Cloud SDK 578.0.0: Database Migration default change, AlloyDB backup DR GA, BigQuery improvements
The Cloud SDK 578.0.0 release introduces breaking changes, notably making the `--auto-commit` flag the default for database migration operations and promoting AlloyDB Backup DR restore flags to GA. Key enhancements include BigQuery improvements like force deletion for connections and fixed configuration reading, along with updates to Cloud Run, Compute Engine, and Secret Manager commands. This release affects users of various Google Cloud services, with some changes requiring explicit action to maintain previous behavior.
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- Cloud SDK
578.0.0 (2026-07-28)
- Cloud SDK Google Cloud CLI
(Database Migration) Made --auto-commit flag the default for gcloud database-migration conversion-workspaces seed|convert|import-rules operations. To disable auto-committing, use --no-auto-commit flag. Fixed an issue where running gcloud init crashed when Enterprise Certificate Proxy (ECP) binaries were missing from configuration. Updated macOS Python Virtualenv for the gcloud CLI to 3.14.6. Promote AlloyDB Backup DR restore flags ( --backupdr-backup and --backupdr-data-source ) to the GA track. Fixed a bug where gcloud biglake iceberg tables commands failed to send the X-Iceberg-Access-Delega
https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#July_28_2026
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