{ "$schema": "../schema/catalog.schema.json", "schema_version": "2.1.0", "last_updated": "2026-10-20", "provider": { "id": "gcp", "name": "Google Cloud", "short_name": "Google Cloud", "status": "active", "tagline": "Timeline & directory of cloud product name changes", "search_placeholder": "Search any legacy or latest Google Cloud product name...", "quick_examples": [ "Vertex AI", "Duet AI", "Stackdriver", "Dataplex" ], "technical_labels": { "apis": "REST / gRPC APIs", "cli": "gcloud / CLI Commands", "iam": "IAM Predefined Roles", "terraform": "Terraform Resources" } }, "core_rules": [ { "id": "backward-compatible-technical-identifiers", "title": "Core Naming Rule: Customer-Facing Rebrands vs. Underlying Technical Identifiers", "timeframe": "2024–2026", "summary": "Across almost all 2024–2026 Google Cloud rebrands, only the customer-facing product, console UI, and documentation names changed. Underlying REST/gRPC APIs, gcloud CLI commands, client library packages, IAM roles, and Terraform resources retain their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.", "details": [ "Customer-facing marketing pages, Cloud Console navigation labels, and conceptual documentation reflect the new official product names.", "Programmatic surfaces—including REST/gRPC service endpoints (*.googleapis.com), gcloud CLI command groups, IAM predefined roles (roles/*), client SDK package names, and Terraform provider resources (google_*)—almost always keep their original identifiers to avoid breaking production workloads.", "Rare exceptions occur only when a legacy service is formally deprecated in favor of a different platform architecture (for example, migrating from datacatalog.googleapis.com to dataplex.googleapis.com for Knowledge Catalog)." ] }, { "id": "exam-and-course-continuity", "title": "Certification Exam, Documentation & Course Continuity Principle", "timeframe": "Ongoing", "summary": "In the vast majority of rebrands, the underlying service functionality, architectural patterns, and exam-testable concepts remain identical—only the name has changed. Official documentation and certification exams often lag behind rebrand announcements.", "details": [ "Existing training courses, study guides, and architectural mental models remain technically valid after a product rename.", "Google Cloud certification exams and parts of the Cloud Console UI frequently continue displaying legacy names after a rebrand announcement.", "Practitioners and exam candidates should recognize both the legacy name(s) and the current official name, as well as the unchanging technical API/IAM identifiers." ] } ], "categories": [ { "id": "ai-genai-agents", "name": "AI, GenAI & Agent Ecosystem", "short_name": "AI & Agents", "dot_color": "blue", "order": 1, "description": "Rebrands, umbrella splits, and service naming across Vertex AI, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Agent Studio, Agent Runtime, Agent Search, Gemini for Google Cloud, and Customer Engagement Suite." }, { "id": "data-analytics-bi", "name": "Data, Analytics, Databases & Business Intelligence", "short_name": "Data & BI", "dot_color": "green", "order": 2, "description": "Naming evolution across data catalogs, open-format lakehouses, managed Spark and Airflow, business intelligence (Looker & Data Studio), BigQuery ingestion/sharing, and Firebase data services." }, { "id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "name": "Compute, Storage, Security & Infrastructure", "short_name": "Compute, Security & Infra", "dot_color": "yellow", "order": 3, "description": "Serverless compute unification, data loss prevention, high-performance storage caching, security operations (SecOps & zero-trust), hybrid/edge containers, and observability." } ], "entries": [ { "id": "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI", "Vertex AI Platform", "AI Platform", "Cloud AutoML", "AutoML Tables" ], "current_name": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "short_name": "Agent Platform", "also_known_as": [ "Agent Platform", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform API", "Agent Platform API", "Generative AI on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Agent Platform Generative AI", "Agent Platform Colab Enterprise", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Colab Enterprise", "Model Monitoring on Agent Platform", "Model Monitoring on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Agent Media Studio", "Agent Media Studio on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Forecasting on Agent Platform", "Neural Architecture Search on Agent Platform" ], "summary": "Developer AI and MLOps platform for building, training, evaluating, and deploying models and agents.", "notes": [ "Official Google Cloud documentation (docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform), the Vertex AI name changes table (updated Oct 15, 2026), release notes (Apr 22, 2026), SDKs, and certification exams use 'Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform' and its official short form 'Agent Platform' interchangeably.", "Platform sub-features that follow the direct prefix swap ('Vertex AI ' -> 'Agent Platform ' / ' on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform') include Colab Enterprise, Model Monitoring, Agent Media Studio (formerly Vertex AI Media Studio), Forecasting, Neural Architecture Search, Reinforcement Learning (RLHF), Data Labeling, Prompt management, and Agent Platform on GDC.", "Distinct from the seat-licensed Gemini Enterprise end-user app and SKU editions (formerly Google Agentspace on discoveryengine.googleapis.com).", "Legacy AI Platform (ml.googleapis.com / gcloud ai-platform) and Cloud AutoML (automl.googleapis.com) were consolidated into Vertex AI in May 2021 and subsequently deprecated." ], "related_ids": [ "google-agentspace-to-gemini-enterprise", "vertex-ai-agent-builder-split", "vertex-ai-agent-engine-to-agent-runtime", "vertex-ai-model-garden-to-gemini-platform", "vertex-ai-workbench-to-agent-platform-workbench", "vertex-ai-pipelines-to-agent-platform-pipelines", "vertex-ai-training-to-agent-platform-managed-training", "vertex-ai-prediction-to-agent-platform-inference", "vertex-ai-vision-to-agent-platform-vision", "vertex-ai-feature-store-to-agent-platform-feature-store", "vertex-ai-vector-search", "vertex-ai-rag-engine-to-rag-engine", "vertex-ai-evals-to-agent-platform-evals", "duet-ai-to-gemini-for-google-cloud", "vertex-ai-in-firebase-to-firebase-ai-logic", "gemini-code-assist-to-antigravity", "vertex-ai-sdk-to-google-gen-ai-sdk", "vertex-ai-model-registry-to-agent-platform-model-registry", "vertex-ai-experiments-to-agent-platform-experiments", "vertex-ai-vizier-to-agent-platform-vizier", "ray-on-vertex-ai-to-ray-on-agent-platform" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "AI Platform & Cloud AutoML", "date": "2019-04", "event": "Google Cloud Next '19", "note": "Managed ML training, prediction, and automated model building services (succeeding 2017 Cloud ML Engine on ml.googleapis.com and 2018 Cloud AutoML on automl.googleapis.com)." }, { "name": "Vertex AI (Vertex AI Platform)", "date": "2021-05-18", "event": "Google I/O 2021", "note": "Unified ML platform consolidating AI Platform and AutoML under one UI and API." }, { "name": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Agent Platform)", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini at Work 2025 (Docs & Console Migration Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Rebranded from Vertex AI / Vertex AI Platform to Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (also known officially as 'Agent Platform' across docs, release notes, SDKs, and exams)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com | gcloud ai | roles/aiplatform.* | google_vertex_ai_*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vertex_ai_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Referred to as Vertex AI API / Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform API / Agent Platform API in technical docs; Python SDK migrated from google-cloud-aiplatform to the Agent Platform SDK for Python." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "sources": [ { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Name Changes (Vertex AI to Agent Platform Reference Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/vertex-ai-name-changes", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-15" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Product Page", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Naming Changes Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Release Notes (Legacy Archive)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2021-05-18" }, { "title": "Google Cloud unveils Vertex AI, one platform, every ML tool you need", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/google-cloud-launches-vertex-ai-unified-platform-for-mlops", "type": "official_blog", "date": "2021-05-19" }, { "title": "Introduction to Machine Learning on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Redirected from AI Platform Docs)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Migrate to Gemini from AutoML Text on Vertex AI / Agent Platform", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/start/migrating-to-gemini", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-10" } ] } }, { "id": "google-agentspace-to-gemini-enterprise", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Google Agentspace", "Agentspace" ], "current_name": "Gemini Enterprise", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Gemini Enterprise Standard edition", "Gemini Enterprise Plus edition", "Discovery Engine API" ], "summary": "Employee-facing AI workspace, enterprise search front-door, and assistant.", "notes": [ "Seat-licensed offering; distinct from the consumption-billed Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI)." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "agent-designer-to-workflow-builder", "notebooklm-enterprise-to-gemini-notebook-enterprise", "vertex-ai-search-to-agent-search", "duet-ai-to-gemini-for-google-cloud", "gemini-code-assist-to-antigravity" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Google Agentspace", "date": "2024-12", "event": null, "note": "Enterprise search and employee-facing agent workspace built on Discovery Engine." }, { "name": "Gemini Enterprise", "date": "2025-10-09", "event": "Gemini at Work 2025", "note": "Rebranded from Google Agentspace as the employee-facing AI workspace and assistant in the Google Cloud console and default application." } ], "technical": { "summary": "discoveryengine.googleapis.com | roles/discoveryengine.* | google_discovery_engine_*", "apis": [ "discoveryengine.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/discoveryengine.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_discovery_engine_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Predefined IAM roles retain legacy Agentspace identifiers such as roles/discoveryengine.agentspaceUser and roles/discoveryengine.agentspaceAdmin alongside roles/discoveryengine.admin." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Product Page", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-10-09" }, { "title": "What is Gemini Enterprise? Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-10-09" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Release Notes (Oct 9, 2025 Rebrand Announcement)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2025-10-09" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-agent-builder-split", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "umbrella_split", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Agent Builder", "Agent Builder" ], "current_name": "Agent Studio, Agent Search & Agent Runtime", "short_name": "In Agent Platform", "also_known_as": [ "Agent Studio", "Agent Search", "Agent Runtime" ], "summary": "Former Vertex AI Agent Builder umbrella folded into Agent Platform and split into three distinct services.", "notes": [ "Vertex AI Agent Builder (often shortened to Agent Builder) was retired as a single umbrella name and folded into Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Agent Platform) as three distinct services: Agent Studio (low-code builder/prototyping), Agent Search (enterprise search/RAG), and Agent Runtime (managed agent hosting)." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-studio-to-agent-studio", "vertex-ai-search-to-agent-search", "vertex-ai-agent-engine-to-agent-runtime", "dialogflow-cx-to-conversational-agents", "agent-designer-to-workflow-builder" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI Agent Builder", "date": "2024-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '24", "note": "Introduced as an umbrella brand covering agent building, grounding/search, and runtime tools (replacing Vertex AI Search and Conversation in console and docs)." }, { "name": "Agent Studio, Agent Search & Agent Runtime", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Umbrella Split", "note": "Umbrella brand retired and split into three distinct services inside Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Agent Platform; feature rebrand table published in release notes on 2026-04-22)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com & discoveryengine.googleapis.com | gcloud ai | roles/aiplatform.* & roles/discoveryengine.* | google_vertex_ai_* & google_discovery_engine_*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com", "discoveryengine.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*", "roles/discoveryengine.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vertex_ai_*", "google_discovery_engine_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": null }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/build", "sources": [ { "title": "Build with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/build", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Agent Builder Rebrand Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Agent Search (Generative AI App Builder) Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-04-09" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-studio-to-agent-studio", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Studio", "Vertex AI Studio App Builder", "Generative AI Studio" ], "current_name": "Agent Studio", "short_name": "In Agent Platform", "also_known_as": [ "Agent Studio on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "App Builder in Agent Studio", "App Builder in Agent Studio on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform" ], "summary": "Cloud Console low-code visual agent builder, prompt prototyping, and tuning workspace for developers.", "notes": [ "Opened inside the Google Cloud Console (Agent Platform -> Studio) for developers, technical builders, and analysts prototyping single- and multi-agent flows wired to Agent Registry (A2A) subagents and MCP tools, with direct Python ADK code export ('Get code') and deployment to Agent Runtime (reasoningEngines).", "Note that Agent Studio's interactive canvas URL in the Google Cloud Console is console.cloud.google.com/agent-platform/studio/agent-designer—do not confuse that console path with Workflow Builder (formerly Gemini Enterprise Agent Designer), which is a separate no-code/low-code builder inside the end-user Gemini Enterprise web app (discoveryengine.googleapis.com, renamed at GA on September 3, 2026).", "Within Agent Studio, 'Vertex AI Studio App Builder' was renamed to 'App Builder in Agent Studio' ('App Builder in Agent Studio on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform').", "Do not confuse with standalone Google AI Studio (aistudio.google.com)." ], "related_ids": [ "agent-designer-to-workflow-builder", "vertex-ai-agent-builder-split", "vertex-ai-agent-engine-to-agent-runtime", "vertex-ai-rag-engine-to-rag-engine", "vertex-ai-evals-to-agent-platform-evals", "dialogflow-cx-to-conversational-agents", "vertex-ai-search-datastore-mcp" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Generative AI Studio", "date": "2023-05-10", "event": "Google I/O 2023", "note": "Initial Cloud Console prototyping and tuning environment for generative models on Vertex AI." }, { "name": "Vertex AI Studio", "date": "2023-08-29", "event": "Google Cloud Next '23", "note": "Rebranded from Generative AI Studio as the Cloud Console environment for prompt design, multi-model comparison, and model tuning." }, { "name": "Agent Studio", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini at Work 2025 (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Rebranded from Vertex AI Studio to Agent Studio (Agent Studio on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform), alongside Vertex AI Studio App Builder -> App Builder in Agent Studio." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com | gcloud ai | roles/aiplatform.*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Exports agent definitions to Python Agent Development Kit (ADK) code and deploys to Agent Runtime (reasoningEngines on aiplatform.googleapis.com); Cloud Console canvas path is /agent-platform/studio/agent-designer." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/agent-studio", "sources": [ { "title": "Agent Studio Overview Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/agent-studio", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Name Changes (Vertex AI Studio & App Builder)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/vertex-ai-name-changes", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-15" }, { "title": "Build with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/build", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (Vertex AI Studio -> Agent Studio)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Release Notes (Generative AI Studio Launch)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2023-05-10" } ] } }, { "id": "agent-designer-to-workflow-builder", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Agent Designer", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Designer", "Agentspace Agent Designer" ], "current_name": "Workflow Builder", "short_name": "In Gemini Enterprise", "also_known_as": [ "Workflow Builder in Gemini Enterprise" ], "summary": "No-code and low-code visual builder inside the Gemini Enterprise web app for creating employee chat agents and multi-step automated workflows.", "notes": [ "Officially renamed from Agent Designer to Workflow Builder upon reaching General Availability (GA) on September 3, 2026; the legacy documentation URL (docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs/agent-designer) redirects directly to docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs/workflow-builder (though some certification exam questions still reference 'Agent Designer').", "Originally launched in Private Preview on April 9, 2025 (Google Cloud Next '25) for building simple prompt-based chat agents, then expanded with a visual Flow canvas (November 19, 2025) and scheduled triggers (December 19, 2025)—leading to the 'Workflow Builder' rename at GA because it creates both conversational Chat agents (@-mentionable) and multi-step deterministic/non-deterministic Workflows.", "Not merged with Agent Studio: Workflow Builder lives inside the end-user Gemini Enterprise web app (enabled by an admin via the 'Enable Workflow Builder' toggle on discoveryengine.googleapis.com, with no code export), whereas Agent Studio lives in the Google Cloud Console (aiplatform.googleapis.com, where its canvas URL happens to use /agent-platform/studio/agent-designer) for developers exporting Python ADK code and deploying to Agent Runtime." ], "related_ids": [ "google-agentspace-to-gemini-enterprise", "vertex-ai-studio-to-agent-studio", "vertex-ai-agent-builder-split", "vertex-ai-agent-engine-to-agent-runtime" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Agent Designer", "date": "2025-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '25", "note": "Launched in Private Preview in Google Agentspace / Gemini Enterprise for creating no-code employee prompt agents; enhanced with a visual Flow builder on November 19, 2025 and scheduled executions on December 19, 2025." }, { "name": "Workflow Builder", "date": "2026-09-03", "event": "GA Release", "note": "Officially renamed from Agent Designer to Workflow Builder upon reaching General Availability (GA) in Gemini Enterprise, creating both @-mentionable Chat agents and multi-step automated Workflows across enterprise connectors." } ], "technical": { "summary": "discoveryengine.googleapis.com | roles/discoveryengine.* | google_discovery_engine_*", "apis": [ "discoveryengine.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/discoveryengine.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_discovery_engine_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Governed under Gemini Enterprise (Discovery Engine API) via the 'Enable Workflow Builder' admin toggle in the Google Cloud console; also supports importing custom A2A and ADK agents." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs/workflow-builder", "sources": [ { "title": "Workflow Builder Overview Documentation (Redirected from Agent Designer)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs/workflow-builder", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-09-03" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Release Notes (Sep 3, 2026 GA of Workflow Builder formerly Agent Designer)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-09-03" }, { "title": "Agents Overview in Gemini Enterprise Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs/agents-overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-09-03" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-agent-engine-to-agent-runtime", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Agent Engine", "LangChain on Vertex AI", "Reasoning Engine", "Vertex AI Agent Engine Sessions", "Agent Engine Sessions", "Vertex AI Agent Engine Memory Bank", "Agent Engine Memory Bank", "Vertex AI Agent Engine Code Execution", "Agent Engine Code Execution" ], "current_name": "Agent Runtime", "short_name": "In Agent Platform", "also_known_as": [ "Agent Runtime on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Agent Platform Runtime", "Agent Platform Sessions", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Sessions", "Agent Platform Memory Bank", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Memory Bank", "Agent Platform Code Execution", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution" ], "summary": "Managed runtime for deploying and hosting agentic frameworks (ADK, LangGraph, CrewAI) with managed sessions, memory bank, and code execution.", "notes": [ "Underlying API resource path remains reasoningEngines on aiplatform.googleapis.com.", "Associated Agent Engine sub-features were renamed to Agent Platform Sessions (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Sessions), Agent Platform Memory Bank (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Memory Bank), and Agent Platform Code Execution (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Code Execution)." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-agent-builder-split", "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-studio-to-agent-studio", "agent-designer-to-workflow-builder" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "LangChain on Vertex AI / Reasoning Engine", "date": "2024-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '24", "note": "Initial managed runtime in Preview for deploying reasoning/agentic workflows (reasoningEngines resource)." }, { "name": "Vertex AI Agent Engine", "date": "2025-03-04", "event": null, "note": "Renamed from LangChain on Vertex AI / Reasoning Engine to Vertex AI Agent Engine at GA (announced 2025-02-27, GA and billing effective 2025-03-04), adding Agent Engine Sessions, Memory Bank, and Code Execution." }, { "name": "Agent Runtime", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026", "note": "Rebranded to Agent Runtime (Agent Runtime on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform), with sub-features renamed to Agent Platform Sessions, Agent Platform Memory Bank, and Agent Platform Code Execution." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com (reasoningEngines resource) | gcloud ai | roles/aiplatform.* | google_vertex_ai_reasoning_engine", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vertex_ai_reasoning_engine" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Uses the reasoningEngines resource under aiplatform.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/scale", "sources": [ { "title": "Scale Your Agents (Agent Runtime) Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/scale", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Name Changes (Agent Engine, Sessions, Memory Bank & Code Execution)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/vertex-ai-name-changes", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-15" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Release Notes (Agent Engine Rename & GA)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2025-03-04" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-search-to-agent-search", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Search", "AI Applications", "Vertex AI Search and Conversation", "Enterprise Search", "Generative AI App Builder", "Gen AI App Builder", "Discovery Engine", "Vertex AI Search for Industry", "Recommendations from Vertex AI Search" ], "current_name": "Agent Search", "short_name": "In Agent Platform", "also_known_as": [ "Agent Search on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Agent Search for Industry", "Agent Search for Industry on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Recommendations from Agent Search", "Discovery Engine API", "Vertex AI Agent Builder (umbrella)" ], "summary": "Enterprise search, RAG, and grounding service.", "notes": [ "Underlying API in the Google Cloud Console API Library and client SDKs (google-cloud-discoveryengine) is officially titled 'Discovery Engine API' (discoveryengine.googleapis.com), shared across Agent Search, Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Notebook Enterprise, and AI Commerce Search.", "Console navigation still displays 'Vertex AI Search' and 'AI Applications' in some views.", "Official release notes document the full chain: Generative AI App Builder / Enterprise Search (2023-03-29) -> Vertex AI Search and Conversation (2023-08-29) -> Vertex AI Agent Builder (2024-04-09) -> AI Applications (2025-04-02) -> Vertex AI Search (2025-10-02) -> Agent Search (2026-04-22).", "Industry-vertical search and media recommendations follow the same rename: 'Vertex AI Search for Industry' -> 'Agent Search for Industry' and 'Recommendations from Vertex AI Search' -> 'Recommendations from Agent Search'." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-agent-builder-split", "vertex-ai-search-datastore-mcp", "vertex-ai-vector-search", "vertex-ai-rag-engine-to-rag-engine", "google-agentspace-to-gemini-enterprise", "notebooklm-enterprise-to-gemini-notebook-enterprise", "vertex-ai-search-for-commerce" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Gen AI App Builder / Enterprise Search", "date": "2023-03-29", "event": null, "note": "Initial public preview launch of Generative AI App Builder and Enterprise Search on Discovery Engine." }, { "name": "Vertex AI Search (AI Applications)", "date": "2023-08-29", "event": "Google Cloud Next '23", "note": "Rebranded under Vertex AI Search and Conversation; subsequently renamed in console/docs to Vertex AI Agent Builder (2024-04-09), AI Applications (2025-04-02), and back to Vertex AI Search in docs (2025-10-02)." }, { "name": "Agent Search", "date": "2025-10", "event": null, "note": "Rebranded from Vertex AI Search to Agent Search (documented in Agent Search and Agent Platform release notes on 2026-04-22)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "discoveryengine.googleapis.com (Discovery Engine API) | roles/discoveryengine.* | google_discovery_engine_*", "apis": [ "discoveryengine.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/discoveryengine.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_discovery_engine_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "The API in the Cloud Console API Library and client libraries (google-cloud-discoveryengine) is officially named Discovery Engine API (discoveryengine.googleapis.com)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/agent-search", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/generative-ai-app-builder/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Agent Search on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Product Page", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/agent-search", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Agent Search Documentation Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/generative-ai-app-builder/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Agent Search Release Notes (Full Rebrand History)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-search-datastore-mcp", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Search Data Store tool (in Agent Studio)", "Vertex AI Search MCP server" ], "current_name": "Agent Search MCP Server", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Model Context Protocol (MCP) server exposing enterprise data stores to AI agents.", "notes": [ "Listed as discoveryengine.googleapis.com in Agent Registry; launched in Public Preview on 2026-02-05 as Vertex AI Search MCP server and reached General Availability (GA) on 2026-04-22 as Agent Search MCP server at https://discoveryengine.googleapis.com/mcp." