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Google Cloud releases and Terraform Google provider. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
Tracking 330 GCP releases · Updated
- Google Cloud release notes datagcpgapreviewengineer ·
Cloud Data Fusion 6.11.1.3: Security fixes, pipeline preview, and performance
Cloud Data Fusion version 6.11.1.3 is now generally available, addressing critical security vulnerabilities and resolving an issue with pipeline preview runs failing due to inaccessible objects. This update also improves the latency of the List pipelines page and ensures consistent log propagation for custom plugins in parallel branches. A new deployStrategy parameter allows skipping re-deployment for unchanged pipeline configurations, benefiting engineers managing data pipelines.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes aigcpengineer ·
Cluster Toolkit 1.92.0: ML Diagnostics on TPUs, GKE Auto-Provisioning
Cluster Toolkit version 1.92.0 now supports ML Diagnostics on TPU machine types and node auto-provisioning for GKE clusters. This release also enables an optional infrastructure setup for inference gateways and compact placement for Slurm clusters via DWS flex-start provisioning. These updates benefit users working with machine learning on Google Cloud and managing GKE or Slurm environments.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Knowledge Catalog adds context retrieval for agentic workflows
Google Cloud's Knowledge Catalog now allows users to retrieve a pre-formatted bundle of data asset context using the new lookupContext method. This LLM-ready context is optimized to help ground agents in assessing and using data assets effectively. This feature is currently available in preview and is intended for engineers and architects working with AI agents and data governance.
feature - Google Cloud release notes governancegcppreviewengineer ·
Policy Intelligence for GCP Resource Access
Google Cloud's Policy Intelligence feature, including Policy Analyzer, is now available in Preview. This allows users to visualize and understand the complex relationships between identities, roles, permissions, and resources, particularly focusing on agent identities and their access patterns. This new capability is aimed at engineers and architects managing access controls within GCP environments.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcpgaengineer ·
Google Cloud CCaaS 4.38: Email Sorting, Filtering, and Numerous Bug Fixes
Google Cloud CCaaS has released version 4.38, introducing new sorting and filtering capabilities for emails within the email adapter to enhance agent productivity. The update also resolves a wide range of issues, including incorrect language translations, reporting errors, agent preference updates, and various problems with SMS chat transfers and routing. These fixes aim to improve the overall stability and user experience of the contact center platform for agents and administrators.
feature patch announcement - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Standard Go: Direct VPC egress in preview
App Engine standard environment's Go runtime now supports Direct VPC egress in preview. This feature simplifies and reduces costs for accessing VPC network resources, serving as an alternative to Serverless VPC Access connectors. It is available for Go workloads in the standard environment.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcpgaengineer ·
BigQuery Fluid Scaling Generally Available
BigQuery's fluid scaling feature is now generally available. This provides per-second billing for autoscaling reservations without a minimum duration, potentially lowering costs for intermittent workloads. The change impacts users of BigQuery autoscaling reservations.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Java: Direct VPC egress in preview
App Engine standard environment for Java now supports Direct VPC egress in preview. This feature provides a simpler and more cost-effective way for Java workloads to access VPC network resources compared to existing Serverless VPC Access connectors. The capability is available to all users in preview, with no specific prerequisites mentioned.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcpgaengineer ·
Compute Engine Flex-start VMs in MIGs are now GA
Compute Engine's Flex-start VMs for Managed Instance Groups (MIGs) are now generally available. This feature allows for gradual VM creation in MIGs as capacity becomes available, potentially at a discount for high-demand resources like GPUs. It's beneficial for users needing to provision specialized hardware or manage variable workloads.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreview ·
App Engine standard PHP adds Direct VPC egress preview
App Engine standard environment PHP now supports Direct VPC egress in preview. This feature provides a simpler and more cost-effective way for workloads to access VPC network resources, serving as an alternative to Serverless VPC Access connectors. The feature is currently in preview for PHP workloads.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Standard Ruby: Direct VPC egress in preview
App Engine standard environment Ruby now supports Direct VPC egress in preview, offering a simpler and more cost-effective alternative to Serverless VPC Access connectors. This feature enables your workloads to access VPC network resources directly. This is particularly relevant for developers managing Ruby applications on App Engine who need to integrate with private VPC resources.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgaarchitect ·
Gemini Enterprise EU Compliance for NotebookLM Enterprise
Gemini Enterprise now meets data residency and machine learning processing compliance standards in the EU for NotebookLM Enterprise's core source interaction features. This change is important for European organizations needing to adhere to strict data regulations within their AI tools. While core chat and source addition functionalities are covered, advanced generative features like audio overviews and reports are still excluded from MLP compliance. This update impacts organizations using or considering NotebookLM Enterprise within the EU.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcpengineer ·
Sensitive Data Data Protection adds conversational content inspection
Sensitive Data Protection now inspects and de-identifies conversational content, allowing users to include conversation data in their ContentItem requests. This enhancement expands the tool's capability to protect sensitive information within dialogues and chat logs. This feature is available for use in ContentItem requests.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
VPC Service Controls Preview Support for Workload Identity API
VPC Service Controls now supports a preview of Workload Identity API integration. This enhancement helps improve security posture by enabling fine-grained access control for workloads. The feature is currently in preview, meaning it is available for testing and feedback but not yet generally available for production use.
feature - Google Cloud release notes awspreviewengineer ·
App Engine Standard Node.js: Direct VPC Egress in Preview
App Engine standard environment for Node.js now supports Direct VPC egress in preview. This feature offers a simpler and more cost-effective way to access VPC network resources compared to Serverless VPC Access connectors. It allows Node.js workloads to directly connect to resources within your Virtual Private Cloud.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcppreviewengineer ·
App Engine Standard Python: Direct VPC egress in Preview
App Engine standard environment for Python now supports Direct VPC egress in preview. This feature provides a simpler and more cost-effective way for workloads to access VPC network resources, serving as an alternative to Serverless VPC Access connectors. It is now available for preview testing.
feature - Terraform Google Provider Releases terraforminfragcpengineer ·
Terraform Google Provider v7.35.0: New resources and improvements
Terraform Google Provider v7.35.0 introduces several new resources for managing Google Cloud services, including Oracle GoldenGate connections, Dataplex data products, and Migration Center discoveries. Enhancements to existing resources like firewall policies and container node pools improve configuration flexibility. These updates benefit engineers and architects managing Google Cloud infrastructure through Terraform by expanding the provider's capabilities and fixing reported bugs.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes infragcppreviewengineer ·
Managed Airflow Gen 3 supports internal-only Cloud Run endpoints
Managed Service for Apache Airflow (Gen 3) now allows access to Cloud Run endpoints restricted to internal ingress traffic via your environment's network attachment. This enhancement improves network security and control for Airflow deployments. The feature is available to all Managed Airflow Gen 3 versions through gcloud CLI beta commands and the beta Cloud Composer API.
feature - Google Cloud release notes infra ·
GKE enhances maintenance exclusions
Google Kubernetes Engine is expanding maintenance exclusion capabilities for node pools. This feature allows for per-node pool exclusions and extends the default "No upgrades" exclusion to 90 days, providing greater control over cluster maintenance schedules. These enhancements are available in GKE release channels for cluster administrators.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgapreviewengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise Adds Gemini 3 Pro and 3.1 Flash Image Models
Gemini Enterprise is now generally available with Gemini 3 Pro image (Nano Banana Pro) and Gemini 3.1 flash image (Nano Banana 2) for image generation. These models enhance generative AI capabilities within the Gemini Enterprise app, offering advanced image creation features. Administrators can manage model availability through feature controls, with both models defaulting to off and available in the Global region.
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