GCP Release Notes: April 09, 2026

Apigee X

Change

Relaxed limitation on header name for Client IP resolution

The client IP can now be resolved from any header, not just the X-Forwarded-For header. The most common headers are X-Forwarded-For or True-Client-Ip.

For more information, see Client IP resolution.

BigQuery

Feature

The BigQuery Data Transfer Service can now transfer data from Snowflake to BigQuery. This feature is generally available (GA).

Feature

You can now use stateful operations in continuous queries, which let you perform complex analysis by retaining information across multiple rows or time intervals using JOINs and windowing aggregations. This feature is in Preview.

Feature

You can now use BigQuery Graph to model your data as a graph and perform analysis on a large scale.

• Create a graph directly from tables that store entities and relationships between entities. You don’t need to modify your existing workflows or replicate your data to use it in graph queries.

• Use Graph Query Language (GQL) to find complex, hidden relationships between data points that would be challenging to find using SQL.

• Visualize your graph schema and graph query results in a notebook.

This feature is in Preview.

Bigtable

Feature

You can use Gemini in Bigtable Studio to help you write GoogleSQL queries. This feature is available in Preview. For more information, see Write SQL with Gemini assistance.

Cloud Hub

Feature

Security & compliance in Cloud Hub is now in Preview.

Compute Engine

Feature

Generally available: Hyperdisk ML disks are supported by the following machine series:

• A3 Ultra
• C4D
• N4
• N4D

Hyperdisk ML offers the highest throughput of all Google Cloud Hyperdisk types, up to 2 TiB/s (2,097,152 MiB/s). For more information, see Hyperdisk ML overview.

Firestore with MongoDB compatibility

Feature

You can now use Gemini Code Assist to get AI-powered assistance in Firestore to generate MQL queries using natural language prompts. This feature is available in Preview.

Gemini

Fixed

Agent mode logs now attributed to Gemini Code Assist

VS Code Gemini Code Assist 2.77.1 now attributes agent mode logs to Gemini Code Assist. In previous versions, agent mode logs are being attributed to Gemini CLI instead of Gemini Code Assist. This discrepancy is resolved in the latest release, and we recommend that you update to version 2.77.1 or higher to ensure your usage metrics are correctly reported.

Fixed

Agent mode logs now attributed to Gemini Code Assist

VS Code Gemini Code Assist 2.77.1 now attributes agent mode logs to Gemini Code Assist. In previous versions, agent mode logs are being attributed to Gemini CLI instead of Gemini Code Assist. This discrepancy is resolved in the latest release, and we recommend that you update to version 2.77.1 or higher to ensure your usage metrics are correctly reported.

Gemini Enterprise

Feature

Gemini Enterprise: Support for new actions (Preview)

New actions are available for the following data stores:

• Microsoft Outlook
• Salesforce

This feature is in Public Preview. For a list of actions for these data stores, see Supported actions.

Looker

Announcement

Starting with the Looker 26.8 release, which will release in May 2026, the following changes will occur:

• Looker (original) admins will no longer be able to access or manage the API credentials of their standard users
• Looker (original) admins will be able to manage which users have access to individually owned API credentials
• Users with access to API credentials will be able to access and manage their own API credentials.

Before your Looker instance is upgraded to the Looker 26.8 release, your admin must follow the steps in the Migrating users to service accounts documentation page. This is to ensure admins can either create or migrate service accounts from existing standard users if they require access to users’ API credentials.

For more information, see the Discontinuing the admin capability to create, view, and manage API credentials for a standard user deprecation notice.

Service Extensions

Feature

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Gateway support for using extensions by using callouts to add custom logic into the load balancing processing path is in General Availability. For more information, see GKE extensions.

Source: Google Cloud Platform