GCP Release Notes: October 16, 2025

Apigee API hub

Changed

Create and manage API operations in the UI

You can now create and manage API operations for your API versions from the API details page in the Google Cloud console.

For more information, see Manage operations.

Apigee APIM Operator

Announcement

On October 16, 2025, we released an updated version of Apigee (1-16-0-apigee-3).

Fixed

Bug ID	Description
442501403	Fixed an issue that caused incorrect target latency metrics in Apigee Analytics when a TargetEndpoint is configured with a <LoadBalancer>.
437999897	Reduced the log level for failed geo IP lookups to address excessive log messages for private IP addresses.
436323210	Fixed ingress cert keys to allow both tls.key/key and tls.crt/cert.
N/A	Updates to security infrastructure and libraries.

Security

Bug ID	Description
440419558, 433759657	Security fix for Apigee infrastructure. This addresses the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-22868 CVE-2025-48924

Apigee X

Announcement

On October 16, 2025, we released an updated version of Apigee (1-16-0-apigee-3).

Fixed

Bug ID	Description
442501403	Fixed an issue that caused incorrect target latency metrics in Apigee Analytics when a TargetEndpoint is configured with a <LoadBalancer>.
437999897	Reduced the log level for failed geo IP lookups to address excessive log messages for private IP addresses.
436323210	Fixed ingress cert keys to allow both tls.key/key and tls.crt/cert.
N/A	Updates to security infrastructure and libraries.

Security

Bug ID	Description
440419558, 433759657	Security fix for Apigee infrastructure. This addresses the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-22868 CVE-2025-48924

BigQuery

Feature

The following features are now generally available (GA) in BigQuery Studio:

• To streamline resource discovery and access, the left Explorer pane has been reorganized into three sections: Explorer, Classic Explorer, and Git repository. You can still use the Classic Explorer, which provides the complete resources tree.

• In the Explorer pane, you can use the search feature to find BigQuery resources in your organization. The results appear in a new tab in the details pane. You can use filters to narrow your search.

• You can access job histories by clicking Job history in the Explorer pane. A new tab opens that displays a list of job histories. BigQuery Studio no longer has a bottom pane for job history.

• To reduce tab proliferation, clicking a resource opens it within the same tab. To open the resource in a separate tab, press Ctrl (or Command on macOS) and click the resource. To prevent the current tab from getting its content replaced, double-click the tab. The name changes from italicized to regular font. If you still lose your resource, you can click tab_recent Recent tabs in the details pane to find the resource.

• You can use breadcrumbs to navigate through different tabs and resources in the details pane.

• In the Home tab, the What’s new section contains a list of new capabilities and changes to the BigQuery Studio.

• The notebook action bar is consolidated by default to give you more screen space for writing code.

Feature

You can now access repositories by clicking Repositories in the Explorer pane. A new tab opens that displays a list of repositories. The Explorer pane no longer has a bottom pane for repositories. When you open a workspace in a repository, it opens in the Git repository pane in the left pane. These features are available in BigQuery Studio in preview.

Cloud Service Mesh

Announcement

The promotion of 1.21 to the Rapid release channel included upstream breaking changes to ExternalName and auto-sni when using the ISTIOD implementation. After considering the impact on customers, we have decided to restore the previous behavior from 1.20 and earlier for managed Cloud Service Mesh clusters using the ISTIOD implementation to match Rapid clusters using the TRAFFIC_DIRECTOR implementation. These changes are rolling out to the Rapid release channel in version 1.21.5-asm.55 or later.

• If you are using an ExternalName service in the Rapid channel without a port description, the ExternalName service will not be translated into Cluster in the Envoy configuration. If the ExternalName service is a destination of VirtualService or ExternalName service is used with REGISTRY_ONLY mode, you must specify the port in the service like in 1.20 and earlier.

• If you have an external service multiplexing traffic based on SNI but the corresponding DestinationRule doesn’t have an explicit SNI, you must set SNI properly.

Compute Engine

Changed

Starting with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 16, including variants for SAP, the default file system for the root partition (/) is Btrfs changing from the previous default of XFS. For more information, see File systems in SLES in the SUSE documentation.

Config Connector

Announcement

Config Connector version 1.137.0 is now available.

Changed

New Beta Resources (Direct Reconciler):

• DocumentAIProcessorVersion
• EssentialContactsContact
• BigQueryBigLakeTable
• BackupDRBackupPlan

Changed

New Alpha Resources (Direct Reconciler):

• BigtableMaterializedView

Feature

New Fields:

• BigtableMaterializedView: Added spec.sourceTableRef and spec.definition.
• BackupDRBackupPlan: Added spec.backupConfig.retentionPeriodDays and spec.backupConfig.backupWindow.
• MemorystoreInstance: Added support for MEMCACHE and REDIS instance types.

Changed

Reconciliation Improvements:

• Enabled opt-in for IAM partial policy management.
• Enabled server-side apply for KMS resources.
• Improved reconciliation for BigtableLogicalView by using deep reflection.
• Improved reconciliation for FirestoreDatabase with identity pattern and export support.
• Improved reconciliation for RunJob with export support.
• Unified ComputeTargetTCPProxy direct API and controller.

Fixed

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where ComputeBackendService backends were not sorted.
• Fixed an issue where CloudFunctionsFunction runtime was not a supported value.
• Fixed an issue with labels for BackupDRBackupPlan.
• Fixed an issue with labels for RunJob.
• Fixed a fuzzing issue for FirestoreField.
• Fixed an issue with KMSCryptoKey import.
• Fixed a flakiness issue in the MonitoringDashboard fuzzer.
• Fixed a flakiness issue in tests.
• Fixed an issue with bad labels in tests.
• Fixed an issue with etag in direct reconciliation.

Generative AI on Vertex AI

Feature

vLLM TPU

vLLM TPU, a highly-efficient serving framework for large language models (LLM) that’s optimized for Cloud TPU hardware, is available through Model Garden.

Looker Studio

Feature

Pro feature: Share and schedule reports with Slack

You can now send Looker Studio reports to Slack channels and Slack users on your Slack workspaces. This feature is only available to Looker Studio Pro users, and is available in Preview.

Feature

Vertical stacking in responsive reports

Responsive reports now support vertical stacking. You can add multiple components to a column within a section. Learn more about creating responsive reports.

Policy Intelligence

Feature

You can use Policy Troubleshooter to remediate access issues. This feature is available in Preview.

Security Command Center

Changed

Security Command Center and attack path simulations use Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine operating system and software vulnerabilities to detect toxic combinations and chokepoints.

Source: Google Cloud Platform