On April 27, 2026, Google Cloud's API Gateway introduced stricter syntax validations for templated paths in API configurations, while Apigee hybrid version 1.14.4 was released, featuring sidecar authentication for Workload Identity Federation on non-GKE platforms and several security fixes addressing multiple vulnerabilities.
The Database Center API introduces several new features in Preview, including fleet insights, dashboard reporting, and monitoring capabilities for BigQuery resources and active queries. Additionally, support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) is now generally available, enhancing integration with AI applications.
The April 23, 2026 changelog for Google Cloud includes an updated Simba JDBC driver for BigQuery, the general availability of window functions in Bigtable, a new read-only session parameter for Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, and several fixes in Google Distributed Cloud for VMware 1.32.1100-gke.84.
The April 22, 2026 changelog for Google Cloud includes known issues affecting the Agent Registry, announces the availability of the Agent Registry and its MCP server in Preview, and introduces new features in AlloyDB for PostgreSQL and Application Design Center, including quick-start migrations and support for various components.
The April 21, 2026 changelog for Google Cloud introduces several new features including the default integration of AlloyDB for PostgreSQL with Knowledge Catalog, enhancements to the AlloyDB columnar engine for vector search, visualization of BigQuery graph query results in BigQuery Studio, and new capabilities in Cloud Asset Inventory and Gemini Enterprise for managing agents and account connectors.
On April 20, 2026, Google Cloud announced the general availability of the AlloyDB remote MCP server with new features for performance analysis and management, alongside the release of Apigee hybrid v1.16.1 which includes several bug fixes and security enhancements.
New parser documentation has been released to assist in ingesting and normalizing logs from various sources, including Group-IB, Microsoft, Oracle, and more.
Newly created Cloud SQL instances for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server are now integrating with Knowledge Catalog for data discovery, allowing near real-time updates and metadata sharing. Users can disable this integration if desired.
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL introduces support for Elasticsearch in Preview, allowing hybrid searches and enhanced AI function capabilities, including sentiment analysis and summarization. Additionally, a bug related to the OFFSET application in SQL queries has been identified.
Google Cloud has made the AI Hypercomputer generally available with support for A3 Mega and A3 High machine types, enhancing compute options for large-scale AI models. Additionally, AlloyDB for PostgreSQL introduces vector search improvements, including the new Vector assist extension.
The April 15, 2026 changelog for Google Cloud includes new features such as the AlloyDB index advisor being enabled by default, support for Iceberg version 3 in BigQuery, and the renaming of Dataplex Universal Catalog to Knowledge Catalog. Additionally, Cloud Composer is evolving to become Managed Service for Apache Airflow.
As of April 10, 2026, Gemini Cloud Assist investigations for AlloyDB and Cloud SQL services require a Premium Support contract to create, run, and edit, while several features related to application deployments and interconnectivity have been introduced or are in preview.
Google Cloud has temporarily disabled the preview support for the AI.AGG function in BigQuery while introducing new managed AI functions like AI.IF and AI.CLASSIFY to optimize token consumption and query latency. Additionally, features in Bigtable and Cloud CDN have been made generally available, while GKE Gateway support for Cloud CDN is in Preview.
Release 6.3.83 of Google SecOps SOAR is being rolled out, featuring internal and customer bug fixes.
Google SecOps SOAR has released version 6.3.82, which is now available across all regions.