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-search-to-agent-search", "vertex-ai-studio-to-agent-studio", "genai-toolbox-to-mcp-toolbox-for-databases" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI Search Data Store tool (in Agent Studio)", "date": "2024-08", "event": null, "note": "Built-in data store grounding tool inside Vertex AI Studio / Agent Studio." }, { "name": "Agent Search MCP Server", "date": "2025-11", "event": null, "note": "Standardized around Model Context Protocol (MCP) at https://discoveryengine.googleapis.com/mcp (Public Preview in release notes on 2026-02-05; GA on 2026-04-22)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "https://discoveryengine.googleapis.com/mcp | discoveryengine.googleapis.com | roles/discoveryengine.*", "apis": [ "discoveryengine.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/discoveryengine.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "MCP endpoint at https://discoveryengine.googleapis.com/mcp." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/agent-search", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/generative-ai-app-builder/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Agent Search Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/generative-ai-app-builder/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Agent Search Release Notes (MCP Server Preview 2026-02-05 & GA 2026-04-22)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" } ] } }, { "id": "genai-toolbox-to-mcp-toolbox-for-databases", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Gen AI Toolbox for Databases", "genai-toolbox" ], "current_name": "MCP Toolbox for Databases", "short_name": "MCP Server & Control Plane", "also_known_as": [ "Model Context Protocol (MCP) Toolbox for Databases", "MCP Toolbox", "googleapis/mcp-toolbox" ], "summary": "Open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and control plane for connecting AI agents and IDEs to enterprise databases.", "notes": [ "Originally launched in Public Beta on February 7, 2025 (v0.1.0) as 'Gen AI Toolbox for Databases' (github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox) in partnership with LangChain, before being officially renamed to 'MCP Toolbox for Databases' on April 23, 2025 (v0.4.0, following Google Cloud Next '25) upon adding native Model Context Protocol (MCP) server support and Agent Development Kit (ADK) integration.", "Reached v1.0.0 stable General Availability on April 10, 2026 (Google Cloud Next '26), with the GitHub repository officially renamed from googleapis/genai-toolbox to googleapis/mcp-toolbox and standalone documentation published at mcp-toolbox.dev alongside prebuilt MCP integration guides across BigQuery, AlloyDB, Spanner, Cloud SQL, Bigtable, Firestore, and Looker documentation.", "Serves both as a ready-to-use build-time MCP server for IDEs and CLIs (Gemini CLI, Google Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code via npx @toolbox-sdk/server --prebuilt) and as a run-time custom tools framework and control plane (tools.yaml) handling connection pooling, IAM/OAuth2/OIDC authentication, and OpenTelemetry observability." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-search-datastore-mcp" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Gen AI Toolbox for Databases", "date": "2025-02-07", "event": "Public Beta Launch (v0.1.0)", "note": "Launched in Public Beta in partnership with LangChain under github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox as an open-source tool server and control plane for AlloyDB, Spanner, Cloud SQL, and PostgreSQL/MySQL." }, { "name": "MCP Toolbox for Databases", "date": "2025-04-23", "event": "Google Cloud Next '25 / v0.4.0", "note": "Renamed from Gen AI Toolbox for Databases to MCP Toolbox for Databases upon adding Model Context Protocol (MCP) server support and Agent Development Kit (ADK) integration; reached v1.0.0 GA on April 10, 2026 with repo renamed to googleapis/mcp-toolbox." } ], "technical": { "summary": "github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox (formerly genai-toolbox) | toolbox binary & npx @toolbox-sdk/server | PyPI: toolbox-core, toolbox-langchain", "apis": [ "bigquery.googleapis.com", "alloydb.googleapis.com", "spanner.googleapis.com", "sqladmin.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "toolbox", "npx @toolbox-sdk/server" ], "iam": [ "roles/bigquery.user", "roles/alloydb.client", "roles/cloudsql.client", "roles/spanner.databaseUser" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "The GitHub repository redirected from github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox to github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox; CLI binary ('toolbox'), Python SDK packages ('toolbox-core', 'toolbox-langchain'), and JS/TS SDK packages ('@toolbox-sdk/core', '@toolbox-sdk/server') retain their 'toolbox' namespace." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://mcp-toolbox.dev/", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox", "sources": [ { "title": "Google Cloud Blog: MCP Toolbox for Databases (formerly Gen AI Toolbox for Databases) now supports Model Context Protocol (MCP)", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/mcp-toolbox-for-databases-now-supports-model-context-protocol", "type": "official_blog", "date": "2025-04-23" }, { "title": "Google Cloud Blog: Announcing public beta of Gen AI Toolbox for Databases", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/announcing-gen-ai-toolbox-for-databases-get-started-today/", "type": "official_blog", "date": "2025-02-07" }, { "title": "MCP Toolbox for Databases Official Documentation & Introduction", "url": "https://mcp-toolbox.dev/documentation/introduction/", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-10" }, { "title": "GitHub Repository: googleapis/mcp-toolbox (formerly googleapis/genai-toolbox)", "url": "https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-10" }, { "title": "Connect LLMs to BigQuery with MCP Toolbox for Databases", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-10" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-search-for-commerce", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Search for Commerce", "Vertex AI Search for retail", "Discovery AI for Retail", "Retail Search", "Recommendations AI" ], "current_name": "Agent Search for Commerce", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "AI Commerce Search", "AI Commerce Search in Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience", "Discovery Engine API" ], "summary": "Verticalized ecommerce search, browse, and recommendations.", "notes": [ "On 2026-06-29, documentation under Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience rebranded the service from Agent Search for commerce / Vertex AI Search for commerce to 'AI Commerce Search in Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience', while Agent Platform release notes (2026-04-22) refer to it as 'Agent Search for Commerce'." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-search-to-agent-search", "ccai-to-customer-engagement-suite" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Discovery AI for Retail", "date": "2021-01-15", "event": "NRF 2021", "note": "Retail API console and suite uniting Recommendations AI and Retail Search." }, { "name": "Vertex AI Search for Commerce", "date": "2024-01", "event": "NRF 2024", "note": "Introduced at NRF 2024 as Vertex AI Search for retail (console/docs updated 2024-03-12) and renamed in console/docs to Vertex AI Search for commerce on 2025-01-10." }, { "name": "Agent Search for Commerce", "date": "2025-10", "event": null, "note": "Rebranded to Agent Search for Commerce in Agent Platform (2026-04-22 release notes) and to AI Commerce Search in Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (2026-06-29 release notes)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "retail.googleapis.com & discoveryengine.googleapis.com | roles/retail.* & roles/discoveryengine.* | google_retail_* & google_discovery_engine_*", "apis": [ "retail.googleapis.com", "discoveryengine.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/retail.*", "roles/discoveryengine.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_retail_*", "google_discovery_engine_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": null }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/solutions/retail", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/ai-commerce-search", "sources": [ { "title": "AI Commerce Search (formerly Agent Search for commerce) Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/ai-commerce-search", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-06-29" }, { "title": "AI Commerce Search Release Notes (Full Rename History)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/ai-commerce-search/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-06-29" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Rebrand Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" } ] } }, { "id": "dialogflow-cx-to-conversational-agents", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Dialogflow CX", "Vertex AI Conversation", "Conversational Agents" ], "current_name": "CX Agent Studio", "short_name": "Agent Conversation", "also_known_as": [ "Customer Experience Agent Studio", "Agent Conversation", "Agent Conversation on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Conversational Agents" ], "summary": "ADK-based conversational agent builder and stateful virtual agent platform for customer experience.", "notes": [ "Customer Experience Agent Studio (CX Agent Studio) reached General Availability (GA) on February 4, 2026 under Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (ces.googleapis.com), built on the Agent Development Kit (ADK) as the official evolution of Dialogflow CX.", "In CX Agent Studio documentation, Dialogflow CX and Dialogflow ES are now classified under 'Legacy conversational agents' (dialogflow.googleapis.com); existing deterministic Dialogflow CX flows (pages, routes, and event handlers) can be imported and wrapped as 'flow-based agents' invoked via DetectIntent.", "In the April 22, 2026 Agent Platform release notes table and vertex-ai-name-changes page, 'Vertex AI Conversation' is also mapped to 'Agent Conversation' ('Agent Conversation on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform').", "Redirects from cloud.google.com/dialogflow and cloud.google.com/products/conversational-agents resolve to Customer Experience Agent Studio (cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/cx-agent-studio), while legacy Dialogflow CX documentation remains at docs.cloud.google.com/dialogflow/cx/docs." ], "related_ids": [ "ccai-to-customer-engagement-suite", "vertex-ai-agent-builder-split", "vertex-ai-studio-to-agent-studio", "ccai-insights-to-customer-experience-insights" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Dialogflow CX", "date": "2020-09", "event": null, "note": "Enterprise stateful conversational flow builder (pages, routes, event handlers) on dialogflow.googleapis.com." }, { "name": "Vertex AI Conversation / Conversational Agents", "date": "2023-08-29", "event": "Google Cloud Next '23 (Conversational Agents Oct 2024)", "note": "Generative conversational agent layer paired with Dialogflow CX under Vertex AI Search and Conversation (2023-08-29) and rebranded to Conversational Agents in Customer Engagement Suite (2024-10-09)." }, { "name": "CX Agent Studio (Agent Conversation)", "date": "2026-02-04", "event": "GA Release (Agent Platform Table Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Reached GA on February 4, 2026 as ADK-based Customer Experience Agent Studio (CX Agent Studio) on ces.googleapis.com (wrapping legacy Dialogflow CX flows as flow-based agents); also listed as 'Agent Conversation' in the April 22, 2026 Agent Platform naming table." } ], "technical": { "summary": "ces.googleapis.com & dialogflow.googleapis.com | roles/ces.* & roles/dialogflow.* | google_dialogflow_cx_*", "apis": [ "ces.googleapis.com", "dialogflow.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud alpha dialogflow" ], "iam": [ "roles/ces.*", "roles/dialogflow.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_dialogflow_cx_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "CX Agent Studio applications run on ces.googleapis.com (roles/ces.*), while legacy Dialogflow CX flows and flow-based agent handoffs (DetectIntent) run on dialogflow.googleapis.com (roles/dialogflow.*)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/cx-agent-studio", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/cx-agent-studio", "sources": [ { "title": "Customer Experience Agent Studio (CX Agent Studio) Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/cx-agent-studio", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-13" }, { "title": "CX Agent Studio Release Notes (February 4, 2026 GA Announcement)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/cx-agent-studio/resources/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-02-04" }, { "title": "Flow-Based Agents in CX Agent Studio (Reusing Dialogflow CX Flows)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/cx-agent-studio/flow", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Name Changes (Vertex AI Conversation -> Agent Conversation)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/vertex-ai-name-changes", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-15" }, { "title": "Dialogflow CX Documentation (Legacy Conversational Agents)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/dialogflow/cx/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-model-garden-to-gemini-platform", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Model Garden", "Vertex AI Models as a Service (MaaS)", "Vertex AI MaaS (Model as a Service)" ], "current_name": "Model Garden", "short_name": "In Agent Platform", "also_known_as": [ "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Model Garden", "Model Garden on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "MaaS", "Model as a Service on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform" ], "summary": "Curated catalog for discovering, testing, customizing, and deploying Google, open-source, and partner foundation models.", "notes": [ "In the April 22, 2026 Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform release notes naming table, 'Vertex AI Model Garden' transitioned to 'Model Garden' (and 'Vertex AI Models as a Service (MaaS)' to 'MaaS'), while the vertex-ai-name-changes page lists the full form 'Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Model Garden' ('Model as a Service on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform').", "Programmatic CLI access remains 'gcloud ai model-garden' (including 'gcloud ai model-garden models list' and 'deploy') on aiplatform.googleapis.com." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI Model Garden", "date": "2023-05-10", "event": "Google I/O 2023 (Preview; GA Jul 28, 2023)", "note": "Launched in Preview on May 10, 2023 and reached General Availability on July 28, 2023 as Vertex AI's model discovery, testing, and deployment library." }, { "name": "Model Garden (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform)", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Dropped the 'Vertex AI' prefix to become 'Model Garden' ('Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Model Garden'), with 'Vertex AI Models as a Service (MaaS)' becoming 'MaaS'." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com | gcloud ai model-garden | roles/aiplatform.* | google_vertex_ai_endpoint", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai model-garden", "gcloud ai model-garden models" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vertex_ai_endpoint" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "One-click deployments from Model Garden provision standard Endpoint and Model resources on aiplatform.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/model-garden", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-garden/explore-models", "sources": [ { "title": "Overview of Model Garden — Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-garden/explore-models", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Name Changes (Model Garden & MaaS)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/vertex-ai-name-changes", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-15" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Naming Changes Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Release Notes (May 10, 2023 Preview & July 28, 2023 GA)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2023-07-28" }, { "title": "gcloud ai model-garden CLI Reference", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/ai", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-05-27" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-workbench-to-agent-platform-workbench", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Workbench", "Vertex AI Workbench Instances", "AI Platform Notebooks", "Cloud Datalab" ], "current_name": "Agent Platform Workbench", "short_name": "Workbench", "also_known_as": [ "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Workbench", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Notebooks", "Agent Platform Workbench Instances" ], "summary": "Managed JupyterLab notebook development environment for data science and machine learning on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.", "notes": [ "Legacy Vertex AI Workbench 'managed notebooks' and 'user-managed notebooks' (formerly AI Platform Notebooks) were deprecated on January 16, 2024 and shut down on March 30, 2026 in favor of unified Agent Platform Workbench instances (v2 API).", "Programmatic management uses notebooks.googleapis.com, 'gcloud workbench instances' (and legacy 'gcloud notebooks'), roles/notebooks.*, and Terraform resource google_workbench_instance." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "AI Platform Notebooks", "date": "2019-03-01", "event": "Beta Launch (GA Mar 31, 2020)", "note": "Launched on notebooks.googleapis.com as a managed JupyterLab VM service succeeding Cloud Datalab (reached GA on March 31, 2020)." }, { "name": "Vertex AI Workbench", "date": "2021-10-11", "event": "Google Cloud Next '21 (Instances GA Sep 25, 2023)", "note": "Unified AI Platform Notebooks (as user-managed notebooks) alongside managed notebooks under Vertex AI; next-generation Vertex AI Workbench instances launched in Preview on July 19, 2023 and GA on September 25, 2023." }, { "name": "Agent Platform Workbench", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as Agent Platform Workbench (and Agent Platform Workbench Instances)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "notebooks.googleapis.com | gcloud workbench & gcloud notebooks | roles/notebooks.* | google_workbench_instance & google_notebooks_*", "apis": [ "notebooks.googleapis.com", "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud workbench", "gcloud workbench instances", "gcloud workbench schedules", "gcloud workbench executions", "gcloud notebooks" ], "iam": [ "roles/notebooks.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_workbench_instance", "google_notebooks_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Workbench instances use the notebooks.googleapis.com v2 API (gcloud workbench / google_workbench_instance), while scheduled notebook runs use aiplatform.notebookExecutionJobs and aiplatform.schedules." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai-notebooks", "docs_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/workbench/introduction", "sources": [ { "title": "Introduction to Agent Platform Workbench — Google Cloud Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/notebooks/workbench/introduction", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Agent Platform Workbench Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/notebooks/workbench/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-09-09" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Naming Changes Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Deprecations (Managed & User-Managed Notebooks Shutdown)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/deprecations", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-03-30" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-pipelines-to-agent-platform-pipelines", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Pipelines", "Vertex Pipelines", "AI Platform Pipelines" ], "current_name": "Agent Platform Pipelines", "short_name": "Pipelines", "also_known_as": [ "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Pipelines" ], "summary": "Serverless Kubeflow Pipelines (KFP) and TensorFlow Extended (TFX) ML workflow orchestration.", "notes": [ "Succeeded cluster-based AI Platform Pipelines (which ran Kubeflow Pipelines on GKE and was deprecated on July 31, 2023)." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-experiments-to-agent-platform-experiments" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "AI Platform Pipelines", "date": "2020-03", "event": "Beta Launch (Deprecated Jul 31, 2023)", "note": "Cluster-based managed Kubeflow Pipelines on GKE under legacy AI Platform." }, { "name": "Vertex AI Pipelines", "date": "2021-05-18", "event": "Google I/O 2021 (Preview; GA Nov 9, 2021)", "note": "Launched in Preview on May 18, 2021 (initially as Vertex Pipelines) and reached General Availability on November 9, 2021 as serverless ML workflow orchestration on Vertex AI." }, { "name": "Agent Platform Pipelines", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as Agent Platform Pipelines." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com (pipelineJobs) | gcloud ai | roles/aiplatform.* | google_vertex_ai_*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vertex_ai_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Executes serverless pipeline runs via the projects.locations.pipelineJobs REST/gRPC resource on aiplatform.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/pipelines", "docs_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/pipelines/introduction", "sources": [ { "title": "Introduction to Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Pipelines — Google Cloud Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/pipelines/introduction", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Naming Changes Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Release Notes (May 18, 2021 Preview & November 9, 2021 GA)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2021-11-09" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Deprecations (Legacy AI Platform Pipelines)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/deprecations", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-07-31" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-training-to-agent-platform-managed-training", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Training", "AI Platform Training", "AI Platform (Unified)", "Cloud Machine Learning Engine (Cloud ML Engine)" ], "current_name": "Agent Platform Managed Training", "short_name": "Serverless Training", "also_known_as": [ "Agent Platform Serverless Training", "Agent Platform serverless training", "Managed Training Clusters", "Agent Platform AutoML" ], "summary": "Managed serverless custom model training, hyperparameter tuning, and AutoML training service.", "notes": [ "In the April 22, 2026 Agent Platform release notes naming table, 'Vertex AI Training' maps to both 'Agent Platform Managed Training' and 'Agent Platform Serverless Training', while 'Vertex AI Training Clusters (VTC)' became 'Managed Training Clusters' and 'Vertex AI AutoML' became 'Agent Platform AutoML'.", "Legacy AI Platform Training (ml.googleapis.com / gcloud ai-platform jobs) was deprecated on January 23, 2023 and shut down in 2025." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-prediction-to-agent-platform-inference", "vertex-ai-vision-to-agent-platform-vision", "vertex-ai-vizier-to-agent-platform-vizier", "ray-on-vertex-ai-to-ray-on-agent-platform" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Machine Learning Engine (Cloud ML Engine)", "date": "2016-03-23", "event": "GCP NEXT 2016 (GA Mar 8, 2017)", "note": "Initial managed ML training and prediction service on ml.googleapis.com (gcloud ml-engine)." }, { "name": "AI Platform Training / AI Platform (Unified)", "date": "2019-04-10", "event": "Google Cloud Next '19 (Unified GA Nov 16, 2020)", "note": "Rebranded from Cloud ML Engine to AI Platform Training (ml.googleapis.com, deprecated Jan 23, 2023 and shut down in 2025); AI Platform (Unified) launched on aiplatform.googleapis.com on November 16, 2020." }, { "name": "Vertex AI Training", "date": "2021-05-18", "event": "Google I/O 2021", "note": "Consolidated custom model training, hyperparameter tuning, persistent resources, and AutoML training under Vertex AI." }, { "name": "Agent Platform Managed Training", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as Agent Platform Managed Training and Agent Platform Serverless Training." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com | gcloud ai custom-jobs & hp-tuning-jobs | roles/aiplatform.* | google_vertex_ai_*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai custom-jobs", "gcloud ai hp-tuning-jobs", "gcloud ai persistent-resources" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vertex_ai_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Active training workloads run on aiplatform.googleapis.com (customJobs, hyperparameterTuningJobs, trainingPipelines, persistentResources); legacy ml.googleapis.com is shut down." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai", "docs_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/training/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Serverless Training Overview — Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/training/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Naming Changes Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Deprecations (Legacy AI Platform Training & AutoML)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/deprecations", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-03-16" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-vision-to-agent-platform-vision", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Vision" ], "current_name": "Agent Platform Vision", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Vision", "Cloud Vision API (migration target)", "Agent Platform serverless training (migration target)", "Agent Platform models (migration target)" ], "summary": "End-to-end video and computer vision ingestion/analytics service (deprecated Jun 15, 2026; EOL Sep 30, 2026).", "notes": [ "Vertex AI Vision (rebranded in docs and the April 22, 2026 naming table as Agent Platform Vision / Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Vision) is deprecated as of June 15, 2026 and reaches End of Life on September 30, 2026.", "Official migration paths: Cloud Vision API (/vision/docs), Agent Platform serverless training (/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/training/overview), or Agent Platform models (/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models)." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-training-to-agent-platform-managed-training" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI Vision", "date": "2022-10-11", "event": "Google Cloud Next '22 (Preview; GA Dec 7, 2022)", "note": "End-to-end video and computer vision application builder (Live Video Analytics, Vision Warehouse, streams) launched on visionai.googleapis.com." }, { "name": "Agent Platform Vision", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Rebrand (Deprecated Jun 15, 2026 · EOL Sep 30, 2026)", "note": "Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as Agent Platform Vision in October 2025, then officially deprecated on June 15, 2026 (End of Life September 30, 2026) with workloads migrating to Cloud Vision API, Agent Platform serverless training, or Agent Platform models." } ], "technical": { "summary": "visionai.googleapis.com (Deprecated Jun 15, 2026; EOL Sep 30, 2026) → Migrate to vision.googleapis.com / aiplatform.googleapis.com", "apis": [ "visionai.googleapis.com", "vision.googleapis.com", "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "vaictl", "gcloud alpha vision-ai", "gcloud ml vision", "gcloud ai" ], "iam": [ "roles/visionai.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": true, "note": "Deprecated as of June 15, 2026 and reaches End of Life on September 30, 2026. Migrate workloads to Cloud Vision API (vision.googleapis.com), Agent Platform serverless training, or Agent Platform models (aiplatform.googleapis.com)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vision-ai/docs/overview", "docs_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vision-ai/docs/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Agent Platform Vision (Vertex AI Vision) Overview & Deprecation Notice", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vision-ai/docs/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-06-15" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Vision Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vision-ai/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-06-15" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Naming Changes Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vision AI (visionai.googleapis.com) IAM Roles & Permissions", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/iam/docs/roles-permissions/visionai", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-feature-store-to-agent-platform-feature-store", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Feature Store", "Vertex Feature Store" ], "current_name": "Agent Platform Feature Store", "short_name": "Feature Store", "also_known_as": [ "Feature Store on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform" ], "summary": "Managed BigQuery-backed ML feature repository and low-latency online serving store.", "notes": [ "Vertex AI Feature Store (Legacy/V1) and Optimized online serving were deprecated on February 17, 2026 (shutdown February 17, 2027) in favor of the BigQuery-backed Feature Store V2 architecture (introduced November 17, 2023) using Feature Registry (featureGroups) and Bigtable online serving (featureOnlineStores)." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-vector-search" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI Feature Store", "date": "2021-05-18", "event": "Google I/O 2021 (Preview; GA Oct 11, 2021)", "note": "Launched in Preview on May 18, 2021 (as Vertex Feature Store) and reached GA on October 11, 2021; BigQuery-native Feature Store V2 architecture introduced on November 17, 2023 (legacy V1 deprecated Feb 17, 2026, shutdown Feb 17, 2027)." }, { "name": "Agent Platform Feature Store", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as Agent Platform Feature Store (also documented as 'Feature Store on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform')." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com | gcloud ai | roles/aiplatform.* | google_vertex_ai_feature_online_store* & google_vertex_ai_feature_group*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vertex_ai_feature_online_store*", "google_vertex_ai_feature_group*", "google_vertex_ai_featurestore*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Active V2 resources (featureGroups, featureOnlineStores, featureViews) run on aiplatform.googleapis.com; legacy V1 featurestores and Optimized online serving are deprecated as of February 17, 2026 (shutdown February 17, 2027)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai", "docs_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/featurestore/latest/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "About Feature Store on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform — Google Cloud Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/featurestore/latest/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Naming Changes Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Deprecations (Feature Store Legacy V1 & Optimized Online Serving)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/deprecations", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-02-17" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Release Notes (May 18, 2021 Preview & Oct 11, 2021 GA)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2021-10-11" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-vector-search", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "umbrella_split", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Vector Search", "Vertex AI Vector Search (1.0)", "Vertex AI Vector Search 2.0", "Vector Search 2.0", "Vertex AI Matching Engine", "Vertex Matching Engine" ], "current_name": "Vector Search", "short_name": "And Agent Retrieval", "also_known_as": [ "Agent Retrieval", "Agent Retrieval on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Vector Search on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Vector Search 1.0", "Agent Search", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Vector Search" ], "summary": "High-scale ScaNN vector similarity search (ANN) index service and AI-native Collection retrieval engine.", "notes": [ "Per the April 22, 2026 Agent Platform release notes naming table and vertex-ai-name-changes, 'Vertex AI Vector Search' (1.0 ANN index-as-a-service on aiplatform.googleapis.com) became simply 'Vector Search' ('Vector Search on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform'), while 'Vertex AI Vector Search 2.0' (Collections and Data Objects storage/retrieval engine on vectorsearch.googleapis.com, GA March 5, 2026) was renamed to 'Agent Retrieval' ('Agent Retrieval on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform').", "Turnkey enterprise search and RAG grounding over unstructured documents and data stores is covered by 'Agent Search' (discoveryengine.googleapis.com), while corpus-based context augmentation on aiplatform.googleapis.com is covered by 'RAG Engine'.", "In the Agent Platform Python SDK, Vector Search 1.0 classes retain legacy identifiers (MatchingEngineIndex and MatchingEngineIndexEndpoint), while Agent Retrieval (Vector Search 2.0) uses vectorsearch.googleapis.com, 'gcloud vector-search collections', and roles/vectorsearch.*." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-search-to-agent-search", "vertex-ai-rag-engine-to-rag-engine", "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-feature-store-to-agent-platform-feature-store" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI Matching Engine", "date": "2021-05-18", "event": "Google I/O 2021 (Preview; GA Sep 24, 2021)", "note": "Launched in Preview on May 18, 2021 (as Vertex Matching Engine) and reached GA on September 24, 2021 as a high-scale ScaNN approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) vector similarity service." }, { "name": "Vertex AI Vector Search & Vector Search 2.0", "date": "2023-09-01", "event": "Google Cloud Next '23 (Vector Search 2.0 GA Mar 5, 2026)", "note": "Renamed from Vertex AI Matching Engine to Vertex AI Vector Search at Google Cloud Next '23 (release note Sep 1, 2023); later introduced Vector Search 2.0 (GA March 5, 2026) with self-tuning Collections and Data Objects on vectorsearch.googleapis.com." }, { "name": "Vector Search & Agent Retrieval", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Vertex AI Vector Search dropped the 'Vertex AI' prefix to become 'Vector Search', while Vertex AI Vector Search 2.0 was renamed to 'Agent Retrieval' (and enterprise search/RAG became 'Agent Search')." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com (Vector Search) & vectorsearch.googleapis.com (Agent Retrieval) | gcloud ai indexes & gcloud vector-search", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com", "vectorsearch.googleapis.com", "discoveryengine.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai indexes", "gcloud ai index-endpoints", "gcloud vector-search collections" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*", "roles/vectorsearch.*", "roles/discoveryengine.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vertex_ai_index", "google_vertex_ai_index_endpoint", "google_discovery_engine_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Vector Search 1.0 uses aiplatform.googleapis.com (gcloud ai indexes / index-endpoints, Python SDK MatchingEngineIndex); Agent Retrieval (formerly Vector Search 2.0) uses vectorsearch.googleapis.com (gcloud vector-search collections, roles/vectorsearch.*)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/vector-search/overview", "docs_url": "https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/vector-search/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Vector Search — Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/build/vector-search/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Agent Retrieval (formerly Vector Search 2.0) — Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/build/vector-search-2/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Naming Changes Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Release Notes (Sep 1, 2023 Matching Engine Rename & Mar 5, 2026 Vector Search 2.0 GA)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-03-05" }, { "title": "gcloud vector-search CLI & Vector Search IAM Roles Reference", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/iam/docs/roles-permissions/vectorsearch", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" } ] } }, { "id": "duet-ai-to-gemini-for-google-cloud", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Duet AI for Google Cloud", "Duet AI in Google Cloud" ], "current_name": "Gemini for Google Cloud", "short_name": "Google Cloud with Gemini", "also_known_as": [ "Google Cloud with Gemini", "Gemini Cloud Assist", "Gemini Code Assist", "Gemini in BigQuery", "Gemini in Looker", "Gemini in Data Studio", "Gemini in Security Command Center" ], "summary": "AI-powered assistance embedded across Google Cloud console, operations, data analytics, security, and IDEs.", "notes": [ "Official documentation overview is titled 'Google Cloud with Gemini overview | Gemini for Google Cloud', covering Gemini Cloud Assist, Gemini Code Assist, Gemini in BigQuery, Gemini in Colab Enterprise, Gemini in Looker, Gemini in Data Studio, and Gemini in Security Command Center.", "Enabling and administering Gemini Code Assist and Gemini Cloud Assist uses cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com (roles/cloudaicompanion.*), geminicloudassist.googleapis.com (roles/geminicloudassist.*), the 'gcloud gemini' CLI group, and 'google_gemini_*' Terraform resources.", "Per 2026 release notes, Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions and Gemini CLI for individuals migrated to the multi-agent platform Antigravity (and Antigravity CLI) on June 18, 2026, and new Gemini Code Assist Standard/Enterprise subscription sales ended on October 9, 2026 in favor of Antigravity." ], "related_ids": [ "google-agentspace-to-gemini-enterprise", "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "gemini-code-assist-to-antigravity" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Duet AI for Google Cloud", "date": "2023-05-10", "event": "Google I/O 2023 (GA Dec 13, 2023)", "note": "Announced at Google I/O 2023 as an AI-powered collaborator across Google Cloud console and IDEs (Duet AI in Google Cloud); reached General Availability on December 13, 2023." }, { "name": "Gemini for Google Cloud", "date": "2024-03-26", "event": "Google Cloud Next '24 Wave (Apr 9, 2024)", "note": "Rebranded from Duet AI in Google Cloud to Gemini for Google Cloud on March 26, 2024 (also documented under the suite heading 'Google Cloud with Gemini') and expanded at Google Cloud Next '24 (April 9, 2024) into Gemini Cloud Assist, Gemini Code Assist, Gemini in BigQuery, Gemini in Looker, Gemini in Databases, and Gemini in Security Command Center." } ], "technical": { "summary": "cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com & geminicloudassist.googleapis.com | gcloud gemini | roles/cloudaicompanion.* & roles/geminicloudassist.* | google_gemini_*", "apis": [ "cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com", "geminicloudassist.googleapis.com", "cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud gemini" ], "iam": [ "roles/cloudaicompanion.*", "roles/geminicloudassist.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_gemini_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com retains its original Duet AI / Cloud AI Companion identifier and backs Gemini Code Assist, Gemini Cloud Assist, and admin settings managed via 'gcloud gemini' and 'google_gemini_*'." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini", "docs_url": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Google Cloud with Gemini Overview — Gemini for Google Cloud Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Gemini for Google Cloud Release Notes (Dec 13, 2023 Duet AI GA, Mar 26, 2024 Rebrand & 2026 Antigravity Transition)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-10-09" }, { "title": "gcloud gemini CLI Reference", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/gemini", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-05-27" }, { "title": "Gemini for Google Cloud API (cloudaicompanion) IAM Roles & Permissions", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/iam/docs/roles-permissions/cloudaicompanion", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" } ] } }, { "id": "ccai-to-customer-engagement-suite", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Contact Center AI (CCAI)" ], "current_name": "Customer Engagement Suite", "short_name": "Gemini Enterprise for CX", "also_known_as": [ "Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience", "Gemini Enterprise for CX", "Customer Experience Agent Studio (CX Agent Studio)", "Customer Experience Insights (CX Insights)", "Agent Assist", "Google Cloud CCaaS (CCAI Platform)" ], "summary": "AI customer experience and contact center suite covering CX Agent Studio, Agent Assist, Customer Experience Insights, and Commerce agents.", "notes": [ "Rebranded from Contact Center AI (CCAI) to Customer Engagement Suite at Gemini at Work in October 2024, and positioned since January 2026 as Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (Gemini Enterprise for CX) at cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx and docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx.", "Within the suite, Contact Center AI Insights became Conversational Insights (Oct 2024) and was officially renamed to Customer Experience Insights (CX Insights) on January 12, 2026; Conversational Agents evolved into Customer Experience Agent Studio (CX Agent Studio); and Contact Center AI Platform is documented as Google Cloud CCaaS (CCAI Platform).", "The Customer Engagement Suite / CX Agent Studio API uses ces.googleapis.com and roles/ces.* (retaining the 'ces' abbreviation for Customer Engagement Suite), while CX Insights uses contactcenterinsights.googleapis.com and roles/contactcenterinsights.*." ], "related_ids": [ "dialogflow-cx-to-conversational-agents", "vertex-ai-search-for-commerce", "ccai-insights-to-customer-experience-insights", "ccai-platform-to-google-cloud-ccaas" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Contact Center AI (CCAI)", "date": "2018-07-24", "event": "Google Cloud Next '18 (CCAI Insights GA Oct 12, 2021)", "note": "Launched at Google Cloud Next '18 combining Dialogflow virtual agents, Agent Assist (GA Feb 28, 2022), and CCAI Insights (GA Oct 12, 2021), with CCAI Platform added in March 2022." }, { "name": "Customer Engagement Suite", "date": "2024-10-09", "event": "Gemini at Work 2024", "note": "Rebranded to Customer Engagement Suite with Google AI (introducing ces.googleapis.com, Conversational Agents, and Conversational Insights)." }, { "name": "Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (Customer Engagement Suite)", "date": "2026-01-12", "event": "NRF 2026 / Jan 2026 Naming Update", "note": "Expanded and positioned as Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (Gemini Enterprise for CX), uniting Customer Experience Agent Studio (CX Agent Studio), Agent Assist, Customer Experience Insights (CX Insights, renamed Jan 12, 2026), Commerce agents, and AI Commerce Search." } ], "technical": { "summary": "ces.googleapis.com, contactcenterinsights.googleapis.com, dialogflow.googleapis.com & contactcenteraiplatform.googleapis.com", "apis": [ "ces.googleapis.com", "contactcenterinsights.googleapis.com", "dialogflow.googleapis.com", "contactcenteraiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud alpha dialogflow" ], "iam": [ "roles/ces.*", "roles/contactcenterinsights.*", "roles/dialogflow.*", "roles/contactcenteraiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_contact_center_insights_*", "google_dialogflow_cx_*", "google_contact_center_ai_platform_contact_center" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "CX Agent Studio / Customer Engagement Suite uses ces.googleapis.com (roles/ces.*); Customer Experience Insights uses contactcenterinsights.googleapis.com (roles/contactcenterinsights.*); Dialogflow CX and Agent Assist use dialogflow.googleapis.com (roles/dialogflow.*)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx", "sources": [ { "title": "Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (CX) Documentation Hub", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-13" }, { "title": "Customer Experience Insights Release Notes (Jan 12, 2026 CX Insights Rename & Oct 12, 2021 CCAI Insights GA)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/insights/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-01-12" }, { "title": "CX Agent Studio Documentation (Evolution of Dialogflow CX)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/cx-agent-studio", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-13" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (ces.googleapis.com) IAM Roles & Permissions", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/iam/docs/roles-permissions/ces", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" } ] } }, { "id": "project-idx-to-firebase-studio", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "deprecation_migration", "legacy_names": [ "Project IDX" ], "current_name": "Firebase Studio", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Google Antigravity (migration target)", "Google AI Studio (migration target)" ], "summary": "Agentic cloud-based development environment for prototyping, building, and shipping full-stack AI applications (sunsetting March 22, 2027).", "notes": [ "Rebranded from Project IDX to Firebase Studio at Google Cloud Next '25 (April 9, 2025), unifying Project IDX with Gemini coding agents and the App Prototyping agent at studio.firebase.google.com.", "On March 19, 2026, Google announced that Firebase Studio will sunset on March 22, 2027 (with new workspace creation and user signup disabled as of June 22, 2026).", "Official migration paths: Google Antigravity (for code-first, autonomous multi-agent development) or Google AI Studio (for rapid browser-based prototyping with integrated Cloud Firestore and Firebase Authentication)." ], "related_ids": [ "gemini-code-assist-to-antigravity", "vertex-ai-in-firebase-to-firebase-ai-logic" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Project IDX", "date": "2023-08-08", "event": "Initial Preview Launch", "note": "Browser-based full-stack workspace built on Code OSS and Nix with built-in Gemini in IDX assistance; entered open beta at Google I/O in May 2024." }, { "name": "Firebase Studio", "date": "2025-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '25", "note": "Rebranded and unified Project IDX with specialized Gemini AI agents, multimodal App Prototyping agent, and Firebase App Hosting integration." }, { "name": "Google Antigravity / Google AI Studio", "date": "2026-03-19", "event": "Firebase Studio Sunset Announced Mar 19, 2026 · Signups Disabled Jun 22, 2026 · EOL Mar 22, 2027", "note": "Firebase Studio sunset announced March 19, 2026 (new workspace creation disabled June 22, 2026 ahead of March 22, 2027 shutdown); official migration targets are Google Antigravity and Google AI Studio." } ], "technical": { "summary": "studio.firebase.google.com (Sunsetting Mar 22, 2027) | firebase.googleapis.com → Migrate to Google Antigravity or Google AI Studio", "apis": [ "firebase.googleapis.com", "cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "firebase" ], "iam": [ "roles/firebase.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": true, "note": "New workspace creation disabled June 22, 2026 and service shuts down March 22, 2027; core Firebase backend services (Firestore, Authentication, App Hosting) are unaffected." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://firebase.google.com/docs/studio", "docs_url": "https://firebase.google.com/docs/studio/idx-is-firebase-studio", "sources": [ { "title": "Project IDX is now part of Firebase Studio", "url": "https://firebase.google.com/docs/studio/idx-is-firebase-studio", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-04-09" }, { "title": "Firebase Studio Sunset and Project Migration Guide", "url": "https://firebase.google.com/docs/studio/migrating-project", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-03-19" }, { "title": "Firebase Release Notes (Apr 9, 2025 Rebrand & Mar 19, 2026 Sunset)", "url": "https://firebase.google.com/support/releases", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-03-19" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-in-firebase-to-firebase-ai-logic", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI in Firebase", "Vertex AI for Firebase" ], "current_name": "Firebase AI Logic", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Firebase AI Logic client SDKs", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform in Firebase" ], "summary": "Client SDKs and proxy service for calling Gemini models directly from mobile and web applications.", "notes": [ "Renamed from 'Vertex AI in Firebase' to 'Firebase AI Logic' at Google I/O 2025 (May 20, 2025) when support expanded beyond Vertex AI to include both the Gemini Developer API (with a no-cost tier) and the Agent Platform Gemini API (formerly Vertex AI).", "On August 6, 2026, Firebase AI Logic SDKs added new 'Agent Platform' initialization syntax (agentPlatform / AgentPlatformBackend, defaulting to the global endpoint) and deprecated the legacy 'Vertex AI' initialization syntax (vertexAI / VertexAIBackend); the Agent Platform vertex-ai-name-changes table also refers to this integration as 'Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform in Firebase'.", "Underlying IAM permissions continue using the firebasevertexai.* namespace (such as firebasevertexai.configs.update under the Firebase AI Logic Admin role)." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "project-idx-to-firebase-studio", "firebase-genkit-to-genkit" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI in Firebase", "date": "2024-05-14", "event": "Google I/O 2024 (GA Oct 21, 2024)", "note": "Launched in Public Preview at Google I/O 2024 and reached GA on October 21, 2024 as client SDKs (FirebaseVertexAI) for calling the Vertex AI Gemini API from mobile and web apps." }, { "name": "Firebase AI Logic", "date": "2025-05-20", "event": "Google I/O 2025", "note": "Renamed and repackaged into Firebase AI Logic (FirebaseAILogic / FirebaseAI) supporting both the Gemini Developer API and Agent Platform Gemini API; updated SDK initialization syntax to AgentPlatformBackend in August 2026." } ], "technical": { "summary": "firebasevertexai.googleapis.com | firebasevertexai.configs.* | FirebaseAILogic / firebase/ai SDKs", "apis": [ "firebasevertexai.googleapis.com", "aiplatform.googleapis.com", "generativelanguage.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "firebase" ], "iam": [ "roles/firebasevertexai.*", "firebasevertexai.configs.update" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "IAM permissions retain the firebasevertexai.* namespace while client SDK libraries migrated from FirebaseVertexAI to FirebaseAILogic." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic", "docs_url": "https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/migrate-to-latest-sdk", "sources": [ { "title": "Migrate to the Firebase AI Logic SDKs from Vertex AI in Firebase SDKs", "url": "https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/migrate-to-latest-sdk", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-05-20" }, { "title": "Firebase AI Logic Authenticated-Users Mode & IAM Permissions", "url": "https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/auth-mode", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-08-06" }, { "title": "Firebase Release Notes (May 20, 2025 & Aug 6, 2026 Firebase AI Logic Updates)", "url": "https://firebase.google.com/support/releases", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-08-06" } ] } }, { "id": "firebase-genkit-to-genkit", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Firebase Genkit" ], "current_name": "Genkit", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Google Genkit" ], "summary": "Open-source framework for building AI-powered applications and agents across TypeScript, Go, Python, and Dart.", "notes": [ "Originally introduced at Google I/O 2024 as 'Firebase Genkit' under firebase.google.com/docs/genkit.", "Dropped the 'Firebase' prefix to become simply 'Genkit' (with documentation redirected from firebase.google.com/docs/genkit to genkit.dev) to reflect its scope as Google's cross-language, model-agnostic AI application and agent framework." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-in-firebase-to-firebase-ai-logic" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Firebase Genkit", "date": "2024-05-14", "event": "Google I/O 2024", "note": "Launched in beta as an open-source AI integration framework under the Firebase brand." }, { "name": "Genkit", "date": "2024-12", "event": "Standalone Brand & genkit.dev Launch", "note": "Rebranded from Firebase Genkit to Genkit and moved canonical documentation to genkit.dev ahead of Genkit 1.0." } ], "technical": { "summary": "genkit CLI | @genkit-ai/* | firebase init genkit", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com", "generativelanguage.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "genkit", "firebase init genkit" ], "iam": [], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Uses the genkit CLI and @genkit-ai/* packages; firebase.google.com/docs/genkit redirects to https://genkit.dev/." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://genkit.dev/", "docs_url": "https://firebase.google.com/docs/genkit", "sources": [ { "title": "Genkit Official Documentation (Redirected from firebase.google.com/docs/genkit)", "url": "https://genkit.dev/", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-02" }, { "title": "Firebase Release Notes (Genkit Updates)", "url": "https://firebase.google.com/support/releases", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-12-12" } ] } }, { "id": "gemini-code-assist-to-antigravity", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "deprecation_migration", "legacy_names": [ "Duet AI for Developers", "Gemini Code Assist", "Gemini CLI", "Gemini Code Assist for Individuals" ], "current_name": "Google Antigravity", "short_name": "Antigravity", "also_known_as": [ "Antigravity CLI", "Antigravity 2.0", "Antigravity IDE extensions", "Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise (existing contracts through 2027)" ], "summary": "Multi-agent AI development platform, IDE extensions, and terminal CLI succeeding Gemini Code Assist and Gemini CLI.", "notes": [ "At Google I/O 2026 (May 19, 2026), Google announced the unification of its AI developer tools into Google Antigravity (including the Antigravity 2.0 desktop application, Antigravity IDE extensions, and Antigravity CLI).", "Effective June 18, 2026, Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions and Gemini CLI stopped serving requests for Gemini Code Assist for individuals, Google AI Pro, and Google AI Ultra tiers, which migrated to Antigravity and Antigravity CLI.", "Effective October 9, 2026, new Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise subscriptions reached End of Sale (with license additions ending January 31, 2027 and auto-renewals ending in 2027); enterprise agentic coding transitions to Antigravity through Gemini Enterprise editions and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.", "Underlying Google Cloud API and IAM permissions for Gemini Code Assist remain cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com and roles/cloudaicompanion.*." ], "related_ids": [ "duet-ai-to-gemini-for-google-cloud", "google-agentspace-to-gemini-enterprise", "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "project-idx-to-firebase-studio" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Duet AI for Developers", "date": "2023-05", "event": "Google I/O 2023", "note": "AI coding assistance launched inside Cloud Code, VS Code, and JetBrains IDEs on cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com." }, { "name": "Gemini Code Assist & Gemini CLI", "date": "2024-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '24", "note": "Rebranded from Duet AI for Developers to Gemini Code Assist (Standard, Enterprise, and Individuals tiers), joined by Gemini CLI in 2025." }, { "name": "Google Antigravity & Antigravity CLI", "date": "2026-05-19", "event": "Google I/O 2026 · Consumer Cutover Jun 18, 2026 · Enterprise EOS Oct 9, 2026", "note": "Unified into Google Antigravity and Antigravity CLI; consumer/Pro/Ultra tiers cut over June 18, 2026, and Gemini Code Assist Standard/Enterprise ended new subscription sales October 9, 2026 (renewals ending in 2027)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com | roles/cloudaicompanion.* → Transitioning to Google Antigravity & Antigravity CLI", "apis": [ "cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "antigravity", "gemini" ], "iam": [ "roles/cloudaicompanion.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": true, "note": "Gemini Code Assist consumer tiers shut down June 18, 2026; Standard and Enterprise subscriptions reached End of Sale October 9, 2026 with renewals ending in 2027 in favor of Antigravity." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/overview", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/sunset", "sources": [ { "title": "Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise Subscriptions Sunset Schedule", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/sunset", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-09" }, { "title": "Gemini for Google Cloud Release Notes (Antigravity Unification & Oct 9, 2026 End of Sale)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-10-09" }, { "title": "Gemini Code Assist Consumer Accounts Deprecation (Google for Developers)", "url": "https://developers.google.com/gemini-code-assist/docs/deprecations/code-assist-individuals", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-06-18" }, { "title": "An Important Update: Transitioning Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI (Google Developers Blog)", "url": "https://developers.googleblog.com/an-important-update-transitioning-gemini-cli-to-antigravity-cli", "type": "official_blog", "date": "2026-05-19" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-sdk-to-google-gen-ai-sdk", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "deprecation_migration", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI SDK for Generative AI", "vertexai.generative_models", "@google-cloud/vertexai", "google-generativeai" ], "current_name": "Google Gen AI SDK", "short_name": "google-genai", "also_known_as": [ "google-genai (Python)", "@google/genai (Node.js)", "google.golang.org/genai (Go)", "com.google.genai:google-genai (Java)" ], "summary": "Unified client SDK for calling Gemini models across both the Gemini Developer API and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.", "notes": [ "The Generative AI modules in the legacy Vertex AI SDK (vertexai.generative_models, vertexai.language_models, vertexai.vision_models, vertexai.caching, vertexai.tuning in google-cloud-aiplatform, @google-cloud/vertexai, cloud.google.com/go/vertexai/genai, and com.google.cloud:google-cloud-vertexai) were deprecated and removed from SDK releases after June 24, 2026.", "Replaced by the unified Google Gen AI SDK (google-genai, @google/genai, google.golang.org/genai, com.google.genai:google-genai), which runs the same application code against either the Gemini Developer API or the Gemini API on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Agent Platform)." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI SDK for Generative AI & Google AI Client SDKs", "date": "2023-05", "event": "Initial Launch", "note": "Separate client libraries for Vertex AI generative models (vertexai.generative_models / @google-cloud/vertexai) and the Gemini Developer API." }, { "name": "Google Gen AI SDK", "date": "2024-12", "event": "Gemini 2.0 Launch · Legacy Vertex AI GenAI SDK Removed Jun 24, 2026", "note": "Unified Google Gen AI SDK (google-genai) launched across Python, Go, Node.js, and Java; legacy Vertex AI SDK generative AI modules were deprecated and removed after June 24, 2026." } ], "technical": { "summary": "Legacy vertexai.generative_models / @google-cloud/vertexai (Removed Jun 24, 2026) → Migrate to google-genai / @google/genai", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com", "generativelanguage.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": true, "note": "SDK releases of google-cloud-aiplatform, @google-cloud/vertexai, cloud.google.com/go/vertexai/genai, and com.google.cloud:google-cloud-vertexai after June 24, 2026 no longer include generative AI modules; use google-genai instead." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/sdks/overview", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/deprecations/genai-vertexai-sdk", "sources": [ { "title": "Vertex AI SDK Migration Guide to Google Gen AI SDK", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/deprecations/genai-vertexai-sdk", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-06-24" }, { "title": "Google Gen AI SDK Overview on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/sdks/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-model-registry-to-agent-platform-model-registry", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Model Registry" ], "current_name": "Agent Platform Model Registry", "short_name": "Model Registry", "also_known_as": [ "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Model Registry" ], "summary": "Central repository for managing, versioning, evaluating, and deploying custom, AutoML, and BigQuery ML models.", "notes": [ "Rebranded from Vertex AI Model Registry to Agent Platform Model Registry (and Model Registry on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform).", "Underlying API endpoint, CLI commands, and IAM roles remain under aiplatform.googleapis.com and gcloud ai models." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-prediction-to-agent-platform-inference", "vertex-ai-evals-to-agent-platform-evals", "dataplex-to-knowledge-catalog" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI Model Registry", "date": "2022-05", "event": "Google I/O 2022", "note": "Launched as the central ML model lifecycle and versioning repository on Vertex AI." }, { "name": "Agent Platform Model Registry", "date": "2025-10", "event": null, "note": "Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com | gcloud ai models | roles/aiplatform.*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai models" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vertex_ai_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Underlying API and CLI remain on aiplatform.googleapis.com and gcloud ai models." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/model-registry/introduction", "sources": [ { "title": "Introduction to Model Registry on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/model-registry/introduction", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-10" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-experiments-to-agent-platform-experiments", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Experiments", "Vertex AI TensorBoard", "Vertex ML Metadata" ], "current_name": "Agent Platform Experiments", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Experiments", "Agent Platform TensorBoard", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform ML Metadata" ], "summary": "ML experiment tracking, managed TensorBoard visualization, and artifact lineage metadata service.", "notes": [ "Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as 'Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Experiments' ('Agent Platform Experiments'), 'Agent Platform TensorBoard', and 'Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform ML Metadata'." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-pipelines-to-agent-platform-pipelines" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI Experiments & Vertex AI TensorBoard", "date": "2021-05", "event": "Google I/O 2021", "note": "Managed experiment tracking, Vertex ML Metadata lineage, and hosted TensorBoard visualization on Vertex AI." }, { "name": "Agent Platform Experiments & Agent Platform TensorBoard", "date": "2025-10", "event": null, "note": "Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com | gcloud ai tensorboards | roles/aiplatform.* | google_vertex_ai_tensorboard*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai tensorboards", "gcloud ai" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vertex_ai_tensorboard", "google_vertex_ai_metadata_store" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Underlying API, CLI, and Terraform resources retain aiplatform and google_vertex_ai_* identifiers." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/experiments/intro-vertex-ai-experiments", "sources": [ { "title": "Introduction to Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Experiments", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/experiments/intro-vertex-ai-experiments", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-10" }, { "title": "Agent Platform TensorBoard Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/experiments/tensorboard-introduction", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-10" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-vizier-to-agent-platform-vizier", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Vizier", "AI Platform Vizier" ], "current_name": "Agent Platform Vizier", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Black-box optimization and hyperparameter tuning service for machine learning models and complex functions.", "notes": [ "Rebranded from Vertex AI Vizier to Agent Platform Vizier under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-training-to-agent-platform-managed-training" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI Vizier", "date": "2021-05", "event": "Google I/O 2021", "note": "Managed black-box optimization and hyperparameter tuning service on Vertex AI." }, { "name": "Agent Platform Vizier", "date": "2025-10", "event": null, "note": "Rebranded to Agent Platform Vizier under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com | roles/aiplatform.*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Uses the studies and trials resources on aiplatform.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/vizier/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Agent Platform Vizier Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/vizier/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-10" } ] } }, { "id": "ray-on-vertex-ai-to-ray-on-agent-platform", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Ray on Vertex AI" ], "current_name": "Ray on Agent Platform", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Ray on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform" ], "summary": "Managed open-source Ray cluster service for distributed Python and AI/ML workloads.", "notes": [ "Rebranded from Ray on Vertex AI to Ray on Agent Platform (Ray on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform); underlying persistentResource APIs and IAM roles remain on aiplatform.googleapis.com." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-training-to-agent-platform-managed-training" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Ray on Vertex AI", "date": "2023-08", "event": "Google Cloud Next '23", "note": "Launched as a managed Ray cluster service for scaling distributed Python and ML workloads on Vertex AI." }, { "name": "Ray on Agent Platform", "date": "2025-10", "event": null, "note": "Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com | gcloud ai persistent-resources | roles/aiplatform.*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai persistent-resources" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Uses persistentResources on aiplatform.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/open-source/ray", "sources": [ { "title": "Ray on Agent Platform Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/open-source/ray", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-10" } ] } }, { "id": "ccai-insights-to-customer-experience-insights", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Contact Center AI Insights", "CCAI Insights", "Conversational Insights" ], "current_name": "Customer Experience Insights", "short_name": "CX Insights", "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Natural language analytics and sentiment/topic discovery service for contact center interaction transcripts and audio.", "notes": [ "Rebranded from Contact Center AI Insights (CCAI Insights) to Conversational Insights in October 2024 under Customer Engagement Suite, and subsequently to Customer Experience Insights (CX Insights) under Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience.", "Underlying API, IAM roles, and Terraform resources retain contactcenterinsights.googleapis.com, roles/contactcenterinsights.*, and google_contact_center_insights_*." ], "related_ids": [ "ccai-to-customer-engagement-suite", "dialogflow-cx-to-conversational-agents", "ccai-platform-to-google-cloud-ccaas" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Contact Center AI Insights (CCAI Insights)", "date": "2021-08", "event": "General Availability", "note": "Launched on contactcenterinsights.googleapis.com to detect call drivers, sentiment, and entities in contact center transcripts." }, { "name": "Conversational Insights", "date": "2024-10", "event": "Gemini at Work 2024", "note": "Rebranded from CCAI Insights to Conversational Insights as part of Customer Engagement Suite." }, { "name": "Customer Experience Insights", "date": "2026-01", "event": "Gemini Enterprise for CX Update", "note": "Rebranded to Customer Experience Insights (CX Insights) under Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience." } ], "technical": { "summary": "contactcenterinsights.googleapis.com | roles/contactcenterinsights.* | google_contact_center_insights_*", "apis": [ "contactcenterinsights.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/contactcenterinsights.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_contact_center_insights_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Underlying API endpoint remains contactcenterinsights.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/insights", "sources": [ { "title": "Customer Experience Insights (CX Insights) Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx/insights", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-01" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience Product Page", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-01" } ] } }, { "id": "ccai-platform-to-google-cloud-ccaas", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Contact Center AI Platform", "CCAI Platform" ], "current_name": "Google Cloud Contact Center as a Service", "short_name": "Google Cloud CCaaS", "also_known_as": [ "CCaaS (CCAI Platform)" ], "summary": "Full-stack AI-driven contact center platform for omnichannel queuing, routing, and CRM integration.", "notes": [ "Rebranded in Google Cloud documentation headers and navigation as 'Google Cloud Contact Center as a Service' ('Google Cloud CCaaS' / 'CCaaS (CCAI Platform)'), operating alongside Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience.", "Underlying API, IAM roles, and Terraform resources retain contactcenteraiplatform.googleapis.com and google_contact_center_ai_platform_contact_center." ], "related_ids": [ "ccai-to-customer-engagement-suite", "ccai-insights-to-customer-experience-insights" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Contact Center AI Platform (CCAI Platform)", "date": "2022-03", "event": "Initial Launch", "note": "Full-stack omnichannel contact center routing and CRM-integrated platform launched on contactcenteraiplatform.googleapis.com." }, { "name": "Google Cloud Contact Center as a Service (Google Cloud CCaaS)", "date": "2025-10", "event": null, "note": "Positioned as Google Cloud Contact Center as a Service (Google Cloud CCaaS / CCaaS (CCAI Platform)) integrated with Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience." } ], "technical": { "summary": "contactcenteraiplatform.googleapis.com | roles/contactcenteraiplatform.* | google_contact_center_ai_platform_contact_center", "apis": [ "contactcenteraiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/contactcenteraiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_contact_center_ai_platform_contact_center" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Underlying API endpoint remains contactcenteraiplatform.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/contact-center/ccai-platform/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "CCaaS (CCAI Platform) | Google Cloud Contact Center as a Service Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/contact-center/ccai-platform/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-10" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-rag-engine-to-rag-engine", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI RAG Engine", "LlamaIndex on Vertex AI" ], "current_name": "RAG Engine", "short_name": "In Agent Platform", "also_known_as": [ "RAG Engine on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Agent Platform RAG Engine" ], "summary": "Managed data ingestion, chunking, embedding, and corpus retrieval framework for context-augmented LLM applications.", "notes": [ "Per the April 22, 2026 Agent Platform release notes naming table, 'Vertex AI RAG Engine' dropped the 'Vertex AI' prefix to become 'RAG Engine' (and is titled 'RAG Engine on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform' / 'Agent Platform RAG Engine' in documentation).", "Distinct from turnkey 'Agent Search' (discoveryengine.googleapis.com): RAG Engine runs on aiplatform.googleapis.com (ragCorpora and ragFiles resources) as a developer-managed orchestration layer that can use Vector Search, Agent Retrieval, Vertex AI Search, or managed Spanner as its vector backend." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-vector-search", "vertex-ai-search-to-agent-search", "vertex-ai-studio-to-agent-studio" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "LlamaIndex on Vertex AI / Vertex AI RAG Engine", "date": "2024-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '24 (Preview; GA Dec 20, 2024)", "note": "Launched in Preview at Google Cloud Next '24 (initially introduced alongside LlamaIndex on Vertex AI) and reached General Availability as Vertex AI RAG Engine on December 20, 2024." }, { "name": "RAG Engine", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Renamed from Vertex AI RAG Engine to RAG Engine (RAG Engine on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform / Agent Platform RAG Engine)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com (ragCorpora, ragFiles) | gcloud ai | roles/aiplatform.*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Uses ragCorpora and ragFiles REST/gRPC resources on aiplatform.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/build/rag-engine/rag-overview", "sources": [ { "title": "RAG Engine on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/build/rag-engine/rag-overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Name Changes (RAG Engine)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/vertex-ai-name-changes", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-15" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Naming Changes Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Release Notes (December 20, 2024 RAG Engine GA)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-12-20" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-evals-to-agent-platform-evals", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Gen AI evaluation service on Vertex AI", "Gen AI Evaluation Service", "Vertex AI Rapid Evaluation", "Vertex AI Model Evaluation" ], "current_name": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Evals", "short_name": "Gen AI evals", "also_known_as": [ "Gen AI evals", "Agent Platform Gen AI evaluation service", "Gen AI evaluation service", "Agent Platform Model Evaluation", "Model Evaluation on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform", "Agent evaluation" ], "summary": "Rubric-based and computation-based evaluation service for assessing generative AI models, agents, and predictive ML models.", "notes": [ "In the vertex-ai-name-changes table, 'Gen AI evaluation service on Vertex AI' maps to 'Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Evals' (and 'Vertex AI Model Evaluation' maps to 'Model Evaluation on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform'), while the April 22, 2026 release notes table uses 'Gen AI evals' and 'Agent Platform Model Evaluation'.", "Documentation headers and certification exams also use the phrasing 'Agent Platform Gen AI evaluation service' or 'Gen AI evaluation service overview | Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform'.", "Covers adaptive/static rubric evaluations for generative models, trajectory/response evaluations for agents, and classification/regression metrics for predictive models in Model Registry." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-studio-to-agent-studio", "vertex-ai-model-registry-to-agent-platform-model-registry" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Vertex AI Model Evaluation & Gen AI Evaluation Service", "date": "2024-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '24 (Gen AI Evaluation GA Aug 30, 2024)", "note": "Gen AI Evaluation Service launched in Preview at Next '24 (alongside Rapid Evaluation) and reached General Availability on August 30, 2024, complementing predictive Vertex AI Model Evaluation." }, { "name": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Evals (Gen AI evals)", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Agent Platform) as 'Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Evals' / 'Gen AI evals' ('Agent Platform Gen AI evaluation service') and 'Agent Platform Model Evaluation'." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com (evaluationService) | gcloud ai | roles/aiplatform.*", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Uses the evaluation methods on aiplatform.googleapis.com and the GenAI Client in the Agent Platform SDK for Python." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/evaluation-overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Gen AI Evaluation Service Overview — Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/evaluation-overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Name Changes (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Evals & Model Evaluation)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/vertex-ai-name-changes", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-15" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Naming Changes Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Vertex AI Release Notes (August 30, 2024 Gen AI Evaluation Service GA)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-08-30" } ] } }, { "id": "notebooklm-enterprise-to-gemini-notebook-enterprise", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "NotebookLM Enterprise", "Google NotebookLM Enterprise" ], "current_name": "Gemini Notebook Enterprise", "short_name": "In Gemini Enterprise", "also_known_as": [ "Gemini Notebook (personal edition reference in Cloud docs)" ], "summary": "Enterprise-compliant AI research, document synthesis, audio/slide generation, and grounded notebook workspace.", "notes": [ "Officially renamed from NotebookLM Enterprise (Google NotebookLM Enterprise) to Gemini Notebook Enterprise in the July 16, 2026 Gemini Enterprise release notes.", "The Gemini Enterprise web app, notebook interface (notebook.cloud.google.com), and admin console display 'Gemini Notebook Enterprise', while the Google Cloud console subscription page and documentation URL path (/gemini/enterprise/notebooklm-enterprise/docs/overview) still retain 'notebooklm-enterprise'.", "Note that the Gemini Notebook Enterprise overview documentation also refers to the consumer NotebookLM product as 'Gemini Notebook'." ], "related_ids": [ "google-agentspace-to-gemini-enterprise", "vertex-ai-search-to-agent-search" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Google NotebookLM Enterprise", "date": "2024-12", "event": "Initial Enterprise Launch", "note": "Launched alongside Google Agentspace as the Google Cloud-compliant enterprise edition of NotebookLM with VPC-SC, CMEK, and IAM governance on discoveryengine.googleapis.com." }, { "name": "Gemini Notebook Enterprise", "date": "2026-07-16", "event": "Jul 16, 2026 Rebrand", "note": "Renamed from NotebookLM Enterprise to Gemini Notebook Enterprise in the Gemini Enterprise release notes on July 16, 2026." } ], "technical": { "summary": "discoveryengine.googleapis.com (notebooks resource) | notebook.cloud.google.com | roles/discoveryengine.*", "apis": [ "discoveryengine.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/discoveryengine.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "REST API endpoints remain unchanged under https://*-discoveryengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/projects/*/locations/*/notebooks." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/notebooklm-enterprise/docs/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "What is Gemini Notebook Enterprise? — Google Cloud Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/notebooklm-enterprise/docs/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-07-16" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Release Notes (July 16, 2026 NotebookLM Enterprise Renamed to Gemini Notebook Enterprise)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-07-16" }, { "title": "Create and Manage Notebooks (API) — Gemini Notebook Enterprise Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/notebooklm-enterprise/docs/api-notebooks", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-07-16" } ] } }, { "id": "vertex-ai-prediction-to-agent-platform-inference", "category_id": "ai-genai-agents", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Vertex AI Prediction", "Vertex AI Inference", "Vertex AI Batch Prediction", "Vertex AI Batch Inference", "Vertex AI Online Prediction", "Vertex AI Online Inference", "Vertex AI Endpoints", "AI Platform Prediction" ], "current_name": "Agent Platform Inference", "short_name": "Online & Batch Inference", "also_known_as": [ "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Inference", "Agent Platform Online Inference", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Online Inference", "Agent Platform Batch Inference", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Batch Inference", "Agent Platform Endpoints", "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Endpoints" ], "summary": "Managed online (real-time endpoint) and asynchronous batch model serving and inference service.", "notes": [ "Underwent a two-step terminology and brand change: first shifting from 'Vertex AI Prediction' (Online Prediction / Batch Prediction) to 'Vertex AI Inference' (Online Inference / Batch Inference), and then rebranding under Agent Platform to 'Agent Platform Inference' ('Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Inference') and 'Agent Platform Endpoints'.", "Despite the customer-facing shift from 'Prediction' to 'Inference', underlying REST/gRPC APIs (BatchPredictionJob, endpoints.predict, endpoints.rawPredict), CLI commands ('gcloud ai endpoints predict'), and documentation URL paths (/machine-learning/predictions) retain 'predict' and 'prediction' identifiers." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-training-to-agent-platform-managed-training", "vertex-ai-model-registry-to-agent-platform-model-registry" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "AI Platform Prediction", "date": "2019-04-10", "event": "Google Cloud Next '19", "note": "Managed model serving service succeeding Cloud ML Engine online/batch prediction on ml.googleapis.com." }, { "name": "Vertex AI Prediction", "date": "2021-05-18", "event": "Google I/O 2021", "note": "Unified online endpoint serving and batch prediction jobs on aiplatform.googleapis.com." }, { "name": "Vertex AI Inference", "date": "2025-02", "event": "Prediction -> Inference Terminology Update", "note": "Documentation and console labels shifted from 'Vertex AI Prediction' to 'Vertex AI Inference' (Online Inference and Batch Inference)." }, { "name": "Agent Platform Inference", "date": "2025-10", "event": "Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)", "note": "Rebranded to Agent Platform Inference ('Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Inference'), covering Agent Platform Online Inference, Agent Platform Batch Inference, and Agent Platform Endpoints." } ], "technical": { "summary": "aiplatform.googleapis.com (endpoints.predict, batchPredictionJobs) | gcloud ai endpoints predict | roles/aiplatform.* | google_vertex_ai_endpoint", "apis": [ "aiplatform.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud ai endpoints", "gcloud ai endpoints predict", "gcloud ai endpoints raw-predict" ], "iam": [ "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vertex_ai_endpoint" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Programmatic methods and resources retain 'predict'/'Prediction' (endpoints.predict, BatchPredictionJob, gcloud ai endpoints predict) on aiplatform.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/predictions", "sources": [ { "title": "Overview of Getting Inferences on Agent Platform — Google Cloud Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/machine-learning/predictions", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Name Changes (Inference, Batch Inference, Online Inference & Endpoints)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/vertex-ai-name-changes", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-15" }, { "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Naming Changes Table)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" } ] } }, { "id": "dataplex-to-knowledge-catalog", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Dataplex", "Dataplex Universal Catalog", "BigQuery universal catalog", "Dataplex Catalog", "Data Catalog" ], "current_name": "Knowledge Catalog", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog" ], "summary": "Unified metadata management, data governance, and AI-powered context catalog service.", "notes": [ "As of April 10, 2026, Dataplex Universal Catalog is officially named Knowledge Catalog in the Google Cloud console and documentation.", "Although called Knowledge Catalog in docs and console, all CLI commands (gcloud dataplex), IAM roles (roles/dataplex.*), Terraform resources (google_dataplex_*), client libraries, and API endpoints (dataplex.googleapis.com) remain under 'dataplex'.", "Rare exception where the technical API namespace itself (datacatalog.googleapis.com) is deprecated for catalog workloads and requires migrating to dataplex.googleapis.com (Knowledge Catalog).", "Data Catalog deprecation was officially announced on February 3, 2025 (originally targeting January 30, 2026 discontinuation, later extended to a phased shutdown starting June 1, 2026).", "Important exception: BigQuery Policy Tags and policy tag taxonomies (used for column-level access control and dynamic data masking) are NOT deprecated and continue to be served under datacatalog.googleapis.com." ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-model-registry-to-agent-platform-model-registry" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Data Catalog", "date": "2019-04", "event": "Google Cloud Next '19", "note": "Original standalone metadata catalog on datacatalog.googleapis.com (Beta June 27, 2019; GA March 12, 2020; deprecation announced February 3, 2025 with phased shutdown starting June 1, 2026)." }, { "name": "Dataplex", "date": "2021-10", "event": "Google Cloud Next '21", "note": "Intelligent data fabric and governance service launched on dataplex.googleapis.com (GA on February 15, 2022; unified with Data Catalog on May 27, 2022)." }, { "name": "Dataplex Universal Catalog", "date": "2025-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '25", "note": "3rd name in catalog lineage unifying Data Catalog and Dataplex metadata governance (initially announced as BigQuery universal catalog on April 9, 2025 before standardizing as Dataplex Universal Catalog)." }, { "name": "Knowledge Catalog", "date": "2026-04-10", "event": "Google Cloud Next '26", "note": "4th name in lineage (Data Catalog → Dataplex → Dataplex Universal Catalog → Knowledge Catalog) announced on April 10, 2026." } ], "technical": { "summary": "dataplex.googleapis.com, datalineage.googleapis.com (replacing deprecated datacatalog.googleapis.com) | gcloud dataplex | roles/dataplex.