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 819 GCP releases · Updated
- Google Cloud release notes governancegcpgaengineer ·
Bigtable GA: Tag Binding, Agent Skill, and Org Policy for Materialized Views
Google Cloud's Bigtable now supports binding existing tags to instances, enhancing resource management and policy enforcement. Additionally, the Bigtable agent skill is GA, empowering AI agents to perform various Bigtable operational tasks. Finally, Organization Policy Service custom constraints can now manage operations on continuous materialized views, all of which are now generally available.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcppreviewengineer ·
Audit Manager Adds Built-in and Custom Frameworks
Audit Manager now supports pre-defined and user-defined frameworks for compliance audits. This enhancement aims to streamline the audit process by allowing users to leverage existing compliance structures or create their own. This feature is currently in preview and accessible to all Audit Manager users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcppreviewengineer ·
Sensitive Data Protection detects file sensitivity labels
Sensitive Data Protection can now detect Google Drive and Microsoft sensitivity labels, enhancing data governance. This feature allows users to identify sensitive files based on existing organizational policies. It is now available for configuration, with detailed instructions provided in the documentation.
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 governancegcppreviewarchitectgcp-bigquery ·
Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog: Control Data Lineage Ingestion
Google Cloud's Knowledge Catalog now allows granular control over data lineage ingestion for BigQuery and Managed Service for Apache Airflow. This feature can be managed at the organization, folder, or project level, enhancing data governance for teams. The capability is currently available in preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcppreviewarchitect ·
Knowledge Catalog adds Oracle and MySQL connectors in preview
Knowledge Catalog now supports importing metadata from Oracle and MySQL data sources, currently in preview. This feature automates the extraction of technical, operational, and business metadata, allowing for scheduled imports. This benefits data architects and engineers managing diverse data environments by centralizing metadata within Knowledge Catalog.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpengineer ·
Google Cloud Contact Center as a Service Bug Fixes
This release addresses numerous issues within Google Cloud's Contact Center as a Service offering. Fixes improve chat functionality, SMS handling, voicemail greetings, call deflections, reporting accuracy, and integration stability with third-party CRMs like Kustomer, Salesforce, and Twilio. These patches benefit administrators and agents by restoring expected functionality and resolving data inconsistencies.
patch - Google Cloud release notes securitygovernanceawsgcpgaengineergcp-cloud-sql ·
Cloud SQL backup vaults support CMEK for immutable storage
Cloud SQL instances encrypted with customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) now have backup vault support, enabling immutable and indelible storage with enforced retention. This GA feature enhances data protection and compliance for sensitive workloads. It applies to users managing Cloud SQL instances with CMEK.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpengineergcp-gkegcp-compute-engine ·
Cloud Billing Reports adds new filters and group-by options
Google Cloud Billing Reports now include new filters for Products and Originating services, allowing users to better analyze and understand costs. These filters can also be used for grouping, enabling summarization by Product or Originating service. This enhancement provides more granular insights into cost allocation for users managing complex cloud environments.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpgaarchitect ·
Google Cloud Contact Center AI updates enhance reporting and real-time metrics
Google Cloud Contact Center AI has introduced several enhancements to its reporting and real-time metrics capabilities. New features include child queue filtering, expanded agent and queue status metrics, and direct links to CSAT scores. These updates benefit administrators and analysts by providing deeper insights into contact center operations and agent performance.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpgaarchitect ·
Policy Intelligence: Policy Troubleshooter GA
The Policy Troubleshooter feature, which helps users remediate access issues, is now generally available. This feature assists users in diagnosing and resolving access control problems within Google Cloud. It is now ready for production use by all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpengineer ·
Google Cloud Contact Center as a Service 4.40 Release
Google Cloud has released version 4.40 of its Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS). This update includes several bug fixes, addressing issues with Salesforce integrations, reporting dashboards, attachment visibility, call transfers, audio file uploads, agent logouts, and user uploads. The timing of the update varies based on individual deployment schedules.
patch announcement - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpgaengineer ·
Cloud Domains Organization Policy Service custom constraints GA
Cloud Domains now supports Organization Policy Service custom constraints, allowing for more granular control over domain registrations. This feature is now generally available, enabling engineers and administrators to enforce specific policies within their organizations. The support is integrated with existing Organization Policy Service functionalities.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpgaarchitect ·
Policy Intelligence: Policy Simulator for Deny Policies GA
The Policy Simulator for deny policies within Google Cloud's Policy Intelligence is now generally available. This feature allows users to test the impact of deny policies before applying them, preventing unintended service disruptions. It is available for all Google Cloud users managing IAM policies.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpengineer ·
Google Cloud Contact Center as a Service 4.39 Release
Google Cloud CCaaS version 4.39 has been released, containing numerous bug fixes for agent and call management features. These improvements aim to enhance the reliability and user experience of the contact center platform for agents and supervisors. The update is being rolled out according to chosen deployment schedules.
patch announcement - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpgaarchitect ·
App Hub GA for Memorystore resources
App Hub now supports Memorystore resources in general availability. This expansion allows users to integrate Memorystore into their application resource management and governance within App Hub. The feature is now production-ready for all users.
feature - 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 datagovernancegcpengineer ·
GCP Knowledge Catalog Adds Data Lineage Search
The Data Lineage API in Google Cloud's Knowledge Catalog now supports the searchLineageStreaming method. This feature enables breadth-first searches for lineage links, making it easier for engineers and architects to trace data flow and dependencies. This enhancement is available now for users of the Knowledge Catalog.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpengineer ·
Error Reporting API Regional Endpoints Announced
Google Cloud's Error Reporting API now has publicly documented regional endpoints. This announcement provides engineers and architects with the necessary information to optimize API calls for specific regions. Developers using the Error Reporting API should consult the REST reference for available regional endpoint details.
announcement - 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.
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