Compute Engine deprecates customer-supplied encryption keys
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Google Compute Engine is deprecating the use of customer-supplied encryption keys (CSEKs) for disks, snapshots, images, and machine images. This change will be effective on July 20, 2027, impacting users who rely on CSEKs for encryption. Alternatives and further details are available in the official documentation.
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Encrypting disks, snapshots, images, and machine images with customer-supplied encryption keys (CSEKs) is deprecated and will be disabled on July 20, 2027. For more information and alternatives to CSEKs for your Compute Engine resources, see Deprecation of customer-supplied encryption keys (CSEK) in Compute Engine .
Read the original announcement →
https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#July_20_2026
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