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 832 GCP releases · Updated
- Google Cloud release notes aigcpengineermedia ·
Agent Platform Workbench image release 20260701-2130-rc0
A new Agent Platform Workbench image release, 20260701-2130-rc0, is available for Debian 12 instances. This release installs the latest upstream packages and fixes critical issues including a race condition affecting JupyterLab reachability on GPU instances and termination of long-running requests. This update is important for users experiencing these specific problems and ensures greater stability.
feature - Google Cloud Blog blogdatagcpengineermedia ·
AlloyDB AI Functions enhance PostgreSQL multilingual full-text search
AlloyDB now integrates Gemini models directly into its database via AI Functions, enabling intelligent word segmentation for logographical languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. This overcomes limitations of traditional tokenization and external preprocessing pipelines, offering more accurate full-text search without complex ETL. The solution is available now for AlloyDB customers and benefits database developers and architects working with multilingual data.
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 infragcpgagcp-dataproc ·
Cloud Data Fusion 6.11.1.4 GA released with bug fixes
Cloud Data Fusion version 6.11.1.4 is now generally available, addressing critical issues and enhancing usability. This release fixes a race condition that incorrectly marked Dataproc jobs as failed and resolves a pipeline list page hang. It also includes a security fix for log downloads and increases the default Wrangler browsing limit.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes aiengineer ·
Google Cloud CCaaS: Agent Assist Hub, Manual Wrap-up, API Chat Access
Google Cloud CCaaS is releasing new features including an Agent Assist hub that unifies agent coaching and knowledge assistance, and manual wrap-up for agents to attribute time and notes. A new API direct access point for chat allows automatic routing based on external API responses, eliminating menu selection. These updates are rolling out automatically, with minor agent sign-out/sign-in required for Agent Assist functionality.
feature patch announcement - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpengineer ·
Google SecOps SOAR: Migration Validation Status
Google SecOps SOAR has introduced a validation status for its migration to Google Cloud. Users can now verify the migration's success by checking the SOAR Settings > License Management page, which will display "Google.com" or "Google.com and CloudIAM Enabled" after the system version number upon completion of respective stages. This feature provides clarity to users undergoing or having completed the SOAR migration process.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpengineer ·
Google SecOps SOAR Migration Validation Updated
Google SecOps now allows users to validate the success of their SOAR migration through the License Management page. This feature provides clear indicators in the system version number to confirm Stage 1 and Stage 2 completion. This enhancement is relevant for all users who have migrated or are planning to migrate their SOAR environment.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcpengineergcp-dataprocgcp-compute-engine ·
Managed Service for Apache Spark: Confidential Compute, Executor Adjustments
Managed Service for Apache Spark now supports Confidential Compute for specific GPU machine types in cluster images 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3. Additionally, runtime 3.0 uses fewer executors by default, and all runtimes have a new listener exit timeout setting. These changes enhance security and optimize resource utilization for Spark workloads on Google Cloud.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes privacygcpgaengineer ·
Sensitive Data Protection adds CRIME_STATUS infoType globally
The CRIME_STATUS infoType detector is now available in all regions for Sensitive Data Protection. This enhances the tool's ability to detect sensitive information across a broader geographical scope. The update affects users who leverage Sensitive Data Protection for data security and compliance, providing more comprehensive coverage without requiring regional configuration.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcpgaengineergcp-cloud-run ·
Cloud Run Supports Public GitHub Container Registry Images
Cloud Run now supports importing public container images directly from GitHub Container Registry, now generally available. This simplifies deployment workflows for developers using GitHub for their CI/CD pipelines. This feature is available to all Cloud Run users.
feature - 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 aigcpgaengineer ·
Bigtable adds AI agent support for hot tablet analysis
Bigtable now supports the list_hot_tablets MCP tool, allowing AI agents to programmatically query cluster health and identify resource-intensive hot tablets. This enhancement helps detect overutilized node CPUs, improving performance monitoring and management. The feature is now generally available for all Bigtable users.
feature - 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 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 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.
feature patch - 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 blognetworkinggcpgaengineer ·
GCP Cloud Router BGP route policies: Top 3 customer use cases
Google Cloud has highlighted three key customer use cases for its Cloud Router BGP route policies, emphasizing enhanced network control and simplified configurations. The introduction of policy named sets allows for grouping prefixes and communities, simplifying management of complex routing rules. These features are now generally available and recommended for optimizing hybrid cloud connectivity, with a suggestion to test in staging environments first.
feature - 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.
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