Vertex AI Workbench Agent Platform Workbench
Legacy names Vertex AI Workbench, Vertex AI Workbench Instances, AI Platform Notebooks, Cloud Datalab
Managed JupyterLab notebook development environment for data science and machine learning on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
Naming timeline
- AI Platform Notebooks
Launched on notebooks.googleapis.com as a managed JupyterLab VM service succeeding Cloud Datalab (reached GA on March 31, 2020).
- Vertex AI Workbench
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.
- Agent Platform WorkbenchCurrent name
Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as Agent Platform Workbench (and Agent Platform Workbench Instances).
What is Vertex AI Workbench called now?
Vertex AI Workbench is now called Agent Platform Workbench, with the latest change in October 2025 (Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Vertex AI Workbench Instances, AI Platform Notebooks, Cloud Datalab. Managed JupyterLab notebook development environment for data science and machine learning on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.
Also known as
- Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Workbench
- Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Notebooks
- Agent Platform Workbench Instances
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.
| REST / gRPC APIs | notebooks.googleapis.com aiplatform.googleapis.com |
|---|---|
| gcloud / CLI Commands | gcloud workbench gcloud workbench instances gcloud workbench schedules gcloud workbench executions gcloud notebooks |
| IAM Predefined Roles | roles/notebooks.* |
| Terraform Resources | google_workbench_instance google_notebooks_* |
Workbench instances use the notebooks.googleapis.com v2 API (gcloud workbench / google_workbench_instance), while scheduled notebook runs use aiplatform.notebookExecutionJobs and aiplatform.schedules.
Notes & disambiguation
- 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.
Sources & official documentation
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