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Dated changes (33)

Announced changes with an explicit effective date: pricing, defaults, retirements and policy mandates that existing workloads must plan around. Every date shown has been checked against the original announcement, which each row links to.

1. 20 Aug 2026
   Retirement Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: Deprecation source ↗

   xai/grok models on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform will be shut down. API requests will fail. Migrate to alternatives.

   7 days
2. 23 Aug 2026
   Retirement Vertex AI Generative AI on Vertex AI: Deprecation

   Anthropic's Claude 3 Haiku model will be shut down. Users must stop using it or migrate to an alternative.

   10 days
3. 25 Aug 2026
   Config Managed Service for Apache Spark adds new subminor cluster image versions source ↗

   Managed Apache Spark default aliases change and prior Conda-preconfigured versions disallowed from Aug 25, 2026. Delete/replace clusters.

   12 days
4. 25 Aug 2026
   Config Managed Service for Apache Spark: New image versions, Iceberg, and Spark optimizations source ↗

   Managed Apache Spark new image versions become default after Aug 25, 2026. Prior Conda versions disallowed.

   12 days
5. 25 Aug 2026
   Config Managed Service for Apache Spark drops default Conda channels source ↗

   Managed Service for Apache Spark drops default Conda channels after Aug 25, 2026. Update workloads or delete/replace clusters.

   12 days
6. 25 Aug 2026
   Config Managed Service for Apache Spark: Breaking Change source ↗

   After Aug 25, 2026, new default images won't have Conda channels; prior versions with Conda channels disallowed. Migrate workloads.

   12 days
7. 25 Aug 2026
   Config Managed Service for Apache Spark: Service Announcement source ↗

   After Aug 25, 2026, new default images won't have Conda channels; prior versions with Conda channels disallowed. Migrate workloads.

   12 days
8. 25 Aug 2026
   Config Managed Service for Apache Spark: Service Announcement

   After Aug 25, 2026, new default images won't have Conda channels; prior versions with Conda channels disallowed. Migrate workloads.

   12 days
9. 26 Aug 2026
   Config Cloud Storage Cloud Storage Lifecycle Management to Delete Empty Folders source ↗

   Cloud Storage Lifecycle Management will delete empty folders in buckets with hierarchical namespace from Aug 26, 2026.

   13 days
10. 26 Aug 2026
    Config Cloud Storage Cloud Storage: Breaking Change source ↗

    Object Lifecycle Management Delete action will delete empty folders in buckets with hierarchical namespace enabled.

    13 days
11. 1 Sept 2026
    Policy Managed Airflow changes Airflow version support policy source ↗

    Managed Airflow (Gen 2) version support policy changes starting Sep 1, 2026. Review and plan updates.

    19 days
12. 15 Sept 2026
    Cost Cloud Hub: App Topology API transitions to usage-based billing source ↗

    Cloud Hub App Topology API transitions to usage-based billing starting Sep 15, 2026. Review new pricing model.

    33 days
13. 15 Sept 2026
    EOL Cloud Composer Managed Service for Apache Airflow: Non Breaking Change source ↗

    Cloud Composer 1 and Composer 2.0.x environments reach EOL and become unusable. Migrate to supported versions.

    33 days
14. 30 Sept 2026
    Config Cloud NAT: Service Announcement source ↗

    Default TCP TIME_WAIT timeout for new Cloud NAT gateways will decrease from 120s to 30s. Review application compatibility.

    48 days
15. 1 Oct 2026
    Config Cloud Load Balancing adds post-quantum key exchange source ↗

    Post-quantum key exchange enabled by default from Oct 2026. Review SSL policy or defer if required.

    49 days
16. 16 Oct 2026
    Retirement Vertex AI Generative AI on Vertex AI: Service Announcement source ↗

    Gemini 2.5 Pro, Flash-Lite, and Flash models will be retired. Migrate workloads to other supported models.

    64 days
17. 21 Oct 2026
    Retirement Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform deprecates open model endpoints source ↗

    Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform deprecates and retires open model endpoints on Oct 21, 2026. Migrate to alternatives.

    69 days
18. 21 Oct 2026
    Retirement Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: Deprecation

    Specific open model endpoints (deepseek-ocr-maas, etc.) will be retired. Migrate off these endpoints.

    69 days
19. 26 Nov 2026
    Retirement Vertex AI Vertex AI Extensions Deprecated on Google Cloud source ↗

    Vertex AI Extensions will be shut down after November 26, 2026. Migrate to Agent Platform to avoid service disruption.

    105 days
20. 30 Nov 2026
    Policy Google SecOps SOAR Migration Deadline Extended source ↗

    Google SecOps SOAR migration deadline for Stage 2 extended to November 30, 2026. Complete migration to Google Cloud.

    109 days
21. 15 Mar 2027
    EOL Cloud Storage Google SecOps: Deprecation source ↗

    v1 feed types for cloud storage (GCS, S3, SQS, Azure) reach EOL and stop returning data. Transition to v2 feeds.

    214 days
22. 15 Mar 2027
    EOL Cloud Storage Google SecOps SIEM: Deprecation source ↗

    v1 feed types for cloud storage (GCS, S3, SQS, Azure) reach EOL and stop returning data. Transition to v2 feeds.

    214 days
23. 17 Mar 2027
    Retirement GKE Cloud Service Mesh: Deprecation source ↗

    Support for GKE/EKS on AWS/Azure features in Cloud Service Mesh ends. Migrate to an alternative service mesh solution.

