GCP Release Notes: August 15, 2025

Gemini Code Assist

Fixed

Numerous IDE performance improvements

Numerous improvements to VS Code Gemini Code Assist performance, including
reductions in CPU usage, memory usage, and extension slowdown.

Feature

Release channel name in VS Code chat banner

VS Code Gemini Code Assist shows the configured Release Channel when you’re
opted into an experimental channel and are using a Standard or Enterprise
license.

Feature

Delete prompt and response pair in IntelliJ

You can delete your prompt and Gemini’s response to that prompt in your chat with IntelliJ Gemini
Code Assist. This works as an alternative to deleting your entire chat history,
allowing you to remove a single prompt and response within a chat, while
maintaining the rest of your chat history with Gemini Code Assist.

Google Kubernetes Engine

Feature

For clusters enrolled in the Extended channel, you can now use
Gateway
with GKE version 1.30 or later, or
customized sysctl configuration options.

Feature

You can now receive a patch version in a release channel as soon as the version
is available and before GKE sets the version as an auto-upgrade
target in the channel by using accelerated patch auto-upgrades. Receiving
patch versions earlier can help accelerate auto-upgrade timelines for patches,
especially for use cases such as accelerating your compliance with security
requirements.

For more information, see
Accelerated patch auto-upgrades.

Feature

For clusters enrolled in the Extended channel, you can now use
Gateway
with GKE version 1.30 or later, or
customized sysctl configuration options.

Feature

You can now receive a patch version in a release channel as soon as the version
is available and before GKE sets the version as an auto-upgrade
target in the channel by using accelerated patch auto-upgrades. Receiving
patch versions earlier can help accelerate auto-upgrade timelines for patches,
especially for use cases such as accelerating your compliance with security
requirements.

For more information, see
Accelerated patch auto-upgrades.

Source: Google Cloud Platform