Artifact Registry
Feature
You can now use
ExportArtifact()
to export an artifact to a Cloud Storage bucket.
BigQuery
Feature
You can set the default project and dataset for your pipeline in the SQLX options section, which simplifies task configuration by using these defaults for all tasks. This feature is generally available (GA).
Cloud Asset Inventory
Feature
The following resource types are publicly available through the ExportAssets, ListAssets, BatchGetAssetsHistory, QueryAssets, Feed, SearchAllResources, and SearchAllIamPolicies APIs.
- BigQuery sharing
analyticshub.googleapis.com/DataExchangeanalyticshub.googleapis.com/Listing
Cloud Composer
Issue
We discovered an issue that might impact the reporting of metrics in the following recently released Cloud Composer versions:
- composer-2.15.4-airflow-*
- composer-3-airflow-2.10.5-build.20
- composer-3-airflow-2.9.3-build.40
- composer-3-airflow-3.1.0-build.3
To prevent additional environments from being affected, we have disabled the ability to upgrade existing environments to these versions and to create new environments using these versions. If your environment is already using one of these versions, you can continue to use it as usual. We are working to resolve the issue for all currently affected environments.
Cloud TPU
Feature
Preview: TPU7x is available in Preview. TPU7x is the first release within the Ironwood family, Google Cloud’s seventh generation TPU. TPU7x supports large-scale AI training and inference, providing performance and cost-effectiveness for demanding workloads such as large language models (LLMs), mixture of experts (MoEs), and diffusion models. For more information, see the TPU7x (Ironwood) documentation.
Compute Engine
Feature
Public Preview: You can now access the VM metadata server using IPv6 connectivity from single-stack IPv6 VM instances. For more information, see About VM metadata.
Generative AI on Vertex AI
Feature
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5
Claude Opus 4.5 is available in Model Garden.
Google Kubernetes Engine
Feature
Fast-starting nodes are now generally available. GKE provisions fast-starting nodes on a best-effort basis in Autopilot when workloads use compatible configurations. For more information, see About quicker workload startup with fast-starting nodes.
Policy Intelligence
Feature
IAM administrators can review and manage identity risks across their organization, folder, or project from the Google Cloud console by using the Security Insights dashboard. For more information, see Review and manage identity risks.
This feature is available in Preview.
VPC Service Controls
Feature
Preview stage support for the following integration:
Vertex AI Search
Feature
Vertex AI Search: Natural language query filters (GA)
For queries on structured data stores, the natural language queries can be
reformulated as filters and a residual query. For example, “Find a coffee shop
serving banana bread” becomes "query": "banana bread", "filter": "type":
ANY("cafe").
The natural-language query understanding feature only applies to custom search apps attached to a single, structured, data store.
By default, a hard restriction filter is applied, but a softer, boost-like filter can be used instead.
This feature is generally available (GA). For more information, see Filter with natural language understanding.
Source: Google Cloud Platform
