Cloud Workstations adds CASFS for ABFS, includes Data Agent Toolkit
Google Cloud Workstations now includes the Content-Addressable Storage File System (CASFS) kernel module, enabling Android Build File System (ABFS) execution. Additionally, the Data Agent Toolkit Extension is pre-installed in Code OSS for Cloud Workstations. These changes enhance development capabilities, particularly for Android builds, and provide immediate access to data agent tools for users of Code OSS within Cloud Workstations.
Features (1) ›
- Cloud Workstations
The Data Agent Toolkit Extension is installed by default in Code OSS for Cloud Workstations.
Notes (1) ›
- Cloud Workstations
The base VM for your workstation includes the Content-Addressable Storage File System (CASFS) kernel module, which lets you run the Android Build File System (ABFS). For more information about the introduction of this module, see the Container-Optimized OS Milestone 129 LTS release notes .
https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#July_08_2026
Related releases
- Bringing gVisor Sandboxes to Distributed Ray Clusters on Google Cloud Google Cloud Blog ·
- Introducing Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services Google Cloud Blog ·
- Google Cloud Introduces Gemini Enterprise for Legal AI Solution Google Cloud Blog ·
- Anthos Config Management gets security updates and monitoring controls Google Cloud release notes ·
- Google SecOps SIEM Adds Unroll Processor for Data Processing Pipelines Google Cloud release notes ·
- Container Optimized OS Updates Address Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities and Package Upgrades Google Cloud release notes ·