BigQuery
Feature
SQL cells in BigQuery notebooks are now generally available (GA).
Cloud Load Balancing
Feature
Published service backends let you configure supported load balancers or regional Cloud Service Mesh to route traffic to published services through Private Service Connect endpoints.
For more information, see Published service backends.
This feature is in Preview.
Cloud Trace
Feature
Use Cloud Trace to troubleshoot your MCP server usage, tool failures, and latency causes. For more information, see Investigate MCP calls using Trace.
Colab Enterprise
Feature
SQL cells
Generally available: You can use SQL cells to write, edit, and run SQL queries directly from your Colab Enterprise notebooks. For more information, see Use SQL cells.
Dataplex
Announcement
Dataplex Universal Catalog is now called Knowledge Catalog. The API, client library, CLI, and Identity and Access Management (IAM) names remain unchanged.
Feature
The lightweight profiling mode for data profile scans is available in preview.
The lightweight mode provides low-latency profile scans that return results in seconds, making it ideal for grounding AI agent responses and interactive data exploration. For more information, see Profiling modes.
Service Extensions
Feature
When configuring extensions by using plugins or callouts, you can specify some request and connection attributes to forward to backend services. For more information, see supported attributes.
Virtual Private Cloud
Feature
Private Service Connect consumers can configure supported load balancers or regional Cloud Service Mesh to access published services through Private Service Connect endpoints. This feature is available in Preview.
For more information, see Published service backends.
Source: Google Cloud Platform
