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 infragcpgaengineer ·
App Engine Standard Go supports granular bundled services
App Engine standard environment's Go runtime now offers general availability for enabling specific legacy bundled services via the `app_engine_bundled_services` field. This enhancement provides greater control over service dependencies for Go applications. The feature is available now for all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcppreviewengineergcp-bigquery ·
BigQuery Data Transfer Service adds incremental Klaviyo transfers
The BigQuery Data Transfer Service now supports incremental data transfers for Klaviyo data. This enhancement reduces data transfer times and resource consumption for users integrating Klaviyo with BigQuery. The feature is available in Preview for all users. Prerequisites include an active Klaviyo account and a BigQuery dataset.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcpgaengineer ·
App Engine Python Standard: GA for Bundled Services Control
App Engine standard environment now supports controlling legacy bundled services via the `app_engine_bundled_services` field, which is now Generally Available. This allows developers to enable only necessary services for their Python applications. This change is relevant for all App Engine standard environment Python users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcpgaengineer ·
App Engine Java: GA for granular bundled services
App Engine standard environment now supports enabling only necessary legacy bundled services through the `app_engine_bundled_services` field. This granular control provides better resource management and can simplify application configurations. The feature is now generally available for all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securityinfragcpsecurity-advisoryengineer ·
Container Optimized OS Security and Bug Fixes
This release of Container Optimized OS addresses numerous security vulnerabilities across the Linux kernel, systemd, Python, and OpenSSH. It also includes fixes for an xfs file system bug and an update to fluent-bit. These updates are crucial for maintaining system integrity and security for all users running Container Optimized OS.
security patch - Google Cloud Blog blogaiawsazuregcpdatabrickssnowflakepreviewengineergcp-bigquerygcp-cloud-storagegcp-spanner ·
Google Cloud Announces Borderless Lakehouse for Cross-Cloud Data Access
Google Cloud is enhancing its "borderless Lakehouse" architecture, built on Apache Iceberg, to enable AI agents and Gemini Enterprise to query data across AWS, Databricks, and Snowflake without moving it. This initiative introduces catalog federation and zero-copy integrations, offering zero-copy cross-cloud analytics, bidirectional interoperability, and unified governance to developers and architects. The new capabilities, including Cross-Cloud Interconnects and intelligent caching, aim to reduce data transfer costs and latency for in-place AI and ML workloads, with preview availability for key federation features.
feature - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpengineer ·
Automate agent development lifecycle with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform introduces Agents CLI skills to streamline the development lifecycle of AI agents, moving them from prototype to production. This new toolset allows developers to manage agent creation, deployment, and evaluation within a single coding agent environment, reducing context switching and friction. The platform is demonstrated through the creation of an "Industry Watch" agent designed to analyze semiconductor stock disclosures and news, enabling more robust and reliable AI applications. This approach aims to solve the common problem of AI projects stalling in the prototype phase.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaigcpgaengineerhealthcare ·
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform enhances agent capabilities and security
Google Cloud has expanded Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform with new features for agent runtime, memory, security, and observability. These updates aim to help businesses build, secure, and scale AI agents more effectively by enabling longer-running tasks, structured context retention, enhanced identity management, and centralized governance. The enhancements are now generally available to all users, offering improved automation and security for enterprise AI deployments.
feature - Google Cloud Blog bloggcppreviewanalystgcp-looker ·
Looker Agentic Workflows Automate Monitoring and Root Cause Analysis
Google Cloud's Looker is introducing Agentic Workflows, a new preview capability that automates data metric monitoring and root-cause analysis using intelligent agents. This feature transforms natural language requests into automated monitoring routines, providing diagnostic summaries via Slack or email to help analysts quickly understand metric changes. Available now in preview for Looker version 26.08 and later, it allows business users to create and manage workflows with administrator oversight.
feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes awsgaengineer ·
Cloud KMS Autokey with same-project key storage GA
Cloud Key Management Service Autokey with same-project key storage is now generally available. This feature allows for more flexible key management within Google Cloud projects. It can be used independently or in conjunction with the dedicated-project key storage option, making it relevant for engineers and architects managing cryptographic keys in Google Cloud.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps: View preview parser content with custom parsers
Google SecOps now allows users to view the content of prebuilt parser preview versions, even when a custom parser is active for the same log type. This enhancement provides visibility into new preview features without disrupting current custom parser configurations. It benefits SecOps users who want to evaluate upcoming parser capabilities.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps SIEM: View Prebuilt Parser Preview Content
Google SecOps SIEM now allows users to view prebuilt parser preview version content even when using a custom parser for the same log type. This enhancement enables users to inspect new preview versions before activating them. The feature is available for users of Google SecOps SIEM.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineergcp-gke ·
GKE: Opt-out of Arm taint, CORS for Gateways
Google Kubernetes Engine now allows opting out of the default `kubernetes.io/arch=arm64:NoSchedule` taint on Arm nodes in Standard node pools and custom ComputeClasses. This simplifies scheduling multi-architecture workloads by allowing pods without explicit tolerations to run on Arm instances. Additionally, GKE Gateway and Inference Gateway now support Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configuration directly on HTTPRoute resources, available in Preview for GKE version 1.35 and later.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpengineer ·
Security Command Center ServiceNow Integration Updates
The Google SCC ITSM and SIR apps for ServiceNow have been updated to versions 1.2.0 and 1.3.0, respectively. This release adds support for new ServiceNow versions and introduces features for managing findings, creating mute rules, and viewing action logs. The update also includes revised setup and troubleshooting guidance for the integration, impacting users who leverage Security Command Center with ServiceNow.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcpengineergcp-compute-engine ·
Compute Engine C4D Instances Increase Hyperdisk Throughput
Compute Engine's C4D instances now offer higher maximum throughput limits for Hyperdisk Balanced volumes. This enhancement benefits users requiring faster disk I/O on larger machine types, such as c4d-*-96, c4d-*-192, and c4d-*-384. The updated limits are detailed in the Hyperdisk Balanced performance documentation.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcpengineergcp-spanner ·
Spanner allows creating tables without explicit primary keys
Google Cloud Spanner now supports creating tables without requiring an explicit primary key definition. This feature leverages a hidden `rowid` column as the default primary key, simplifying table creation for certain use cases. This change affects developers and architects working with Spanner who want more flexibility in table schema design.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL: IAM group auth in preview
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL now offers IAM group authentication in preview for new clusters running PostgreSQL 15+. This feature simplifies user management by enabling access control at the group level, allowing group members to inherit database roles. It requires enabling specific database flags and is available for new clusters.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aiga ·
Gemini Enterprise adds Microsoft Teams federated connector
Gemini Enterprise has achieved general availability for its Microsoft Teams federated connector. This integration allows users to query Teams data, including channels, chats, and messages, and perform supported actions directly within Gemini Enterprise. The connector is now available for all Gemini Enterprise users.
feature - Terraform Google Provider Releases terraforminfragcpdeprecationengineergcp-bigquerygcp-dataproc ·
Terraform Google Provider v7.42.0: New resources, BigQuery, Colab enhancements
HashiCorp's Terraform Google Provider has been updated to version 7.42.0, introducing several new resources including those for quotas, service accounts, and API Hub attachments. Enhancements focus on BigQuery, Cloud Run, Colab schedules, and Compute Engine, along with bug fixes for Bigtable, GKE Hub, and Secret Manager. This release also deprecates a Vertex AI resource, directing users to an alternative. The update is available for all users managing Google Cloud infrastructure via Terraform.
deprecation feature patch announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogaiawsgcpgapreviewengineermediagcp-bigquerygcp-cloud-sqlgcp-spannergcp-looker ·
Google Cloud Conversational Analytics expands across data ecosystem
Google Cloud's Conversational Analytics, which leverages generative AI for data interaction, is now generally available for BigQuery and Looker, with preview availability for AlloyDB, Cloud SQL, and Spanner. This expansion allows querying data across multi-cloud and database workloads with enhanced enterprise security, governance, and integration capabilities. It aims to provide proactive insights and flexible developer integration for data practitioners and business teams.
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