Cloud SDK 579.0.0: Breaking Changes, Feature Promotions, and New Commands
Cloud SDK version 579.0.0 introduces breaking API changes for API Registry, deprecates the clientTlsPolicy field in Network Services, and promotes several features to General Availability across various services like Cloud Functions, Compute Engine, and Cloud Quotas. Users of Compute Engine and Compute Firewall Policies will also see new IAM permission testing commands and GA support for new policy types. This release impacts developers and architects working with these Google Cloud services, particularly those managing API configurations, network policies, and compute resources.
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Breaking changes (2) ›
- Cloud SDK
579.0.0 (2026-08-04)
- Cloud SDK AI
(API Registry) Removed gcloud api-registry mcp enable and gcloud api-registry mcp disable . MCP server enablement is no longer required; enabling the underlying service is sufficient. (Compute Engine) Removed PRESERVED_STATE column from gcloud compute instance-groups managed list-instances output in beta. Route gcloud ai requests for the us multi-region to the Vertex AI multi-regional (REP) endpoint. Added --three-legged-oauth-default-continue-uri flag to gcloud agent-identity auth-providers create and update commands. Enabled ECP HTTP Proxy support for external users (disabled by default). Ad
https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#August_04_2026
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