Latest Google Cloud Platform Updates

• August 13, 2026

  August 13, 2026

  Apigee X Announcement On August 13th, 2026, we began maintenance updates of Apigee instances configured for maintenance windows. If you set a preferred window for maintenance for your instance, and your instance version is below 1-18-0-apigee-2, your instance will be updated to 1-18-0-apigee-2 within the next seven to 21 days. A notification containing the expected date of upgrade will be sent within the next two business days. Note: Instances that meet either of the following two criteria will not be updated: Your instance has a DNS misconfiguration, as described in Known Issue 445936920. Your instance uses an Apigee Java Library that has been removed, as described in Apigee release notes dated October 16, 2025. For more information on participating in scheduled maintenance windows, see Maintenance overview and Manage Apigee instance maintenance windows. Announcement On August 13th, 2026, we released an updated version of Apigee (1-18-0-apigee-3). Note: Rollouts of this release began today and may take four or more business days to be completed across all Google Cloud zones. Your instances may not have the features and fixes available until the rollout is complete. Fixed Bug ID Description 532147587 To fix forward proxy support. 537657987 Fixed a bug where watcher failed to reconcile all routes if an environment was not found in the control plane. 543022076 Google Cloud BOM upgrade (protobuf 4.x, gRPC 1.81, Guava 33.5). One user-visible change: a malformed inbound gRPC request frame is now reported to the client as grpc-status INTERNAL(13) and recorded in analytics as x-apigee.grpc.status=13, where it was previously an Apigee ServiceUnavailable fault seen as UNAVAILABLE(14) with no x-apigee.grpc.status recorded. Otherwise no user facing impact, but any prod issue related to gcp, protobuf or gRPC may relate to this. 542242046 Fixed LLMTokenQuota metering the request against an arbitrary quota bucket when the API Product declared multiple models and the request carri

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• August 11, 2026

  August 11, 2026

  Apigee hybrid Announcement v1.16.9 On August 11, 2026 we released an updated version of the Apigee hybrid software, v1.16.9. For information on upgrading, see Upgrading Apigee hybrid to version v1.16.9. For information on new installations, see The big picture. Note: This is a patch release: The container images used in patch releases are integrated with the Apigee hybrid Helm charts. Upgrading to a patch via the Helm chart automatically updates the images. No manual image changes are typically needed. For information on container image support in Apigee hybrid releases, see Apigee release process. Fixed Fixed in this release Bug ID Description 514973778 Fixed an issue where the SanitizeUserPrompt and SanitizeModelResponse policies failed to tolerate unknown fields while parsing responses from the Model Armor Service. 543171828 Fixed an issue where the apigee-logger DaemonSet failed to schedule on cluster nodes without custom node labels due to a default logger.nodeSelector in the Helm chart. Security Various security and CVE fixes are included in this release. BigQuery Feature Query templates for data clean rooms are generally available (GA). Query templates allow data clean room owners and publishers to share predefined queries without exposing the underlying tables and views. Additionally, table parameters in table-valued functions (TVFs) are generally available (GA). You can use the ANY TABLE type as a table parameter to create generic functions that accept tables of any structure. Cloud Run Feature Cloud Run NVIDIA L4 GPU driver version 580.x.x is available for services, jobs, and worker pools. Compute Engine Feature Generally available: Compute flexible committed use discounts (CUDs) are available for G2 and G4 GPU accelerator-optimized machine series. The supported resources include vCPUs, memory, Local SSD disks, and GPUs. Compute flexible CUDs are spend-based CUDs that apply to eligible Google Cloud spend across Compute Engine, GKE, and Cloud Run. For G2 an

