This page documents production updates to Vertex AI. You can periodically check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.
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September 08, 2026
Agent Platform WorkbenchScheduled upgrade metadata is validated
The value of the notebook-upgrade-schedule metadata key is now validated when
you create or update an Agent Platform Workbench instance. The value must be a
single-line unix-cron
format schedule. For more
information, see Manage features through
metadata.
August 30, 2026
Agent Platform Workbench20260830-2330-rc0 Release
20260831.01_p0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
The terminal and file browser are now more responsive when working in a Cloud Storage bucket that is mounted through the file browser. Frequent background checks for non-existent files are now cached instead of repeatedly querying Cloud Storage, which previously could make actions such as listing files or running terminal commands take several seconds.
Cloud Storage buckets that you mount through the file browser are now automatically re-mounted after the instance is restarted or is stopped and started. Previously the mounted folder could be left behind as an empty, unusable directory that had to be manually removed and re-mounted.
The obsolete google-cloud-sdk transitional package is no longer installed. The Google Cloud CLI itself is unchanged; it was already provided by the google-cloud-cli package.
20260830-2230-rc0 Release
20260830-2230-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Cloud Storage buckets that you mount through the file browser are now automatically re-mounted after the instance is restarted or is stopped and started. Previously the mounted folder could be left behind as an empty, unusable directory that had to be manually removed and re-mounted.
The terminal and file browser are now more responsive when working in a Cloud Storage bucket that is mounted through the file browser. Frequent background checks for non-existent files are now cached instead of repeatedly querying Cloud Storage, which previously could make actions such as listing files or running terminal commands take several seconds.
20260830-2154-rc1 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed an issue where a notebook's cells and their outputs could be unexpectedly erased. The automatic reload of an open notebook (which keeps it in sync with changes made to its file on disk) is now restricted to run only while the Gemini CLI is in use, so notebooks are no longer overwritten at other times.
Cloud Storage buckets that you mount through the file browser are now automatically re-mounted after the instance is restarted or is stopped and started. Previously the mounted folder could be left behind as an empty, unusable directory that had to be manually removed and re-mounted.
The terminal and file browser are now more responsive when working in a Cloud Storage bucket that is mounted through the file browser. Frequent background checks for non-existent files are now cached instead of repeatedly querying Cloud Storage, which previously could make actions such as listing files or running terminal commands take several seconds.
Agent Platform Workbench instances internal agents now honor custom CA certificates installed on the host OS (e.g. via a custom VM image), fixing TLS certificate verification failures when Google API traffic is routed through a customer-managed proxy.
M148 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed an issue where a notebook's cells and their outputs could be unexpectedly erased. The automatic reload of an open notebook (which keeps it in sync with changes made to its file on disk) is now restricted to run only while the Gemini CLI is in use, so notebooks are no longer overwritten at other times.
The terminal and file browser are now more responsive when working in a Cloud Storage bucket that is mounted through the file browser. Frequent background checks for non-existent files are now cached instead of repeatedly querying Cloud Storage, which previously could make actions such as listing files or running terminal commands take several seconds.
Cloud Storage buckets that you mount through the file browser are now automatically re-mounted after the instance is restarted or is stopped and started. Previously the mounted folder could be left behind as an empty, unusable directory that had to be manually removed and re-mounted.
Agent Platform Workbench instances internal agents now honor custom CA certificates installed on the host OS (e.g. via a custom VM image), fixing TLS certificate verification failures when Google API traffic is routed through a customer-managed proxy.
August 23, 2026
Agent Platform Workbench20260823-2330-rc0 Release
20260823-2330-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
20260823-2230-rc0 Release
20260823-2230-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
20260823-2130-rc0 Release
Scheduled notebook executions now report their final status when the execution user's credentials stop working part way through a run, instead of continuing until the execution timeout.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
M147 Release
Scheduled notebook executions now report their final status when the execution user's credentials stop working part way through a run, instead of continuing until the execution timeout.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
August 16, 2026
Agent Platform Workbench20260816-2330-rc0 Release
20260816-2330-rc0 Release
Updated the bundled Ruby gems rexml and net-imap to patched versions, addressing known vulnerabilities.
