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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GCP Security Blog: Trends in Open Source Software Supply Chain Compromise
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is tracking an increase in threat actors targeting open source software repositories for supply chain compromises, with significant campaigns observed in 2025 and early 2026. These attacks leverage compromised code repositories, dependencies, and developer tools, offering attackers efficiency and scale. The blog post provides mitigation and hardening recommendations based on GTIG's observations, highlighting the impact across various industries and countries, with a particular focus on how AI is likely to accelerate these threats.
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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 Blog blogaigcpengineerfinanceretailgovernmentautomotive ·
Google recognized as leader in Conversational AI by Gartner
Google has been named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Conversational AI Platforms for the second consecutive year, receiving top marks for vision and execution. This recognition highlights Google's advancements in AI research and enterprise infrastructure, particularly with Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience. The platform enables organizations to build sophisticated AI agents that can reason, act, and integrate across enterprise systems for improved customer interactions. The announcement emphasizes the capabilities of CX Agent Studio and its foundation on Google Cloud's AI stack, designed for production-ready AI deployments.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Report: Agentic AI requires significant infrastructure upgrades
A recent survey of 1,400 IT leaders reveals that 83% of organizations need infrastructure upgrades to support agentic AI, which places new demands on compute, storage, and networking. The report highlights challenges like the "inference tax," agent sprawl, and data fragmentation, and discusses solutions including fluid compute, centralized governance, unified data layers, and edge deployments. These insights emphasize the need for modernized, AI-optimized infrastructure to overcome operational and economic barriers.
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Google Cloud's AlphaEvolve for algorithmic optimization is now GA
Google Cloud's AlphaEvolve, an AI-powered agent for optimizing algorithms, has moved from private preview to general availability on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. This tool helps developers tackle complex optimization problems by systematically exploring vast search spaces that are intractable with traditional methods. It is designed for engineers and architects working on challenges in areas like microchip design, logistics, and AI model training, offering a structured four-step process from problem definition to production deployment.
feature announcement - Google Cloud Blog blogcompliancegcparchitectfinance ·
Google Cloud designated Critical Third Party for UK financial sector
Google Cloud has been designated a Critical Third Party (CTP) by the UK Treasury, signifying its importance to the UK financial sector's operational resilience. This designation means Google Cloud EMEA will be directly overseen by UK financial regulators, including the Bank of England, PRA, and FCA. The company is committed to supporting its UK financial customers in meeting their operational resilience and third-party risk management obligations.
announcement - Google Cloud release notes gcpgaengineerfinance ·
Cloud Billing Payment Status Page for Invoiced Accounts
Google Cloud Billing now offers a Payment status page for invoiced accounts, providing access to invoices and credit memos directly within the console. This new page replaces the previous Invoices page for these account types, offering a real-time, customizable view of financial standing. Self-service accounts continue to use the existing Invoices page.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineerfinancegovernment ·
Cortex Framework 7.0.0-preview.2: SAP ERP Data Products and Extensibility
Cortex Framework has released version 7.0.0-preview.2, introducing a significant expansion of data product accelerators specifically for SAP ERP systems, covering a wide range of financial and operational modules. This release also includes a comprehensive extensibility guide to help users customize and extend the framework. This public preview is available now and targets engineers and architects working with SAP ERP data integration and analysis.
feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes gcpengineerfinance ·
Anti Money Laundering AI Engine Minor Version Updates
New minor engine versions v004.009 and v004.010 have been released for the Anti Money Laundering AI commercial line of business. These updates extend support for the major engine version without introducing significant changes from previous minor releases. The update is relevant for users of the Anti Money Laundering AI commercial offerings.
announcement - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewarchitectfinance ·
Cloud Billing CUD dashboard redesigned in preview
Google Cloud has released a preview of a redesigned CUD dashboard within the Cloud Billing console. This update consolidates resource-based and spend-based commitments, offering improved usability and scalability for faster information retrieval. The preview is now available to users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcpdeprecationengineerfinance ·
Blockchain Node Engine enters limited support, plans shutdown
Google Cloud's Blockchain Node Engine will begin a limited support phase on June 15, 2026, disabling new node creation. Existing nodes will function until a final shutdown, with users recommended to migrate to Quicknode. A migration guide is available for assistance.
announcement - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineerfinancegcp-bigquery ·
Cloud Billing data export to BigQuery now supports FOCUS spec in Preview
Google Cloud Billing now offers data export to BigQuery supporting the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) in Preview. This feature aims to provide consistent cost and usage datasets, benefiting FinOps professionals and engineers managing cloud spend. The export includes FOCUS columns up to version 1.2, with detailed documentation available.
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Cloud Billing CUD Analysis GA
Cloud Billing's CUD Analysis tool is now generally available, offering a unified view for managing both spend-based and resource-based Committed Use Discounts. This feature helps customers understand savings, track commitment effectiveness, and download usage data for analysis. It is available to all Cloud Billing customers who use Committed Use Discounts.
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Google Cloud CCaaS 4.35 Addresses Numerous Issues
Google Cloud has released version 4.35 of its Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) platform, introducing fixes for various operational and integration issues. These updates aim to improve agent experience, campaign dialing accuracy, and data reporting across different communication channels and CRM integrations. The release impacts agents, administrators, and developers working with the CCaaS platform and its associated integrations. Specific fixes include issues with URL formatting, campaign dialer logic, transcription services, file uploads, and CRM ticket creation.
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Google Cloud CCaaS 4.30: New Features and Numerous Bug Fixes
Google Cloud CCaaS version 4.30 introduces several new features, including the ability to skip IVR greetings, advanced call scheduling enabled by default in the headless SDK, and a new queue status endpoint for real-time operational data. The update aims to enhance contact center efficiency and provide better insights to administrators and voice AI systems. Additionally, the release includes a significant number of bug fixes addressing issues with message display, ticket ownership, agent adapter errors, chat history, and call routing, benefiting all users of the platform.
feature patch announcement - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewarchitectfinance ·
Anti Money Laundering AI: Backtest API and Recall Metrics Update
Google Cloud has announced improvements to its Anti Money Laundering AI's backtest API and recall metrics, available with engine version v004.011. These enhancements simplify recall calculations and introduce Performance Targeting by the number of parties required above a threshold. This update benefits engineers and architects working with financial compliance and AI-driven fraud detection.
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