GCP Release Note: July 01, 2025
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GCP Release Note: July 01, 2025

Posted inGoogle Cloud Platform

Apigee Advanced API Security

Announcement

On July 1, 2025 we released a new version of Advanced API Security Abuse Detection.

Feature

Support for AppGroups in Abuse Detection attributes

Abuse Detection incidents and detected traffic now show information on AppGroups and AppGroup apps when the AppGroup is part of the request or traffic.

Note: This functionality is not available in Apigee hybrid at this time.

For usage information, see the Abuse Detection documentation.

Backup for GKE

Announcement

Backup for GKE now supports backing up and restoring Hyperdisk ML and Hyperdisk Balanced High Availability volumes. This feature is available for GKE clusters running version 1.33.1-gke.1959000 and later.

BigQuery

Feature

You can now update a Cloud KMS encryption key by updating the table with the same key. This feature is generally available (GA).

Feature

You can use the @@location system variable to set the location in which to run a query. This feature is generally available (GA).

Feature

BigQuery now supports the following Apache Hadoop migration features in Preview:

Cloud Composer

Announcement

A new Cloud Composer release has started on July 1, 2025. This release is in progress at the moment. Listed changes might not be available in some regions yet.

Changed

This release includes internal infrastructure improvements to Cloud Composer. There are no user-visible changes.

Changed

New Airflow builds are available in Cloud Composer 3:

Changed

New images are available in Cloud Composer 2:

Dataproc

Announcement

New Dataproc Serverless for Spark runtime versions:

  • 1.1.110
  • 1.2.54
  • 2.2.54
  • 2.3.5

Gemini Code Assist

Announcement

Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash models are Generally Available (GA)

Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash are Generally Available (GA). These models are used for Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise, and power Gemini Code Assist's chat, code generation, and code transformation capabilities.

With the integration of these stable versions of Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash, you'll experience a boost in how Gemini Code Assist handles complex tasks. These models excel in areas like coding, mathematics, science, and intricate reasoning, leading to more accurate and helpful suggestions.

Gemini Code Assist 2.5 Flash and Pro comparison chart.

Google Cloud Architecture Center

Feature

(New guide) GraphRAG infrastructure for generative AI using Vertex AI and Spanner Graph: Shows how to design infrastructure for GraphRAG-capable generative AI applications in Google Cloud by using Vertex AI and Spanner Graph.

Google Cloud VMware Engine

Feature

VMware Engine single-node private clouds, created after June 4th 2025, will no longer delete after 60 days. All single-node private clouds will have no time limit. Single-node private clouds have limitations to SLA, patching, and upgrades.

Policy Intelligence

Feature

Policy Simulator for Organization Policy is now generally available (GA).

Resource Manager

Feature

Policy Simulator for Organization Policy is now generally available (GA).

Security Command Center

Changed

Security Command Center now supports the detection of Chokepoints for the following cloud service provider platforms:

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Microsoft Azure

Support for Chokepoints with Microsoft Azure and AWS is in Preview.

Service Extensions

Feature

Plugins for Cloud Load Balancing help you insert WebAssembly (Wasm) code in a fully managed serverless environment directly into the data path of most Cloud Load Balancing Application Load Balancers. This feature is in General Availability.

Spanner

Changed

The performance of the ANY and the ANY SHORTEST algorithms have been improved. These algorithms are used to find Spanner Graph paths. For more information, see ANY and ANY SHORTEST paths.

Vertex AI

Feature

The global endpoint is generally available (GA) for Anthropic's Claude Opus 4. For details, see Global endpoint.

Source: Google Cloud Platform

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