Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available
Gemini 3.8 Flash is now generally available (GA) and available for production use. For more information on 3.8 Flash, see the model page .
Also shipped Sep 2, 2026Google Cloud in September 2026 →
Openflow Connector for Jira Cloud: Core flow (General availability)
The Atlassian Jira Cloud (Core) flow is now generally available. The flow ingests Jira Cloud issues, projects, users, and related data into dedicated Snowflake tables with explicit schemas. It supports optional deletion tracking and parallel ingestion across projects. The Atlassian Jira Cloud (Agile) flow remains in Public Preview .
Git Folder Serverless is in Beta
You can now use Git Folder Serverless to share serverless compute and a pyproject.toml -managed environment across notebooks and files in a Git folder. See Git Folder Serverless .
[In development] Private Preview: Reader Endpoint for Azure Database for MySQL
We’re happy to announce the public preview of reader endpoint support to simplify connection management when using multiple replicas in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server. A reader endpoint enables automatic load balancing of read-only connection
Fabric Data Agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio (Generally Available)
Organizations can now bring governed business data from Microsoft Fabric into Copilot Studio agents, enabling agents to answer questions, generate insights, and support business processes using trusted enterprise data. Fabric data agents make it easier to ground experiences in the data your organization already relies on.
General availability: Full-text search and the Documents API
Full-text search is now generally available on API version 2026-07, built on the new Documents API. Create schema-based document indexes that combine full-text (BM25), dense-vector, and sparse-vector ranking fields in a single index. Query them with BM25 token matching, Lucene query syntax, or vector similarity, narrowed by metadata and text-match filters.
Enterprise-managed settings support any default model
You can now set your preferred GitHub Copilot model as the default for new conversations through enterprise-managed settings. This lets you choose the default model that best fits your workflows. You can also customize the default by enterprise team, assigning a different default model based on team membership.
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Provisioned Throughput support for Gemini Omni
Provisioned Throughput supports Gemini Omni. To learn more, see supported models .
Deferred tier for autonomous agent scheduling (Preview)
The deferred tier is available in Preview. The deferred tier automatically queues non-latency-sensitive background agent workloads and schedules them to execute during off-peak hours. Key capabilities and benefits include: 50% token discount : Receive a 50% discount on consumed tokens for deferred workloads.
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 is now available
Claude Fable 5.1 is available in Model Garden.
Embedding SKUs are changing
Memory bank uses the following embedding model SKUs: 6E46-5623-C0B6 C15D-A68F-5C1E 2D07-D52C-A93B For detailed information about individual SKUs, see Google Cloud Platform SKUs .
Pricing updates for agent metering
Session and memory bank compute metering is in effect for the Agent Platform compute SKU. For more information, see Gemini Agent Platform Pricing .
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image and Gemini 3 Pro Image updates
This release introduces feature updates and expanded endpoint availability for Gemini 3.1 Flash Image and Gemini 3 Pro Image: Multi-region endpoint support : Gemini 3.1 Flash Image ( gemini-3.1-flash-image ) is now available on US ( us ) and EU ( eu ) multi-region endpoints for model availability, ML processing, Provisioned Throughput, and PayGo Standard.
IAM Unified Access Policies are generally available (GA)
IAM Unified Access Policies (Access policies) for Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform are generally available (GA) . Agent Gateway uses Identity-Aware Proxy and Access policies to govern agentic communication between agent principals and destination resources, such as Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, other agents, and registered or unregistered endpoints.
Agent connectivity templates for VPC connectivity in Agent Gateway
Agent Gateway now uses agent connectivity templates ( agentConnectivityTemplate ) to configure and manage egress connectivity to VPC networks. Connectivity templates let you choose whether to route all outbound agent traffic ( ALL_TRAFFIC ) or only traffic to certain private IP address ranges ( PRIVATE_RANGES_ONLY ) into your VPC network.