Vertex AI release notes

Scheduled 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.

20260830-2330-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.

20260823-2330-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.

20260816-2330-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.

Installed 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.

20260802-2330-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.

M145 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 jupyterlab-git to 0.53.0.

Fixed the JupyterLab Git extension's Pull and Push buttons being disabled by pinning jupyterlab-git to 0.53.0.

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.

Workbench internal agents now trust custom and enterprise CA certificates installed on the host operating system, fixing TLS certificate verification failures for connections routed through the instance proxy.

Workbench internal agents now trust custom and enterprise CA certificates installed on the host operating system, fixing TLS certificate verification failures for connections routed through the instance proxy.

Files created by the post-startup script are now owned by the jupyter user, and git safe.directory is configured so that root-owned repositories continue to work.

Files created by the post-startup script are now owned by the jupyter user, and git safe.directory is configured so that root-owned repositories continue to work.

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.

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.

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image releases are available:

• 20260712-2130-rc0 (workbench-instances-2603 - Debian 12)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
  • Fixed broken cupy installation.
• M144 (workbench-instances - Debian 11)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
  • Fixed a race condition that could cause JupyterLab to be unreachable (HTTP 524) on GPU instances.

M144 Release

20260712-2130-rc0 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Fixed a race condition that could cause JupyterLab to be unreachable (HTTP 524) on GPU instances.

Fixed broken cupy installation.

Secure Boot is compatible with GPUs

You can now enable Secure Boot on Agent Platform Workbench instances that have a GPU attached. Secure Boot with GPUs is supported on the workbench-instances-2603 VM image and the workbench-container-2606 custom container, which include a Secure Boot-signed NVIDIA GPU driver so the driver loads under Secure Boot. For more information, see Create an instance.

Secure Boot is compatible with GPUs

You can now enable Secure Boot on Agent Platform Workbench instances that have a GPU attached. Secure Boot with GPUs is supported on the workbench-instances-2603 VM image and the workbench-container-2606 custom container, which include a Secure Boot-signed NVIDIA GPU driver so the driver loads under Secure Boot. For more information, see Create an instance.

Secure Boot is compatible with GPUs

You can now enable Secure Boot on Agent Platform Workbench instances that have a GPU attached. Secure Boot with GPUs is supported on the workbench-instances-2603 VM image and the workbench-container-2606 custom container, which include a Secure Boot-signed NVIDIA GPU driver so the driver loads under Secure Boot. For more information, see Create an instance.

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.

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image release is available:

• 20260701-2130-rc0 (workbench-instances-2603 - Debian 12)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
  • Fixed a race condition that could cause JupyterLab to be unreachable (HTTP 524) on GPU instances.
  • Fixed an issue where long-running requests (for example, streaming or long-poll connections) could be terminated after about 60 seconds.

20260701-2130-rc0 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Fixed a race condition that could cause JupyterLab to be unreachable (HTTP 524) on GPU instances.

Fixed an issue where long-running requests (for example, streaming or long-poll connections) could be terminated after about 60 seconds.

Python 3.12 base containers for Agent Platform Workbench custom containers

You can build custom containers for Agent Platform Workbench instances using Python 3.12 base containers, in addition to the default Python 3.10 base containers. The Python 3.12 standard and slim base containers are available at the following URIs:

• us-docker.pkg.dev/workbench-images/gcr.io/workbench-container-2606:latest
• us-docker.pkg.dev/workbench-images/gcr.io/workbench-container-slim-2606:latest

Python 3.12 base containers for Agent Platform Workbench custom containers

You can build custom containers for Agent Platform Workbench instances using Python 3.12 base containers, in addition to the default Python 3.10 base containers. The Python 3.12 standard and slim base containers are available at the following URIs:

• us-docker.pkg.dev/workbench-images/gcr.io/workbench-container-2606:latest
• us-docker.pkg.dev/workbench-images/gcr.io/workbench-container-slim-2606:latest

Python 3.12 base containers for Agent Platform Workbench custom containers

You can build custom containers for Agent Platform Workbench instances using Python 3.12 base containers, in addition to the default Python 3.10 base containers. The Python 3.12 standard and slim base containers are available at the following URIs:

• us-docker.pkg.dev/workbench-images/gcr.io/workbench-container-2606:latest
• us-docker.pkg.dev/workbench-images/gcr.io/workbench-container-slim-2606:latest

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image release is available:

• 20260628-2130-rc0 (workbench-instances-2603 - Debian 12)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
  • Installed TensorFlow and PyTorch packages to the default kernel.

20260628-2130-rc0 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Installed TensorFlow and PyTorch packages to the default kernel.

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image release is available:

• 20260624-1604-rc0 (workbench-instances-2603 - Debian 12)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
  • Fixed an issue where notebook kernels could become unavailable if the Dataproc plugin failed to load.

20260624-1604-rc0 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Fixed an issue where notebook kernels could become unavailable if the Dataproc plugin failed to load.

