Cloud and AI announcements, Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2026
149 announcements
50 AWS · 59 Google Cloud · 11 Azure · 17 Cloudflare · 12 AI providers
Announcements from AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Cloudflare and the main AI providers in one searchable changelog, with daily, weekly and monthly digests.
Friday, October 30
- Public Preview: Support database-level managed identity (including FIC) in Create Database Scoped Credential T-SQLAzure · Azure SQL Database · Databases
AWS WAF announces automatic SDK integration for Amazon CloudFront distributionsAWS · AWS WAF · Amazon CloudFront · Security, identity and compliance- Backup and DR: edit existing Cloud SQL backup plans, including rules and retentionGoogle Cloud · Backup and DR · Storage
- Bigtable views discoverable in Knowledge Catalog, now generally availableGoogle Cloud · Bigtable · Databases
- Datastream integration with Knowledge Catalog generally availableGoogle Cloud · Datastream · Media, games and IoT
- Google SecOps for SAP generally available, with SAP-specific YARA-L rulesGoogle Cloud · SAP on Google Cloud
- Computer Use tool generally available in the Interactions and GenerateContent APIsGoogle Gemini API · Gemini API · AI and machine learning
- GPT-6 Rosalind released for life sciences research via trusted accessOpenAI · OpenAI API · AI and machine learning
AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports Apache Iceberg table optimization in the US West (N. California) RegionAWS · AWS Glue · Analytics- Audit Logs - Audit Logs v2: Account analyticsCloudflare · Audit Logs · Analytics
- Workers, BYOIP, Bots - Workers subrequests now preserve context for BYOIP destinationsCloudflare · Workers · BYOIP · Serverless
- DNS - New DNS records experience is now the default for everyoneCloudflare · DNS · Networking and content delivery
Thursday, October 29
- Generally Available: Large OS Disk Encryption for Azure Confidential VM migrationsAzure
- AWS Marketplace now enables partners to list once and sell through multiple subsidiary accountsAWS · Regions, marketplace and partners
Amazon RDS for Oracle and SQL Server now support storage autoscaling on additional storage volumesAWS · Amazon RDS · Databases- Generally Available: HTTP DDoS ruleset for Azure Front Door Premium WAFAzure · Azure Front Door · Web Application Firewall · Networking and content delivery
- Generally Available: Azure MCP Server 3.0Azure · SDKs · Developer tools, web and mobile
Amazon Aurora now supports post-quantum TLS key exchangeAWS · Amazon Aurora · Databases
Amazon MSK Connect now supports updating connector plugins and worker configurationsAWS · Amazon MSK · Analytics- Grok Voice 2.0 deprecationxAI · xAI API · AI and machine learning
- Grok Voice 3.0 is availablexAI · xAI API · AI and machine learning
- grok-voice-transcribe-1.0 end of lifexAI · xAI API · AI and machine learning
- Custom moderation controlsxAI · xAI API · AI and machine learning
- AlloyDB AI pre-registers Gemini 3.x models and semantic-ranker-512 reranking modelGoogle Cloud · AlloyDB for PostgreSQL · Databases
- Anti Money Laundering AI releases minor engine version aml-retail.default.v004.011.202610-000Google Cloud · Anti Money Laundering AI · AI and machine learning
- Apigee hybrid announcementGoogle Cloud · Apigee hybrid · Application integration
- Dataflow Streaming Engine autoscaling adds latency tiers and autoscaling schedulesGoogle Cloud · Dataflow · Analytics
- Managed OpenTelemetry for GKE generally available on 1.37.1-gke.1697000 or laterGoogle Cloud · Google Kubernetes Engine · Compute and containers
- Operations in Emerging Threats Center generally available in Google SecOpsGoogle Cloud · Google SecOps · Security, identity and compliance
- IAM basic roles Admin, Writer and Reader generally availableGoogle Cloud · Identity and Access Management · Security, identity and compliance
- Looker 26.22 begins deployment to Rapid and No Channel; Regular stays at 26.18Google Cloud · Looker · Analytics
- Looker renames Conversational Analytics API to Looker API in System Activity dashboardGoogle Cloud · Looker · Analytics
- Looker Explore and merge query experience and bullet charts generally availableGoogle Cloud · Looker · Analytics
- Model Armor available in Brazil (southamerica-east1) with data residencyGoogle Cloud · Model Armor · Security, identity and compliance
- ABAP SDK for Google Cloud 1.15 generally available, with binary file downloadsGoogle Cloud · SAP on Google Cloud
- VPC Service Controls adds App Optimize API support in previewGoogle Cloud · VPC Service Controls · Networking and content delivery
- Usage and Cost Analytics API in beta; Usage and Cost API now legacyAnthropic · Claude Platform · AI and machine learning
ACM now supports ACME for public certificates in AWS GovCloud (US)AWS · AWS Certificate Manager · Security, identity and compliance