* | google_dataplex_*", "apis": [ "dataplex.googleapis.com", "datalineage.googleapis.com", "datacatalog.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud dataplex", "gcloud data-catalog" ], "iam": [ "roles/dataplex.*", "roles/datalineage.*", "roles/datacatalog.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_dataplex_*", "google_data_catalog_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Uses Cloud Dataplex API (dataplex.googleapis.com) and Data Lineage API (datalineage.googleapis.com). Legacy datacatalog.googleapis.com is deprecated for catalog workloads (phased shutdown starting June 1, 2026), except for BigQuery Policy Tags which remain active on datacatalog.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/knowledge-catalog", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/knowledge-catalog/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Knowledge Catalog Release Notes (April 10, 2026 Rename & April 9, 2025 Universal Catalog)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/knowledge-catalog/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-10" }, { "title": "Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/knowledge-catalog/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-10" }, { "title": "Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex) Product Overview", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/knowledge-catalog", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-10" }, { "title": "Transition from Data Catalog to Knowledge Catalog", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/knowledge-catalog/docs/transition-to-dataplex-catalog", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-10" }, { "title": "Data Catalog Release Notes (February 3, 2025 Deprecation & June 1, 2026 Discontinuation)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2025-02-03" } ] } }, { "id": "biglake-to-google-cloud-lakehouse", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "BigLake" ], "current_name": "Google Cloud Lakehouse", "short_name": "Lakehouse", "also_known_as": [ "Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg", "Borderless Lakehouse" ], "summary": "Open-format Apache Iceberg storage engine and unified table management across clouds and engines.", "notes": [ "As of April 20, 2026, BigLake is officially called Google Cloud Lakehouse (or simply Lakehouse) in the documentation and Google Cloud console.", "API display name in Cloud Console is 'Lakehouse API', though the endpoint (biglake.googleapis.com), CLI (gcloud biglake), client libraries, IAM roles (roles/biglake.*), and Terraform resources (google_biglake_*) remain unchanged and still reference BigLake." ], "related_ids": [ "biglake-metastore-to-lakehouse-runtime-catalog", "borderless-lakehouse-terminology" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "BigLake", "date": "2022-04-06", "event": "Google Cloud Data Summit 2022", "note": "Unified storage engine for data lakes and warehouses launched in Preview in April 2022." }, { "name": "Google Cloud Lakehouse", "date": "2026-04-20", "event": "Google Cloud Next '26", "note": "Rebranded from BigLake to Google Cloud Lakehouse (Lakehouse) on April 20, 2026 around open-format Apache Iceberg storage and table management." } ], "technical": { "summary": "biglake.googleapis.com | gcloud biglake | roles/biglake.* | google_biglake_*", "apis": [ "biglake.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud biglake" ], "iam": [ "roles/biglake.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_biglake_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "API display name is Lakehouse API; endpoint, CLI, IAM, and Terraform identifiers remain biglake." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/lakehouse", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/lakehouse/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Lakehouse Release Notes (April 20, 2026 BigLake to Lakehouse Rename)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/lakehouse/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-20" }, { "title": "Google Cloud Lakehouse (formerly BigLake) Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/lakehouse/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-20" }, { "title": "Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg (formerly BigLake) Product Page", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/lakehouse", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-20" } ] } }, { "id": "biglake-metastore-to-lakehouse-runtime-catalog", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "BigLake Metastore", "BigQuery metastore" ], "current_name": "Lakehouse runtime catalog", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Lakehouse Iceberg REST catalog", "BigLake metastore (classic)" ], "summary": "Managed Apache Iceberg REST catalog and Hive metastore component of Google Cloud Lakehouse.", "notes": [ "As of April 20, 2026, BigLake metastore is officially called the Lakehouse runtime catalog.", "Previously, the next-generation serverless metastore launched in Preview as BigQuery metastore (January 21, 2025) before being renamed BigLake metastore at GA on June 3, 2025 (when the older metastore became 'BigLake metastore (classic)').", "Distinct from Dataproc Metastore (which retains its legacy name) and Knowledge Catalog." ], "related_ids": [ "biglake-to-google-cloud-lakehouse", "dataproc-to-managed-service-for-apache-spark" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "BigLake Metastore", "date": "2023-08", "event": "Google Cloud Next '23", "note": "Serverless metastore for open-format tables on BigLake (later designated BigLake metastore (classic) when BigQuery metastore was renamed BigLake metastore at GA on June 3, 2025)." }, { "name": "Lakehouse runtime catalog", "date": "2026-04-20", "event": "Google Cloud Next '26", "note": "Rebranded from BigLake metastore to Lakehouse runtime catalog on April 20, 2026." } ], "technical": { "summary": "biglake.googleapis.com | gcloud biglake | roles/biglake.* | google_biglake_*", "apis": [ "biglake.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud biglake" ], "iam": [ "roles/biglake.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_biglake_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Managed via biglake.googleapis.com and gcloud biglake commands." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/lakehouse", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/lakehouse/docs/about-lakehouse-catalogs", "sources": [ { "title": "About the Lakehouse Runtime Catalog", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/lakehouse/docs/about-lakehouse-catalogs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-20" }, { "title": "Lakehouse Release Notes (April 20, 2026 Rename)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/lakehouse/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-20" }, { "title": "BigQuery Release Notes (June 3, 2025 BigQuery Metastore to BigLake Metastore GA)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2025-06-03" } ] } }, { "id": "dataproc-to-managed-service-for-apache-spark", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "consolidation", "legacy_names": [ "Dataproc", "Dataproc on Compute Engine", "Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark", "Dataproc Serverless", "Dataproc Serverless for Spark" ], "current_name": "Managed Service for Apache Spark", "short_name": "Managed Spark", "also_known_as": [ "Google Managed Spark", "Managed Service for Apache Spark Clusters", "Managed Service for Apache Spark Serverless" ], "summary": "Managed Apache Spark execution across Compute Engine clusters and serverless workloads.", "notes": [ "On April 3, 2026, Dataproc (Dataproc on Compute Engine) and Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark (formerly Dataproc Serverless for Spark) were unified under the Managed Service for Apache Spark umbrella brand.", "Exception: Dataproc Metastore retains its legacy name.", "All API endpoints (dataproc.googleapis.com), CLI commands (gcloud dataproc), client libraries, IAM roles (roles/dataproc.*), and Terraform resources (google_dataproc_*) retain 'dataproc'." ], "related_ids": [ "biglake-metastore-to-lakehouse-runtime-catalog" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Dataproc", "date": "2015-09-23", "event": null, "note": "Managed Spark and Hadoop cluster service launched in Beta in September 2015 (GA on February 22, 2016)." }, { "name": "Dataproc & Dataproc Serverless for Spark", "date": "2022-01-19", "event": null, "note": "Added serverless Spark execution (GA on January 19, 2022; renamed Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark in September 2025)." }, { "name": "Managed Service for Apache Spark", "date": "2026-04-03", "event": "Google Cloud Next '26", "note": "Consolidates cluster mode (Dataproc on Compute Engine) and serverless mode (Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark) under Managed Service for Apache Spark on April 3, 2026." } ], "technical": { "summary": "dataproc.googleapis.com | gcloud dataproc | roles/dataproc.* | google_dataproc_*", "apis": [ "dataproc.googleapis.com", "dataproc-rm.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud dataproc" ], "iam": [ "roles/dataproc.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_dataproc_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "No impact to Dataproc API, client libraries, gcloud dataproc CLI, or IAM roles." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/managed-service-for-apache-spark", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-spark/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Managed Service for Apache Spark Release Notes (April 3, 2026 Brand Unification)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-spark/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-03" }, { "title": "Managed Service for Apache Spark Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-spark/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-03" }, { "title": "Managed Service for Apache Spark (formerly Dataproc) Product Page", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/managed-service-for-apache-spark", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-03" } ] } }, { "id": "cloud-composer-to-managed-service-for-apache-airflow", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Composer" ], "current_name": "Managed Service for Apache Airflow", "short_name": "Managed Airflow", "also_known_as": [ "Managed Airflow (Gen 3)" ], "summary": "Managed workflow orchestration service built on Apache Airflow.", "notes": [ "Announced on April 15, 2026 in Cloud Composer release notes (and April 28, 2026 across Data Analytics release notes): Cloud Composer evolved to become Managed Service for Apache Airflow.", "All API endpoints (composer.googleapis.com), CLI commands (gcloud composer), client libraries, IAM roles (roles/composer.*), and Terraform resources (google_composer_*) remain unchanged and continue referencing Composer." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Composer", "date": "2018-05-01", "event": null, "note": "Managed workflow orchestration service built on Apache Airflow launched in Beta on May 1, 2018 (GA in July 2018)." }, { "name": "Managed Service for Apache Airflow", "date": "2026-04-15", "event": "Google Cloud Next '26", "note": "Rebranded from Cloud Composer to Managed Service for Apache Airflow (Managed Airflow) on April 15, 2026." } ], "technical": { "summary": "composer.googleapis.com | gcloud composer | roles/composer.* | google_composer_*", "apis": [ "composer.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud composer" ], "iam": [ "roles/composer.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_composer_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "APIs, client libraries, CLI commands, and IAM roles remain unchanged and reference Composer." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/managed-service-for-apache-airflow", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/composer/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Managed Service for Apache Airflow Release Notes (April 15, 2026 Rename)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/composer/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-15" }, { "title": "Managed Service for Apache Airflow (Cloud Composer) Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/composer/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-15" }, { "title": "Managed Service for Apache Airflow Product Page", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/managed-service-for-apache-airflow", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-15" } ] } }, { "id": "looker-studio-to-data-studio", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "name_reversion", "legacy_names": [ "Looker Studio", "Looker Studio Pro", "Google Data Studio" ], "current_name": "Data Studio", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Data Studio Pro" ], "summary": "Self-service business intelligence dashboarding and data visualization tool.", "notes": [ "On April 16, 2026, Google Cloud rebranded Looker Studio and Looker Studio Pro back to Data Studio and Data Studio Pro, updating the home page as a unified portal for Data Studio reports, BigQuery conversational agents, and Colab data apps.", "Separates self-service reporting (Data Studio / Data Studio Pro) from the enterprise semantic BI platform (Looker)." ], "related_ids": [ "looker-enterprise-disambiguation" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Google Data Studio", "date": "2016-05-24", "event": null, "note": "Original self-service dashboard and reporting tool launched in Beta in May 2016 at datastudio.google.com (out of beta in September 2018)." }, { "name": "Looker Studio & Looker Studio Pro", "date": "2022-10-11", "event": "Google Cloud Next '22", "note": "Rebranded from Data Studio to Looker Studio and Looker Studio Pro on October 11, 2022." }, { "name": "Data Studio & Data Studio Pro", "date": "2026-04-16", "event": "Google Cloud Next '26", "note": "Reverted to its original Data Studio and Data Studio Pro name across both free and paid Pro tiers on April 16, 2026." } ], "technical": { "summary": "datastudio.google.com | datastudio.googleapis.com", "apis": [ "datastudio.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/datastudio.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Hosted at datastudio.google.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/data-studio", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-studio", "sources": [ { "title": "Data Studio Release Notes (April 16, 2026 Data Studio Rebrand)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-studio/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-16" }, { "title": "Data Studio Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-studio", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-16" }, { "title": "Data Studio Product Overview", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/data-studio", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-16" } ] } }, { "id": "looker-enterprise-disambiguation", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "scope_disambiguation", "legacy_names": [ "Looker" ], "current_name": "Looker", "short_name": "Enterprise Platform only", "also_known_as": [ "Looker (Google Cloud core)", "Looker (original)" ], "summary": "Enterprise business intelligence, embedded analytics, and semantic data modeling platform.", "notes": [ "Does not include the self-service dashboarding tool, which reverted from Looker Studio back to Data Studio on April 16, 2026.", "Encompasses both Google Cloud console-managed instances ('Looker (Google Cloud core)') and legacy Looker-hosted/customer-hosted instances ('Looker (original)')." ], "related_ids": [ "looker-studio-to-data-studio" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Looker", "date": "2020-02-13", "event": "Google Cloud acquisition of Looker", "note": "Enterprise BI and LookML semantic modeling platform joined Google Cloud in February 2020 (with Looker (Google Cloud core) launching in 2023)." }, { "name": "Looker (Enterprise Platform only)", "date": "2026-04-16", "event": "April 16, 2026 Data Studio reversion", "note": "Refers strictly to the enterprise BI & semantic modeling platform after Looker Studio reverted to Data Studio." } ], "technical": { "summary": "looker.googleapis.com | gcloud looker | roles/looker.* | google_looker_instance", "apis": [ "looker.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud looker" ], "iam": [ "roles/looker.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_looker_instance" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Managed via looker.googleapis.com for Looker (Google Cloud core) instances." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/looker", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Looker (Google Cloud Core & Enterprise Platform) Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-16" }, { "title": "Looker Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-16" } ] } }, { "id": "analytics-hub-to-bigquery-sharing", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Analytics Hub" ], "current_name": "BigQuery sharing", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "BigQuery sharing (Analytics Hub)" ], "summary": "Data exchange and cross-organizational dataset sharing inside BigQuery.", "notes": [ "Officially renamed from Analytics Hub to BigQuery sharing in documentation on April 9, 2025, and displayed as 'BigQuery sharing (Analytics Hub)' in the Google Cloud console starting May 6, 2025.", "Note lowercase 's' in 'BigQuery sharing'; API, IAM roles, and Terraform resources remain analyticshub.googleapis.com, roles/analyticshub.*, and google_bigquery_analytics_hub_*." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Analytics Hub", "date": "2021-05", "event": "Google Cloud Data Summit 2021", "note": "Data exchange platform built on BigQuery (Preview in May 2021; GA in September 2022)." }, { "name": "BigQuery sharing", "date": "2025-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '25", "note": "Rebranded from Analytics Hub to BigQuery sharing on April 9, 2025 (with console label updated to BigQuery sharing (Analytics Hub) on May 6, 2025)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "analyticshub.googleapis.com | roles/analyticshub.* | google_bigquery_analytics_hub_*", "apis": [ "analyticshub.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/analyticshub.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_bigquery_analytics_hub_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "IAM role display titles still include 'Analytics Hub' (e.g., roles/analyticshub.admin, roles/analyticshub.publisher, roles/analyticshub.subscriber)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/bigquery", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/analytics-hub-introduction", "sources": [ { "title": "Introduction to BigQuery sharing (formerly Analytics Hub)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/analytics-hub-introduction", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-04-09" }, { "title": "BigQuery Release Notes (April 9, 2025 & May 6, 2025 Analytics Hub Rename)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2025-04-09" } ] } }, { "id": "bigquery-streaming-to-storage-write-api", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "consolidation", "legacy_names": [ "BigQuery tabledata.insertAll", "Storage Write API" ], "current_name": "Storage Write API (REST) & Storage Write API (gRPC)", "short_name": "Storage Write API", "also_known_as": [ "Storage Write API (REST)", "Storage Write API (gRPC)" ], "summary": "High-throughput streaming data ingestion APIs for BigQuery tables.", "notes": [ "In the July 27, 2026 BigQuery release notes, Google Cloud unified streaming ingestion naming: the legacy tabledata.insertAll method was renamed 'Storage Write API (REST)', and the existing Storage Write API was renamed 'Storage Write API (gRPC)'.", "Storage Write API (REST) maps to bigquery.googleapis.com (tabledata.insertAll); Storage Write API (gRPC) maps to bigquerystorage.googleapis.com and is recommended for new projects." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "BigQuery tabledata.insertAll & Storage Write API", "date": "2021-06", "event": null, "note": "Previously treated as separate legacy REST streaming (tabledata.insertAll) and gRPC Storage Write APIs (Storage Write API GA in October 2021)." }, { "name": "Storage Write API (REST) & Storage Write API (gRPC)", "date": "2026-07-27", "event": "July 27, 2026 BigQuery streaming naming unification", "note": "Unified streaming ingestion naming under the Storage Write API (REST) and Storage Write API (gRPC) banner on July 27, 2026." } ], "technical": { "summary": "bigquery.googleapis.com & bigquerystorage.googleapis.com", "apis": [ "bigquery.googleapis.com", "bigquerystorage.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/bigquery.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Both Storage Write API (REST) and Storage Write API (gRPC) remain fully supported; gRPC is recommended for new workloads." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/bigquery", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/write-api-grpc", "sources": [ { "title": "Introduction to the Storage Write API (gRPC)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/write-api-grpc", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-07-27" }, { "title": "Use the Storage Write API (REST) (formerly tabledata.insertAll)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/write-api-rest", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-07-27" }, { "title": "BigQuery Release Notes (July 27, 2026 Storage Write API REST & gRPC Rename)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-07-27" } ] } }, { "id": "firebase-data-connect-to-firebase-sql-connect", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Firebase Data Connect" ], "current_name": "Firebase SQL Connect", "short_name": "SQL Connect", "also_known_as": [], "summary": "PostgreSQL-backed relational app data service and GraphQL SDK generator for Firebase.", "notes": [ "Officially renamed from Firebase Data Connect to Firebase SQL Connect on April 22, 2026.", "All underlying REST APIs (firebasedataconnect.googleapis.com), Firebase CLI commands (firebase dataconnect / firebase init dataconnect), IAM roles (roles/firebasedataconnect.*), and Terraform resources (google_firebase_data_connect_*) remain unchanged." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Firebase Data Connect", "date": "2024-05-14", "event": "Google I/O 2024", "note": "PostgreSQL-backed relational app data service for Firebase powered by Cloud SQL (Preview at Google I/O on May 14, 2024; GA at Google Cloud Next '25 on April 9, 2025)." }, { "name": "Firebase SQL Connect", "date": "2026-04-22", "event": "Google Cloud Next '26", "note": "Rebranded from Firebase Data Connect to Firebase SQL Connect on April 22, 2026." } ], "technical": { "summary": "firebasedataconnect.googleapis.com | firebase dataconnect | roles/firebasedataconnect.* | google_firebase_data_connect_*", "apis": [ "firebasedataconnect.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "firebase dataconnect" ], "iam": [ "roles/firebasedataconnect.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_firebase_data_connect_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "APIs, CLI subcommands, IAM roles, and Terraform resources retain 'dataconnect'." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://firebase.google.com/products/sql-connect", "docs_url": "https://firebase.google.com/docs/sql-connect", "sources": [ { "title": "Firebase Release Notes (April 22, 2026 Firebase Data Connect to Firebase SQL Connect Rename)", "url": "https://firebase.google.com/support/releases", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Firebase SQL Connect (formerly Firebase Data Connect) Documentation", "url": "https://firebase.google.com/docs/sql-connect", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Firebase SQL Connect Product Page", "url": "https://firebase.google.com/products/sql-connect", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-22" } ] } }, { "id": "borderless-lakehouse-terminology", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "terminology_shift", "legacy_names": [ "\"Cross-cloud\" Lakehouse", "\"Multi-cloud\" Lakehouse" ], "current_name": "\"Borderless\" Lakehouse", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Borderless Lakehouse" ], "summary": "Official product and architecture terminology for cross-cloud and multi-cloud data lakehouses on Google Cloud.", "notes": [ "In the July 31, 2026 Lakehouse release notes, Google Cloud officially announced: 'Cross-cloud Lakehouse is now called borderless Lakehouse'.", "Does not apply to the networking product Cross-Cloud Interconnect, which retains its name." ], "related_ids": [ "biglake-to-google-cloud-lakehouse" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "\"Cross-cloud\" / \"Multi-cloud\" Lakehouse", "date": "2022-06", "event": null, "note": "Earlier architecture and feature phrasing for cross-cloud analytics and federated catalog access." }, { "name": "\"Borderless\" Lakehouse", "date": "2026-07-31", "event": "July 31, 2026 Lakehouse release notes", "note": "Official Lakehouse release notes and documentation replace 'Cross-cloud Lakehouse' with 'borderless Lakehouse' on July 31, 2026." } ], "technical": { "summary": "N/A (Architecture & documentation style rule)", "apis": [], "cli": [], "iam": [], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Architecture & feature terminology under Google Cloud Lakehouse (biglake.googleapis.com)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/lakehouse", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/lakehouse/docs/introduction", "sources": [ { "title": "What is Borderless Lakehouse? — Google Cloud Lakehouse Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/lakehouse/docs/introduction", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-07-31" }, { "title": "Lakehouse Release Notes (July 31, 2026 'Cross-cloud Lakehouse is now called borderless Lakehouse')", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/lakehouse/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-07-31" } ] } }, { "id": "cloud-datastore-to-firestore-in-datastore-mode", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Datastore", "Datastore" ], "current_name": "Firestore in Datastore mode", "short_name": "Datastore mode", "also_known_as": [ "Cloud Firestore in Datastore mode" ], "summary": "Serverless NoSQL document database mode providing backward-compatible Datastore API semantics on the Firestore engine.", "notes": [ "Official documentation states: 'Datastore is no longer offered as a standalone database product. Firestore is the successor to Datastore. To continue to support legacy App Engine applications built on Datastore, Firestore offers a backwards-compatible Datastore API.'", "Legacy Cloud Datastore instances were automatically upgraded to Firestore in Datastore mode. Notably, IAM roles for both Firestore Native mode and Datastore mode continue to use roles/datastore.*." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Datastore", "date": "2013-05", "event": "Google I/O 2013", "note": "Launched as a standalone NoSQL document database built on App Engine Datastore." }, { "name": "Firestore in Datastore mode", "date": "2021-06", "event": "Automatic Migration Completion", "note": "Standalone Cloud Datastore databases were upgraded to Firestore in Datastore mode." } ], "technical": { "summary": "datastore.googleapis.com, firestore.googleapis.com | gcloud datastore, gcloud firestore | roles/datastore.* | google_firestore_database, google_datastore_index", "apis": [ "datastore.googleapis.com", "firestore.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud datastore", "gcloud firestore" ], "iam": [ "roles/datastore.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_firestore_database", "google_datastore_index" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "datastore.googleapis.com and roles/datastore.* remain active for Datastore mode (and roles/datastore.* is also used by Firestore Native mode)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/datastore", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/concepts/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Firestore in Datastore mode Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/concepts/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2021-06" }, { "title": "Firestore in Datastore mode Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2021-06" } ] } }, { "id": "cloud-bigtable-to-bigtable", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Bigtable" ], "current_name": "Bigtable", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Google Cloud Bigtable" ], "summary": "Low-latency, horizontally scalable wide-column NoSQL database service for operational and analytical workloads.", "notes": [ "Google Cloud dropped the 'Cloud' prefix from Cloud Bigtable across official documentation and product navigation, simplifying the customer-facing name to Bigtable.", "In the Cloud Console API Library, the underlying endpoints (bigtable.googleapis.com and bigtableadmin.googleapis.com) are still titled 'Cloud Bigtable API' and 'Cloud Bigtable Admin API'." ], "related_ids": [ "cloud-spanner-to-spanner" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Bigtable", "date": "2015-05-06", "event": "Beta Launch", "note": "Launched externally as Cloud Bigtable." }, { "name": "Bigtable", "date": "2022", "event": "Database Portfolio Prefix Simplification", "note": "Dropped the 'Cloud' prefix in documentation and product branding to become Bigtable." } ], "technical": { "summary": "bigtable.googleapis.com, bigtableadmin.googleapis.com | gcloud bigtable, cbt | roles/bigtable.* | google_bigtable_instance, google_bigtable_table", "apis": [ "bigtable.googleapis.com", "bigtableadmin.