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 Blog blogaigcpengineerhealthcarefinancemediagovernmentgcp-cloud-rungcp-gkegcp-vertex-ai ·
Claude on Google Cloud for Enterprise Production AI
Google Cloud now offers Claude, a frontier AI model, for enterprise production, providing managed infrastructure, global reach, and compliance features. This integration aims to simplify AI deployment by allowing teams to use Claude like any other Google Cloud service, leveraging existing IAM and observability tools. The offering includes managed infrastructure, global and regional endpoints for low latency and data sovereignty, and optimizations for cost and performance.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogsecuritygcpengineer ·
ADFS signing key recovery via Machine DPAPI, bypassing MFA
Mandiant discovered a vulnerability where manually rotated Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) signing keys can be exposed in Machine DPAPI, allowing attackers to forge SAML tokens. This 'ghost certificate' issue arises when AutoCertificateRollover is disabled and the WID database isn't updated after manual certificate rotation. The technique bypasses traditional defenses like LSASS monitoring and MFA, granting unauthorized access to federated applications.
security announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpengineerfinanceenergygcp-gke ·
Google Cloud Recognized as Leader in Gartner AI Infrastructure Magic Quadrant
Google Cloud has been named a Leader in the inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Infrastructure, highlighting its 'Ability to Execute' and 'Completeness of Vision'. This recognition underscores Google's advancements in AI infrastructure, including custom TPUs, partnerships with NVIDIA, and integrated solutions like AI Hypercomputer. The announcement is particularly relevant for enterprises and capital markets firms leveraging AI for agentic workloads, aiming for improved performance, cost efficiency, and scalability.
announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaisecurityawsazurepreviewengineermediagovernment ·
Google's Gemini Startup Forum Selects 33 Cybersecurity Startups
Google has launched its Gemini Startup Forum, selecting 33 cybersecurity startups focused on AI integration. This program aims to foster innovation by providing these companies with access to Google's AI and cybersecurity experts. The selected startups will work on solutions across six specialized areas, including AI agent security, application security, cloud security, endpoint security, and SOC automation. The initiative highlights Google's commitment to advancing AI-native cybersecurity solutions.
announcement feature - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpgapreviewengineergcp-bigquerygcp-cloud-run ·
Google Cloud Accelerate AI with Cloud Run Roadshow 2026
Google Cloud is relaunching its "Accelerate AI with Cloud Run" roadshow for 2026, focusing on productionizing and scaling AI agent workloads on its serverless platform. The updated curriculum offers hands-on experience with building and scaling AI agents, from basic web app deployments to complex assistants using tools like ADK, RAG, Gemma 4, and Antigravity 2.0. This initiative targets engineers and architects looking to move beyond AI prototypes to production-grade applications, with workshops scheduled across North America.
announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpengineermediagcp-cloud-storagegcp-pubsubgcp-firestore ·
Guide to publishing AI agents in Gemini Enterprise and Google Cloud Marketplace
Google Cloud is providing a guide for developers to publish AI agents through Google Cloud Marketplace and deploy them to the Gemini Enterprise app. This process involves designing agent architecture for integration, meeting organizational and agent-specific mandates, and adhering to technical requirements like the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol. Developers will need to create an Agent Card, a JSON file detailing agent capabilities and authentication methods, to enable interoperability and commercialization of their AI services.
announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaiinfragcpengineerfinanceretailenergygcp-gke ·
Report: Agentic AI requires significant infrastructure upgrades
A recent survey of 1,400 IT leaders reveals that 83% of organizations need infrastructure upgrades to support agentic AI, which places new demands on compute, storage, and networking. The report highlights challenges like the "inference tax," agent sprawl, and data fragmentation, and discusses solutions including fluid compute, centralized governance, unified data layers, and edge deployments. These insights emphasize the need for modernized, AI-optimized infrastructure to overcome operational and economic barriers.
announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogsecuritygcpengineergovernment ·
Google Cloud integrates Threat Intelligence with Wiz ASM for proactive security
Google Cloud is integrating Google Threat Intelligence with Wiz Attack Surface Management (ASM) to help organizations proactively prioritize security defenses. This integration correlates real-world exposures with real-time adversary activity, enabling faster detection and prioritization of exploitable issues and logic-driven vulnerabilities. The combined approach aims to shift security strategies from reactive maintenance to proactive risk management by highlighting actively targeted exposures. Contact your Google sales representative to get started.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpengineermedia ·
Google Agent Platform: Build, Scale, and Govern Enterprise AI Agents
Google Cloud has launched Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, a unified solution for building, scaling, and governing AI agents within an organization. The platform aims to simplify the complex engineering reality of agent deployment by handling underlying complexities, allowing technical teams to focus on business value. It supports various user personas from no-code business experts to high-code engineers and offers specific tools for different development needs, addressing questions about agent development, data connectivity, and interoperability.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpgapreviewengineerfinanceretaileducationenergygcp-spanner ·
Google Cloud's AlphaEvolve for algorithmic optimization is now GA
Google Cloud's AlphaEvolve, an AI-powered agent for optimizing algorithms, has moved from private preview to general availability on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. This tool helps developers tackle complex optimization problems by systematically exploring vast search spaces that are intractable with traditional methods. It is designed for engineers and architects working on challenges in areas like microchip design, logistics, and AI model training, offering a structured four-step process from problem definition to production deployment.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpengineereducation ·
Google Cloud introduces new method to evaluate AI agent context understanding
Google Cloud's frontier AI team has developed a novel evaluation framework called Discovery Bench to assess AI agents' ability to answer questions based on provided context. This approach moves beyond simple pass/fail benchmarks to provide a granular map of an agent's capabilities, revealing specific failure points and optimal performance conditions. The framework utilizes 'surprisal' from information theory to systematically modulate query difficulty, offering deeper insights for engineering improvements. This method is particularly beneficial for data discovery tasks where vague user queries are common and agent performance can degrade sharply.