AWS Backup now supports cross-account management and cross-account backup in the AWS European Sovereign CloudAWS · AWS Organizations · AWS Backup · Management, governance and cost
AWS DataSync Enhanced mode now supports Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, FSx for NetApp ONTAP, and Red Hat OpenShift VirtualizationAWS · AWS DataSync · Amazon FSx NetApp ONTAP · Migration and transfer
Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) is now available in additional RegionsAWS · Amazon DynamoDB · Databases
Amazon Managed Grafana now supports in-place upgrade to Grafana version 13.2AWS · Amazon CloudWatch · Amazon Managed Service for Grafana · Management, governance and cost
Amazon SageMaker AI now supports SOCI-indexed images to start training jobs in secondsAWS · Amazon ECR · Amazon SageMaker
AWS Step Functions workflows now available as AI agent toolsAWS · AWS Step Functions · Amazon Bedrock- Agents - Agents SDK: Agent Skills are files in your agent's WorkspaceCloudflare · Agents · AI and machine learning
- Data Localization Suite, SSL/TLS - View your data localization settings in one dashboard pageCloudflare · Data Localization Suite · SSL/TLS · Security, identity and compliance
Wednesday, October 28
- Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports September 2026 Monthly Recommended PatchAWS · Amazon RDS · Databases
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore CLI version 1.0 is now availableAWS · Amazon Bedrock · AI and machine learning- Public endpoints for Amazon ElastiCache Serverless now in AWS GovCloud (US)AWS
AWS Lambda supports Seekable OCI (SOCI) lazy loading for Lambda Managed InstancesAWS · AWS Lambda · Serverless
Introducing time series collections for the next generation of Amazon OpenSearch ServerlessAWS · Amazon OpenSearch Service · Serverless- Quick now supports smart approvals for agentic actionsAWS · Business applications and end-user computing
Amazon EKS Dashboard now provides fleet-wide visibility into certificate authority (CA) rotationAWS · Amazon EKS · Security, identity and compliance
Amazon ECS Managed Instances adds cross-instance and Spot consolidationAWS · Amazon ECS · Compute and containers- AWS Lambda durable functions now exports live telemetry for execution insightsAWS · AWS Lambda · Serverless
- Announcing: Migrate Azure Container Apps logging destination from Log Analytics to Azure MonitorAzure · Azure Container Apps · Compute and containers
- Amazon EKS Auto Mode now supports Kubernetes Gateway APIAWS · Amazon EKS · Compute and containers
- Public Preview: Cross Tenant Restore with Azure BackupAzure · Azure Backup · Management, governance and cost
- Generally Available: Marketplace private offer enhancementsAzure · Microsoft Azure portal · Management, governance and cost
- AlloyDB ScaNN four-level tree indexes GA, supporting up to 10 billion vector rowsGoogle Cloud · AlloyDB for PostgreSQL · Databases
- AlloyDB IAM group authentication generally available for PostgreSQL 15 and laterGoogle Cloud · AlloyDB for PostgreSQL · Databases
- Application Integration agent skills available in the google/skills repositoryGoogle Cloud · Application Integration · Application integration
- Bigtable microsecond timestamp granularity generally available in Enterprise PlusGoogle Cloud · Bigtable · Databases
- Database Migration Service supports SQL Server DAG migrations, generally availableGoogle Cloud · Cloud Database Migration Service · Migration and transfer
- Cloud SQL for MySQL managed replica indexes generally availableGoogle Cloud · Cloud SQL for MySQL · Databases
- Confidential Space image 261001 removes compromised CAs, adds non-root containersGoogle Cloud · Confidential Space
- Gemini Enterprise adds Brazil (br) region, GA with allowlistGoogle Cloud · Gemini Enterprise · AI and machine learning
- Google SecOps ends legacy chronicle-tla BigQuery exports for non-Enterprise+ customersGoogle Cloud · Google SecOps · Security, identity and compliance
- Google SecOps Marketplace adds SAP ERP integration and Ask Threat Intelligence Agent actionGoogle Cloud · Google SecOps Marketplace · Security, identity and compliance
- Google SecOps SIEM ends legacy chronicle-tla BigQuery exports for non-Enterprise+Google Cloud · Google SecOps SIEM · Security, identity and compliance
- Media CDN adds EU data residency in Private GA, flexible shielding in FrankfurtGoogle Cloud · Media CDN · Networking and content delivery
- Memorystore for Redis Cluster basic token-based authentication generally availableGoogle Cloud · Memorystore for Redis Cluster · Databases
- Messages and Token Counting APIs raise max request size from 32 MB to 128 MBAnthropic · Claude Platform · AI and machine learning
- ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can claim up to $500 monthly in API creditsOpenAI · OpenAI API · AI and machine learning
- AWS Agent Registry is now available in four additional AWS RegionsAWS · Amazon Bedrock