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• August 09, 2026

  August 9, 2026

  Agent Platform Workbench Change Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies. Change 20260809-2330-rc0 Release Change Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies. Change 20260809-2330-rc0 Release Fixed Fixed the Git panel's grayed out buttons which were disabled due to an issue with the Jupyter Lab's Git plugin introduced in version 0.54.0. Change 20260809-2230-rc0 Release Change Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies. Fixed Fixed the Git panel's grayed out buttons which were disabled due to an issue with the Jupyter Lab's Git plugin introduced in version 0.54.0. Change 20260809-2230-rc0 Release Change Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies. Change 20260809-2130-rc0 Release Change Updated the NVIDIA GPU driver on Workbench Debian 12 images from 580.65.06 to 580.126.20 for compatibility with the Debian 12 6.1.0-52 kernel. Change Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies. Fixed Fixed the Git panel's grayed out buttons which were disabled due to an issue with the Jupyter Lab's Git plugin introduced in version 0.54.0. Google SecOps Feature Updated rich-text editor Upgraded the rich-text editor across Google SecOps, including the Cases Wall, Use Case Upload dialog, Report Template dialog, and Dashboard Editor widget. Key changes include: Simplified typography: Choose font sizes using semantic options (Small, Normal, Large, Huge). Legacy font sizes on existing text are preserved. Streamlined tables: You can insert or remove entire tables. Formatting inside table cells is no longer supported. Toolbar cleanup: Removed the Cut, Copy, and Paste buttons from the toolbar. Standard OS keyboard shortcuts remain supported. Visual alignment: Improved visual consistency between editor content during editing and after submission. Google SecOps SOAR Announcement Release 6.3.97 is being rolled out to the first phase of regions as listed here. This release contains internal and customer bug fixes. Feature Updated rich-text editor U

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• August 02, 2026

  August 2, 2026

  Agent Platform Workbench Change 20260802-2330-rc0 Release Change 20260802-2330-rc0 Release Fixed Fixed issue with JupyterLab UI silently reverting file changes and interrupting kernels due to Gemini CLI's auto reload extension. Change The JupyterLab last-active and auto-reload extensions are now enabled only when Gemini CLI is configured, preventing them from affecting the native JupyterLab UI otherwise. Change Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies. Fixed Fixed issue with JupyterLab UI silently reverting file changes and interrupting kernels due to Gemini CLI's auto reload extension. Change The JupyterLab last-active and auto-reload extensions are now enabled only when Gemini CLI is configured, preventing them from affecting the native JupyterLab UI otherwise. Change Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies. Fixed Fixed an error that could prevent creating new micromamba environments at runtime due to package cache permissions. Fixed Fixed an error that could prevent creating new micromamba environments at runtime due to package cache permissions. Change 20260802-2230-rc0 Release Change 20260802-2230-rc0 Release Fixed Fixed issue with JupyterLab UI silently reverting file changes and interrupting kernels due to Gemini CLI's auto reload extension. Change The JupyterLab last-active and auto-reload extensions are now enabled only when Gemini CLI is configured, preventing them from affecting the native JupyterLab UI otherwise. Change Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies. Fixed Fixed issue with JupyterLab UI silently reverting file changes and interrupting kernels due to Gemini CLI's auto reload extension. Change The JupyterLab last-active and auto-reload extensions are now enabled only when Gemini CLI is configured, preventing them from affecting the native JupyterLab UI otherwise. Change Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies. Google SecOps SOAR Announcement Release 6.3.96 is being rolled out to the first phase o

