Bare Metal Solution adds Privileged Access Manager for LUN eviction
Google Cloud's Bare Metal Solution now supports Privileged Access Manager (PAM) for the critical LUN eviction operation. This enhancement provides temporary elevated access, allowing users to safely and permanently delete storage resources. The feature is available now and requires configuration within PAM.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise adds data store, action support in preview
Gemini Enterprise is now available in Public Preview with a new data store for searching and interacting with projects using natural language. Additionally, support for new actions across several third-party data stores, including Airtable and Zoho, is also in preview. These updates enhance Gemini Enterprise's capabilities for end users by allowing more complex interactions with connected data sources and project management tools.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineergcp-cloud-sql ·
Cloud SQL for MySQL: Pre-upgrade readiness check in preview
A new precheck feature for Cloud SQL for MySQL allows users to assess upgrade readiness before a major version upgrade. This capability analyzes instances for incompatibilities and identifies issues requiring resolution prior to the upgrade. The feature is currently in preview and aims to streamline the upgrade process for database administrators.
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