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 829 GCP releases · Updated
- Google Cloud release notes infragcppreview ·
Batch Feature Instance flexibility available in preview
Google Cloud Batch now offers Instance Flexibility in preview, allowing jobs to run on a range of specified machine types. This feature aims to improve job obtainability by increasing the probability of resource availability, potentially by leveraging Spot VMs. Developers can explore this enhancement by referring to the documentation on improving resource obtainability for jobs.
feature - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcppreviewengineerretailgovernmentgcp-bigquerygcp-cloud-rungcp-pubsub ·
Build AI Agents on GCP with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Demos
Google has released 13 hands-on demos for its Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, showcasing how to build, scale, govern, and optimize AI agents. These demos utilize the code-first ADK and offer practical patterns for enterprise development, from basic agent creation to complex, long-running, and multi-agent pipelines. Developers can leverage these examples to integrate with services like BigQuery and Cloud Run, with features for security, governance, and optimization built-in.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogdatagcppreviewengineergcp-bigquery ·
BigQuery introduces IAM data governance tags for column-level security
BigQuery has released a preview of IAM data governance tags, a new method for column-level access control that improves upon existing policy tags. These tags offer global scope, automatic disaster recovery replication, hierarchical classification up to five levels deep, and decoupled governance for more flexibility. This feature is available to all BigQuery customers and is particularly beneficial for those managing complex data ecosystems and seeking to enhance their data protection strategies.
feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes infrapreviewgcp-gke ·
GKE Adds Reservation Affinity, N4D Machines, and VPA CPU Boost
Google Kubernetes Engine now supports reservation affinity to prevent fallback to on-demand capacity and adds the N4D machine series for node pool auto-creation and Autopilot clusters. A new Vertical Pod Autoscaler feature offers CPU startup boost for improved latency and cost efficiency, currently in preview. These updates aim to enhance resource management and performance for GKE users, with the Filestore API enablement change scheduled for 2026.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineer ·
Apigee X Maintenance Updates and Version Rollout
Apigee X instances on specific older versions (below 1-17-0-apigee-10) configured for maintenance windows will be updated starting July 16th, 2026. This update aims to ensure all instances receive the latest maintenance, though specific DNS or Java library configurations may prevent updates. Affected users will receive a notification with the exact upgrade date within two business days.
announcement - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreview ·
Secret Manager adds Feature Parameter templates in Preview
Google Cloud Secret Manager now offers Feature Parameter templates in Preview. This capability allows users to create standardized configuration blueprints and securely inject environment-specific variables during deployment. The feature is currently available in preview, with more details in the parameter templates overview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps SIEM adds advanced dashboard filtering (public preview)
Google SecOps SIEM is rolling out advanced filtering capabilities for dashboards. This feature allows security analysts to dynamically inject values, regular expressions, or boolean logic into YARA-L queries using query variables, enhancing dashboard flexibility. The capability is currently in public preview and requires understanding of YARA-L query syntax.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcppreviewengineergcp-bigquery ·
BigQuery Adds Support for Data Governance Tags
BigQuery now supports data governance tags for enforcing column-level security and data masking. These tags, a type of Resource Manager tag, can be attached to sensitive columns and used in BigQuery data policies to manage conditional access. This new capability is currently in preview and aims to enhance data security for organizations.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps adds advanced dashboard filtering in preview
Google SecOps is introducing advanced filtering capabilities for dashboards, currently in preview. This feature allows security analysts to dynamically inject values and complex logic into YARA-L queries using tokens, improving query flexibility and runtime analysis. It enables multi-select options and customizable wrappers, providing enhanced control over dashboard data exploration for security teams.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineergcp-compute-engine ·
Compute Engine C4N machine series preview
Google Cloud is previewing the network-optimized C4N machine series for Compute Engine. This new series features machine types with significant attached Titanium SSD storage, suitable for data-intensive workloads. Requesting preview access is required to use these machine types with Local SSD disks.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aipreview ·
Gemini Enterprise adds Jira Data Center action filtering
Gemini Enterprise now supports action-filtering for Jira Data Center federated data stores, allowing specification of accessible Jira projects. This enhancement aims to control data access during search queries and action execution, preventing out-of-scope data operations. The feature is currently in Public Preview and applies to users configuring Jira Data Center data stores.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Agent Platform Workbench image release 20260628-2130-rc0
A new Agent Platform Workbench image release, version 20260628-2130-rc0, is now available. This release updates upstream dependencies and includes TensorFlow and PyTorch packages in the default kernel. The update is relevant for users managing and utilizing the Agent Platform Workbench.