Updated aiohttp, joblib and cryptography to patched versions, addressing known vulnerabilities including CVE-2022-21797 and CVE-2025-69223.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Updated the CUDA base image from 12.8.1 to 12.9.2 (CUDA 12.9, cuDNN 9.10). This is a minor CUDA 12 update, binary compatible with the previous image, and also addresses known vulnerabilities in a bundled NVIDIA profiler component.
Updated the bundled Ruby gems rexml and net-imap to patched versions, addressing known vulnerabilities.
Removed the JupyterLab 3 environment from the Python 3.12 custom container; JupyterLab 4 is now the only JupyterLab environment and is always used. The Python 3.10 images are unaffected.
Updated aiohttp, joblib and cryptography to patched versions, addressing known vulnerabilities including CVE-2022-21797 and CVE-2025-69223.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
20260816-2230-rc0 Release
20260816-2230-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
20260816-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
M146 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed the Git panel's grayed out buttons, which were disabled due to an issue with the Jupyter Lab's Git plugin introduced in version 0.54.0.
August 09, 2026
Agent Platform WorkbenchInstalled latest packages from upstream dependencies.
20260809-2330-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
20260809-2330-rc0 Release
Fixed the Git panel's grayed out buttons which were disabled due to an issue with the Jupyter Lab's Git plugin introduced in version 0.54.0.
20260809-2230-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed the Git panel's grayed out buttons which were disabled due to an issue with the Jupyter Lab's Git plugin introduced in version 0.54.0.
20260809-2230-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
20260809-2130-rc0 Release
Updated the NVIDIA GPU driver on Workbench Debian 12 images from 580.65.06 to 580.126.20 for compatibility with the Debian 12 6.1.0-52 kernel.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed the Git panel's grayed out buttons which were disabled due to an issue with the Jupyter Lab's Git plugin introduced in version 0.54.0.
August 02, 2026
Agent Platform Workbench20260802-2330-rc0 Release
20260802-2330-rc0 Release
Fixed issue with JupyterLab UI silently reverting file changes and interrupting kernels due to Gemini CLI's auto reload extension.
The JupyterLab last-active and auto-reload extensions are now enabled only when Gemini CLI is configured, preventing them from affecting the native JupyterLab UI otherwise.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed issue with JupyterLab UI silently reverting file changes and interrupting kernels due to Gemini CLI's auto reload extension.
The JupyterLab last-active and auto-reload extensions are now enabled only when Gemini CLI is configured, preventing them from affecting the native JupyterLab UI otherwise.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed an error that could prevent creating new micromamba environments at runtime due to package cache permissions.
Fixed an error that could prevent creating new micromamba environments at runtime due to package cache permissions.
20260802-2230-rc0 Release
20260802-2230-rc0 Release
Fixed issue with JupyterLab UI silently reverting file changes and interrupting kernels due to Gemini CLI's auto reload extension.
The JupyterLab last-active and auto-reload extensions are now enabled only when Gemini CLI is configured, preventing them from affecting the native JupyterLab UI otherwise.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed issue with JupyterLab UI silently reverting file changes and interrupting kernels due to Gemini CLI's auto reload extension.
The JupyterLab last-active and auto-reload extensions are now enabled only when Gemini CLI is configured, preventing them from affecting the native JupyterLab UI otherwise.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
July 30, 2026
Agent Platform WorkbenchM145 Release
20260730-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed issue with JupyterLab UI silently reverting file changes and interrupting kernels due to Gemini CLI's auto reload extension.
The JupyterLab last-active and auto-reload extensions are now enabled only when Gemini CLI is configured, preventing them from affecting the native JupyterLab UI otherwise.
Fixed the JupyterLab Git extension's Pull and Push buttons being disabled by pinning