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Google Cloud, July 2026 new features

119 releases · 12 products · 23 GA · 35 Preview · 8 Deprecation

Jun 2026 Aug 2026

QueryData adds support for parameterized secure views (PSVs) to help secure applications that use natural...

QueryData adds support for parameterized secure views (PSVs) to help secure applications that use natural language queries. For more information, see Secure and control access to application data . This feature is in Preview . Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL

PreviewJul 31

You can now pause a Dataflow batch job using the pause_on_failure service option

You can now pause a Dataflow batch job using the pause_on_failure service option. This feature lets you preserve the state of your batch pipeline job, address external issues, and resume processing without losing completed work. You can use this option to automatically pause a job on failure, or use this feature to manually pause a job when you chose to.

UpdateJul 31

4 products

Deprecation announcement

The gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview model will be shut down on August 31, 2026.

DeprecationJul 30

BigQuery Data Transfer Service adds incremental Klaviyo transfers in preview

Klaviyo transfers to BigQuery can now load data incrementally instead of in full.

PreviewJul 29

Gemini Enterprise

Gemini Enterprise: New data stores and support for new actions (Preview)

The following data stores are available in Public Preview: Compute Engine Egnyte Sourcegraph Tavily Additionally, support for new actions is available in Public Preview for the following data stores: AirOps : Suggest Brand Kit edits and write grid. Egnyte : Create comments, create folders, create links, and upload files. Google Stitch : Edit screens.

PreviewJul 29

Cloud SQL for MySQL now supports significantly faster re-encryption of instances and replicas protected by...

Cloud SQL for MySQL now supports significantly faster re-encryption of instances and replicas protected by customer-managed encryption keys (CMEKs), and re-encryption now completes with zero downtime.

UpdateJul 29

Google Kubernetes Engine

GKE Gateway and Inference Gateway now support Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

GKE Gateway and Inference Gateway now support Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS). You can configure a CORS filter directly on an HTTPRoute resource by using the portable syntax standardized by Gateway API .

PreviewJul 28

Note: IAM group authentication is available in Preview for new AlloyDB clusters

Note: IAM group authentication is available in Preview for new AlloyDB clusters. To enable this feature on an existing cluster, contact your Google Cloud account team. IAM group authentication for AlloyDB is available in Preview for new clusters running PostgreSQL 15 and later.

PreviewJul 28

Spanner supports creating tables without defining primary keys

Spanner supports creating tables without defining primary keys. When you create a table without a primary key, Spanner creates a hidden rowid column that serves as the primary key. For more information, see Create a table without defining a primary key .

UpdateJul 28

4 products

AlloyDB now supports cross-region failover in Preview

AlloyDB now supports cross-region failover in Preview . You can optionally enable cross-region failover to automate the recreation of the original primary when a secondary cluster is promoted while maintaining your replication topology without requiring manual cluster deletion or re-creation.

PreviewJul 27

4 products

Knowledge Catalog governance workflows for data product access in preview

Governance workflows add automated controls for data product access management through a request-review mechanism.

PreviewJul 24

Transparent query forwarding is now available in Preview for clusters compatible with PostgreSQL 17 and 18

Transparent query forwarding is now available in Preview for clusters compatible with PostgreSQL 17 and 18. With this feature, the primary node in a cluster intercepts read-only queries and selectively forwards them to read pool instances while maintaining read-your-writes consistency.

PreviewJul 23

An updated version of the Simba ODBC driver for BigQuery is now available

UpdateJul 23

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite are generally available (GA)

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite are now generally available (GA) and available for production use. These models are designed to improve upon their predecessors' capabilities, including improved token usage and improved document understanding. See the linked model information pages for more information.

GAJul 21

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite generally available (GA)

Released stable, production-ready versions of our latest 3.x Flash models: Gemini 3.6 Flash (gemini-3.6-flash): Features improved token efficiency and code/agentic planning capabilities at a lower price point than 3.5 Flash, resolving developer feedback around output verbosity.

GAJul 21

As of July 13, 2026, Looker reports have been deprecated

As of July 13, 2026, Looker reports have been deprecated. If you had previously enabled the preview for Looker reports, be aware of the following: You will no longer have the option to create new reports. You will lose the ability to view or edit reports that were created during the preview period.

DeprecationJul 21

Google Kubernetes Engine

To improve security, Ubuntu node images in GKE version 1.37 and later don't pre-install the vulkan-tools...

To improve security, Ubuntu node images in GKE version 1.37 and later don't pre-install the vulkan-tools package. If you run Vulkan diagnostic tools (such as vulkaninfo ) directly on GKE Ubuntu hosts, then you must manually install the vulkan-tools package. This change doesn't affect containerized GPU/Vulkan workloads.

DeprecationJul 20

Lakehouse : Cross-cloud Lakehouse now supports integration with SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) in Preview

Lakehouse : Cross-cloud Lakehouse now supports integration with SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) in Preview. This update includes the following features: Federation from SAP BDC: Create Delta Sharing catalogs in Lakehouse to automatically synchronize shares, schemas, and tables from SAP BDC.

PreviewJul 20

Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL now supports authentication via Secret Manager when executing SQL statements using...

Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL now supports authentication via Secret Manager when executing SQL statements using the Data API ( executeSql ). You can store your database password in a regional secret in Secret Manager and pass the secret version resource name in your API request. For more information, see Execute SQL statements on a Cloud SQL instance .

UpdateJul 20

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview and 3 Pro Image Preview are retired

The Nano Banana preview models gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview and gemini-3-pro-image-preview have been retired and are no longer accessible. Update your code to use either gemini-3.1-flash-image or gemini-3-flash-image instead.