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• July 31, 2026

  July 31, 2026

  Access Approval Feature App Topology (including One Graph) is generally available (GA). Access Transparency Feature App Topology (including One Graph) is generally available (GA). Apigee hybrid Announcement v1.15.7 On July 31, 2026 we released an updated version of the Apigee hybrid software, v1.15.7. For information on upgrading, see Upgrading Apigee hybrid to version v1.15.7. For information on new installations, see The big picture. Note: This is a patch release: The container images used in patch releases are integrated with the Apigee hybrid Helm charts. Upgrading to a patch via the Helm chart automatically updates the images. No manual image changes are typically needed. For information on container image support in Apigee hybrid releases, see Apigee release process. Feature Runtime rollout strategy configuration In this release, you can configure the rollout strategy used when updating runtime (message processor) ReplicaSets by setting the runtime.release.strategy property (with options rolling, scale-down-first, or none) or per-environment with envs[].components.runtime.release.strategy in your overrides configuration file. The property defaults to rolling. Security Various security and CVE fixes are included in this release. Cloud Load Balancing Feature Cloud Load Balancing introduces a new version of the Network Load Balancer—the global external passthrough Network Load Balancer, which is the global variant of the regional external passthrough Network Load Balancer. The load balancer is available in Preview. This load balancer variant solves use cases for Security Service Edge (SSE), DNS hosting, Adtech (real-time bidding), real-time communications (RTC), live streaming, and online gaming, among others. Global external passthrough Network Load Balancers are Layer 4 passthrough load balancers that distribute external traffic among backends (instance groups or network endpoint groups) that can reside in multiple Google Cloud regions. By using Google's global

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• July 29, 2026

  July 29, 2026

  App Engine standard environment Go Feature Support for enabling only needed legacy bundled services using the app_engine_bundled_services field is in General Availability. App Engine standard environment Java Feature Support for enabling only needed legacy bundled services using the app_engine_bundled_services field is in General Availability. App Engine standard environment PHP Feature Support for enabling only needed legacy bundled services using the app_engine_bundled_services field is in General Availability. App Engine standard environment Python Feature Support for enabling only needed legacy bundled services using the app_engine_bundled_services field is in General Availability. BigQuery Feature The BigQuery Data Transfer Service now supports incremental data transfers when transferring data from Klaviyo to BigQuery. This feature is supported in Preview. Bigtable Feature You can use the Google Cloud console to manage row key schemas for your Bigtable tables. This feature is in Preview. Cloud Key Management Service Feature Cloud KMS Autokey with same-project key storage (formerly known as Autokey for delegated key management) is generally available. Autokey with same-project key storage can be used on its own or alongside Autokey with dedicated-project key storage (formerly known as Autokey for centralized key management). For more information, see Enable Cloud KMS Autokey. To learn how to set guardrails to constrain how Autokey is used in your organization, see Control Autokey usage. Cloud SQL for MySQL Feature Cloud SQL for MySQL now supports significantly faster re-encryption of instances and replicas protected by customer-managed encryption keys (CMEKs), and re-encryption now completes with zero downtime. The steps to re-encrypt your instances and replicas are unchanged, but the operation now re-encrypts the underlying disks in-place, without creating re-encryption backups. For more information, see Re-encrypt an existing CMEK-enabled instance or replica.

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• July 27, 2026

  July 27, 2026

  AlloyDB for PostgreSQL Feature AlloyDB write endpoints are now available in Preview. Write endpoints simplify database connection management by providing a stable domain name service (DNS) name for your applications, decoupling them from instance IP addresses. During disaster recovery switchovers or failovers, AlloyDB automatically updates the endpoint to point to the new primary instance. For more information, see Manage database connections with write endpoints. Feature AlloyDB now supports cross-region failover in Preview. You can optionally enable cross-region failover to automate the recreation of the original primary when a secondary cluster is promoted while maintaining your replication topology without requiring manual cluster deletion or re-creation. Cross-region failover is supported only for topologies with a single primary cluster and a single secondary cluster. For more information, see About cross-region replication and Work with cross-region replication. Feature External search with AlloyDB now supports OpenSearch in Preview. You can use the external_search_fdw extension to connect to an OpenSearch cluster and query its data directly from your database. Anthos Config Management Change Upgraded bundled Helm version from v3.20.2 to v3.21.1 to pick up vulnerability fixes. To understand the changes in each release, review the changelogs. Change Addressed multiple Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) by updating dependencies. Apigee X Announcement On July 27th, 2026, we released an updated version of Apigee (1-18-0-apigee-2). Note: Rollouts of this release began today and may take four or more business days to be completed across all Google Cloud zones. Your instances may not have the features and fixes available until the rollout is complete. Feature SanitizeUserPrompt and SanitizeModelResponse policies now support function calling The SanitizeUserPrompt and SanitizeModelResponse policies now handle LLM function calling (tool use) flows. Two new op

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• July 25, 2026

  July 25, 2026

  Google SecOps SOAR Announcement Release 6.3.94 is now available for all regions.

