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
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Google Cloud AI Threat Defense Combats AI-Driven Cyberattacks
Google Cloud introduces AI Threat Defense, a unified platform leveraging Gemini, Wiz, CodeMender, and Mandiant to counter AI-powered cyberattacks. This new framework aims to provide defenders with a speed and context advantage over attackers who are increasingly using AI for zero-day exploits and rapid multi-agent attacks. The platform assists organizations in preparing, scanning, prioritizing, remediating, and monitoring threats across their software development lifecycle. It's designed for security engineers and architects managing cloud environments.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpengineermedia ·
Google's AI agents collaborate to create short films
Google experimented with teams of AI agents collaborating to produce short films, uncovering insights into inter-agent teamwork in creative domains. Agents with distinct roles like Idea Person, Technical Lead, and Editor worked within Scion, an open-source orchestration testbed. This hackathon demonstrated how AI agents can manage complex, multi-step projects with verification gates, producing over 25 films using models like Gemini and Veo.
announcement feature - Google Cloud Blog blogaisecuritygovernanceeolengineergovernmentenergy ·
Safely Integrate AI for Vulnerability Management
This blog post offers practical guidance from Mandiant Consulting on establishing operational guardrails for AI-assisted vulnerability management. It addresses the risks of deploying AI agents without mature integration processes, suggesting a hybrid approach combining AI with deterministic controls and human oversight. The recommendations are aimed at security teams looking to accelerate vulnerability discovery and remediation workflows while maintaining environmental integrity.
announcement - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpsecurity-advisoryengineer ·
Apigee X 1-18-0-apigee-1 Release
This release of Apigee X includes several security fixes and bug resolutions, enhancing reliability and patching vulnerabilities. It affects users of Apigee X, particularly those using cache policies, API proxy deployments, and SAML assertions. The rollout began today and may take several business days to complete across all Google Cloud zones.
security patch announcement - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpsecurity-advisoryengineer ·
Cloud Service Mesh updates address multiple critical CVEs
New versions of Cloud Service Mesh (1.29.5-asm.12, 1.28.10-asm.4, and 1.27.9-asm.15) are available, bringing fixes for numerous platform CVEs, including several rated Critical. These updates are crucial for maintaining the security posture of your service mesh deployments. Users are advised to consult the provided upgrade documentation to apply these security patches.
patch announcement - 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 Blog blogainetworkinggcpengineer ·
IDC Report: Networking Crucial for Agentic AI Production
An IDC report, sponsored by Google Cloud, highlights that infrastructure and networking are the primary bottlenecks preventing enterprises from moving agentic AI from pilot to production. Security, automation, and talent restrictions are key concerns, exacerbated by agentic AI's distributed nature. The report emphasizes that a foundational, infrastructure-level networking approach, balanced between platform and best-of-breed solutions, is essential for operational control, consistent policy enforcement, and end-to-end trust in agentic AI deployments.
announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpengineermediaenergy ·
Google's approach to shipping AI apps safely in production
Google is addressing the high failure rate of AI prototypes in enterprise environments by introducing a new AI prototyping stack. This stack decouples experimentation from production systems, allowing rapid iteration and validation without risking stability. Engineers are shifting focus from code quality to architecting safe testing environments, enabling faster delivery of AI features.
announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogsecuritygcpengineerfinanceretailmediagovernmentgcp-cloud-rungcp-cloud-storagegcp-compute-enginegcp-cloud-functions ·
Securing Serverless Applications Against Common Attacks on GCP
Mandiant highlights risks of publicly exposed serverless applications on Google Cloud, such as Cloud Run, lacking authentication. Exploiting vulnerabilities like LFI and command injection can lead to full cloud environment compromise, a growing concern with increased AI usage. This post details attack scenarios and provides hardening guidance, applicable to any public serverless deployment, emphasizing secure secrets management and least privilege principles for service accounts.
announcement security - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpengineer ·
Apigee Hybrid v1.15.6 Release Includes Security Fixes
Apigee hybrid has been updated to version v1.15.6, released on July 15, 2026. This release incorporates various security and CVE fixes, enhancing the overall security posture of the hybrid runtime. The update is delivered via Helm charts, automatically updating container images, and is recommended for all users.
security announcement - 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 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 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 - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpgaarchitectgovernment ·
Google recognized as Leader in Foundation Model Software by IDC MarketScape
Google has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Foundation Model Software 2026 Vendor Assessment. This recognition highlights Google's focus on building secure, production-grade AI systems and its integrated, first-party AI stack. The announcement also introduces Gemini Enterprise, an end-to-end system for orchestrating AI agents, and mentions the Gemini 3.5 Flash model for complex tasks, available today for business users and developers.
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 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.
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