GCP Release Notes: August 18, 2025

BigQuery

Libraries

A weekly digest of client library updates from across the Cloud SDK.

Feature

In the BigQuery console, you can now use the Reference panel to do the following:

• In the query editor, you can use the Reference panel to preview the schema details of tables, snapshots, views, and materialized views, or open these resources in a new tab. You can also use the panel to construct new queries or edit existing queries by inserting query snippets or field names.

• In the notebook editor, you can use the Reference panel to preview the schema details of tables, snapshots, views, or materialized views, or open these resources in a new tab.

This feature is generally available (GA).

Feature

When you use the Data Science Agent in BigQuery, you can now use the table selector to choose one or more BigQuery tables to analyze. The Data Science Agent is in Preview.

Cloud Database Migration Service

Feature

Database Migration Service for homogeneous PostgreSQL migrations to AlloyDB for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL version 17. For more information, see Supported source and destination databases.

Firestore in Datastore mode

Libraries

A weekly digest of client library updates from across the Cloud SDK.

Network Connectivity Center

Feature

You can allow the exchange of privately used public IPv4 addresses with VPC spokes and producer VPC spokes.

Source: Google Cloud Platform