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image releases are available:

• 20260622-2130-rc0 (workbench-instances-2603 - Debian 12)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
  • Fixed a duplicate "Python 3 (ipykernel)" kernel appearing in the launcher.
• M143 (workbench-instances - Debian 11)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

M143 Release

20260622-2130-rc0 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Fixed a duplicate "Python 3 (ipykernel)" kernel appearing in the launcher.

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image release is available:

• 20260531-2130-rc0 (workbench-instances-2603 - Debian 12)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

20260531-2130-rc0 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image release is available:

• M142 (workbench-instances - Debian 11)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
  • Fixed pip availability in the base environment.
  • Hardened JupyterLab authentication configuration.

M142 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Fixed pip availability in the base environment.

Hardened JupyterLab authentication configuration.

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.

Vertex AI Extensions deprecation

Vertex AI Extensions is deprecated and will be shut down after November 26, 2026. We recommend migrating to Agent Platform to avoid service disruption.

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image release is available:

• 20260524-2130-rc0 (workbench-instances-2603 - Debian 12)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
  • Fixed a Python 3.12 compatibility issue in the JupyterLab server configuration.
  • Hardened JupyterLab authentication configuration.

20260524-2130-rc0 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Fixed a Python 3.12 compatibility issue in the JupyterLab server configuration.

Hardened JupyterLab authentication configuration.

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image release is available:

• 20260510-2130-rc0 (workbench-instances-2603 - Debian 12)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

20260510-2130-rc0 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image release is available:

• 20260503-2130-rc0 (workbench-instances-2603 - Debian 12)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
  • Improved metadata server resolution reliability on Debian 12 by using the recommended metadata.google.internal name.

20260503-2130-rc0 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Improved metadata server resolution reliability on Debian 12 by using the recommended metadata.google.internal name.

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image release is available:

• 20260426-2130-rc0 (workbench-instances-2603 - Debian 12)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

20260426-2130-rc0 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Agent Platform Workbench image release

The following Agent Platform Workbench instances image releases are available:

• 20260419-2130-rc0 (workbench-instances-2603 - Debian 12)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
  • Fixed intermittent connectivity failures caused by proxy TLS certificate rotation.
  • The post-startup script now re-runs after an instance auto-upgrade.
• M141 (workbench-instances - Debian 11)
  • Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
  • Fixed intermittent connectivity failures caused by proxy TLS certificate rotation.
  • The post-startup script now re-runs after an instance auto-upgrade.

M141 Release

20260419-2130-rc0 Release

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.

Fixed intermittent connectivity failures caused by proxy TLS certificate rotation.

Fixed intermittent connectivity failures caused by proxy TLS certificate rotation.

The post-startup script now re-runs after an instance auto-upgrade.

The post-startup script now re-runs after an instance auto-upgrade.

RAG Cross Corpus Retrieval

RAG Cross Corpus Retrieval is available in public preview. This feature allows you to retrieve relevant contexts or generate answers from multiple RAG corpora simultaneously using the AsyncRetrieveContexts and AskContexts APIs.

For more information, see RAG Cross Corpus Retrieval.

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7

Claude Opus 4.7 is available in Model Garden.

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.

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.

Metadata search for RAG Engine

Use schema-based metadata search in Vertex AI RAG Engine. You can define a metadata schema for a corpus, attach metadata to files within that corpus, and use this metadata to filter contexts during retrieval. For more information, see Filter with metadata search.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is available as an experimental launch in Model Garden. This is an open model built by Google DeepMind. Gemma 4 models are multimodal, handling text and image input and generating text output. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is available as a managed API in Model Garden. To learn more, see Gemma 4 26B A4B IT.

Vertex AI RAG Engine Serverless mode

Vertex AI RAG Engine Serverless mode is now available in public preview. Serverless mode provides a fully managed database for storing RAG resources that abstracts away database provisioning and scaling. You can seamlessly switch between Serverless mode and Spanner mode, which provides dedicated, isolated database instances.

For more information, see the following:

• Deployment modes in Vertex AI RAG Engine
• Serverless mode
• Managing Spanner mode
• Switching between modes

Veo 3.1 Lite

Veo 3.1 Lite is available in public preview. This release is our most cost-efficient Veo on Vertex AI model.

For more information, see 3.1 Lite Generate

Gemini 2.5 model retirement dates updated

The retirement dates for Gemini 2.5 Pro, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 2.5 Flash have been updated to October 16, 2026. For more information, see Model versions and lifecycle.

M140 release

The M140 release of Vertex AI Workbench instances includes the following:

• Gemini CLI Update: Minor updates to Gemini CLI's dependencies.

Workbench Image Release 26.03

Released the new 26.03 image version under the following image family workbench-instances-2603. This major update introduces:

• OS Upgrade: Migration to Debian 12 (Bookworm) for improved security and performance.
• Python Upgrade: Python 3.12 as the default version.
• New Versioning Scheme: Transitioned to a date-based versioning format (e.g., v26.03) to provide better historical context for image updates. For more information on new versioning schema see the latest documentation
• Micromamba CLI: Installed by default
• JupyterLab Environments: Supports only JupyterLab 4.

