Cloud Monitoring: Process metrics retention extended to 24 months
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Cloud Monitoring has extended the data retention period for agent.googleapis.com/processes metrics to 24 months. This change provides users with longer historical data for process monitoring, which is beneficial for long-term trend analysis and debugging. The update applies to all users of Cloud Monitoring and is effective immediately.
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- Cloud Monitoring
All agent.googleapis.com/processes metrics are retained for 24 months. For more information, see Data retention .
Read the original announcement →
https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#June_12_2026
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