Google Cloud SDK 231.0.0 introduces several new features, including BigQuery BI Engine reservations, export/import functionality for the Cloud Datastore Emulator, and advanced disk configuration options in Compute Engine. Key flags were promoted to beta or GA across Compute Engine, Firebase Test Lab, and Kubernetes Engine, enhancing instance group management, disk creation, and test reliability. This release also updates the App Engine Python SDK and includes a breaking change related to Cloud SQL error messaging.

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Breaking Changes

  • Updated the error messaging associated with failed long-running operations in Cloud SQL.

New Features by Service

BigQuery

  • Added the --ignore_unknown_values flag to the bq mkdef command.
    • Flags: --ignore_unknown_values
  • Added support for BigQuery BI Engine reservations in the bq command-line interface.

Cloud Datastore Emulator

  • Implemented export and import functionality for the Cloud Datastore Emulator (version 2.1.0).

Compute Engine

  • Promoted the gcloud compute instance-groups managed update command to beta, along with the --health-check, --initial-delay, and --clear-autohealing flags.
    • Flags: --health-check, --initial-delay, --clear-autohealing
  • Promoted the --hostname flag of the gcloud compute instances create command to General Availability (GA).
    • Flags: --hostname
  • Added the --physical-block-size flag to the gcloud beta compute disks create command.
    • Flags: --physical-block-size

Firebase Test Lab

  • Added the --num-flaky-test-attempts flag to gcloud beta firebase test android run and gcloud beta firebase test ios run commands for rerunning failed test executions.
    • Flags: --num-flaky-test-attempts

Kubernetes Engine

  • Promoted the --security-group flag of gcloud container clusters create to beta, enabling support for Google Groups in Kubernetes RBAC rules.
    • Flags: --security-group

API Changes

App Engine

  • Updated the underlying Python App Engine SDK to version 1.9.82.

Stats

  • Files changed: 168
  • Inserted lines: +12,435
  • Deleted lines: -2,843

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