    216 days
24. 18 Mar 2027
    Retirement Google SecOps SIEM deprecates legacy IOC feeds source ↗

    Legacy IOC feeds (MANDIANT_ACTIVE_BREACH_IOC, etc.) will be removed. Migrate to GTI_IOC feed.

    217 days
25. 18 Mar 2027
    Retirement Google SecOps: Deprecation

    Legacy IOC feeds (MANDIANT_ACTIVE_BREACH_IOC, etc.) will be removed. Migrate to GTI_IOC feed.

    217 days
26. 18 Mar 2027
    Retirement Google SecOps SIEM: Deprecation

    Legacy IOC feeds (MANDIANT_ACTIVE_BREACH_IOC, etc.) will be removed. Migrate to GTI_IOC feed.

    217 days
27. 30 Mar 2027
    Retirement Google SecOps Marketplace Connector Updates and Deprecations source ↗

    Google SecOps Marketplace Connectors (e.g., Azure Security Center) deprecated on March 30, 2027. Plan for migration.

    229 days
28. 14 Jun 2027
    Config GKE Google Kubernetes Engine: Deprecation source ↗

    GKE 'No channel' config option removed. Clusters automatically enrolled. Manually enroll before date or review impact.

    305 days
29. 20 Jul 2027
    Retirement Google SecOps deprecates legacy SIEM APIs source ↗

    Legacy Google SecOps SIEM APIs (Backstory, Ingestion) fail from July 20, 2027. Migrate existing instances to Chronicle API.

    341 days
30. 20 Jul 2027
    Retirement Google SecOps: Deprecation

    Legacy SIEM APIs (Backstory, Ingestion) will be turned down for all existing instances. Migrate to modern Chronicle API.

    341 days
31. 20 Jul 2027
    Config Compute Engine Compute Engine: Deprecation source ↗

    Customer-supplied encryption keys (CSEKs) for Compute Engine resources will be disabled. Migrate to alternative encryption methods.

    341 days
32. 20 Jul 2027
    Retirement Google SecOps SIEM: Deprecation

    Legacy SIEM APIs (Backstory, Ingestion) will be turned down for all existing instances. Migrate to modern Chronicle API.

    341 days
33. 31 Oct 2027
    EOL Cloud Run Cloud Run functions Go runtime 1.24 reaches end of life in 52 days source ↗

    Cloud Run Java 17 1st gen runtime reaches End of Life by October 31, 2027. Plan for migration or upgrade.

    444 days

Upcoming end-of-life

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2. 2 Sept 2026 Cloud Run functions Go runtime 1.24 end of life 20 days
3. 1 Oct 2026 Google Kubernetes Engine 1.34 end of life 49 days
4. 4 Oct 2026 Cloud Run functions Python runtime 3.10 end of life 52 days
5. 30 Oct 2026 Cloud Run functions Node.js runtime 20 extended support ends 78 days
6. 1 Jan 2027 Cloud SQL for MySQL 8.0 end of life 141 days
7. 1 Feb 2027 Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 14 end of life 172 days
8. 2 Mar 2027 Cloud Run functions Go runtime 1.24 extended support ends 201 days
9. 4 Apr 2027 Cloud Run functions Python runtime 3.10 extended support ends 234 days
10. 11 Apr 2027 Google Kubernetes Engine 1.35 end of life 241 days
11. 30 Apr 2027 Cloud Run functions Node.js runtime 22 end of life 260 days
12. 9 Aug 2027 Google Kubernetes Engine 1.36 end of life 361 days
13. 24 Oct 2027 Cloud Run functions Python runtime 3.11 end of life 437 days
14. 31 Oct 2027 Cloud Run functions Node.js runtime 22 extended support ends 444 days
15. 1 Feb 2028 Cloud SQL for MySQL 5.7 extended support ends 537 days
16. 1 Feb 2028 Cloud SQL for MySQL 5.6 extended support ends 537 days
17. 1 Feb 2028 Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15 end of life 537 days
18. 1 Feb 2028 Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 12 extended support ends 537 days
19. 24 Apr 2028 Cloud Run functions Python runtime 3.11 extended support ends 620 days
20. 30 Apr 2028 Cloud Run functions Node.js runtime 24 end of life 626 days
21. 2 Oct 2028 Cloud Run functions Python runtime 3.12 end of life 781 days
22. 31 Oct 2028 Cloud Run functions Node.js runtime 24 extended support ends 810 days
23. 1 Feb 2029 Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 16 end of life 903 days
24. 1 Feb 2029 Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 13 extended support ends 903 days
25. 2 Apr 2029 Cloud Run functions Python runtime 3.12 extended support ends 963 days
26. 1 Jul 2029 Cloud SQL for MySQL 8.0 extended support ends 1053 days
27. 10 Oct 2029 Cloud Run functions Python runtime 3.13 end of life 1154 days
28. 1 Feb 2030 Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 17 end of life 1268 days
29. 1 Feb 2030 Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 14 extended support ends 1268 days
30. 10 Apr 2030 Cloud Run functions Python runtime 3.13 extended support ends 1336 days
31. 1 Feb 2031 Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15 extended support ends 1633 days
32. 1 Feb 2032 Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 16 extended support ends 1998 days
33. 1 Feb 2033 Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 17 extended support ends 2364 days