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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- Cloud Load Balancing
For global external Application Load Balancers, you can configure Cloud CDN cache policies at various levels of a URL map. This provides granular control over caching policies based on criteria like hostname, URL path, HTTP headers, and query parameters. This feature is in General availability . For more information, see Configure a Cloud CDN cache policy .
- Cloud Load Balancing
Frontend configuration for load balancing incoming IPv6 traffic is now supported for the following load balancers: Regional external Application Load Balancer Regional external proxy Network Load Balancer Regional internal Application Load Balancer Regional internal proxy Network Load Balancer Cross-region internal Application Load Balancer Cross-region internal proxy Network Load Balancer This feature is in Preview . For more information, see the following documentation: Forwarding rules overview IPv6 for Application Load Balancers and proxy Network Load Balancers Convert Application Load Bal
https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#May_26_2026