Colab Enterprise release notes

This page documents production updates to Colab Enterprise. Check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality. Colab Enterprise is a component of Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. For information on all Agent Platform releases, see the Agent Platform release notes.

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July 13, 2026

Security

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

Feature

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

Feature

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

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.

January 21, 2026

Feature

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

Feature

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

Feature

The default latest Python version is now 3.12. See Python versions.

October 20, 2025

Feature

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

Feature

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

Feature

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

Feature

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

Feature

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

Feature

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

Feature

Python 3.11 is now available in Colab Enterprise. Existing runtimes and runtime templates will remain using Python 3.10. For more information, see