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Tracking 331 GCP releases · Updated

  • Google Cloud release notes aigcppreview ·

    Spanner Graph adds built-in graph algorithms

    Spanner Graph now supports a suite of graph algorithms, enabling use cases like fraud detection and recommendations via built-in function calls in queries. This feature allows users to save results to Cloud Storage or Spanner. It is currently available in Preview.

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  • Google Cloud release notes securitygcpgaengineer ·

    Secure Source Manager adds daily code scan quota

    Secure Source Manager now enforces a daily quota on the size of code scanned for credentials per instance, defaulting to 1 GB. This feature aims to improve cost control and resource management for users. It is now generally available and applies to all users of Secure Source Manager.

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  • Google Cloud release notes datagcpsnowflakegapreviewengineer ·

    Looker 26.8 Enhancements: CI GA, Conversational Analytics, In-Database Models

    Looker 26.8 introduces several new features and enhancements, including the general availability of Continuous Integration (CI) and expanded support for Conversational Analytics. Notably, it now integrates with in-database analytic models for BigQuery and Snowflake connections, enabling consistent semantic definitions across tools. Many new capabilities, such as granular dashboard sizing, enhanced observability, agentic workflows, and publishable conversational agents, are available in preview.

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  • Google Cloud release notes aigcpengineer ·

    Google Cloud Contact Center AI advanced reporting dashboards v4.22

    Google Cloud has released version 4.22 of its Contact Center AI advanced reporting dashboards. This update introduces a new Location filter, expands filtering options, renames several tiles for clarity, and adds new metrics like Total Failed and Avg Current Sentiment Score. These enhancements benefit contact center administrators and analysts by providing more granular insights into performance and agent activity.

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  • Google Cloud release notes aigcpgaengineer ·

    Gemini Enterprise: Slack data store now GA

    The Slack data store for Gemini Enterprise has reached general availability. This feature allows users to connect a Slack Workspace to search conversations, files, and messages using natural language, and perform actions like sending messages directly from Gemini Enterprise. This enhancement provides a more integrated and efficient way for teams to leverage their Slack data within the Gemini Enterprise app.

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  • Google Cloud release notes aigcpengineer ·

    Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform adds User ID to logs

    Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform now includes the user.id field in agent logs when prompt input and response output logging is enabled. This enhancement improves tracking of anomalous tool interactions and is effective for agents deployed with ADK version 2.1 and later after May 22, 2026. Users who previously opted in will need to redeploy their agents and re-enable logging for this feature to take effect.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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