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 819 GCP releases · Updated
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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 release notes awsazuregcpdatabrickssnowflakegaengineergcp-compute-engine ·
Compute Engine Hyperdisk Balanced Storage IOPS Increased
Compute Engine has increased the maximum IOPS per GiB for Hyperdisk Balanced Storage Pools. This enhancement offers higher performance for disk-intensive workloads, particularly for standard performance provisioning. These changes are now generally available and apply to all users of Hyperdisk Balanced Storage.
feature - Google Cloud Blog blogdataawsazuregcpgapreviewengineerfinanceenergyautomotivegcp-bigquery ·
SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for BigQuery Now Generally Available
SAP and Google Cloud announced the general availability of SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for BigQuery, enabling zero-copy data access between SAP Business Data Cloud and BigQuery. This integration reduces data silos and accelerates analytics and AI by making current, semantically rich data available across both environments. The solution allows organizations to ground AI agents in operational reality and is now available for general use.
feature announcement - 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 securityazuregcpengineer ·
Google SecOps Marketplace Adds Features and Updates Integrations
Google SecOps Marketplace Version 14.0 introduces a new 'Get Blue Agent Analysis' action and updates several existing connectors. Version 5.0 of Azure Monitor updates integration documentation, while QRadar Version 69.0 enhances timestamp filtering. Jira Version 60.0 adds new filtering options, and Google Chronicle Version 90.0 improves detection handling. These updates benefit security operations teams and engineers managing integrations with these platforms.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes infraazuregcpengineergcp-gke ·
Anthos clusters on Azure supports new Kubernetes versions
Anthos clusters on Azure now supports Kubernetes versions 1.35.3-gke.300, 1.34.6-gke.200, and 1.33.10-gke.200. This announcement allows users to upgrade their clusters to benefit from the latest features and security patches available in these versions. The availability is for all users of Anthos clusters on Azure.
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 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 release notes awsazuregcpdatabrickssnowflakegaengineergcp-cloud-storage ·
Cloud CDN adds self-service private bucket access
Cloud CDN and external Application Load Balancers now support self-service Private Bucket Access for Cloud Storage buckets. This feature enhances security by allowing content serving without making storage buckets public, managing access via IAM permissions. It is now Generally Available.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securityawsazuregcpengineermedia ·
Google SecOps SIEM Updates Supported Parsers
Google SecOps SIEM has updated its list of supported default parsers to include new security log sources and data types. This update aims to improve the ingestion and analysis capabilities for various security products and services. The changes are being rolled out gradually over one to four days across regions, affecting users who rely on these parsers for their security operations.
patch - Google Cloud release notes securityawsazuregcpengineermedia ·
Google SecOps Adds Support for New Parsers and Log Types
Google SecOps has updated its list of supported default parsers and introduced support for new log types. This expansion aims to enhance security data ingestion and analysis capabilities for a wider range of security products and services. The updates will be reflected in regions over one to four days and are relevant to security analysts and engineers managing cloud security infrastructure.
patch - Google Cloud release notes securityazuregcpengineer ·
Google SecOps Marketplace Updates
Google SecOps Marketplace has introduced new actions and enhancements for several security tools, including Palo Alto Cortex XDR, CyberArk PAM, and Siemplify. These updates aim to improve file handling, credential management, and alert processing for security operations teams. Specific improvements include refactored code for Google Cloud Compute actions and updated authentication for FireEye Helix and ETP, enhancing security workflows. The changes are available in their respective tool versions.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes awsazuregcpgaengineergcp-compute-engine ·
Backup and DR: Application-consistent backups and cross-region support for Compute Engine
Google Cloud Backup and DR now offers application-consistent backups for Compute Engine instances via Guest Flush or VSS options in the Console. This feature enhances data integrity for applications running on VMs during backups. Additionally, cross-region backups for Compute Engine instances, disks, and Filestore are now generally available, improving disaster recovery and regional resilience by enabling backup storage in a secondary region.
feature - Google Cloud release notes awsazuregcpgaengineergcp-cloud-sql ·
Cloud SQL for MySQL enhanced backups gain CMEK support
Cloud SQL for MySQL now supports customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) for enhanced backups, offering greater control over data protection. This feature allows users to safeguard CMEK-enabled instances using Google Cloud Backup and DR Service. It is now generally available for all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securityazuredeprecationengineer ·
Google SecOps Marketplace Connector Updates and Deprecations
Google SecOps Marketplace is deprecating several connectors, including Azure Security Center, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender ATP, and Microsoft Graph Security, by March 30, 2027. These connectors will only receive critical bug fixes until then. Concurrently, updates have been made to the Google Chronicle connector for improved batch handling and monitoring, and various other connectors have received logic updates for error handling and minor fixes.
patch - Google Cloud release notes awsazuregcpdatabrickssnowflakegaengineergcp-cloud-sql ·
Cloud SQL for MySQL managed buffer pool now GA
Cloud SQL for MySQL's managed buffer pool feature has reached General Availability. This feature helps prevent out-of-memory errors by dynamically reducing the innodb_buffer_pool_size when memory is constrained. It is now available for all users of Cloud SQL for MySQL.
feature - Google Cloud release notes awsazuregcpdatabrickssnowflakeengineer ·
NetApp Volumes Flex Unified service now in limited preview
NetApp Volumes Flex Unified service level is now available with limited performance in the us-east5 region. This announcement marks a step towards broader availability for this unified service. Engineers and architects working with data storage solutions on Google Cloud should note the regional availability and performance limitations.
announcement - Google Cloud release notes securityawsazuregcpgaengineergovernment ·
Google SecOps Updates Supported Default Parsers
Google SecOps has enhanced its security monitoring capabilities by updating the list of supported default parsers. This expansion allows for ingestion and analysis of logs from a broader range of security tools and platforms. The updates are being rolled out gradually over one to four days. Users can now ingest logs from newly added products like Databahn and Microsoft Defender XDR.
patch - Google Cloud release notes securityawsazuregcpengineergovernment ·
Google SecOps SIEM: Expanded Default Parser Support
Google SecOps SIEM has updated its list of supported default parsers, including both released and pending updates. This enhancement allows for better ingestion and analysis of security logs from a wider range of third-party products. The update is gradual, taking one to four days to reflect in all regions, and primarily benefits security analysts and engineers managing diverse security toolchains.
patch - Google Cloud release notes awsazuregcpgaengineergcp-compute-engine ·
Compute Engine C4A bare metal machine types GA
Two C4A bare metal machine types, c4a-standard-96-metal and c4a-highmem-96-metal, are now generally available for Compute Engine. These instances offer significant CPU and memory configurations and support advanced storage and networking capabilities. This release is relevant for users requiring high-performance bare metal compute on Google Cloud.
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