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 331 GCP releases · Updated
- Google Cloud release notes awsazuregcpgaengineer ·
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.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpengineer ·
Google SecOps Marketplace Adds Cloud Identity Integration
Google Cloud Security Operations (SecOps) Marketplace has integrated with Cloud Identity, enabling enhanced security posture management. This integration allows organizations to streamline identity and access controls within their security workflows. It is available now for all Google Cloud SecOps users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpengineer ·
Google SecOps Standard Parser Support Policy
Google SecOps has implemented a new support policy for Standard parsers, aiming to enhance platform stability and data normalization. This policy introduces service level objectives, request triaging based on support tiers, and prioritizes critical security data fields. Low-usage parsers will be moved to a community-maintained GitHub repository.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgaengineer ·
Document AI Layout Parser GA: Image and Table Annotations
Document AI's Layout parser now offers general availability for image and table annotations. This feature enhances document analysis by identifying and annotating visual elements like images and tables within parsed documents. This capability is now production-ready for all users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine standard Go: Enable legacy bundled services
App Engine standard environment for Go now allows enabling only necessary legacy bundled services. This feature improves application security and maintainability. It is currently available as a preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Python: Secure bundled service enablement
App Engine standard environment for Python now supports selectively enabling legacy bundled services via the `app_engine_bundled_services` field. This change enhances application security and maintainability by allowing developers to activate only necessary services. This feature is currently available as a preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine standard PHP: Control bundled services
App Engine standard PHP now allows explicit control over legacy bundled services via the `app_engine_bundled_services` field. This improves application security and maintainability. This feature is currently in Preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Standard Java: Enable specific bundled services
App Engine standard environment for Java now allows enabling only necessary legacy bundled services via the app_engine_bundled_services field. This feature improves application security and maintainability. It is currently available as a preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcpengineer ·
GKE adds Cloud Storage FUSE CSI driver support for dedicated clusters
Google Kubernetes Engine now supports the Cloud Storage FUSE CSI driver for dedicated clusters and node pools running GKE version 1.36.0-gke.1266000 and higher. This feature allows for more integrated access to Cloud Storage buckets from within GKE workloads. Users must specify the custom-endpoint mount option to enable the driver.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform adds new capabilities
Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform has launched several new features for its managed AI agents. These include a Deep Research Agent for complex workflows, new sandbox environments for browser automation and custom workloads, and enhanced security monitoring. These updates are aimed at developers and architects building sophisticated AI applications on GCP.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewdeprecationengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise updates: Site filters, PagerDuty integration, and Flash control
Gemini Enterprise now supports filtering Google Sites data stores and connecting PagerDuty data stores, both in public preview. The Gemini Enterprise assist feature has been deprecated and shut down. Administrators can control Gemini 3.5 Flash visibility, with changes to default availability planned for June 2026.
deprecation feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes securityinfragcpsecurity-advisoryengineer ·
Container Optimized OS Updates Address Security Vulnerabilities
This release of Google Container Optimized OS includes multiple package upgrades and patches to address numerous security vulnerabilities, primarily in the Linux kernel, Go, and curl. The updates ensure system security and stability for users running COS. The changes are available now for all users.
security patch announcement - Google Cloud release notes observabilitygcpgaengineer ·
Cloud Trace GA with SQL Analytics and Observability API
Google Cloud Trace is now generally available, integrating SQL-based query and analysis of trace data within Observability Analytics. This allows users to chart query results, save queries, and join trace with log data. The Observability API is also GA, enabling configuration of trace data storage, encryption, and BigQuery dataset linking for enhanced analysis.
feature announcement - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgaengineer ·
Colab Enterprise Data Science Agent GA
The Data Science Agent is now generally available in Colab Enterprise. This agent automates data analysis, ML tasks, and insight delivery directly within Colab notebooks. It is available for all Colab Enterprise users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpgapreviewengineer ·
Cloud Load Balancing: Granular CDN Cache Policies and IPv6 Support
Cloud Load Balancing now allows granular configuration of Cloud CDN cache policies at multiple levels within a URL map for global external Application Load Balancers. This feature is GA and offers finer control based on request criteria. Additionally, IPv6 frontend configuration is now supported for several regional and cross-region proxy and Application Load Balancers, currently in Preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpgaengineer ·
Cloud CDN adds granular cache policy control for external Application Load Balancers
Cloud CDN now offers granular cache policy control for global external Application Load Balancers, allowing configuration at various URL map levels. This enables specific caching logic based on hostnames, URL paths, HTTP headers, and query parameters. The feature is now Generally Available, providing more control for engineers managing global load balancing infrastructure.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgadata-scientist ·
BigQuery Data Science Agent for Colab Enterprise GA
The Data Science Agent for Colab Enterprise and BigQuery is now generally available. This agent aims to improve the data science workflow by integrating AI capabilities directly into the environment. It is now ready for production use by data scientists and engineers working with BigQuery.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineer ·
GKE adds JobSet efficiency metrics in preview
Google Kubernetes Engine is now offering two new system metrics in preview to monitor the efficiency of GKE training JobSets. These metrics, kubernetes.io/jobset/scheduling_goodput and kubernetes.io/jobset/proxy_runtime_goodput, aim to provide insights into resource availability and accelerator productivity during training jobs. They are accessible via the GKE metrics and a dedicated JobSet monitoring dashboard.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcpgapreviewengineer ·
Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog: Data Products GA, New Features
Google Cloud's Knowledge Catalog has reached General Availability for its Data Products feature, enabling curated data asset packaging for business problems. Key enhancements include approval workflows for consumption, automated documentation generation with Gemini, and service account support. A preview feature allows programmatic interaction with data products via a remote Model Context Protocol server for data applications and AI agents.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps SOAR adds calculated fields for dynamic data derivation
Google Security Operations Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) introduces calculated fields, allowing users to dynamically derive new data points within cases and alerts using logical formulas. This enhancement, now in Preview, enables real-time computation based on existing fields, aiding in richer case analysis. The feature is rolling out with release 6.3.86, which also includes general bug fixes.
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