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• July 20, 2026

  July 20, 2026

  Batch Breaking Starting on the following dates, you can no longer create a job that locates its Compute Engine resources outside of the job's location. For projects that have successfully submitted before July 31, 2026 at least one job that uses the allowedLocations[] field with any region or zones outside of the job's location, changes are starting on June 30, 2027. For all other projects, changes are starting on July 31, 2026. If none of your jobs specify the allowedLocations[] field, then no action is required. Otherwise, ensure that any region or zones specified in the allowedLocations[] field are in the same region as the job's location before these dates. For more information, see Batch locations. BigQuery Issue Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg: Data Products with special characters, such as "/" or "-", are not supported and will not be available in BigQuery even if shared from SAP BDC to BigQuery. If you share a Data Product with special characters, this could cause the refresh to stop and require re-enrollment. Known SAP systems producing these Data Products include SAP Business Warehouse (BW) sources and SAP SuccessFactors. Feature Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg: Cross-cloud Lakehouse now supports integration with SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) in Preview. This update includes the following features: Federation from SAP BDC: Create Delta Sharing catalogs in Lakehouse to automatically synchronize shares, schemas, and tables from SAP BDC. Querying SAP data: Query synchronized SAP BDC tables directly from BigQuery without data migration. Publishing to SAP BDC: Publish Apache Iceberg REST catalog (IRC) tables or Knowledge Catalog Data Products from Lakehouse directly to SAP BDC, allowing SAP users and applications to consume Google Cloud data directly as remote tables in SAP Datasphere without migrating data. For more information, see Set up cross-cloud Lakehouse for SAP BDC, Query SAP BDC data, and Publish Data Products to SAP BDC. Cloud Load Balancing Feature For re

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• July 17, 2026

  July 17, 2026

  Audit Manager Feature Audit Manager includes the following features in Preview: A new UI and report experience Ability to schedule audits Ability to run audits at an organization level Batch Feature Instance flexibility is available in Preview. Instance flexibility lets you allow a job to run on multiple machine types that you specify and can optionally rank. Use instance flexibility to improve obtainability—the probability that resources are available to run your job. For example, by allowing multiple machine types, you can reduce the probability of resource availability errors and try to obtain Spot VMs that are less likely to be preempted. To get started, see Improve resource obtainability for jobs. Cloud Hub Feature The Security & compliance page in Cloud Hub has launched to General Availability. Document AI Feature Custom extractor model pretrained-foundation-model-v3.5-2026-05-26 powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash LLM is available in Preview. This processor version has ML processing capabilities in the US and EU. For more information about available models, see the custom extractor page. Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Breaking Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview and 3 Pro Image Preview are retired The Nano Banana preview models gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview and gemini-3-pro-image-preview have been retired and are no longer accessible. Update your code to use either gemini-3.1-flash-image or gemini-3-flash-image instead. Knowledge Catalog Feature Data lineage control at the organization, folder, or project level is generally available for BigQuery, Managed Service for Apache Spark, and Managed Service for Apache Airflow. For more information, see About data lineage ingestion control and Configure data lineage ingestion for a service. Looker Feature Starting in Looker 26.8, Looker supports Java OpenJDK version 21. Looker-hosted instances have been upgraded to OpenJDK 21. Customer-hosted instances should upgrade to OpenJDK 21. If you run Looker directly using the java -ja

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