announcement - Google Cloud Blog bloggovernancegcpengineer ·
Google Cloud Certifications: New Ways to Recertify Skills
Google Cloud has updated its certification recertification process, moving beyond traditional proctored exams. Individuals can now use Google Skills courses and interactive skill badges to renew credentials, offering a more flexible and practical approach. This change aims to keep certifications current with rapid cloud technology evolution and is available for specific certifications including Cloud Digital Leader and Professional Cloud Architect.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpgaengineereducationgcp-bigquery ·
Gemini Enterprise for Education Recognized by Tambellini Group
Gemini Enterprise for Education has been named a "Commander" by The Tambellini Group in their 2026 AI Agents for Administrative Efficiency report, ranking first in innovation and usability. This recognition highlights Google's AI leadership and the platform's integrated approach, combining Gemini models, agent-building tools, enterprise search, and governance controls on Google Cloud infrastructure. The platform is designed to provide higher education institutions with a unified environment for building and managing AI services at scale, supporting administrative efficiency and empowering campus-wide AI adoption.
announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaiinfraawsazuregcpgapreviewengineerretailmediagovernmentgcp-bigquerygcp-cloud-rungcp-gkegcp-cloud-storagegcp-pubsubgcp-vertex-aigcp-compute-enginegcp-firestore ·
Google Cloud: New AI, Serverless, and Infrastructure Updates
Google Cloud has released several updates including new AI agent capabilities, enhanced serverless options, and infrastructure improvements. These changes aim to help organizations build, govern, and scale AI applications more effectively and efficiently. Key updates include sandboxed code execution in Cloud Run, advanced AI governance tools, and performance optimizations for AI workloads on GKE. These features are largely available now or in public preview, impacting developers, architects, and ML engineers working with Google Cloud services.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpmediagovernmentautomotivegcp-bigquerygcp-gke ·
Google Cloud enables AI-defined vehicles with Android and Bigtable
Google Cloud is partnering with the automotive industry to build Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) and AI-defined vehicles (AIDVs). The solution integrates Android Automotive OS (AAOS) SDV with Google Cloud services like Bigtable and Gemini to create intelligent, connected vehicle architectures. This enables OEMs to move beyond hardware-centric designs and develop dynamic, AI-native mobility solutions that offer personalized experiences and proactive automation. The platform is designed to manage high-volume telemetry data and provides a foundation for developing advanced AI agents within vehicles.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaiinfragaengineergcp-gkegcp-cloud-storage ·
k8s-aibom open-sourced for automated AI Bill of Materials on GKE
Google Cloud has open-sourced k8s-aibom, a Kubernetes controller designed to automatically detect AI runtimes and generate CycloneDX Machine Learning Bill of Materials (ML-BOMs). This innovation addresses the challenge of managing 'shadow AI' by providing runtime visibility without slowing development or requiring privileged cluster access. The controller works by monitoring cluster workloads and container environments, producing standards-conformant BOMs that can be exported to sinks like Google Cloud Storage, aiding compliance with regulations like the EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcppreviewengineergcp-cloud-run ·
Cloud Run Sandboxes for Secure Untrusted Code Execution
Google Cloud is launching Cloud Run sandboxes in public preview to securely run AI-generated or untrusted code within existing Cloud Run services. This feature provides isolated execution environments that start in milliseconds, mitigating risks associated with host applications and cloud credentials. It's particularly useful for LLM code interpreters, headless browsers, and executing user-submitted scripts, and incurs no additional cost beyond standard Cloud Run usage.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaisecurityengineergovernment ·
2026 Public Sector M-Trends Report: Machine Speed Defense Needed
A new report reveals adversaries now operate at machine speed, exemplified by a 22-second hand-off between initial access and ransomware. This necessitates a pivot to machine-speed defense, moving beyond traditional human-speed triage. Google Cloud offers solutions including identity-centric access, AI-powered security operations, and hardened infrastructure to enable continuous verification for public sector resilience.
announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogcompliancegcparchitectfinance ·
Google Cloud designated Critical Third Party for UK financial sector
Google Cloud has been designated a Critical Third Party (CTP) by the UK Treasury, signifying its importance to the UK financial sector's operational resilience. This designation means Google Cloud EMEA will be directly overseen by UK financial regulators, including the Bank of England, PRA, and FCA. The company is committed to supporting its UK financial customers in meeting their operational resilience and third-party risk management obligations.
announcement - Google Cloud release notes infra ·
Managed Airflow: Airflow web server memory requirement increased
Managed Service for Apache Airflow (Gen 3) now requires at least 3 GB of memory for the Airflow web server in Airflow 2.11.1 builds. This change is intended to prevent intermittent out-of-memory errors. Users with existing environments may need to adjust their web server memory configuration, especially those using the default Small preset.
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