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud bigtable", "cbt" ], "iam": [ "roles/bigtable.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_bigtable_instance", "google_bigtable_table" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "API titles remain Cloud Bigtable API (bigtable.googleapis.com) and Cloud Bigtable Admin API (bigtableadmin.googleapis.com)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/bigtable", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Bigtable Documentation Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2022" }, { "title": "Bigtable Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2022" } ] } }, { "id": "cloud-spanner-to-spanner", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Spanner" ], "current_name": "Spanner", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Google Cloud Spanner", "Spanner Graph", "Spanner Omni" ], "summary": "Globally distributed, strongly consistent relational and multi-model database service with unlimited scale.", "notes": [ "Google Cloud dropped the 'Cloud' prefix from Cloud Spanner across official documentation, console views, and sub-brand launches (such as Spanner Graph and Spanner Omni).", "The underlying API endpoint spanner.googleapis.com is still titled 'Cloud Spanner API' in the Cloud Console API Library." ], "related_ids": [ "cloud-bigtable-to-bigtable" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Spanner", "date": "2017-02-14", "event": "Public Beta (GA May 2017)", "note": "Launched externally as Cloud Spanner." }, { "name": "Spanner", "date": "2022", "event": "Database Portfolio Prefix Simplification", "note": "Dropped the 'Cloud' prefix across product documentation and feature branding (e.g., Spanner Graph, Spanner Omni)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "spanner.googleapis.com | gcloud spanner | roles/spanner.* | google_spanner_instance, google_spanner_database", "apis": [ "spanner.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud spanner" ], "iam": [ "roles/spanner.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_spanner_instance", "google_spanner_database" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "API endpoint spanner.googleapis.com is still titled Cloud Spanner API in the Cloud Console." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/spanner", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Spanner Documentation Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2022" }, { "title": "Spanner Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2022" } ] } }, { "id": "pubsub-lite-to-managed-kafka-and-pubsub", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "deprecation_migration", "legacy_names": [ "Pub/Sub Lite" ], "current_name": "Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka", "short_name": "Managed Service for Apache Kafka", "also_known_as": [ "Pub/Sub" ], "summary": "Zonal partition-based messaging service deprecated in favor of Managed Service for Apache Kafka and Pub/Sub.", "notes": [ "Pub/Sub Lite was deprecated on June 17, 2024 ahead of service turn-down.", "Official documentation directs partition-based Kafka-like messaging workloads to migrate to Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka (managedkafka.googleapis.com) or standard Pub/Sub (pubsub.googleapis.com)." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Pub/Sub Lite", "date": "2020-05-26", "event": "Beta Launch (GA Oct 2020)", "note": "Launched as a lower-cost zonal partition-based messaging service." }, { "name": "Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka", "date": "2024-06-17", "event": "Pub/Sub Lite Deprecation & Migration Path", "note": "Pub/Sub Lite deprecated on June 17, 2024 with official migration paths to Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka and Pub/Sub." } ], "technical": { "summary": "pubsublite.googleapis.com (Deprecated -> managedkafka.googleapis.com / pubsub.googleapis.com) | gcloud managed-kafka, gcloud pubsub | roles/managedkafka.*, roles/pubsub.* | google_managed_kafka_cluster", "apis": [ "pubsublite.googleapis.com", "managedkafka.googleapis.com", "pubsub.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud pubsub lite-topics", "gcloud managed-kafka", "gcloud pubsub" ], "iam": [ "roles/pubsublite.*", "roles/managedkafka.*", "roles/pubsub.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_pubsub_lite_topic", "google_managed_kafka_cluster" ], "deprecated": true, "note": "pubsublite.googleapis.com was deprecated on June 17, 2024; migrate to managedkafka.googleapis.com or pubsub.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Pub/Sub Lite Documentation & Deprecation Notice", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-06-17" }, { "title": "Pub/Sub Lite Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-06-17" } ] } }, { "id": "memorystore-for-memcached-to-memorystore-for-valkey", "category_id": "data-analytics-bi", "change_type": "deprecation_migration", "legacy_names": [ "Memorystore for Memcached", "Cloud Memorystore", "Cloud Memorystore for Memcached" ], "current_name": "Memorystore for Valkey", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Memorystore for Redis", "Memorystore for Redis Cluster" ], "summary": "Fully managed in-memory key-value data store built on open-source Valkey.", "notes": [ "On January 20, 2026, Google Cloud announced the deprecation of Memorystore for Memcached (shutdown scheduled for January 31, 2029) and recommended migrating workloads to Memorystore for Valkey.", "Additionally, Google Cloud dropped the 'Cloud' prefix from the family name ('Cloud Memorystore' -> 'Memorystore')." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Memorystore for Memcached", "date": "2020-03-26", "event": "Beta Launch (GA Feb 2021)", "note": "Launched as a managed Memcached service under Cloud Memorystore." }, { "name": "Memorystore for Valkey", "date": "2026-01-20", "event": "Memcached Deprecation & Migration to Valkey (Valkey Launched Oct 2024)", "note": "Memorystore for Memcached deprecated on January 20, 2026 (shutdown scheduled for January 31, 2029) with official migration guidance to Memorystore for Valkey (launched October 2024 on the unified memorystore.googleapis.com API)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "memorystore.googleapis.com (replacing memcache.googleapis.com) | gcloud memorystore | roles/memorystore.* | google_memorystore_instance", "apis": [ "memorystore.googleapis.com", "memcache.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud memorystore", "gcloud memcache" ], "iam": [ "roles/memorystore.*", "roles/memcache.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_memorystore_instance", "google_memcache_instance" ], "deprecated": true, "note": "memcache.googleapis.com (Memorystore for Memcached) was deprecated on January 20, 2026 in favor of Memorystore for Valkey (memorystore.googleapis.com)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/memorystore", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/release-notes", "sources": [ { "title": "Memorystore for Memcached Release Notes (January 20, 2026 deprecation notice)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-01-20" }, { "title": "Memorystore Documentation Hub", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-01-20" } ] } }, { "id": "cloud-functions-to-cloud-run-functions", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Functions (1st gen & 2nd gen)", "Cloud Functions" ], "current_name": "Cloud Run functions", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Event-driven serverless functions running on the Cloud Run runtime.", "notes": [ "Note lowercase 'f' in 'Cloud Run functions'.", "Cloud Functions (2nd gen) functions automatically convert into Cloud Run functions and can be detached from cloudfunctions.googleapis.com to be managed exclusively through run.googleapis.com while retaining their .cloudfunctions.net URLs and triggers.", "Still called Cloud Functions when referencing the legacy v1/v2 APIs (cloudfunctions.googleapis.com), gcloud functions CLI, IAM roles (roles/cloudfunctions.*), Terraform resources (google_cloudfunctions_function, google_cloudfunctions2_function), or .cloudfunctions.net URLs." ], "related_ids": [ "cloud-run-for-anthos-to-knative-serving" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Functions (1st gen & 2nd gen)", "date": "2017-03-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '17", "note": "Event-driven serverless functions (public beta launched March 9, 2017; 1st gen GA in July 2018; 2nd gen built on Cloud Run and Eventarc launched in 2022)." }, { "name": "Cloud Run functions", "date": "2024-08-21", "event": null, "note": "Unified under Cloud Run as Cloud Run functions (lowercase 'f' in 'functions') per the August 21, 2024 release note and August 22, 2024 announcement blog." } ], "technical": { "summary": "cloudfunctions.googleapis.com & run.googleapis.com | gcloud functions & gcloud run | roles/cloudfunctions.*", "apis": [ "cloudfunctions.googleapis.com", "run.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud functions", "gcloud run" ], "iam": [ "roles/cloudfunctions.*", "roles/run.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_cloudfunctions_function", "google_cloudfunctions2_function", "google_cloud_run_v2_service" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Trigger URLs continue using .cloudfunctions.net alongside Cloud Run URLs, and existing cloudfunctions.googleapis.com APIs, gcloud functions commands, and Gen 1/Gen 2 Terraform resources remain supported." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/functions", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/functions/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Cloud Run functions (formerly known as Cloud Functions) Release Notes (Aug 21, 2024)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/functions/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-08-21" }, { "title": "Cloud Functions is now Cloud Run functions — Google Cloud Blog", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/serverless/google-cloud-functions-is-now-cloud-run-functions", "type": "official_blog", "date": "2024-08-22" }, { "title": "Cloud Run functions Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/functions/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-08-21" } ] } }, { "id": "cloud-dlp-to-sensitive-data-protection", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP)", "Cloud DLP" ], "current_name": "Sensitive Data Protection", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Overarching service for data discovery, profiling, inspection, de-identification, and privacy risk analysis.", "notes": [ "Official documentation banner states: 'Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP) is now a part of Sensitive Data Protection. The API name remains the same: Cloud Data Loss Prevention API (DLP API).'", "Sensitive Data Protection encompasses sensitive data discovery (continuous data profiling), inspection, de-identification, risk analysis, and the programmatic DLP API." ], "related_ids": [ "dlp-api-disambiguation" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP)", "date": "2017-03-08", "event": "Google Cloud Next '17", "note": "Sensitive data inspection, classification, and de-identification service announced in beta at Google Cloud Next '17 (GA in March 2018)." }, { "name": "Sensitive Data Protection", "date": "2023-08-29", "event": "Google Cloud Next '23", "note": "Expanded and rebranded from Cloud DLP to Sensitive Data Protection at Google Cloud Next '23." } ], "technical": { "summary": "dlp.googleapis.com | gcloud alpha dlp | roles/dlp.* | google_data_loss_prevention_*", "apis": [ "dlp.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud alpha dlp" ], "iam": [ "roles/dlp.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_data_loss_prevention_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "The programmatic REST/gRPC API component inside Sensitive Data Protection retains the official name Cloud Data Loss Prevention API (DLP API) on dlp.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/security/products/sensitive-data-protection", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Sensitive Data Protection Overview (formerly Cloud DLP)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs/sensitive-data-protection-overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-08-29" }, { "title": "Sensitive Data Protection Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2023-08-29" }, { "title": "Sensitive Data Protection Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-08-29" } ] } }, { "id": "dlp-api-disambiguation", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "scope_disambiguation", "legacy_names": [ "DLP API", "Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API" ], "current_name": "Cloud Data Loss Prevention API", "short_name": "DLP API", "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Programmatic REST and gRPC API component inside Sensitive Data Protection for inspecting and de-identifying sensitive data.", "notes": [ "Refers specifically to the programmatic API component inside Sensitive Data Protection, not the entire overarching service.", "Official documentation banner: 'Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP) is now a part of Sensitive Data Protection. The API name remains the same: Cloud Data Loss Prevention API (DLP API).'" ], "related_ids": [ "cloud-dlp-to-sensitive-data-protection" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "DLP API / Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API", "date": "2017-03-08", "event": "Google Cloud Next '17", "note": "Programmatic REST/gRPC API for sensitive data inspection and de-identification." }, { "name": "Cloud Data Loss Prevention API (DLP API)", "date": "2023-08-29", "event": "Google Cloud Next '23", "note": "Retained as the official name for the programmatic API component inside Sensitive Data Protection." } ], "technical": { "summary": "dlp.googleapis.com | gcloud alpha dlp | roles/dlp.* | google_data_loss_prevention_*", "apis": [ "dlp.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud alpha dlp" ], "iam": [ "roles/dlp.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_data_loss_prevention_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "REST v2 discovery document remains https://dlp.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v2." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/security/products/sensitive-data-protection", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs/apis", "sources": [ { "title": "APIs & Reference — Cloud Data Loss Prevention API (DLP API) in Sensitive Data Protection", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs/apis", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-08-29" }, { "title": "Sensitive Data Protection (DLP API) REST v2 Reference (dlp.googleapis.com)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs/reference/rest", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-08-29" } ] } }, { "id": "anywhere-cache-to-rapid-cache", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Storage Anywhere Cache", "Anywhere Cache" ], "current_name": "Rapid Cache", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Zonal SSD-backed read cache for Cloud Storage buckets that scales capacity and bandwidth automatically.", "notes": [ "Officially renamed from Anywhere Cache to Rapid Cache in the March 24, 2026 Cloud Storage release notes (following the March 12, 2026 GA of Rapid Bucket).", "Official documentation note: 'Important: Anywhere Cache is now renamed Rapid Cache. When using Rapid Cache with certain tools, you might still see the name Anywhere Cache being referenced in the tool's interface or surface.'" ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Storage Anywhere Cache", "date": "2023-08-29", "event": "Google Cloud Next '23", "note": "Zonal SSD-backed read cache for Cloud Storage buckets announced at Google Cloud Next '23 (and reached General Availability on 2025-03-05)." }, { "name": "Rapid Cache", "date": "2026-03-24", "event": null, "note": "Rebranded from Anywhere Cache to Rapid Cache on March 24, 2026 as part of the Cloud Storage Rapid tier family (alongside Rapid Bucket)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "storage.googleapis.com | gcloud storage buckets anywhere-caches | google_storage_anywhere_cache", "apis": [ "storage.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud storage buckets anywhere-caches", "gcloud storage" ], "iam": [ "roles/storage.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_storage_anywhere_cache" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "The Cloud Storage Control API methods (AnywhereCaches Create/Get/List/Update/Disable/Resume), resource type (AnywhereCache), CLI command group (gcloud storage buckets anywhere-caches), and Terraform resource (google_storage_anywhere_cache) retain the legacy AnywhereCache name." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/storage", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/rapid/rapid-cache", "sources": [ { "title": "Rapid Cache (formerly Anywhere Cache) Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/rapid/rapid-cache", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-03-24" }, { "title": "Cloud Storage Release Notes (March 24, 2026: Anywhere Cache renamed to Rapid Cache)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-03-24" }, { "title": "gcloud storage buckets anywhere-caches CLI Reference", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/storage/buckets/anywhere-caches", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-03-24" } ] } }, { "id": "chronicle-to-google-secops", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Chronicle", "Chronicle Security Operations", "Chronicle SIEM", "Chronicle SOAR" ], "current_name": "Google Security Operations", "short_name": "Google SecOps", "also_known_as": [ "Google SecOps SIEM", "Google SecOps SOAR" ], "summary": "Cloud-native enterprise SIEM and SOAR security operations platform.", "notes": [ "The underlying programmatic API is still officially titled the Chronicle API (chronicle.googleapis.com) and documentation remains hosted under the /chronicle/docs path.", "Legacy Backstory API and legacy Ingestion API are deprecated in favor of the modern Chronicle API (chronicle.googleapis.com)." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Chronicle / Chronicle Security Operations", "date": "2019-06", "event": null, "note": "Alphabet's Chronicle cybersecurity division joined Google Cloud in June 2019 and expanded into Chronicle Security Operations (combining Chronicle SIEM and Siemplify SOAR)." }, { "name": "Google Security Operations", "date": "2024-05-06", "event": "RSA Conference 2024", "note": "Rebranded from Chronicle Security Operations to Google Security Operations (Google SecOps) at RSA Conference 2024." } ], "technical": { "summary": "chronicle.googleapis.com | roles/chronicle.* | google_chronicle_*", "apis": [ "chronicle.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/chronicle.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_chronicle_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Modern API is officially titled Chronicle API (chronicle.googleapis.com and regional endpoints such as us-chronicle.googleapis.com). Legacy Backstory API and Ingestion API are deprecated in favor of chronicle.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Google Security Operations Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-05-06" }, { "title": "Google Security Operations SIEM Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-05-06" }, { "title": "Chronicle API (chronicle.googleapis.com) REST Reference — Google Security Operations", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/reference/rest", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-05-06" } ] } }, { "id": "beyondcorp-enterprise-to-chrome-enterprise-premium", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "BeyondCorp Enterprise" ], "current_name": "Chrome Enterprise Premium", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Chrome Enterprise Core" ], "summary": "Zero-trust access and secure enterprise browsing platform with integrated threat and data loss prevention.", "notes": [ "Rebranded from BeyondCorp Enterprise to Chrome Enterprise Premium at Google Cloud Next '24 (April 2024); concurrently, Chrome Browser Cloud Management (CBCM) was rebranded to Chrome Enterprise Core.", "The underlying REST API (BeyondCorp API on beyondcorp.googleapis.com), gcloud beyondcorp CLI, IAM roles (roles/beyondcorp.*), and Terraform resources (google_beyondcorp_*) retain the BeyondCorp name." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "BeyondCorp Enterprise", "date": "2021-01-26", "event": null, "note": "Zero-trust access and threat/data protection platform launched in January 2021." }, { "name": "Chrome Enterprise Premium", "date": "2024-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '24", "note": "Rebranded from BeyondCorp Enterprise to Chrome Enterprise Premium at Google Cloud Next '24 (release notes dated April 8, 2024)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "beyondcorp.googleapis.com | gcloud beyondcorp | roles/beyondcorp.* | google_beyondcorp_*", "apis": [ "beyondcorp.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud beyondcorp" ], "iam": [ "roles/beyondcorp.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_beyondcorp_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "The REST API is still officially titled the BeyondCorp API (beyondcorp.googleapis.com) inside Chrome Enterprise Premium documentation." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://chromeenterprise.google/products/chrome-enterprise-premium/", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/chrome-enterprise-premium/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Chrome Enterprise Premium Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/chrome-enterprise-premium/docs/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-04-09" }, { "title": "Chrome Enterprise Premium Release Notes (April 8, 2024)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/chrome-enterprise-premium/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-04-08" }, { "title": "BeyondCorp API (beyondcorp.googleapis.com) REST Reference — Chrome Enterprise Premium", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/chrome-enterprise-premium/docs/reference/rest", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-04-09" } ] } }, { "id": "anthos-to-gke-enterprise", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "consolidation", "legacy_names": [ "Anthos", "GKE Enterprise" ], "current_name": "Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)", "short_name": "GKE", "also_known_as": [ "GKE Fleet Management", "Google Distributed Cloud (software-only)", "Cloud Service Mesh", "Config Sync", "Policy Controller" ], "summary": "Managed Kubernetes and multi-cluster fleet management platform across cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.", "notes": [ "Anthos (launched April 2019) was first rebranded to GKE Enterprise at Google Cloud Next '23 (August 2023) as an enterprise tier of GKE.", "On September 4, 2025, Google Cloud retired the separate GKE Enterprise tier: multi-cluster management and networking features (Multi-team Management, Config Sync, Config Controller, Managed Policy Controller, Connect Gateway, Network Function Optimizer, FQDN Network Policy, Inter-node Transparent Encryption) became part of the standard Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) offering at no additional cost.", "Other former Anthos / GKE Enterprise components continue as standalone SKUs or products: Managed Cloud Service Mesh, Multicluster Gateways/Ingress, Binary Authorization, Advanced Vulnerability Scanning, GKE Multi-Cloud (GKE on AWS, GKE on Azure, GKE attached clusters), and Google Distributed Cloud (software-only) for VMware and bare metal." ], "related_ids": [ "traffic-director-anthos-service-mesh-to-cloud-service-mesh", "migrate-for-anthos-to-migrate-to-containers", "anthos-bare-metal-vmware-to-gdc-software-only", "gdc-hosted-to-gdc-air-gapped", "cloud-run-for-anthos-to-knative-serving", "anthos-config-management-to-config-sync-policy-controller" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Anthos", "date": "2019-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '19", "note": "Hybrid and multi-cloud application modernization platform." }, { "name": "GKE Enterprise", "date": "2023-08-29", "event": "Google Cloud Next '23", "note": "Rebranded from Anthos as the enterprise multi-cluster/hybrid edition tier of GKE." }, { "name": "Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)", "date": "2025-09-04", "event": null, "note": "GKE Enterprise tier retired; fleet management, Config Sync, and Policy Controller folded into the single standard GKE offering (with Cloud Service Mesh, Multicluster Ingress/Gateways, and Binary Authorization as standalone SKUs)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "gkehub.googleapis.com & container.googleapis.com | gcloud container fleet | roles/gkehub.*", "apis": [ "gkehub.googleapis.com", "container.googleapis.com", "anthos.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud container fleet", "gcloud container" ], "iam": [ "roles/gkehub.*", "roles/container.*", "roles/anthos.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_gke_hub_*", "google_container_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Fleet and multi-cluster features continue using the GKE Hub API (gkehub.googleapis.com), gcloud container fleet CLI, roles/gkehub.* IAM roles, and google_gke_hub_* Terraform resources." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "GKE Enterprise Release Notes Archive (Features folded into standard GKE offering)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2025-09-04" }, { "title": "Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Release Notes (Sept 4, 2025: GKE Enterprise features included in standard GKE)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2025-09-04" }, { "title": "Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-09-04" } ] } }, { "id": "stackdriver-to-google-cloud-observability", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Stackdriver", "Google Stackdriver", "Google Cloud's operations suite" ], "current_name": "Google Cloud Observability", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Cloud Monitoring", "Cloud Logging", "Cloud Trace", "Cloud Profiler", "Error Reporting" ], "summary": "Umbrella suite for Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Cloud Trace, Cloud Profiler, and Error Reporting.", "notes": [ "Documentation continues to be served under the legacy https://docs.cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs URL path.", "Individual telemetry services retain their service-specific APIs (monitoring.googleapis.com, logging.googleapis.com, cloudtrace.googleapis.com, cloudprofiler.googleapis.com), while observability buckets, scopes, and settings use the newer Observability API (observability.googleapis.com) and gcloud observability CLI (GA in September 2026)." ], "related_ids": [ "cloud-debugger-to-snapshot-debugger" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Stackdriver", "date": "2016-03-23", "event": "GCP Next 2016", "note": "Google Stackdriver monitoring, logging, and diagnostics suite launched on Google Cloud (following Google's May 2014 acquisition of Stackdriver)." }, { "name": "Google Cloud's operations suite", "date": "2020-02", "event": null, "note": "Rebranded from Stackdriver to Google Cloud's operations suite." }, { "name": "Google Cloud Observability", "date": "2023-04", "event": null, "note": "Rebranded from Google Cloud's operations suite to Google Cloud Observability." } ], "technical": { "summary": "monitoring.googleapis.com, logging.googleapis.com & observability.googleapis.com | gcloud monitoring, gcloud logging & gcloud observability", "apis": [ "monitoring.googleapis.com", "logging.googleapis.com", "cloudtrace.googleapis.com", "cloudprofiler.googleapis.com", "observability.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud monitoring", "gcloud logging", "gcloud trace", "gcloud observability" ], "iam": [ "roles/monitoring.*", "roles/logging.*", "roles/cloudtrace.*", "roles/cloudprofiler.*", "roles/observability.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_monitoring_*", "google_logging_*", "google_observability_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Canonical docs URL path remains /stackdriver/docs; core telemetry endpoints remain monitoring.googleapis.com, logging.googleapis.com, cloudtrace.googleapis.com, and cloudprofiler.googleapis.com alongside observability.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/observability", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Observability in Google Cloud Documentation (/stackdriver/docs)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-04" }, { "title": "Google Cloud Observability Consolidated Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-09-01" }, { "title": "gcloud observability CLI Reference", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/observability", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-09-22" } ] } }, { "id": "netapp-cloud-volumes-to-netapp-volumes", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Google Cloud NetApp Cloud Volumes Service", "Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud", "NetApp Cloud Volumes Service" ], "current_name": "Google Cloud NetApp Volumes", "short_name": "NetApp Volumes", "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Fully managed enterprise file and block storage service powered by NetApp ONTAP.", "notes": [ "Transitioned from the partner-operated NetApp Cloud Volumes Service (CVS) to a first-party Google-managed service (Google Cloud NetApp Volumes) at Google Cloud Next '23 (August 2023).", "Managed natively through Google Cloud APIs (netapp.googleapis.com), gcloud netapp CLI, IAM roles (roles/netapp.