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
- Google Cloud release notes networkingawsgcpengineer ·
Cloud Interconnect adds new locations for AWS cross-cloud
Cloud Interconnect now supports two new locations for its cross-cloud interconnect feature with AWS: australia-southeast1 and europe-north2. This expansion enhances connectivity options for organizations leveraging hybrid cloud strategies that span both Google Cloud and AWS. The update is available immediately for all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpengineer ·
Cloud Service Mesh supports IP auto-allocation with DNS Proxy
Cloud Service Mesh now supports IP auto-allocation with DNS Proxy for clusters using the TRAFFIC_DIRECTOR implementation. This enhancement simplifies network configuration for users in the Rapid release channel. The feature is available for those managing service meshes on Google Cloud.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcppreviewengineer ·
Cloud Load Balancing adds advanced policy support for regional LBs
Cloud Load Balancing now supports serviceLbPolicy for regional external and internal Application Load Balancers, enabling advanced features like custom algorithms and auto-capacity draining. This enhancement offers greater control and optimization for traffic management. The feature is currently in Preview and applies to regional Application Load Balancers.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpgaengineergcp-gke ·
GKE Mixed-Protocol Load Balancers Reach General Availability
Google Kubernetes Engine has reached general availability for mixed-protocol Services of type LoadBalancer. This feature allows a single IP address to handle simultaneous TCP and UDP traffic for both external and internal Network Load Balancers across IPv4, IPv6, and dual-stack environments. This resolves prior traffic routing errors and is available in GKE version 1.36.2-gke.1498000 and later, benefiting users managing diverse network traffic patterns.
security 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 networkinggcpgaengineer ·
Cloud Router: Named BGP route policies now GA
Cloud Router's support for named sets in BGP route policies has reached general availability. This enhancement allows for more flexible and manageable configuration of BGP route policies. The feature is now production-ready for all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpengineer ·
VPC Flow Logs Add App Hub Labels
Google Cloud VPC Flow Logs now include application-specific labels for resources registered with App Hub. This enhancement allows for more granular application monitoring and cost allocation within your network infrastructure. The feature is available for App Hub workloads and services.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcppreviewengineer ·
Cloud Service Mesh: Envoy Lua Filter in Preview
The Envoy Lua Filter is now available as a preview feature within the stable release channel for Cloud Service Mesh. This enhancement allows for greater customization and programmability of service mesh traffic management. It is available for users who want to extend Envoy's capabilities with custom Lua scripts.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcppreviewengineer ·
Cloud Load Balancing: Reserve BYOIP IPv6 Addresses
Cloud Load Balancing now allows reserving specific or auto-allocated bring-your-own-IP (BYOIP) IPv6 addresses for regional external passthrough Network Load Balancers. This feature ensures IPv6 addresses persist independently of the load balancer's lifecycle and allows promoting ephemeral BYOIP addresses to reserved static ones. The capability is currently in Preview, impacting engineers and architects managing network infrastructure.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcppreview ·
GCP VPC: Preview for reserved static IPv6 addresses from BYOIP
Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is now in preview for reserving static external IPv6 addresses sourced from Bring Your Own IP addresses (BYOIP) sub-prefixes. This allows assignment to forwarding rules for external passthrough Network Load Balancers and external protocol forwarding, and enables promoting ephemeral BYOIP addresses to static. The feature is available for users with BYOIP configurations.
feature - 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 blognetworkinggcpgaengineer ·
GCP Cloud Router BGP route policies: Top 3 customer use cases
Google Cloud has highlighted three key customer use cases for its Cloud Router BGP route policies, emphasizing enhanced network control and simplified configurations. The introduction of policy named sets allows for grouping prefixes and communities, simplifying management of complex routing rules. These features are now generally available and recommended for optimizing hybrid cloud connectivity, with a suggestion to test in staging environments first.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpengineer ·
Network Intelligence Center adds SNI-aware connectivity tests for Proxy NLB
The Network Intelligence Center's Connectivity Tests feature now supports analyzing Proxy Network Load Balancers configured with Server Name Indication (SNI) routing. This enhancement provides deeper insights into TLS traffic handling for these specific load balancer configurations. The update is available now for users managing Proxy Network Load Balancers with SNI routing.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpgaengineer ·
Network Security Integration: Broker Mode and Security Profiles GA
Google Cloud's Network Security Integration now offers broker mode and project-level security profiles in General Availability. Broker mode mirrors GENEVE-encapsulated packets for analysis with added metadata, while security profiles enhance network protection. Access to broker mode requires contacting your Google account team, and it's not available to all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpengineer ·
Bigtable adds direct connectivity option
Bigtable now supports direct connectivity to bypass the Google frontend. This feature is designed to optimize performance for specific application traffic patterns. Engineers and architects managing Bigtable instances may benefit from evaluating this new connectivity option.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpengineergcp-cloud-sql ·
Cloud SQL for MySQL: Private Service Connect for replicas and DR
Cloud SQL for MySQL now supports Private Service Connect for outbound connectivity on read replica instances and instances utilizing advanced disaster recovery features. This enhancement improves network security and management for these specific instance types. The feature is available for instances requiring switchover and failover operations.
patch - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpengineergcp-cloud-sql ·
Cloud SQL for SQL Server Adds Private Service Connect Support
Cloud SQL for SQL Server now supports Private Service Connect for outbound connectivity, including read replicas, instances with advanced disaster recovery features, and primary instances with replicas. This enhancement improves network security and management for SQL Server workloads on Google Cloud. It applies to all users managing these specific instance configurations.
patch - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpengineergcp-cloud-sql ·
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL: Private Service Connect Outbound
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL now supports Private Service Connect for outbound connectivity on read replica instances and instances with advanced disaster recovery. This enhancement improves secure connectivity for replicated and failover-enabled databases. The feature is available for instances utilizing these specific configurations.
patch - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcppreviewengineer ·
Cloud NAT Private NAT adds IPv6 to IPv4 translation (Preview)
Google Cloud is previewing a new feature for Cloud NAT Private NAT that enables IPv6 to IPv4 network address translation. This capability, known as NAT64, will allow services using IPv6 to communicate with IPv4-only endpoints. This preview is available now for users to test.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infranetworkinggcpengineergcp-compute-engine ·
VPC General Availability for Private Service Connect Interfaces
Google Cloud's Virtual Private Cloud is now generally available for connecting Compute Engine instances to RDMA network profiles via multiple Private Service Connect interfaces. This enhancement allows single instances to establish more robust connections to Falcon VPC networks. The feature is available for all users, with documentation provided for setup.
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