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Memorystore for Memcached Memorystore for Valkey

Legacy names Memorystore for Memcached, Cloud Memorystore, Cloud Memorystore for Memcached

Fully managed in-memory key-value data store built on open-source Valkey.

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  1. Memorystore for Memcached

    · Beta Launch (GA Feb 2021)

    Launched as a managed Memcached service under Cloud Memorystore.

  2. Memorystore for ValkeyCurrent name

    · Memcached Deprecation & Migration to Valkey (Valkey Launched Oct 2024)

    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).

What replaced Memorystore for Memcached?

Memorystore for Memcached has been superseded by Memorystore for Valkey, with the latest change on 20 January 2026 (Memcached Deprecation & Migration to Valkey (Valkey Launched Oct 2024)). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Cloud Memorystore, Cloud Memorystore for Memcached. Fully managed in-memory key-value data store built on open-source Valkey. The underlying legacy API or CLI surface is deprecated, so a technical migration is required.

Also known as

  • Memorystore for Redis
  • Memorystore for Redis Cluster

Technical identifiers

Legacy identifiers deprecated. The underlying API or CLI surface for the legacy name is officially deprecated, so this change requires a technical migration rather than a label update.

REST / gRPC APIsmemorystore.googleapis.com memcache.googleapis.com
gcloud / CLI Commandsgcloud memorystore gcloud memcache
IAM Predefined Rolesroles/memorystore.* roles/memcache.*
Terraform Resourcesgoogle_memorystore_instance google_memcache_instance

memcache.googleapis.com (Memorystore for Memcached) was deprecated on January 20, 2026 in favor of Memorystore for Valkey (memorystore.googleapis.com).

Notes & disambiguation

  • 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').

Sources & official documentation

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