AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Feature
Virtual columns for expressions is a feature of the columnar engine in Preview that significantly improves query performance and reduces CPU consumption. It caches the results of frequently used expressions, which is especially beneficial for analytical workloads on large datasets.
Cloud Run
Feature
You can configure Direct VPC ingress for Cloud Run worker pools. When you configure Direct VPC ingress, each worker instance receives a private IP address on your configured network and subnet. To access private IP addresses between instances in your VPC network for secure internal communication, see Retrieve the private IP addresses using the metadata server (MDS).
Dataproc
Fixed
Fixed the spark.driver.extraClassPath delimiter for the Jupyter SparkMonitor Listener.
Feature
Added a new dataproc:pypi.repository property to customize the PyPI repository used for pip. The value can be a URL, or google to use a Google-hosted cache of PyPI, accessible without public internet connectivity. Starting in image version 3.1, google will be the default; to opt out and return to public PyPI, use the value pypi.
Announcement
New Dataproc on Compute Engine subminor image versions:
- 2.0.158-debian10, 2.0.158-ubuntu18, 2.0.158-rocky8
- 2.1.107-debian11, 2.1.107-ubuntu20, 2.1.107-ubuntu20-arm, 2.1.107-rocky8
- 2.2.75-debian12, 2.2.75-ubuntu22, 2.2.75-ubuntu22-arm, 2.2.75-rocky9
- 2.3.22-debian12, 2.3.22-ml-ubuntu22, 2.3.22-rocky9, 2.3.22-ubuntu22, 2.3.22-ubuntu22-arm
Feature
Parquet CLI version upgraded to 1.15.2 in 2.1 and 2.2 images.
Fixed
Fixed a bug in the ARM image that prevented connecting to a Dataproc Metastore instance with a gRPC protocol endpoint.
Feature
Apache Pig is now available in ARM images.
Feature
Delta subminor version upgraded to 3.2.1 in Dataproc on Compute Engine image 2.2 and 2.3.
Change
Removed use of deprecated Hadoop configuration properties fs.default.name and yarn.resourcemanager.system-metrics-publisher.enabled.
Google Distributed Cloud (software only) for VMware
Announcement
Google Distributed Cloud (software only) for VMware 1.32.800-gke.126 is now available for download. To upgrade, see Upgrade clusters. Google Distributed Cloud 1.32.800-gke.126 runs on Kubernetes v1.32.11-gke.200.
If you are using a third-party storage vendor, check the Google Distributed Cloud-ready storage partners document to make sure the storage vendor has already passed the qualification for this release.
After a release, it takes approximately 7 to 14 days for the version to become available for use with GKE On-Prem API clients: the Google Cloud console, the gcloud CLI, and Terraform.
Google Distributed Cloud (software only) for bare metal
Announcement
Google Distributed Cloud (software only) for bare metal 1.32.800-gke.126 is now available for download. To upgrade, see Upgrade clusters. Google Distributed Cloud for bare metal 1.32.800-gke.126 runs on Kubernetes v1.32.11-gke.200.
After a release, it takes approximately 7 to 14 days for the version to become available for installations or upgrades with the GKE On-Prem API clients: the Google Cloud console, the gcloud CLI, and Terraform.
If you use a third-party storage vendor, check the Google Distributed Cloud-ready storage partners document to make sure the storage vendor has already passed the qualification for this release of Google Distributed Cloud for bare metal.
Google Kubernetes Engine
Feature
Image streaming is now available in the asia-southeast3 region. For more information,
see the Image streaming documentation.
Looker Studio
Feature
Looker Studio Pro for Google Workspace
You can purchase a Looker Studio Pro subscription from the Google Workspace Admin console.
Learn more about Looker Studio Pro for Workspace.
Feature
Export chart to image
You can now export a chart to an image by saving it as a PNG file or by copying it to your clipboard.
See Export data from a chart for more information.
Feature
Now displaying Conversational Analytics reasoning
After you enter your query, click Show reasoning to see a plain text explanation of the steps that Conversational Analytics took to interpret your query.
See Show reasoning for more information.
Feature
Link to chart in report
You can now link to a specific component, like a chart or control, in your report.
See Link to a component for more information.
Vertex AI Search
Feature
Vertex AI Search: MCP server (Public Preview)
Vertex AI Search has a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server hosted at the
following endpoint: https://discoveryengine.googleapis.com/mcp
This feature is in Public Preview. For more information, see MCP Reference: discoveryengine.googleapis.com.
Source: Google Cloud Platform
