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Tracking 329 GCP releases · Updated
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Security Command Center External Exposure now in Preview
Security Command Center External Exposure is now available in Preview for the Premium tier. This feature helps manage and reduce external attack surfaces by automating asset discovery, validating network exposure paths, and performing exploitability testing. It is targeted at users of Security Command Center Premium who need to secure their cloud environments.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Google SecOps Marketplace Integrations Updated
The Google SecOps Marketplace has released version 1.0 of a new Secret Manager integration. Additionally, source code for numerous existing integrations is now publicly available on GitHub, and several connectors have received updates including bug fixes for idle issues and enhanced hostname extraction. These changes primarily benefit security operations teams and engineers managing security tool integrations.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewarchitectfinance ·
Cloud Billing CUD dashboard redesigned in preview
Google Cloud has released a preview of a redesigned CUD dashboard within the Cloud Billing console. This update consolidates resource-based and spend-based commitments, offering improved usability and scalability for faster information retrieval. The preview is now available to users.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcpgapreviewdeprecationengineermedia ·
Cloud SDK 573.0.0: AI, Data Lineage, Compute Engine, and Networking updates
Cloud SDK version 573.0.0 introduces new AI capabilities, enhances data management tools like Data Lineage and Artifact Registry, and promotes several Compute Engine and Networking features to General Availability. Key additions include AI tuning job management and image streaming cache controls, alongside GA status for BigLake catalogs and Cloud Storage batch operations. This release impacts engineers and architects working with GCP services, with specific updates to Anthos Multi-Cloud and Kubernetes Engine.
breaking - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Confidential VMs now support accelerator-optimized machine types for AI/ML
Google Cloud's Confidential VMs now support the accelerator-optimized g4-standard-48 machine type, which includes 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs. This enhancement provides enhanced security for AI and ML workloads by encrypting data while in use. The feature is currently available in preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcppreviewengineer ·
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL: Parameterized Secure Views in Preview
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL now supports Parameterized Secure Views (PSVs) to enhance application security with natural language queries. This new feature, currently in preview, aims to help secure sensitive data accessed through these query methods. Developers building applications that leverage natural language querying on PostgreSQL databases should be aware of this upcoming capability.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
GCP IAM: Preview of Error IDs for Permission Troubleshooting
Google Cloud IAM is introducing error IDs in permission error messages to aid in troubleshooting access issues. These IDs provide contextual details like principal, resource, and permission, helping engineers pinpoint problems faster. This feature is currently in Preview, offering a more efficient debugging experience for those working with GCP IAM.
feature - Google Cloud release notes securitygcppreviewengineer ·
Google Cloud Secure Web Proxy Adds Authorization Policies and mTLS
Google Cloud's Secure Web Proxy now supports authorization policies for identity- and content-based access control on outbound traffic, allowing granular delegation to services like Service Extensions. Additionally, frontend mutual TLS (mTLS) integration enables validated client identities for stricter outbound traffic controls. Both features are currently available in Preview, enhancing workload security.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineer ·
Compute Engine previews Spot VM availability and pricing
Google Cloud is previewing new features for Compute Engine Spot VMs, allowing users to view real-time obtainability, estimated uptime, and historical preemption rates and pricing before creation. This aims to help users maximize Spot VM success, ensure efficient workload startup, and select cost-effective configurations. This preview is available to all users for specific machine types and locations.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aipreviewengineer ·
Gemini Enterprise: Individual agent observability settings in preview
Gemini Enterprise now allows configuring observability settings for individual agents within Agent Designer. This feature, currently in Public Preview, enables monitoring specific agent metrics and trace results, offering more granular control than the previous application-level observability. This benefits engineers and architects managing complex agent deployments by providing deeper insights into agent performance.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
GCP AI Hypercomputer: Spot VM Preview Features
Google Cloud is previewing new AI Hypercomputer features for Spot VMs. These enhancements provide real-time availability, estimated uptime, preemption rates, and pricing, helping users optimize Spot VM creation for their workloads. This preview is available now and targets engineers and architects managing cloud infrastructure and costs.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcppreviewengineer ·
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL: Parameterized Secure Views in Preview
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL now supports parameterized secure views, offering more granular access control over data within views. This feature allows defining parameters like user ID or region, customizing query results based on user input to enforce least privilege access. It is currently available in Preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
Knowledge Catalog adds unstructured data profiling via Gemini
Knowledge Catalog can now profile unstructured data, such as PDFs in Cloud Storage, using Vertex AI Gemini models. This feature extracts semantic insights and relationships, enhancing understanding of diverse data sources. It is currently in Preview and accessible only through the Dataplex REST API.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineer ·
BigQuery adds Gemini AI assist and restores AI.KEY_DRIVERS function (Preview)
BigQuery has introduced Gemini Cloud Assist, a new feature for performance monitoring, capacity analysis, and cost optimization, currently in preview. Additionally, the AI.KEY_DRIVERS function, which identifies data segments impacting metrics, has been restored and is also available in preview. These features are primarily for data engineers and architects working with BigQuery.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineer ·
Cloud Billing: Multi-project cost views in Preview
Google Cloud Billing now offers multi-project access to cost views, currently in Preview. This feature allows project owners and developers to see aggregated cost data across their authorized projects in a single console view. It leverages a combination of Cloud Billing account and Google Cloud project permissions for access control. This enhancement is primarily for project owners and developers who need consolidated cost visibility.
feature - Google Cloud release notes datagcppreviewengineer ·
BigQuery Continuous Queries Add ARRAY_AGG and STRING_AGG
BigQuery's continuous queries now support the ARRAY_AGG and STRING_AGG aggregation functions. This enhancement allows for more flexible and powerful real-time data processing within BigQuery. This feature is currently in preview and available for users leveraging continuous queries.
feature - Google Cloud release notes networkinggcpprevieweolengineer ·
Cloud Service Mesh 1.29.4-asm.0 Released, Support for 1.26 Deprecated
Cloud Service Mesh has released version 1.29.4-asm.0, incorporating features from Istio 1.29.4 and Envoy v1.37.4-dev. This update introduces a list of unsupported environment variables, labels, and annotations, detailing specific configurations that will not function. Additionally, in-cluster Cloud Service Mesh version 1.26 is now out of support, impacting users who have not upgraded. This announcement affects users of Cloud Service Mesh, particularly those managing in-cluster deployments and planning upgrades.
announcement - Google Cloud release notes infragcpgapreviewdeprecationengineer ·
Cloud SDK Updates Include AI, App Engine, and Networking Enhancements
This release of the Cloud SDK brings several updates, including AI model deployment fixes, Java SDK upgrades for App Engine, and new networking options. It also adds features for Cloud Workstations, Database Migration, and Kubernetes Engine. These changes affect developers and engineers working with Google Cloud services, with some features promoted to general availability.
patch - Google Cloud release notes aigcppreviewengineermedia ·
Vertex AI Search adds new query filtering capabilities
Vertex AI Search has introduced two new preview features for its Feature Agent Search: prefix and partial matching for query filters, and an EXISTS filter. These enhancements allow for more flexible and precise scoping of search results, impacting users performing custom, website, or media searches. Both features are currently in Public Preview.
feature - Google Cloud release notes gcppreviewengineerfinance ·
Cloud Billing data export to BigQuery now supports FOCUS spec in Preview
Google Cloud Billing now offers data export to BigQuery supporting the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) in Preview. This feature aims to provide consistent cost and usage datasets, benefiting FinOps professionals and engineers managing cloud spend. The export includes FOCUS columns up to version 1.2, with detailed documentation available.
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