feature - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcppreviewengineermediagcp-bigquerygcp-looker ·
Analyze and Govern Gemini Enterprise App Usage with BigQuery
Google Cloud now allows administrators to analyze and govern Gemini Enterprise app usage at scale using BigQuery. This integration provides a more nuanced, organization-centric perspective beyond product-level dashboards, enabling teams to profile adoption, quantify value, execute compliance audits, and investigate safety alerts. Telemetry is partitioned into five distinct log tables in BigQuery, accessible via Cloud Logging sinks and an asynchronous batch export API, with Gemini in BigQuery simplifying AI-powered analysis.
feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes datagcppreviewengineer ·
Datastream Adds ServiceNow, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and Dataverse Replication
Google Cloud Datastream now supports replicating change data from ServiceNow, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and Microsoft Dataverse. This feature allows for more comprehensive data integration, benefiting engineers and architects managing diverse application data. The functionality is currently in preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securityinfragcpgapreviewdeprecationsecurity-advisoryengineergcp-bigquerygcp-cloud-rungcp-gkegcp-cloud-sqlgcp-cloud-storagegcp-dataprocgcp-compute-enginegcp-looker ·
Cloud SDK 576.0.0: BigLake, GKE, Compute Engine updates
Cloud SDK version 576.0.0 introduces several feature promotions to GA, including BigLake Delta sharing commands and GKE rollbackable upgrades, alongside numerous enhancements across Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, and other services. A breaking change updates gcloud storage rsync to decompress gzip files by default, impacting users who previously relied on the default behavior. Linux bundled Python was updated to address a security vulnerability, and a performance regression in Artifact Registry was fixed. Most changes are applicable to engineers and architects managing Google Cloud resources.
breaking - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise removes Idea Generation agent
Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise is removing the Idea Generation agent, which was in public preview. Users are advised to leverage the Gemini Enterprise assistant for general brainstorming and creative thinking, or utilize Deep Research or Co-Scientist agents for more specialized tasks. This change affects users who were utilizing the Idea Generation agent for idea exploration.
announcement - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineergcp-bigquery ·
BigQuery adds AI.AGG function for conversational analytics
BigQuery's conversational analytics now supports the AI.AGG function, enhancing capabilities for analyzing conversational data. This new function is currently in preview, meaning it's available for testing and feedback before general availability. Users working with conversational data in BigQuery can now leverage this advanced feature.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcppreviewengineergcp-looker ·
Looker Release Channels Update
Google Cloud has updated its Looker release channels with new versions rolling out. The Latest channel now features Looker 26.12, while the Regular channel has been updated to Looker 26.10. These updates are beginning deployment and impact users across all release channels.
announcement - Terraform Google Provider Releases terraforminfragcpgapreviewdeprecationengineergcp-bigquerygcp-cloud-rungcp-cloud-sqlgcp-cloud-storagegcp-dataflowgcp-dataprocgcp-spannergcp-firestore ·
Terraform Google Provider v7.40.0: New Data Sources and Resources
This release of the Terraform Google Provider introduces several new data sources and resources, enhancing infrastructure management capabilities for Google Cloud services. Notably, it adds new integrations for Data Catalog, Oracle Database Exascale, and Chronicle, alongside improvements to existing Compute Engine and Container resources. These updates benefit engineers and architects managing GCP infrastructure via Terraform, with many new resources becoming generally available.
deprecation feature patch announcement - Google Cloud Blog bloggcpgapreviewengineermediagcp-gkegcp-cloud-storagegcp-dataflowgcp-compute-engine ·
Google Cloud C4N instances achieve GA for optimized network and storage I/O
Google Cloud's C4N Compute Engine instances are now generally available, offering enhanced network and block storage performance for demanding enterprise workloads. These instances are purpose-built to eliminate I/O bottlenecks, providing up to 400 Gbps of network bandwidth and 25 GiB/s of storage throughput. This makes them ideal for network-intensive applications, large-scale databases, and AI/ML inference, delivering significant total cost of ownership (TCO) benefits.
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