Google Cloud CLI - Release Notes

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584.0.0 (2026-09-09)

Breaking Changes

  • (Cloud Storage) Deprecated gcloud storage buckets anywhere-caches pause command.

Google Cloud CLI

  • Deprecated minikube component in Google Cloud CLI. The component will be removed after January 31, 2027. Existing local configurations and clusters in ~/.minikube will be preserved. Minikube is an open-source project and continues to be actively maintained. To avoid disruptions, please migrate to standard OSS Minikube installations: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/.
  • Upgraded OpenSSL version to 3.5.8 in Linux bundled Python to resolve CVE-2026-42508.

AlloyDB

  • Added --edition flag in gcloud alloydb clusters create|update for alpha and beta tracks.

Apigee

  • Added gcloud apigee apis delete which deletes an API proxy and all of its revisions. Undeploy every deployed revision first with gcloud apigee apis undeploy.

Artifact Registry

  • Added gcloud artifacts files upload which allows user to upload Conda packages to a Conda repository.

BigLake

  • Added --cross-cloud-cache to gcloud biglake iceberg catalogs create and update commands to configure cross-cloud cache per catalog.
  • Added --kms-key flag to gcloud biglake iceberg catalogs create and update commands.
  • Added --kms-key flag to gcloud biglake delta-sharing catalogs create and update commands.

Cloud Backup DR

  • Added gcloud backup-dr auto-protection-policies command group in alpha and beta tracks.
  • Added gcloud backup-dr auto-protection-bindings command group in alpha and beta tracks.
  • Added gcloud beta backup-dr binding-matching-resources command group to manage Backup and DR BindingMatchingResources.

Cloud Firestore

  • Promoted gcloud firestore change-streams commands to beta.
  • Promoted search configuration options to GA for gcloud firestore indexes composite create.

Cloud Managed Kafka

  • Promoted --public-cluster and --allowed-source-ip-ranges flags to GA for gcloud managed-kafka clusters create and gcloud managed-kafka clusters update.

Cloud Memorystore

  • Promoted --tags flag of gcloud redis instance create.

Cloud SQL

  • Updated 'cloud-sql-proxy' packaged component to use 2.25.4 of the Cloud SQL Proxy.

Cloud Services

  • API Keys: Added --[no-]check-existing-usage flag to gcloud services api-keys update and gcloud services api-keys delete to verify whether the key has recent incompatible traffic before updating or deleting the key (defaults to true).

Cluster Director

  • Fixed an issue in gcloud cluster-director clusters update help text and documentation where --update-slurm-partitions included an unsupported exclusive flag in examples.

Compute Engine

  • Promoted regex_rewrite support in url_rewrite block to GA for gcloud compute url-maps.
  • Added --network-endpoint-group flag to gcloud compute backend-services create command.
  • Added --ha-policy-fast-ip-move flag to gcloud compute backend-services create command.
  • Added --ha-policy-leader-backend-group and --ha-policy-leader-instance flags to gcloud compute backend-services update command.
  • Added --no-graceful-shutdown flag to gcloud compute instance-groups managed stop-instances command across all release tracks.
  • Added --no-graceful-shutdown flag to gcloud compute instance-groups managed delete-instances command across all release tracks.
  • Added --outlier-detection-* flags to gcloud compute backend-services create and update commands to configure outlier detection settings.
  • Promoted gcloud compute recoverable-snapshots recover to beta.
  • Promoted gcloud compute recoverable-snapshots delete to beta.
  • Promoted gcloud compute recoverable-snapshots describe to beta.
  • Promoted gcloud compute recoverable-snapshots list to beta.
  • Promoted gcloud compute recoverable-snapshots set-iam-policy to beta.
  • Promoted gcloud compute recoverable-snapshots test-iam-permissions to beta.
  • Promoted gcloud compute instances get-vm-extension-state to beta.
  • Promoted gcloud compute instances list-vm-extension-states to beta.
  • Promoted enable-vpc-scoped-dns sub-argument of --network-interface flag in gcloud compute instances create to GA.
  • Promoted enable-vpc-scoped-dns sub-argument of --network-interface flag in gcloud compute instance-templates create to GA.

  • Promoted --share-setting flag in gcloud compute reservations update to GA.

  • Promoted gcloud compute project-views describe command to GA.

Database Migration

  • Added support for updating connectivity options (--private-connection, --psc-service-attachment, --static-ip-connectivity, and forward SSH flags where supported) in gcloud database-migration connection-profiles update.
  • Added --mysql-is-primary-destination flag to gcloud database-migration migration-jobs create command to specify whether the destination for the migration job is a primary instance.

Dataproc Metastore

  • Promoted gcloud metastore services migrations start, describe, list, and delete to GA for one-shot migrations (mode:BACKFILL).
  • Added support for INCREMENTAL_SYNC mode in public preview for iceberg migrations.

Design Center

  • Added gcloud design-center spaces application-templates export command to export IaC for an application template.
  • Added gcloud design-center spaces application-templates revisions export command to export IaC for an application template revision.
  • Added --input-variable-aliases, --add-input-variable-aliases, --clear-input-variable-aliases, and --remove-input-variable-aliases flags to gcloud design-center components update to manage input variable aliases.

Developer Knowledge

  • # Release notes for developer_knowledge component.

2026-08-20

gcloud beta developer-knowledge

  • Promoted developer-knowledge commands to the beta track.

Parametermanager

  • Added --tags flag to gcloud beta parametermanager parameters create to allow binding tags during parameter creation.

Policy Troubleshooter

  • Added gcloud policy-troubleshoot error-info-id to troubleshoot access denials using an IAM error identifier.

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583.0.0 (2026-09-01)

AlloyDB

  • Added support for POSTGRES_19 as a version in alloydb clusters create for alpha and beta tracks.
  • Added support for POSTGRES_19 as a version in alloydb clusters migrate-cloud-sql for alpha and beta tracks.

Apigee

  • Fixed an issue where gcloud apigee apis import --from-template nested <FaultRule> and <DefaultFaultRule> steps inside a <Request> element, which caused the generated fault rules to run no steps. Steps are now emitted as direct children, and fault rules are read correctly in either form when importing a bundle.
  • Modified gcloud apigee apis import --from-template to ignore the mode field when it is set on a fault rule and to log a warning. The field applies only to flows.

BigQuery

  • Added support for --service_directory_service flag for bq mk --connection and bq update --connection commands for Azure connections.
  • Deprecated --s3_service_directory_service flag. Use --service_directory_service instead for bq mk --connection and bq update --connection commands for AWS connections.
  • Added creationTime and updateTime to be displayed in bq show for reservation group.
  • Added --precedence and --condition flags to bq mk and