*), and Terraform resources (google_netapp_*)." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Google Cloud NetApp Cloud Volumes Service", "date": "2019-05", "event": null, "note": "Partner-operated NetApp file storage service on Google Cloud (Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud)." }, { "name": "Google Cloud NetApp Volumes", "date": "2023-08-24", "event": "Google Cloud Next '23", "note": "Launched as a first-party Google-managed storage service on netapp.googleapis.com (initial GA release note on August 24, 2023 at Google Cloud Next '23)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "netapp.googleapis.com | gcloud netapp | roles/netapp.* | google_netapp_*", "apis": [ "netapp.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud netapp" ], "iam": [ "roles/netapp.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_netapp_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "First-party Google Cloud service uses netapp.googleapis.com and gcloud netapp (replacing the legacy partner-operated cloudvolumesgcp-api.netapp.com endpoint)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/netapp-volumes", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/netapp/volumes/docs/discover/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/netapp/volumes/docs/discover/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-08-24" }, { "title": "Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Release Notes (Aug 24, 2023)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/netapp/volumes/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2023-08-24" }, { "title": "NetApp API (netapp.googleapis.com) REST Reference", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/netapp/volumes/docs/reference/rest", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-08-24" } ] } }, { "id": "gdc-edge-to-gdc-connected", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Google Distributed Cloud Edge", "GDC Edge" ], "current_name": "Google Distributed Cloud connected", "short_name": "GDC connected", "also_known_as": [ "Distributed Cloud connected" ], "summary": "Managed Google Cloud hardware and GKE clusters running on-premises and at the edge.", "notes": [ "Note lowercase 'c' in 'Google Distributed Cloud connected'.", "The underlying REST APIs are still officially titled Distributed Cloud Edge Container API (edgecontainer.googleapis.com) and Distributed Cloud Edge Network API (edgenetwork.googleapis.com), and the CLI command group remains gcloud edge-cloud." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Google Distributed Cloud Edge", "date": "2021-10-12", "event": "Google Cloud Next '21", "note": "Managed edge hardware and GKE cluster service announced at Google Cloud Next '21." }, { "name": "Google Distributed Cloud connected", "date": "2024-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '24", "note": "Rebranded from Google Distributed Cloud Edge to Google Distributed Cloud connected (with release 1.6.1 on 2024-03-14 and Google Cloud Next '24 in April 2024)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "edgecontainer.googleapis.com & edgenetwork.googleapis.com | gcloud edge-cloud | roles/edgecontainer.*", "apis": [ "edgecontainer.googleapis.com", "edgenetwork.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud edge-cloud container", "gcloud edge-cloud networking", "gcloud edge-cloud" ], "iam": [ "roles/edgecontainer.*", "roles/edgenetwork.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_edgecontainer_*", "google_edgenetwork_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "APIs remain titled Distributed Cloud Edge Container API (edgecontainer.googleapis.com) and Distributed Cloud Edge Network API (edgenetwork.googleapis.com)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud/connected/latest/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Google Distributed Cloud connected Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud/connected/latest/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-04-09" }, { "title": "Google Distributed Cloud connected Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud/connected/latest/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-03-14" }, { "title": "Distributed Cloud Edge Container API (edgecontainer.googleapis.com) REST Reference", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud/connected/latest/docs/reference/container/rest", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-04-09" }, { "title": "Distributed Cloud Edge Network API (edgenetwork.googleapis.com) REST Reference", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud/connected/latest/docs/reference/network/rest", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-04-09" } ] } }, { "id": "apigee-integration-to-application-integration", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "consolidation", "legacy_names": [ "Apigee Integration", "Apigee Integrations" ], "current_name": "Application Integration", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Integration Connectors" ], "summary": "Serverless Integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) for connecting enterprise SaaS and Google Cloud applications.", "notes": [ "Originally introduced as the Apigee Integration add-on inside the Apigee API management platform.", "Launched as standalone Google Cloud Application Integration on September 20, 2023, and on August 2, 2024 Google converged Apigee Integration into Application Integration—redirecting Apigee portal users to Application Integration in the Google Cloud console and automatically synchronizing existing integrations." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Apigee Integration", "date": "2022-01", "event": "Initial Launch", "note": "Visual integration designer and connectors launched as an add-on within the Apigee platform." }, { "name": "Application Integration", "date": "2023-09-20", "event": "Standalone Service & Aug 2, 2024 Convergence", "note": "Available as a standalone Google Cloud iPaaS in September 2023; on August 2, 2024, Apigee Integration was converged and redirected into Application Integration." } ], "technical": { "summary": "integrations.googleapis.com & connectors.googleapis.com | roles/integrations.* | google_integrations_*", "apis": [ "integrations.googleapis.com", "connectors.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/integrations.*", "roles/connectors.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_integrations_*", "google_integration_connectors_*" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Uses integrations.googleapis.com and connectors.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/application-integration", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/application-integration/docs/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Use Application Integration (Apigee Integration Redirect & Synchronization Guide)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/api-platform/integration/using-application-integration", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-08-02" }, { "title": "Apigee Release Notes (Aug 2, 2024: Redirecting from Apigee Integration to Application Integration)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-08-02" }, { "title": "Application Integration Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/application-integration/docs/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-08" } ] } }, { "id": "container-registry-to-artifact-registry", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "deprecation_migration", "legacy_names": [ "Container Registry", "Google Container Registry", "Google Container Registry (GCR)" ], "current_name": "Artifact Registry", "short_name": "GAR", "also_known_as": [ "GCR", "gcr.io repositories in Artifact Registry" ], "summary": "Universal artifact and container image repository for Docker, Helm, language packages, and OS packages.", "notes": [ "Google Container Registry (GCR) was succeeded by Artifact Registry (GA April 2021), deprecated on May 15, 2023, and shut down on March 18, 2025.", "Legacy gcr.io domains are automatically routed to Artifact Registry gcr.io repositories.", "Container Registry (containerregistry.googleapis.com / gcloud container images) was deprecated on May 15, 2023 and shut down effective March 18, 2025, making writes to legacy Container Registry unavailable.", "Artifact Registry (artifactregistry.googleapis.com / gcloud artifacts / pkg.dev) is the mandatory replacement and also supports hosting backward-compatible gcr.io domain repositories." ], "related_ids": [ "container-analysis-to-artifact-analysis" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Container Registry", "date": "2015-01", "event": "Initial Launch", "note": "Launched as Google Container Registry (GCR) backed by Cloud Storage buckets." }, { "name": "Artifact Registry", "date": "2021-04", "event": "GA Release (GCR Deprecated May 15, 2023 · GCR Shut Down Mar 18, 2025)", "note": "Launched as the multi-format successor to Container Registry, which was deprecated on May 15, 2023 and shut down on March 18, 2025." } ], "technical": { "summary": "artifactregistry.googleapis.com (replacing containerregistry.googleapis.com) | gcloud artifacts | roles/artifactregistry.* | google_artifact_registry_repository", "apis": [ "artifactregistry.googleapis.com", "containerregistry.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud artifacts", "gcloud container images" ], "iam": [ "roles/artifactregistry.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_artifact_registry_repository" ], "deprecated": true, "note": "containerregistry.googleapis.com was deprecated on May 15, 2023 and shut down on March 18, 2025; migrate to artifactregistry.googleapis.com and gcloud artifacts." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/transition/transition-from-gcr", "sources": [ { "title": "Transition from Container Registry to Artifact Registry", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/transition/transition-from-gcr", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-03-18" }, { "title": "Artifact Registry Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2025-03-18" }, { "title": "Artifact Registry Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-03" } ] } }, { "id": "cloud-source-repositories-to-secure-source-manager", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "deprecation_migration", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Source Repositories" ], "current_name": "Secure Source Manager", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Regionally deployed, single-tenant managed Git source code repository with pull requests and issue tracking.", "notes": [ "Effective June 17, 2024 (announced May 15, 2024), Cloud Source Repositories reached End of Sale and is no longer available to new customers or organizations that had not previously enabled sourcerepo.googleapis.com.", "Official Google Cloud migration guidance directs software development teams from Cloud Source Repositories to Secure Source Manager (securesourcemanager.googleapis.com)." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Source Repositories", "date": "2015-06", "event": "Initial Launch", "note": "Private Git repositories hosted on Google Cloud via sourcerepo.googleapis.com and gcloud source repos." }, { "name": "Secure Source Manager", "date": "2024-06-17", "event": "Cloud Source Repositories End of Sale & Migration", "note": "Cloud Source Repositories closed to new customers effective June 17, 2024 ahead of service deprecation; users migrate to Secure Source Manager." } ], "technical": { "summary": "Legacy sourcerepo.googleapis.com (End of Sale Jun 17, 2024) → Migrate to securesourcemanager.googleapis.com | gcloud secure-source-manager | roles/securesourcemanager.* | google_secure_source_manager_*", "apis": [ "sourcerepo.googleapis.com", "securesourcemanager.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud source repos", "gcloud secure-source-manager" ], "iam": [ "roles/source.*", "roles/securesourcemanager.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_sourcerepo_repository", "google_secure_source_manager_*" ], "deprecated": true, "note": "sourcerepo.googleapis.com reached End of Sale on June 17, 2024; migrate repositories to securesourcemanager.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/secure-source-manager/docs/overview", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/source-repositories/docs/migration-guides", "sources": [ { "title": "Cloud Source Repositories Migration Details (End of Sale & Migrate to Secure Source Manager)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/source-repositories/docs/migration-guides", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-06-17" }, { "title": "Cloud Source Repositories Release Notes (June 17, 2024 End of Sale)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/source-repositories/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-06-17" }, { "title": "Secure Source Manager Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/secure-source-manager/docs/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-06" } ] } }, { "id": "cloud-debugger-to-snapshot-debugger", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "deprecation_migration", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Debugger", "Stackdriver Debugger" ], "current_name": "Snapshot Debugger", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Snapshot Debugger (Archived Open-Source Debugger)" ], "summary": "Open-source production application state snapshot debugger replacing the retired Cloud Debugger service.", "notes": [ "Cloud Debugger (clouddebugger.googleapis.com / gcloud debug) was deprecated on May 16, 2022 and shut down on May 31, 2023.", "Google transitioned users to the Firebase-backed open-source Snapshot Debugger CLI, which was subsequently archived on September 7, 2023 (remaining available for fork/self-maintenance)." ], "related_ids": [ "stackdriver-to-google-cloud-observability" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Stackdriver Debugger / Cloud Debugger", "date": "2016-03", "event": "Initial Launch", "note": "Managed production application debugger on clouddebugger.googleapis.com." }, { "name": "Snapshot Debugger", "date": "2022-05-16", "event": "Cloud Debugger Deprecation & Open-Source Transition (Archived Sep 7, 2023)", "note": "Cloud Debugger was deprecated May 16, 2022 (shut down May 31, 2023) in favor of the Firebase-backed open-source Snapshot Debugger CLI, which was subsequently archived on September 7, 2023 with no managed replacement service." } ], "technical": { "summary": "Legacy clouddebugger.googleapis.com (Shut down May 31, 2023) | gcloud debug | roles/clouddebugger.*", "apis": [ "clouddebugger.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud debug", "snapshot-dbg-cli" ], "iam": [ "roles/clouddebugger.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": true, "note": "clouddebugger.googleapis.com was shut down on May 31, 2023; open-source Snapshot Debugger was archived on September 7, 2023." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/deprecations/debugger-deprecation", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/deprecations/debugger-deprecation", "sources": [ { "title": "Cloud Debugger Deprecation & Snapshot Debugger Transition", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/deprecations/debugger-deprecation", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-09-07" } ] } }, { "id": "traffic-director-anthos-service-mesh-to-cloud-service-mesh", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "consolidation", "legacy_names": [ "Traffic Director", "Anthos Service Mesh", "ASM" ], "current_name": "Cloud Service Mesh", "short_name": "CSM", "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Managed service mesh for traffic management, mTLS security, and observability across GKE and Compute Engine.", "notes": [ "On May 23, 2024, Google Cloud converged Anthos Service Mesh (Istio-based service mesh for GKE fleets) and Traffic Director (global proxyless gRPC and Envoy control plane) into a single unified product: Cloud Service Mesh.", "Visiting cloud.google.com/traffic-director/docs redirects to docs.cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs with the banner 'Anthos Service Mesh and Traffic Director are now Cloud Service Mesh.'", "Underlying APIs (trafficdirector.googleapis.com, networkservices.googleapis.com, mesh.googleapis.com) and fleet feature identifiers remain unchanged." ], "related_ids": [ "anthos-to-gke-enterprise" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Traffic Director", "date": "2019-04", "event": "Google Cloud Next '19", "note": "Launched as Google Cloud's global traffic management control plane for service mesh and proxyless gRPC." }, { "name": "Anthos Service Mesh", "date": "2019-09-16", "event": "ASM Beta Launch", "note": "Launched as an Istio-powered managed service mesh under the Anthos umbrella." }, { "name": "Cloud Service Mesh", "date": "2024-05-23", "event": "Product Convergence", "note": "Anthos Service Mesh and Traffic Director converged into a single unified product: Cloud Service Mesh." } ], "technical": { "summary": "networkservices.googleapis.com, trafficdirector.googleapis.com, mesh.googleapis.com | gcloud container fleet mesh | roles/networkservices.*, roles/trafficdirector.* | google_network_services_mesh, google_gke_hub_feature", "apis": [ "networkservices.googleapis.com", "trafficdirector.googleapis.com", "mesh.googleapis.com", "gkehub.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud container fleet mesh", "gcloud network-services" ], "iam": [ "roles/networkservices.*", "roles/trafficdirector.*", "roles/gkehub.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_network_services_mesh", "google_gke_hub_feature" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Traffic Director API (trafficdirector.googleapis.com) and GKE Hub mesh feature remain active; in-cluster istiod control plane on GKE was deprecated in September 2026 in favor of the Google-managed control plane." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Cloud Service Mesh Release Notes (May 23, 2024 convergence announcement)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-05-23" }, { "title": "Cloud Service Mesh Documentation Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-05-23" } ] } }, { "id": "actifio-go-to-backup-and-dr-service", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Actifio GO", "Backup and DR" ], "current_name": "Backup and DR Service", "short_name": "Backup and DR", "also_known_as": [ "Google Cloud Backup and DR" ], "summary": "Centralized cloud backup and disaster recovery service for Compute Engine VMs, databases, and file systems.", "notes": [ "Originated from Google Cloud's acquisition of Actifio in December 2020 (formerly offered as Actifio GO on Google Cloud) and launched natively as Backup and DR Service in September 2022.", "On September 30, 2026, the legacy Actifio-based management console was deprecated in favor of native Google Cloud Console backup vaults and backup plans." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Actifio GO", "date": "2020-12", "event": "Google Cloud Actifio Acquisition", "note": "Copy data management and backup platform acquired by Google Cloud." }, { "name": "Backup and DR Service", "date": "2022-09-09", "event": "GA Launch", "note": "Rebranded and launched natively as Google Cloud Backup and DR Service (GA on September 30, 2022)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "backupdr.googleapis.com | gcloud backup-dr | roles/backupdr.* | google_backup_dr_backup_vault, google_backup_dr_backup_plan", "apis": [ "backupdr.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud backup-dr" ], "iam": [ "roles/backupdr.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_backup_dr_backup_vault", "google_backup_dr_backup_plan", "google_backup_dr_management_server" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Managed via backupdr.googleapis.com and gcloud backup-dr." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/concepts/backup-dr", "sources": [ { "title": "Backup and DR Service Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2022-09-09" }, { "title": "Backup and DR Service Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/concepts/backup-dr", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2022-09-30" } ] } }, { "id": "velostrata-migrate-for-compute-engine-to-migrate-to-vms", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Migrate for Compute Engine", "Velostrata" ], "current_name": "Migrate to Virtual Machines", "short_name": "Migrate to VMs", "also_known_as": [ "Migrate to Compute Engine", "M2VM", "M4CE" ], "summary": "Agentless server and VM migration service for moving workloads from on-premises or other clouds to Compute Engine.", "notes": [ "Originated from Google Cloud's July 2018 acquisition of Velostrata, rebranded to Migrate for Compute Engine in November 2019 (v4.8), and renamed to Migrate to Virtual Machines on July 5, 2022 with v5.0.", "Documentation metadata still cross-references '(Migrate to Compute Engine)' and '(formerly Migrate for Compute Engine)' for search continuity." ], "related_ids": [ "migrate-for-anthos-to-migrate-to-containers" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Velostrata", "date": "2018-07", "event": "Google Cloud Acquisition", "note": "Streaming VM migration technology acquired by Google Cloud." }, { "name": "Migrate for Compute Engine", "date": "2019-11", "event": "v4.8 Rebrand", "note": "Rebranded from Velostrata to Migrate for Compute Engine (M4CE)." }, { "name": "Migrate to Virtual Machines", "date": "2022-07-05", "event": "v5.0 Architecture & Rename", "note": "Renamed product to Migrate to Virtual Machines (M2VM) with cloud-native vmmigration.googleapis.com control plane." } ], "technical": { "summary": "vmmigration.googleapis.com | gcloud migration vms | roles/vmmigration.* | google_vm_migration_source, google_vm_migration_migrating_vm", "apis": [ "vmmigration.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud migration vms" ], "iam": [ "roles/vmmigration.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_vm_migration_source", "google_vm_migration_migrating_vm" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Uses VM Migration API (vmmigration.googleapis.com); legacy Velostrata / M4CE 4.x appliance architecture was retired in favor of v5.0." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines/docs/5.0/concepts/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Migrate to Virtual Machines 5.0 Release Notes (July 5, 2022 rename)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines/docs/5.0/resources/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2022-07-05" }, { "title": "Migrate to Virtual Machines Architecture Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines/docs/5.0/concepts/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2022-07-05" } ] } }, { "id": "migrate-for-anthos-to-migrate-to-containers", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Migrate for Anthos and GKE", "Migrate for Anthos" ], "current_name": "Migrate to Containers", "short_name": "M2C", "also_known_as": [ "M4A" ], "summary": "Containerization tool for converting VM-based workloads into containers running on GKE or Cloud Run.", "notes": [ "Launched as Migrate for Anthos in November 2019, expanded to Migrate for Anthos and GKE in August 2020, and renamed to Migrate to Containers in June 2022.", "On May 6, 2024, the legacy processing-cluster CRD workflow (migctl) and Cloud Console UI were retired in favor of the standalone m2c CLI." ], "related_ids": [ "velostrata-migrate-for-compute-engine-to-migrate-to-vms", "anthos-to-gke-enterprise" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Migrate for Anthos", "date": "2019-11", "event": "v1.0 GA", "note": "Launched to convert VMs directly into container workloads on GKE and Anthos." }, { "name": "Migrate for Anthos and GKE", "date": "2020-08", "event": "v1.4 Update", "note": "Expanded branding to emphasize GKE alongside Anthos clusters." }, { "name": "Migrate to Containers", "date": "2022-06-21", "event": "v1.11 / v1.12 Rename", "note": "Rebranded to Migrate to Containers alongside Migrate to Virtual Machines." } ], "technical": { "summary": "vmmigration.googleapis.com | m2c (formerly migctl) | roles/vmmigration.*", "apis": [ "vmmigration.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "m2c", "migctl" ], "iam": [ "roles/vmmigration.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Modern CLI is m2c (replacing migctl as of May 2024)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/migrate/containers", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/migrate/containers/docs/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Migrate to Containers Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/migrate/containers/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2022-06-21" }, { "title": "Migrate to Containers Documentation Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/migrate/containers/docs/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-05-06" } ] } }, { "id": "recaptcha-enterprise-to-google-cloud-fraud-defense", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "reCAPTCHA Enterprise" ], "current_name": "Google Cloud Fraud Defense", "short_name": "Fraud Defense", "also_known_as": [ "reCAPTCHA", "Fraud Defense Mobile SDK" ], "summary": "Bot management, account takeover protection, and fraud detection service powered by continuous risk analysis.", "notes": [ "On June 1, 2024, Google Cloud simplified 'reCAPTCHA Enterprise' to 'reCAPTCHA' with three tiers: reCAPTCHA Essentials, reCAPTCHA Standard, and reCAPTCHA Enterprise.", "In April 2026, the official documentation hub and product suite rebranded to 'Google Cloud Fraud Defense', positioning reCAPTCHA as a core component of Fraud Defense alongside the Fraud Defense Mobile SDK.", "Underlying API endpoint (recaptchaenterprise.googleapis.com), IAM roles (roles/recaptchaenterprise.*), and Terraform resources remain unchanged." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "reCAPTCHA Enterprise", "date": "2019-03-31", "event": "Beta Launch (GA Jan 2020)", "note": "Enterprise bot and fraud detection service built on Google Cloud." }, { "name": "reCAPTCHA", "date": "2024-06-01", "event": "Tier Simplification", "note": "Product name simplified from reCAPTCHA Enterprise to reCAPTCHA across Essentials, Standard, and Enterprise tiers." }, { "name": "Google Cloud Fraud Defense", "date": "2026-04-22", "event": "Suite Rebrand", "note": "Documentation and suite rebranded to Google Cloud Fraud Defense (with reCAPTCHA as part of Fraud Defense)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "recaptchaenterprise.googleapis.com | gcloud recaptcha | roles/recaptchaenterprise.* | google_recaptcha_enterprise_key", "apis": [ "recaptchaenterprise.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud recaptcha" ], "iam": [ "roles/recaptchaenterprise.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_recaptcha_enterprise_key" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "API endpoint remains recaptchaenterprise.googleapis.com and CLI remains gcloud recaptcha." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/security/products/recaptcha", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/recaptcha/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Google Cloud Fraud Defense / reCAPTCHA Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/recaptcha/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2026-04-22" }, { "title": "Google Cloud Fraud Defense Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/recaptcha/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-04-22" } ] } }, { "id": "risk-manager-to-cyber-insurance-hub", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Risk Manager" ], "current_name": "Cyber Insurance Hub", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Cloud risk posture assessment and cyber insurance qualification tool integrated with Security Command Center.", "notes": [ "Launched in Preview as Risk Manager on July 28, 2021 and officially renamed to Cyber Insurance Hub on April 4, 2025.", "Documentation URL paths continue using /risk-manager/docs and the underlying API remains riskmanager.googleapis.com." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Risk Manager", "date": "2021-07-28", "event": "Preview Launch", "note": "Launched as part of Google Cloud's Risk Protection Program to generate cyber risk reports." }, { "name": "Cyber Insurance Hub", "date": "2025-04-04", "event": "Product Rename", "note": "Risk Manager renamed to Cyber Insurance Hub with expanded insurance partner integrations." } ], "technical": { "summary": "riskmanager.googleapis.com, securitycenter.googleapis.com | roles/riskmanager.*, roles/securitycenter.*", "apis": [ "riskmanager.googleapis.com", "securitycenter.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [], "iam": [ "roles/riskmanager.*", "roles/securitycenter.*" ], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Underlying service endpoint remains riskmanager.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/security/products/cyber-insurance-hub", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/risk-manager/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Cyber Insurance Hub Release Notes (April 4, 2025 rename)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/risk-manager/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2025-04-04" }, { "title": "Cyber Insurance Hub Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/risk-manager/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-04-04" } ] } }, { "id": "cloud-firewall-to-cloud-ngfw", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Firewall", "VPC Firewall" ], "current_name": "Cloud Next Generation Firewall", "short_name": "Cloud NGFW", "also_known_as": [ "Cloud NGFW Essentials", "Cloud NGFW Standard", "Cloud NGFW Enterprise" ], "summary": "Distributed stateful and Layer-7 network firewall service protecting Google Cloud VPC workloads.", "notes": [ "On April 8, 2024, Cloud Firewall in Google Cloud was rebranded to Cloud Next Generation Firewall (Cloud NGFW).", "Organized into three tiers: Cloud NGFW Essentials (foundational VPC firewall rules and hierarchical/network policies), Cloud NGFW Standard (FQDN, geolocation, and threat intelligence), and Cloud NGFW Enterprise (inline Layer-7 IPS with Palo Alto Networks threat prevention).", "All underlying compute.googleapis.com and networksecurity.googleapis.com resources remain unchanged." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "VPC Firewall", "date": "2013-12", "event": "Compute Engine GA", "note": "Foundational stateful VPC firewall rules on Google Compute Engine." }, { "name": "Cloud Firewall", "date": "2021-10", "event": "Cloud Firewall Plus / Standard Launch", "note": "Expanded into a tiered Cloud Firewall family with hierarchical and network firewall policies." }, { "name": "Cloud Next Generation Firewall", "date": "2024-04-08", "event": "Cloud NGFW Rebrand", "note": "Cloud Firewall renamed to Cloud Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) across Essentials, Standard, and Enterprise tiers." } ], "technical": { "summary": "compute.googleapis.com, networksecurity.googleapis.com | gcloud compute firewall-policies, gcloud network-security firewall-endpoints | roles/compute.securityAdmin | google_compute_firewall, google_compute_network_firewall_policy", "apis": [ "compute.googleapis.com", "networksecurity.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud compute firewall-policies", "gcloud compute firewall-rules", "gcloud network-security firewall-endpoints" ], "iam": [ "roles/compute.orgFirewallPolicyAdmin", "roles/compute.securityAdmin", "roles/networksecurity.firewallEndpointAdmin" ], "terraform": [ "google_compute_firewall", "google_compute_network_firewall_policy", "google_network_security_firewall_endpoint" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Firewall rules and policies remain part of compute.googleapis.com; Layer-7 inspection endpoints use networksecurity.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/firewall", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/about-firewalls", "sources": [ { "title": "Cloud Next Generation Firewall Release Notes (April 8, 2024 rename)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-04-08" }, { "title": "Cloud Next Generation Firewall Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/about-firewalls", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-04-08" } ] } }, { "id": "parallelstore-to-managed-lustre", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "deprecation_migration", "legacy_names": [ "Parallelstore" ], "current_name": "Google Cloud Managed Lustre", "short_name": "Managed Lustre", "also_known_as": [], "summary": "Fully managed high-performance Lustre parallel file system for AI training and HPC workloads.", "notes": [ "Google Cloud replaced Parallelstore (its DAOS-based parallel file storage offering) with Google Cloud Managed Lustre (GA in April/June 2025).", "All official Parallelstore URLs (cloud.google.com/parallelstore and docs.cloud.google.com/parallelstore/docs) now redirect directly to Google Cloud Managed Lustre." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Parallelstore", "date": "2023-12", "event": "Preview Launch", "note": "Managed DAOS-based parallel file storage for HPC and AI workloads." }, { "name": "Google Cloud Managed Lustre", "date": "2025-04-08", "event": "Managed Lustre GA (General GA June 30, 2025)", "note": "Superseded Parallelstore as Google Cloud's managed parallel file system on lustre.googleapis.com." } ], "technical": { "summary": "lustre.googleapis.com (replacing parallelstore.googleapis.com) | gcloud lustre | roles/lustre.* | google_lustre_instance", "apis": [ "lustre.googleapis.com", "parallelstore.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud lustre" ], "iam": [ "roles/lustre.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_lustre_instance" ], "deprecated": true, "note": "Parallelstore (parallelstore.googleapis.com / gcloud parallelstore) was superseded by Google Cloud Managed Lustre (lustre.googleapis.com / gcloud lustre)." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/managed-lustre", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-lustre/docs/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Google Cloud Managed Lustre Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-lustre/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2025-04-08" }, { "title": "Google Cloud Managed Lustre Overview (Redirect target from Parallelstore docs)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-lustre/docs/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2025-06-30" } ] } }, { "id": "anthos-bare-metal-vmware-to-gdc-software-only", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Google Distributed Cloud Virtual", "Anthos clusters on bare metal", "Anthos clusters on VMware", "GKE On-Prem", "Anthos on bare metal", "Anthos on VMware" ], "current_name": "Google Distributed Cloud software only", "short_name": "GDC software only", "also_known_as": [ "Google Distributed Cloud software only for bare metal", "Google Distributed Cloud software only for VMware", "GDCV" ], "summary": "Self-managed enterprise Kubernetes software distribution for on-premises bare metal and VMware vSphere environments.", "notes": [ "Official documentation states: 'Google Distributed Cloud software only (formerly known as Google Distributed Cloud Virtual, previously known as Anthos clusters on bare metal) lets you deploy and operate enterprise Kubernetes clusters directly on your physical hardware.'", "Despite three customer-facing rebrands (GKE On-Prem -> Anthos clusters on VMware/bare metal -> Google Distributed Cloud Virtual -> Google Distributed Cloud software only), the underlying API remains gkeonprem.googleapis.com and Terraform resources remain google_gkeonprem_*." ], "related_ids": [ "anthos-to-gke-enterprise", "gdc-hosted-to-gdc-air-gapped" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "GKE On-Prem", "date": "2019-04", "event": "Google Cloud Next '19", "note": "Launched as part of Anthos to run GKE clusters on VMware vSphere." }, { "name": "Anthos clusters on VMware / bare metal", "date": "2020-12", "event": "Bare Metal GA & Rebrand", "note": "Expanded to bare metal servers and branded as Anthos clusters on VMware and Anthos clusters on bare metal." }, { "name": "Google Distributed Cloud Virtual", "date": "2022-06", "event": "GDC Portfolio Alignment", "note": "Rebranded under the Google Distributed Cloud portfolio as Google Distributed Cloud Virtual (GDCV)." }, { "name": "Google Distributed Cloud software only", "date": "2024-04", "event": "GDC Naming Simplification", "note": "Renamed from Google Distributed Cloud Virtual to Google Distributed Cloud (software only) for bare metal and VMware." } ], "technical": { "summary": "gkeonprem.googleapis.com, gkehub.googleapis.com | gcloud container bare-metal, gcloud container vmware, bmctl, gkectl | roles/gkeonprem.* | google_gkeonprem_bare_metal_cluster, google_gkeonprem_vmware_cluster", "apis": [ "gkeonprem.googleapis.com", "gkehub.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud container bare-metal", "gcloud container vmware", "bmctl", "gkectl" ], "iam": [ "roles/gkeonprem.*", "roles/gkehub.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_gkeonprem_bare_metal_cluster", "google_gkeonprem_vmware_cluster" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "API endpoint (gkeonprem.googleapis.com), IAM roles (roles/gkeonprem.*), and Terraform resources (google_gkeonprem_*) retain their original GKE On-Prem names." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/distributed-cloud/bare-metal/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Google Distributed Cloud software only for bare metal documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/distributed-cloud/bare-metal/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-04" }, { "title": "Google Distributed Cloud software only for VMware release notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/distributed-cloud/vmware/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-04" } ] } }, { "id": "gdc-hosted-to-gdc-air-gapped", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Google Distributed Cloud Hosted", "GDC Hosted" ], "current_name": "Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped", "short_name": "GDC air-gapped", "also_known_as": [ "Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance", "GDCH" ], "summary": "Disconnected sovereign cloud hardware and software platform operating without connectivity to Google Cloud.", "notes": [ "Announced in October 2021 (GA October 2022) as Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDCH) and renamed to Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped (with lowercase 'a' in 'air-gapped') in 2024.", "Official documentation URL paths still retain /distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/gdcag and open-source bundles remain hosted at gdch-oss.googlesource.com." ], "related_ids": [ "anthos-bare-metal-vmware-to-gdc-software-only", "anthos-to-gke-enterprise" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Google Distributed Cloud Hosted", "date": "2021-10", "event": "Google Cloud Next '21 (GA Oct 2022)", "note": "Launched as Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDCH) for disconnected sovereign deployments." }, { "name": "Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped", "date": "2024-04", "event": "GDC Portfolio Rename", "note": "Renamed to Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped and Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance." } ], "technical": { "summary": "gdcloud KRM APIs | gdcloud CLI", "apis": [ "gdcloud KRM APIs" ], "cli": [ "gdcloud" ], "iam": [], "terraform": [], "deprecated": false, "note": "Operated via the gdcloud CLI and local Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM) APIs in disconnected environments." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/gdcag/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped Documentation Overview", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/gdcag/overview", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-04" }, { "title": "Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped Documentation Hub", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/gdcag", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2024-04" } ] } }, { "id": "cloud-run-for-anthos-to-knative-serving", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Run for Anthos", "Cloud Run on GKE" ], "current_name": "Knative serving", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Knative serving on GKE Enterprise" ], "summary": "Managed Knative serverless container layer for running stateless event-driven workloads on GKE Enterprise clusters.", "notes": [ "Launched as Cloud Run on GKE in April 2019, rebranded to Cloud Run for Anthos in late 2019, and renamed to Knative serving when Anthos evolved into GKE Enterprise in August 2023.", "The fleet feature management CLI command remains gcloud container fleet cloudrun." ], "related_ids": [ "anthos-to-gke-enterprise", "cloud-functions-to-cloud-run-functions" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Run on GKE", "date": "2019-04-09", "event": "Google Cloud Next '19", "note": "Launched in Beta to run Knative serverless workloads on GKE clusters." }, { "name": "Cloud Run for Anthos", "date": "2019-11", "event": "GA Release", "note": "Rebranded to Cloud Run for Anthos as part of the Anthos subscription." }, { "name": "Knative serving", "date": "2023-08", "event": "GKE Enterprise Transition", "note": "Renamed from Cloud Run for Anthos to Knative serving under GKE Enterprise." } ], "technical": { "summary": "gkehub.googleapis.com (serving.knative.dev/v1) | gcloud container fleet cloudrun | roles/gkehub.* | google_gke_hub_feature", "apis": [ "gkehub.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud container fleet cloudrun", "gcloud run services" ], "iam": [ "roles/gkehub.*", "roles/run.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_gke_hub_feature", "google_gke_hub_feature_membership" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Enabled as the cloudrun fleet feature on gkehub.googleapis.com via gcloud container fleet cloudrun." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/knative-serving/docs", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/knative-serving/docs", "sources": [ { "title": "Knative serving documentation (formerly Cloud Run for Anthos)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/knative-serving/docs", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-08" }, { "title": "Knative serving release notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/knative-serving/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2023-08" } ] } }, { "id": "anthos-config-management-to-config-sync-policy-controller", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "umbrella_split", "legacy_names": [ "Anthos Config Management", "ACM" ], "current_name": "Config Sync & Policy Controller", "short_name": "Config Sync", "also_known_as": [ "Policy Controller", "Hierarchy Controller" ], "summary": "GitOps configuration synchronization and OPA Gatekeeper policy enforcement for Kubernetes fleets.", "notes": [ "Anthos Config Management (ACM) was unbundled into standalone GKE Enterprise products—Config Sync and Policy Controller—with separate release notes and versioning starting in v1.18.0 (May 3, 2024), while Hierarchy Controller was retired in v1.20.0 (May 2025).", "Underlying service endpoints still retain their legacy Anthos names: anthosconfigmanagement.googleapis.com and anthospolicycontroller.googleapis.com." ], "related_ids": [ "anthos-to-gke-enterprise" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Anthos Config Management", "date": "2019-04", "event": "Google Cloud Next '19", "note": "Launched as a unified GitOps and policy management umbrella for Anthos fleets." }, { "name": "Config Sync & Policy Controller", "date": "2024-05-03", "event": "v1.18.0 Unbundling", "note": "Decoupled into standalone GKE Enterprise products (Config Sync and Policy Controller) following the retirement of standalone ACM SKUs." } ], "technical": { "summary": "anthosconfigmanagement.googleapis.com, anthospolicycontroller.googleapis.com, gkehub.googleapis.com | gcloud beta container fleet config-management, gcloud container fleet policycontroller, nomos | roles/gkehub.* | google_gke_hub_feature_membership", "apis": [ "anthosconfigmanagement.googleapis.com", "anthospolicycontroller.googleapis.com", "gkehub.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud beta container fleet config-management", "gcloud container fleet policycontroller", "nomos" ], "iam": [ "roles/gkehub.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_gke_hub_feature", "google_gke_hub_feature_membership" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "Service endpoints remain anthosconfigmanagement.googleapis.com and anthospolicycontroller.googleapis.com." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/config-sync/docs/overview", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/config-sync/docs/overview", "sources": [ { "title": "Config Sync Release Notes (unbundling from Anthos Config Management)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/config-sync/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-05-03" }, { "title": "Policy Controller Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/policy-controller/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2024-05-03" } ] } }, { "id": "container-analysis-to-artifact-analysis", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Container Analysis" ], "current_name": "Artifact Analysis", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Container Analysis API" ], "summary": "Vulnerability scanning and software supply chain metadata storage service for Artifact Registry packages.", "notes": [ "Official documentation states: 'This service was formerly known as Container Analysis. The new name does not change existing products or APIs, but reflects the product's expanding range of features beyond containers.'", "The underlying API is still officially titled Container Analysis API (containeranalysis.googleapis.com) and IAM roles remain roles/containeranalysis.*." ], "related_ids": [ "container-registry-to-artifact-registry" ], "lineage": [ { "name": "Container Analysis", "date": "2019-04", "event": "GA Release", "note": "Launched to provide container image vulnerability scanning and Grafeas metadata storage." }, { "name": "Artifact Analysis", "date": "2023-05", "event": "Artifact Registry Expansion", "note": "Renamed from Container Analysis to Artifact Analysis as scanning expanded to language packages (Maven, npm, Python, Go) and OS packages." } ], "technical": { "summary": "containeranalysis.googleapis.com, ondemandscanning.googleapis.com | gcloud artifacts docker images scan | roles/containeranalysis.*, roles/ondemandscanning.* | google_container_analysis_note", "apis": [ "containeranalysis.googleapis.com", "ondemandscanning.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud artifacts docker images scan", "gcloud artifacts vulnerabilities" ], "iam": [ "roles/containeranalysis.*", "roles/ondemandscanning.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_container_analysis_note", "google_container_analysis_occurrence" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "API endpoint (containeranalysis.googleapis.com), IAM roles (roles/containeranalysis.*), and Terraform resources (google_container_analysis_*) retain the legacy Container Analysis name." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis", "sources": [ { "title": "Artifact Analysis Overview (formerly known as Container Analysis)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-05" }, { "title": "Artifact Analysis Release Notes", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2023-05" } ] } }, { "id": "cloud-filestore-and-service-tiers", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Cloud Filestore", "Filestore Standard tier", "Filestore Premium tier", "Filestore High Scale SSD tier" ], "current_name": "Filestore", "short_name": null, "also_known_as": [ "Filestore Basic HDD", "Filestore Basic SSD", "Filestore Zonal", "Filestore Regional", "Filestore Enterprise" ], "summary": "Fully managed NFS file storage service for Compute Engine VMs and Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.", "notes": [ "Originally launched as Cloud Filestore in July 2018 and shortened to Filestore in April 2020.", "On November 16, 2022, Filestore renamed its Standard tier to Basic HDD and its Premium tier to Basic SSD; on November 2, 2023, the High Scale SSD tier evolved into the Zonal tier.", "The underlying API (file.googleapis.com) is still titled 'Cloud Filestore API' and continues accepting legacy tier enum values (STANDARD, PREMIUM, HIGH_SCALE_SSD) alongside BASIC_HDD, BASIC_SSD, ZONAL, REGIONAL, and ENTERPRISE." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Cloud Filestore", "date": "2018-07-12", "event": "Beta Launch (GA April 2019)", "note": "Launched as Cloud Filestore with Standard and Premium service tiers." }, { "name": "Filestore", "date": "2020-04-20", "event": "Prefix Simplification (Service Tiers Renamed Nov 2022 & Nov 2023)", "note": "Product name shortened from Cloud Filestore to Filestore (with Standard, Premium, and High Scale SSD tiers subsequently renamed to Basic HDD, Basic SSD, and Zonal tiers in Nov 2022 and Nov 2023)." } ], "technical": { "summary": "file.googleapis.com | gcloud filestore | roles/file.* | google_filestore_instance", "apis": [ "file.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud filestore" ], "iam": [ "roles/file.*" ], "terraform": [ "google_filestore_instance" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "file.googleapis.com is still titled Cloud Filestore API and supports both legacy (STANDARD, PREMIUM, HIGH_SCALE_SSD) and current (BASIC_HDD, BASIC_SSD, ZONAL, REGIONAL, ENTERPRISE) tier enum identifiers." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://cloud.google.com/filestore", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/filestore/docs/service-tiers", "sources": [ { "title": "Filestore Release Notes (Nov 16, 2022 and Nov 2, 2023 tier name changes)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/filestore/docs/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2022-11-16" }, { "title": "Filestore Service Tiers Documentation", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/filestore/docs/service-tiers", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2023-11-02" } ] } }, { "id": "security-foundations-blueprint-to-enterprise-foundations-blueprint", "category_id": "compute-storage-security-infra", "change_type": "rebrand", "legacy_names": [ "Security Foundations Blueprint", "Google Cloud Security Foundations Blueprint", "Security Foundations Guide", "Google Cloud Security Foundations Guide" ], "current_name": "Enterprise Foundations Blueprint", "short_name": "Enterprise foundations blueprint", "also_known_as": [ "terraform-example-foundation", "Cloud Foundation Toolkit (CFT) Example Foundation" ], "summary": "Reference landing-zone architecture guide and deployable Cloud Foundation Toolkit (CFT) Terraform blueprint for enterprise governance, networking, and security on Google Cloud.", "notes": [ "Official Cloud Architecture Center documentation states: 'The enterprise foundations blueprint (formerly known as the security foundations blueprint) is intended for architects, security practitioners, and platform engineering teams who are responsible for designing an enterprise-ready environment on Google Cloud.'", "On December 20, 2023, the Cloud Architecture Center officially rebranded the 'Security foundations blueprint' (originally launched in 2020 as the 'Google Cloud security foundations guide') to the 'Enterprise foundations blueprint' to reflect broader platform-engineering, networking, and operational coverage beyond security alone.", "The deployable Terraform assets remain hosted in the official Cloud Foundation Toolkit repository 'terraform-google-modules/terraform-example-foundation', and the documentation URL path retains the legacy '/architecture/blueprints/security-foundations' slug." ], "related_ids": [], "lineage": [ { "name": "Google Cloud Security Foundations Guide", "date": "2020-08-07", "event": "Initial Guide & CFT v1.0.0 Launch", "note": "Launched alongside v1.0.0 of the terraform-example-foundation repository in the Cloud Foundation Toolkit (CFT) as Google Cloud's prescriptive landing-zone security guide." }, { "name": "Security Foundations Blueprint", "date": "2021-05-03", "event": "Blueprint v2.0.0 Evolution", "note": "Adopted the 'Security foundations blueprint' naming pairing the Cloud Architecture Center guide with deployable Cloud Foundation Toolkit Terraform stages (0-bootstrap through 5-app-infra)." }, { "name": "Enterprise Foundations Blueprint", "date": "2023-12-20", "event": "Cloud Architecture Center Rebrand", "note": "Rebranded from 'Security foundations blueprint' to 'Enterprise foundations blueprint' during a major rewrite expanding coverage across enterprise governance, networking, observability, and CI/CD." } ], "technical": { "summary": "terraform-google-modules/terraform-example-foundation | cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com, iam.googleapis.com, securitycenter.googleapis.com, accesscontextmanager.googleapis.com | gcloud beta terraform vet", "apis": [ "cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com", "iam.googleapis.com", "orgpolicy.googleapis.com", "accesscontextmanager.googleapis.com", "securitycenter.googleapis.com" ], "cli": [ "gcloud beta terraform vet", "cft" ], "iam": [ "roles/resourcemanager.organizationAdmin", "roles/orgpolicy.policyAdmin", "roles/accesscontextmanager.policyAdmin" ], "terraform": [ "terraform-google-modules/terraform-example-foundation", "google_organization_policy", "google_access_context_manager_service_perimeter" ], "deprecated": false, "note": "The deployable GitHub repository retains the name terraform-google-modules/terraform-example-foundation (part of the Cloud Foundation Toolkit), and the official documentation URL retains the legacy /architecture/blueprints/security-foundations path." }, "links": { "product_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/terraform/blueprints/terraform-blueprints", "docs_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/architecture/blueprints/security-foundations", "sources": [ { "title": "Enterprise foundations blueprint (formerly known as the security foundations blueprint)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/architecture/blueprints/security-foundations", "type": "architecture_guide", "date": "2025-05-15" }, { "title": "Cloud Architecture Center Release Notes (December 20, 2023: Rebranded as Enterprise foundations blueprint)", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/architecture/release-notes", "type": "release_notes", "date": "2023-12-20" }, { "title": "GitHub — terraform-google-modules/terraform-example-foundation (Cloud Foundation Toolkit)", "url": "https://github.com/terraform-google-modules/terraform-example-foundation", "type": "official_docs", "date": "2026-10-09" } ] } } ], "api_namespace_rules": [ { "id": "api-rule-discoveryengine", "namespace": "discoveryengine", "label": "Discovery Engine (discoveryengine)", "deprecated": false, "status_note": "No (Current active backend)", "product_names_in_docs": [ "Agent Search", "Gemini Enterprise", "AI Commerce Search (Agent Search for Commerce)" ], "technical_names_in_code": [ "Discovery Engine API (discoveryengine.googleapis.com)", "roles/discoveryengine.*", "google-cloud-discoveryengine" ], "related_ids": [ "google-agentspace-to-gemini-enterprise", "vertex-ai-agent-builder-split", "vertex-ai-search-to-agent-search", "vertex-ai-search-datastore-mcp", "vertex-ai-search-for-commerce" ] }, { "id": "api-rule-vectorsearch", "namespace": "vectorsearch", "label": "Vector Search 2.0 / Agent Retrieval (vectorsearch)", "deprecated": false, "status_note": "No (Current active API for Agent Retrieval)", "product_names_in_docs": [ "Agent Retrieval (formerly Vertex AI Vector Search 2.0)" ], "technical_names_in_code": [ "Vector Search API (vectorsearch.googleapis.com)", "gcloud vector-search collections", "roles/vectorsearch.*" ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-vector-search" ] }, { "id": "api-rule-dlp", "namespace": "dlp", "label": "DLP (dlp)", "deprecated": false, "status_note": "No (Current active API)", "product_names_in_docs": [ "Sensitive Data Protection" ], "technical_names_in_code": [ "DLP API / Cloud Data Loss Prevention API (dlp.googleapis.com)", "roles/dlp.*" ], "related_ids": [ "cloud-dlp-to-sensitive-data-protection", "dlp-api-disambiguation" ] }, { "id": "api-rule-aiplatform", "namespace": "aiplatform", "label": "Vertex AI / AI Platform (aiplatform)", "deprecated": false, "status_note": "No (Current active API)", "product_names_in_docs": [ "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Agent Platform)", "Agent Studio", "Agent Runtime", "Vector Search" ], "technical_names_in_code": [ "Vertex AI API / Agent Platform API (aiplatform.googleapis.com)", "roles/aiplatform.*" ], "related_ids": [ "vertex-ai-to-agent-platform", "vertex-ai-agent-builder-split", "vertex-ai-studio-to-agent-studio", "vertex-ai-agent-engine-to-agent-runtime", "vertex-ai-pipelines-to-agent-platform-pipelines", "vertex-ai-training-to-agent-platform-managed-training", "vertex-ai-feature-store-to-agent-platform-feature-store", "vertex-ai-vector-search", "vertex-ai-model-garden-to-gemini-platform", "vertex-ai-model-registry-to-agent-platform-model-registry", "vertex-ai-experiments-to-agent-platform-experiments", "vertex-ai-vizier-to-agent-platform-vizier", "ray-on-vertex-ai-to-ray-on-agent-platform" ] }, { "id": "api-rule-dataplex", "namespace": "dataplex", "label": "Dataplex (dataplex)", "deprecated": false, "status_note": "No (Current active API)", "product_names_in_docs": [ "Knowledge Catalog" ], "technical_names_in_code": [ "Cloud Dataplex API (dataplex.googleapis.com)", "gcloud dataplex", "roles/dataplex.*" ], "related_ids": [ "dataplex-to-knowledge-catalog" ] }, { "id": "api-rule-datacatalog", "namespace": "datacatalog", "label": "Data Catalog (datacatalog)", "deprecated": true, "status_note": "Yes (Deprecated; June 2026 shutdown, except BigQuery Policy Tags)", "product_names_in_docs": [ "Knowledge Catalog" ], "technical_names_in_code": [ "Migrate catalog workloads off datacatalog.googleapis.com to dataplex.googleapis.com (Policy Tags remain on datacatalog.googleapis.com)" ], "related_ids": [ "dataplex-to-knowledge-catalog" ] }, { "id": "api-rule-cloudfunctions", "namespace": "cloudfunctions", "label": "Cloud Functions (cloudfunctions)", "deprecated": false, "status_note": "No (Current active API/CLI)", "product_names_in_docs": [ "Cloud Run functions" ], "technical_names_in_code": [ "Cloud Functions v2 API (cloudfunctions.googleapis.com)", "gcloud functions", "roles/cloudfunctions.*" ], "related_ids": [ "cloud-functions-to-cloud-run-functions" ] }, { "id": "api-rule-containerregistry", "namespace": "containerregistry", "label": "Container Registry (containerregistry)", "deprecated": true, "status_note": "Yes (Deprecated May 2023; Shut down March 18, 2025)", "product_names_in_docs": [ "Artifact Registry" ], "technical_names_in_code": [ "Migrate off containerregistry.googleapis.com to artifactregistry.googleapis.com (gcloud artifacts)" ], "related_ids": [ "container-registry-to-artifact-registry", "container-analysis-to-artifact-analysis" ] } ] }