AWS Backup adds restore testing support for Amazon RedshiftAWS · Amazon Redshift · AWS Backup · Storage- AWS IAM Identity Center's Identity Store now supports change notifications through Amazon EventBridgeAWS · AWS Lambda · AWS IAM Identity Center · Security, identity and compliance
Announcing the AWS Marketplace and Amazon Business unified storefrontAWS · AWS Marketplace- Agents, Browser Run - Agents SDK: Preview dev servers in the browser without public URLsCloudflare · Agents · Browser Run · AI and machine learning
- China Network, Challenges, Bots - China-native Challenge Pages for the China NetworkCloudflare · China Network · Challenges · Networking and content delivery
- Access, Cloudflare One - Filter MCP tool-call analytics by response statusCloudflare · Access · Cloudflare One · Security, identity and compliance
- Workers, Cloudflare CLI - Serve Workers Static Assets from a URL path prefixCloudflare · Workers · Cloudflare CLI · Serverless
- Workers VPC - Select a virtual network for VPC Network bindingsCloudflare · Workers VPC · Serverless
- Workers - Workers Builds now retains builds and build logs for 90 daysCloudflare · Workers · Serverless
Tuesday, October 27
Amazon ECS now supports GPU sharing with NVIDIA Multi-Process Service (MPS)AWS · AWS Fargate · Amazon ECS · Compute and containers- Generally Available: Higher limit of Azure Blob Storage accounts per region per subscriptionAzure · Azure Blob Storage · Storage
SageMaker MLflow Apps now support MLflow 3.16AWS · Amazon SageMaker · AI and machine learning
Amazon Connect Customer supports inline attachment previewsAWS · Amazon Connect · Business applications and end-user computing- Generally Available: Cost management and tagging for Claude models in Microsoft FoundryAzure · Microsoft Foundry · AI and machine learning
- Generally Available: Azure Front Door profile and route level WAF policiesAzure · Azure Front Door · Web Application Firewall · Networking and content delivery
- Amazon Aurora serverless now supports up to 384 ACUsAWS · Amazon Aurora · Databases
Amazon ElastiCache expands data tiering to R8gd and R7gd nodes in Europe (Spain) and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)AWS · Amazon ElastiCache · Databases- Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey now supports changing durability on existing clustersAWS · Amazon ElastiCache · Databases
Amazon Corretto October 2026 Patch UpdatesAWS · Amazon Corretto · Developer tools, web and mobile- AlloyDB AI adds ai.extract and ai.classify in Preview, renames function parametersGoogle Cloud · AlloyDB for PostgreSQL · Databases
- Apigee API Health & Availability dashboard generally available in Cloud MonitoringGoogle Cloud · Apigee X · Application integration
- BigQuery Studio Git repositories and Data Engineering Agent Google Drive input are GAGoogle Cloud · BigQuery · Analytics
- Bigtable queries individual fields in Avro records using Avro schema bundles, in PreviewGoogle Cloud · Bigtable · Databases
- Cloud DNS CNAME chasing follows chains between public and private zones from Jan 5, 2027Google Cloud · Cloud DNS · Networking and content delivery
- Regular expression URL rewrites (regexRewrite) generally available for Application Load BalancersGoogle Cloud · Cloud Load Balancing · Networking and content delivery
- Cloud SDK 591.0.0 fixes gcloud components update hang on macOSGoogle Cloud · Cloud SDK · Developer tools, web and mobile
- Config Connector version 1.160.0 releasedGoogle Cloud · Config Connector · Management, governance and cost
- Config Connector adds alpha direct reconciler resources, including CCInsightsAnalysisRuleGoogle Cloud · Config Connector · Management, governance and cost
- Container-Optimized OS adds KVM support for AMD CPUID faulting, nvidia-container-toolkit on ARMGoogle Cloud · Container Optimized OS
- Gemini Robotics ER 2 in Preview; xAI Grok 4.7 generally availableGoogle Cloud · Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform · AI and machine learning
- Gemini Enterprise custom MCP servers get VPC connectivity and static IP egress, GAGoogle Cloud · Gemini Enterprise · AI and machine learning
- Cloud Armor custom CEL rules can match request body and query parameters, GAGoogle Cloud · Google Cloud Armor · Security, identity and compliance
- VMware solution on Google Cloud generally available, on bare-metal ESXi nodesGoogle Cloud · Google Cloud VMware Engine · Compute and containers
- GDC bare metal: corrected fix versions for Metrics API TLS errors after CA rotationGoogle Cloud · Google Distributed Cloud (software only) for bare metal · Compute and containers
- Looker-Excel Connector ODBC driver version 1.0.7 available to downloadGoogle Cloud · Looker · Analytics
- Model Armor templates testable in console with custom prompts, now GAGoogle Cloud · Model Armor · Security, identity and compliance
- Oracle Database@Google Cloud adds Exadata Database Service in northamerica-south1Google Cloud · Oracle Database@Google Cloud · Databases
