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July 13, 2026
A Missing Authorization vulnerability was discovered in repositories in BigQuery, Dataform, and Colab Enterprise. An authenticated attacker could potentially escalate permissions and perform cross-tenant repository takeover. For more information, see the GCP-2026-047 security bulletin.
May 26, 2026
Data Science Agent
Generally available: Use the Data Science Agent to automate exploratory data analysis, perform machine learning tasks, and deliver insights from within a Colab Enterprise notebook. To get started, see Use the Data Science Agent.
April 13, 2026
Visualization cells
Generally available: You can use visualization cells to generate interactive and editable visualizations from within a Colab Enterprise notebook. You can configure the chart type, aggregation, colors, labels, and other aspects of the visualization to help you explore data and discover insights. For more information, see Use visualization cells.
April 10, 2026
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.
January 21, 2026
BigFrames, BigQuery ML, and Managed Service for Apache Spark
The Data Science Agent supports BigFrames, BigQuery ML, and Managed Service for Apache Spark. Previously, these capabilities were supported only when using Colab Enterprise notebooks in BigQuery.
December 17, 2025
Post-startup scripts
Generally available (GA): You can use a post-startup script to perform tasks after the startup process of your Colab Enterprise runtime. For example, you can use a post-startup script to install specific packages or make specific changes to your runtime's VM. For more information, see Use a post-startup script.
November 10, 2025
The default latest Python version is now 3.12. See Python versions.
October 20, 2025
Visualization cells
Preview: You can use visualization cells to generate interactive and editable visualizations from within a Colab Enterprise notebook. You can configure the chart type, aggregation, colors, labels, and other aspects of the visualization to help you explore data and discover insights. For more information, see Use visualization cells.
October 14, 2025
SQL cells
Preview: 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.
October 07, 2025
Post-startup scripts
Preview: You can use a post-startup script to perform tasks after the startup process of your Colab Enterprise runtime. For example, you can use a post-startup script to install specific packages or make specific changes to your runtime's VM. For more information, see Use a post-startup script.
August 05, 2025
Generally available: You can consume reservations with Colab Enterprise runtimes. Reservations of Compute Engine zonal resources help you gain a high level of assurance that your runtimes have the necessary resources to run. For more information, see Use reservations with Colab Enterprise.
August 04, 2025
You can now use the new Data Science Agent to automate exploratory data analysis, perform machine learning tasks, and deliver insights from within a Colab Enterprise notebook. To get started, see Use the Data Science Agent. This feature is in Preview.
June 30, 2025
Preview: You can consume reservations with Colab Enterprise runtimes. Reservations of Compute Engine zonal resources help you gain a high level of assurance that your runtimes have the necessary resources to run. For more information, see Use reservations with Colab Enterprise.
May 28, 2025
Python 3.11 is now available in Colab Enterprise. Existing runtimes and runtime templates will remain using Python 3.10. For more information, see