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 Blog bloggcpengineergovernment ·
NOAA Selects Google Cloud for Supercomputing Infrastructure
NOAA has chosen Google Cloud as its primary provider for the Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS), marking a significant shift to a cloud-first infrastructure. This collaboration aims to enhance weather and climate modeling by leveraging Google Cloud's High-Performance Computing (HPC) capabilities, specifically H4D VMs, to improve the speed, scale, and reliability of weather predictions. This move enables NOAA meteorologists and researchers to adapt future modeling innovations more effectively and positions the United States to lead in global weather modeling.
announcement feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps Enhances Investigation and Case Management (Preview)
Google SecOps has launched a public preview of a revamped Investigation Management experience, designed to handle higher investigation volumes and support new investigation types like retrohunt and threat hunting. This update allows users to track UDM events and detections alongside alerts within cases, offering customizable views and integrated search workflows for improved navigation. The preview is currently limited to single-SIEM deployments and requires manual migration of existing configurations.
feature - Google Cloud Blog blogaiawsazuregcpgapreviewengineerfinanceretailmediagovernmentgcp-bigquerygcp-cloud-rungcp-gkegcp-cloud-storagegcp-vertex-ai ·
Google Cloud AI and AI Agent Updates: June Recap
Google Cloud has released several updates focusing on building, scaling, and securing AI, including a new Open Knowledge Format for LLMs and expanded agentic development capabilities. These advancements aim to help organizations run smarter, more secure applications and improve product discovery. The updates are now available, with new models and tools accessible to various customer segments.
feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes infragcpgadeprecationengineergcp-gke ·
Google Kubernetes Engine: Version Updates and Security Patches
Google Kubernetes Engine has released new cluster versions across its Rapid, Regular, Stable, Extended, and default channels, offering new default versions and updated patch/minor version availability for upgrades. Several older versions are now deprecated and scheduled for removal within 90 days, requiring users to plan their upgrades. The release also includes security updates via updated Container-Optimized OS images for enhanced vulnerability management.
security patch - Google Cloud release notes governancegcppreviewarchitect ·
GCP Knowledge Catalog Adds Feature Governance Workflows
Google Cloud's Knowledge Catalog now offers Feature Governance workflows, enabling automated controls for data product access through a request-review system. This new capability aims to streamline data access management and enhance security. The feature is currently in preview and available for users who wish to implement stricter data governance. More details can be found in the documentation on governance workflows.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governance ·
Google Cloud Contact Center as a Service: Numerous Fixes and Improvements
Google Cloud Contact Center as a Service has released a comprehensive update addressing numerous bugs and introducing performance enhancements. These fixes improve email transfer states, message delivery during web chats, call queueing logic, disposition panel availability, and CRM integration stability. The update is relevant for all users of the Contact Center as a Service platform, particularly agents and administrators managing call and chat operations.
patch - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgaengineer ·
Apigee API Hub Model Context Protocol now generally available
Apigee API Hub's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server has reached general availability, enabling AI agents to interact with your API ecosystem using natural language. The GA release expands read/write capabilities for APIs, specs, and deployments, and introduces a global endpoint for easier integration. It also adds granular OAuth scopes and Model Armor integration for enhanced security.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpgaarchitect ·
Cloud Hub Security & Compliance page GA
The Security & Compliance page within Cloud Hub is now generally available. This feature provides a centralized view for managing security and compliance posture across Google Cloud resources. It is now production-ready for all users of Cloud Hub.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcpengineer ·
Apigee Hybrid v1.16.8 Release Notes
Apigee Hybrid has released version 1.16.8, including a fix for ignored nodeSelector configurations and a new runtime rollout strategy configuration. This update also contains various security and CVE fixes. It is recommended for all users managing Apigee Hybrid deployments, with container images automatically updated via Helm charts for patch releases.