- Spanner supports ON DELETE SET NULL foreign key actionGoogle Cloud · Spanner · Databases
- Gemini API CLI (gemini-api) in beta for coding agents, scripts and CI pipelinesGoogle Gemini API · Gemini API · AI and machine learning
- Amazon Bedrock now offers Canada cross-Region inference for Claude Haiku 5.5AWS · Amazon Bedrock · AI and machine learning
Amazon Neptune now supports online index rebuild to reclaim storageAWS · Amazon Neptune · Storage- Cloudflare One, Access - Fully customize user-facing Access pagesCloudflare · Cloudflare One · Access · Security, identity and compliance
- Analytics - SQL API introspection: `include_attributes` parameterCloudflare · Analytics · Analytics
- Workflows, Workers - Restrict Workflows to a jurisdictionCloudflare · Workflows · Workers · Compute and containers
Monday, October 26
- Amazon ECR now supports replication backfill for existing container imagesAWS · Amazon ECR · Compute and containers
- OpenAI GPT-6.1 Terra is now generally available on Amazon BedrockAWS · Amazon Bedrock · AI and machine learning
- Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances now supports ModifyVolume APIAWS
- Generally Available: Network Watcher VNet flow logs filteringAzure · Network Watcher · Management, governance and cost
Amazon IVS Low-Latency Streaming now provides a failover slateAWS · Amazon IVS- Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio adds light mode support for IDC-based domainsAWS · Amazon SageMaker · Analytics
- Amazon Connect Customer expands testing and simulation to validate flow action outcomesAWS · Amazon Connect · Business applications and end-user computing
- Amazon Connect Customer now lets you view metrics by customer lifetime value and repeat-caller statusAWS · Business applications and end-user computing
- Amazon Connect Customer now measures the outcomes that drive retention and revenueAWS · Business applications and end-user computing
- Agent Platform Workbench custom organization policies generally availableGoogle Cloud · Agent Platform Workbench · AI and machine learning
- Apigee X sends MCP header and cookie arguments to their declared OpenAPI locationGoogle Cloud · Apigee X · Application integration
- BigQuery conversation logging GA; Python UDF volume mounts and REGEXP_EXTRACT_GROUPS in PreviewGoogle Cloud · BigQuery · Analytics
- Database Migration Service creates conversion workspaces from schema files in Cloud StorageGoogle Cloud · Cloud Database Migration Service · Migration and transfer
- Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform adds user intent matching control and GA Cloud Storage image outputGoogle Cloud · Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform · AI and machine learning
- GKE C4D bare metal machine types generally availableGoogle Cloud · Google Kubernetes Engine · Compute and containers
- Knowledge Catalog Data lineage supports Looker (Google Cloud core), now GAGoogle Cloud · Knowledge Catalog
- Looker (Google Cloud core) data lineage and Looker-managed MCP server generally availableGoogle Cloud · Looker · Analytics
- Model Armor enforces data residency compliance constraint by default, now GAGoogle Cloud · Model Armor · Security, identity and compliance
- Oracle Database@Google Cloud remote MCP server generally availableGoogle Cloud · Oracle Database@Google Cloud · Databases
- Generate Content API now stores requests by default for new paid-tier projectsGoogle Gemini API · Gemini API · AI and machine learning
- GPT-6.1 Terra released for visual reasoning, computer use and writingOpenAI · OpenAI API · AI and machine learning
AWS IAM Identity Center now supports cross-Region trusted identity propagationAWS · AWS IAM Identity Center · Security, identity and compliance
AWS EC2 Auto Scaling now supports Launch Before Terminate at account-level to replace instancesAWS · Amazon EC2 · Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling · Compute and containers
AWS Key Management Service now supports ML-KEM for post-quantum key encapsulationAWS · AWS Cryptography · AWS KMS · Compute and containers
AWS Elemental MediaConnect Router now supports endpoint connection managementAWS · AWS Resource Access Manager · AWS Elemental MediaConnect · Media, games and IoT- Amazon RDS now supports the latest Cumulative Update and GDR updates for Microsoft SQL ServerAWS · Amazon RDS for SQL Server · Databases
- AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports OAuth for Apache Iceberg REST Catalog APIsAWS · AWS Glue · Analytics
- Agents, Workers - Cloudflare Computer now helps agents recover from interruptions and wait for approvalCloudflare · Agents · Workers · AI and machine learning
- DNS - Advanced Nameservers use a nameserver typeCloudflare · DNS · Networking and content delivery
- Workers - Workers tracing — new spanContext(), setStatus(), and updateName() APIsCloudflare · Workers · Serverless