DeprecationJul 17

Dataplex Universal Catalog

Data lineage ingestion control is GA for BigQuery, Spark and Airflow

Data lineage can now be controlled at the organization, folder or project level for BigQuery, Managed Service for Apache Spark and Managed Service for Apache Airflow.

GAJul 17

Starting in Looker 26.8, Looker supports Java OpenJDK version 21

Starting in Looker 26.8, Looker supports Java OpenJDK version 21. Looker-hosted instances have been upgraded to OpenJDK 21. Customer-hosted instances should upgrade to OpenJDK 21 .

UpdateJul 17

Google Kubernetes Engine

In GKE version 1.36.0-gke.4447000 and later, the VerticalPodAutoscaler supports CPU startup boost , which...

In GKE version 1.36.0-gke.4447000 and later, the VerticalPodAutoscaler supports CPU startup boost , which temporarily increases CPU requests during application startup to improve startup latency and cost efficiency. This feature is available in Preview. Stable Channel

PreviewJul 16

Cloud SQL for MySQL 8.4.8 is upgraded to MySQL 8.4.10

Cloud SQL for MySQL 8.4.8 is upgraded to MySQL 8.4.10. For more information, see the MySQL 8.4.10 Release Notes and Cloud SQL database versions .

UpdateJul 16

BigQuery supports data governance tags , which let you enforce column-level security and data masking

BigQuery supports data governance tags , which let you enforce column-level security and data masking. Data governance tags are a type of Resource Manager tag that you can attach to sensitive columns and use in BigQuery data policies to grant conditional access to your users. This feature is in Preview .

PreviewJul 15

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Memory Bank memory profiles are generally available (GA)

Memory profiles in Memory Bank are generally available (GA). Memory profiles allow you to generate structured profiles, which are data structures with static schemas populated and updated using LLMs.

GAJul 15

Conversational analytics now supports the AI.AGG function

Conversational analytics now supports the AI.AGG function . This function is in Preview .

PreviewJul 14

Cloud Run support for importing public container images from GitHub Container Registry is in General...

GAJul 14

Google Kubernetes Engine

Rollout sequencing with custom stages is now generally available

Rollout sequencing with custom stages is now generally available. This version of rollout sequencing, which is recommended if you're configuring an environment for the first time, offers a robust set of features including the following: Define custom stages : Sequence the rollout of a new GKE version across environments.

GAJul 14

BigQuery Apache Iceberg managed tables get partitioning and transactions GA

Table partitioning, multi-statement transactions and advanced runtime are now generally available for Apache Iceberg managed tables in BigQuery.

GAJul 13

You can now create and query parameterized secure views in Cloud SQL for MySQL

You can now create and query parameterized secure views in Cloud SQL for MySQL. Parameterized secure views let you create MySQL views in your MySQL database that reference session variables for managing data access.

PreviewJul 13

Looker 26.12 begins rolling out to Rapid and No Channel release channels

Looker (Google Cloud core) is deploying Looker 26.12 to the Rapid and No Channel channels and Looker 26.10 to the Regular channel.

UpdateJul 13

Google Kubernetes Engine

(2026-R29) Version updates

GKE cluster versions have been updated. New versions available for upgrades and new clusters. The following versions are now available for new GKE clusters, and for manual control plane upgrades and node upgrades for existing clusters. For more information about versioning and upgrades, see GKE versioning and support and About GKE cluster upgrades .

UpdateJul 10

4 products

Retirement for preview models for 2.5 Flash, 2.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.1 Flash-Lite

The following preview model endpoints have been retired and are no longer accessible: gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025 gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-2025 gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview See Migrate to the latest Google models for information on how to migrate your project.

DeprecationJul 9

4 products

Grok 4.1 models deprecation

The Grok 4.1 model family (including xai/grok-4.1-fast-reasoning and xai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning ) on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform is deprecated and will be shut down on August 20, 2026. After this date, Google Agent Platform Model as a Service (MaaS) will no longer serve these models.

DeprecationJul 8

Google Kubernetes Engine

In GKE version 1.35.3-gke.1389000 and later, you can run GPU workloads on Confidential GKE Nodes with certain...

In GKE version 1.35.3-gke.1389000 and later, you can run GPU workloads on Confidential GKE Nodes with certain G4 machine types and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs. This feature is available in Preview. For more information, see Encrypt GPU workload data in use with Confidential GKE Nodes .

PreviewJul 7

Deleted Looker (Google Cloud core) instances go to trash for seven days

Deleted instances now stay in the trash for seven days and can be restored before permanent deletion, protecting against accidental loss. The feature is scheduled for early September.

UpdateJul 7

You can use Gemini in Spanner Studio to fix errors in your SQL queries

You can use Gemini in Spanner Studio to fix errors in your SQL queries. When you run a query that contains an error, you can click Fix to view a line-by-line comparison of your query and a recommended correction, along with an explanation of the change. This feature is available in Preview .

PreviewJul 6

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

AlphaGenome released for Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

AlphaGenome, Google DeepMind's state-of-the-art genomics foundation model, is now available for deployment and use with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Designed to decipher the functional regulatory code of the human genome, AlphaGenome analyzes large-scale DNA sequences at single-base resolution to predict how genetic variations affect molecular and...

UpdateJul 6

Gemini API developer logs now cover the Interactions API

Logs for supported Interactions API calls are now viewable in the AI Studio dashboard, making agent interactions easier to debug.

UpdateJul 6

Looker (Google Cloud core) release channels enter preview

Instances can choose Rapid, Regular or No channel to control update cadence. Rapid gives early access but is excluded from the SLA, while Regular offers optional Accelerated Security Patching.

PreviewJul 1

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Provisioned Throughput: Multiple pending new orders GA

The ability to submit multiple pending orders is generally available. you can submit up to seven Google model orders for the same model and region. See Multiple pending orders .

GAJul 1