security feature patch announcement - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineergcp-vertex-ai ·
Cloud Billing: Early AI workload cost anomaly detection
Cloud Billing now offers early anomaly detection for AI workloads like Gemini API and Vertex AI, providing near real-time, service-level cost insights before final billing. This feature appears on the 'By service (Early signals)' tab of the Anomalies dashboard. It aims to give users proactive visibility into potential cost overruns for AI services, though user-configured thresholds are not applicable to these early signals.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineergovernment ·
Google Cloud Fraud Defense: reCAPTCHA Preview
Google Cloud Fraud Defense is now in preview with Policy Engine, Universal keys, and challenge policies. Policy Engine enables custom rules for triggering CAPTCHA challenges based on various risk factors, and a new AI-resistant QR code challenge is included. This preview aims to enhance bot detection and fraud prevention for developers integrating reCAPTCHA.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpgaengineer ·
Google Cloud Marketplace Private Offers API
The Cloud Commerce Producer API now supports programmatic creation, management, and publishing of private offers on Google Cloud Marketplace. This allows partners to automate private offer workflows, including custom pricing and document attachments. This feature is available now and benefits partners managing private offers.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcpengineer ·
Artifact Registry Connector repositories proxy upstream sources
Artifact Registry now offers Feature Connector repositories that act as proxies for upstream sources, without caching artifacts. This enhances auditability and supports environments with strict third-party policies against caching. The feature is detailed in the Connector repositories overview documentation.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpga ·
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform adds Claude Opus 5
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform now supports Anthropic's Claude Opus 5, enhancing its capabilities with advanced large language model features. This integration allows developers to leverage a more powerful model within their agent applications. Claude Opus 5 is available for use immediately.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpgaengineer ·
Cloud Service Mesh Envoy Compressor Filter GA
The Envoy Compressor Filter for Cloud Service Mesh is now Generally Available in the stable release channel. This feature enhances network performance by enabling compression for service mesh traffic. It is now available for all users operating in the stable release channel.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datainfragcpengineergcp-cloud-sql ·
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL: Enhanced Disaster Recovery with Logical Replication
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL now supports logical replication using failover slots, enabling advanced disaster recovery and replica failover operations for business continuity. This feature provides robust mechanisms to ensure data availability and resilience. It is available for users requiring enhanced DR capabilities for their PostgreSQL instances.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigaengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise: Document and presentation creation in Canvas now GA
Gemini Enterprise's Canvas assistant, used for creating and editing AI-generated documents and presentations, is now generally available. This feature allows users to generate content directly from chats and export it to various formats. Administrators must enable the 'Enable canvas' toggle for users to access it.
feature - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpdeprecationengineerretailgcp-bigquerygcp-looker ·
Open Knowledge Format v0.2 enhances agentic trust and provenance
The Open Knowledge Format (OKF) has been updated to version 0.2, introducing new frontmatter fields to address concerns about agent-generated content trustworthiness. These additions enable consumers to assess provenance, trust, freshness, lifecycle, and attestation of knowledge assets. This release is particularly relevant for systems where agents continuously generate and consume knowledge, allowing for explicit signals to build accountability. The updates are optional and do not change the core format, maintaining compatibility with v0.1.
feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes infragcpengineergcp-compute-engine ·
GCP Compute Engine MIG Instance Distribution Monitoring
GCP Compute Engine now offers a Cloud Monitoring dashboard for Managed Instance Groups (MIGs) to observe real-time VM distribution across zones and machine types. This enhanced visibility aids in monitoring capacity allocation and diagnosing runtime fallback behavior, especially for groups utilizing location and instance flexibility. The feature is available now for users managing MIGs.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcpengineergcp-firestore ·
Manage Firestore Security Rules in Google Cloud Console
Google Cloud console now supports viewing, managing, and deploying Firestore Security Rules for Native mode. This feature allows users to create new rulesets and manage existing ones from the timeline. This enhancement is available for Firestore Standard and Enterprise editions.
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