M140 Release

Gemini CLI Update: Minor updates to Gemini CLI's dependencies.

Lyria 3

Lyria is available in public preview. You can use lyria-3-pro-preview to generate 184 seconds of audio, or lyria-3-clip-preview to generate 30 seconds of audio.

For more information, see the following:

• Lyria 3 Pro Preview

• Lyria 3 Clip Preview

Imagen generation GA endpoints deprecation

The following table describes image generation endpoints that are deprecated and their replacements. We recommend updating your model endpoints before June 30, 2026, to avoid service disruption.

Video generation GA endpoints deprecation

The following table describes video generation endpoints that are deprecated and their replacements. We recommend updating your model endpoints before June 30, 2026, to avoid service disruption.

Vertex Explainable AI is deprecated. For details, see Vertex AI deprecations.

Partner model evaluations

The Gen AI evaluation service supports evaluating partner models, such as Anthropic and Llama models. For more information, see Perform evaluation using the console.

Vector Search 2.0 is generally available (GA)

Vector Search 2.0 is generally available (GA).

Vector Search 2.0 is a retrieval engine designed to streamline AI development and serve as the knowledge core for AI applications.

Available features:

• Collections unifying data and vectors.
• Auto-embeddings for populating vector fields automatically.
• Hybrid search and ranking combining vector, full-text, and built-in semantic re-ranking in a single parallel query.
• Private Service Connect (PSC), Private Google Accesss (PGA), and VPC Service Controls support.

For more information, see the Vector Search 2.0 documentation.

Video generation preview endpoints deprecation

The following table describes video generation endpoints that are deprecated and their replacements. We recommend updating your model endpoints before April 2, 2026, to avoid service disruption.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite) is available in public preview. This release is our most cost-efficient Gemini model and is optimized for low latency use cases for high-volume, cost-sensitive LLM traffic.

For more information, see Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (gemini-3.1-flash-image) is available in public preview. This release enables high-quality image generation with improved pricing and latency. We recommend using Gemini 3.1 Flash Image when generating images.

For more information, see Gemini 3.1 Flash Image.

Anthropic's Claude 3 Haiku

Anthropic's Claude 3 Haiku is deprecated as of February 23, 2026 and will be shut down on August 23, 2026. For more information, see Partner model deprecations.

Fixed a vulnerability in Vertex AI Workbench for users utilizing managed credentials.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview

Gemini 3.1 Pro is available in preview in Model Garden. Gemini 3.1 Pro is our most advanced reasoning Gemini model, capable of solving complex problems from different information sources, including text, audio, images, video, PDFs, and even entire code repositories with its 1M token context window.

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is available in Model Garden.

Image generation preview endpoints deprecation

The following table describes image generation endpoints that are deprecated and their replacements. We recommend updating your model endpoints before March 19, 2026, to avoid service disruption.

Vertex AI Feature Store Optimized online serving is deprecated. For details, see Vertex AI deprecations.

Vertex AI Feature Store (Legacy/V1) is deprecated. For details, see Vertex AI deprecations.

GLM 5 is available as an experimental launch in Model Garden. This model is targeting complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks. GLM 5 is available as a managed API in Model Garden. To learn more, see GLM 5.

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6

Claude Opus 4.6 is available in Model Garden.

M139 release

The M139 release of Vertex AI Workbench instances includes the following:

• Removed a startup script dependency on gs://dl-platform-public-configs.

M139 Release

Removed a startup script dependency on gs://dl-platform-public-configs.

Virtual Try-On

Virtual Try-On is now generally available (GA). The new endpoint, virtual-try-on-001, replaces the previous endpoint, virtual-try-on-preview-08-04. We recommend changing to the new endpoint as soon as possible.

For more information, see Generate Virtual Try-On Images.

Codestral (25.01) and Mistral Large (24.11) are retired as of January 23, 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.

GLM 4.7 GA is now available in Model Garden. This model is designed for core or vibe coding, tool use, and complex reasoning. GLM 4.7 is available as a managed API in Model Garden. To learn more, see GLM 4.7.

Preview: The Gemini CLI is available in Vertex AI Workbench instances. The Gemini CLI is an open source AI agent that provides access to Gemini directly in a terminal. You can use the Gemini CLI to do tasks like the following:

• Create a new notebook.
• Run notebook cells.
• Write and edit a notebook's code and text cells.
• Explain code and technical concepts.
• Interact with a Vertex AI Workbench instance's local file system, including performing complex file operations that span multiple files based on a single, high-level instruction.
• Run basic shell commands.
• Run commands to interact with other Google Cloud services, such as Vertex AI and BigQuery.

To get started, see Use the Gemini CLI.