Cloud and AI announcements, Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2026
108 announcements
34 AWS · 45 Google Cloud · 9 Azure · 12 Cloudflare · 8 AI providers
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Subscribe- 29OctGenerally Available: HTTP DDoS Ruleset for Azure Front Door Premium WAFAzure · Azure Front Door · Web Application Firewall · Networking and content delivery
- 29OctGenerally Available: Azure MCP Server 3.0Azure · SDKs · Developer tools, web and mobile
- 29OctGrok Voice 2.0 deprecationxAI · xAI API · AI and machine learning
- 29OctGrok Voice 3.0 is availablexAI · xAI API · AI and machine learning
- 29Octgrok-voice-transcribe-1.0 end of lifexAI · xAI API · AI and machine learning
- 29OctCustom moderation controlsxAI · xAI API · AI and machine learning
- 29OctAnti Money Laundering AI releases minor engine version aml-retail.default.v004.011.202610-000Google Cloud · Anti Money Laundering AI · AI and machine learning
- 29OctDataflow Streaming Engine autoscaling adds latency tiers and autoscaling schedulesGoogle Cloud · Dataflow · Analytics
- 29OctModel Armor available in Brazil (southamerica-east1) with data residencyGoogle Cloud · Model Armor · Security, identity and compliance
- 29OctABAP SDK for Google Cloud 1.15 generally available, with binary file downloadsGoogle Cloud · SAP on Google Cloud
- 28OctAmazon RDS for Oracle now supports September 2026 Monthly Recommended PatchAWS · Amazon RDS · Databases
- 28OctAmazon Bedrock AgentCore CLI version 1.0 is now availableAWS · Amazon Bedrock · AI and machine learning
- 28OctAWS Lambda supports Seekable OCI (SOCI) lazy loading for Lambda Managed InstancesAWS · AWS Lambda · Serverless
- 28OctIntroducing time series collections for the next generation of Amazon OpenSearch ServerlessAWS · Amazon OpenSearch Service · Serverless
- 28OctQuick now supports smart approvals for agentic actionsAWS · Business applications and end-user computing
- 28OctAmazon EKS Dashboard now provides fleet-wide visibility into certificate authority (CA) rotationAWS · Amazon EKS · Security, identity and compliance
- 28OctAmazon ECS Managed Instances adds cross-instance and Spot consolidationAWS · Amazon ECS · Compute and containers
- 28OctAWS Lambda durable functions now exports live telemetry for execution insightsAWS · AWS Lambda · Serverless
- 28OctAnnouncing: Migrate Azure Container Apps logging destination from Log Analytics to Azure MonitorAzure · Azure Container Apps · Compute and containers
- 28OctAmazon EKS Auto Mode now supports Kubernetes Gateway APIAWS · Amazon EKS · Compute and containers
- 28OctPublic Preview: Cross Tenant Restore with Azure BackupAzure · Azure Backup · Management, governance and cost
- 28OctGenerally Available: Marketplace private offer enhancementsAzure · Microsoft Azure portal · Management, governance and cost
- 28OctAlloyDB ScaNN four-level tree indexes GA, supporting up to 10 billion vector rowsGoogle Cloud · AlloyDB for PostgreSQL · Databases
- 28OctAlloyDB IAM group authentication generally available for PostgreSQL 15 and laterGoogle Cloud · AlloyDB for PostgreSQL · Databases
- 28OctApplication Integration agent skills available in the google/skills repositoryGoogle Cloud · Application Integration · Application integration
- 28OctBigtable microsecond timestamp granularity generally available in Enterprise PlusGoogle Cloud · Bigtable · Databases
- 28OctDatabase Migration Service supports SQL Server DAG migrations, generally availableGoogle Cloud · Cloud Database Migration Service · Migration and transfer
- 28OctCloud SQL for MySQL managed replica indexes generally availableGoogle Cloud · Cloud SQL for MySQL · Databases
- 28OctConfidential Space image 261001 removes compromised CAs, adds non-root containersGoogle Cloud · Confidential Space
- 28OctGemini Enterprise adds Brazil (br) region, GA with allowlistGoogle Cloud · Gemini Enterprise · AI and machine learning
- 28OctGoogle SecOps ends legacy chronicle-tla BigQuery exports for non-Enterprise+ customersGoogle Cloud · Google SecOps · Security, identity and compliance
- 28OctGoogle SecOps Marketplace adds SAP ERP integration and Ask Threat Intelligence Agent actionGoogle Cloud · Google SecOps Marketplace · Security, identity and compliance
- 28OctGoogle SecOps SIEM ends legacy chronicle-tla BigQuery exports for non-Enterprise+Google Cloud · Google SecOps SIEM · Security, identity and compliance
- 28OctMedia CDN adds EU data residency in Private GA, flexible shielding in FrankfurtGoogle Cloud · Media CDN · Networking and content delivery
- 28OctMemorystore for Redis Cluster basic token-based authentication generally availableGoogle Cloud · Memorystore for Redis Cluster · Databases
- 28OctChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can claim up to $500 monthly in API creditsOpenAI · OpenAI API · AI and machine learning
- 28OctAWS Backup adds restore testing support for Amazon RedshiftAWS · Amazon Redshift · AWS Backup · Storage
- 28OctAWS IAM Identity Center's Identity Store now supports change notifications through Amazon EventBridgeAWS · AWS Lambda · AWS IAM Identity Center · Security, identity and compliance
- 28OctAnnouncing the AWS Marketplace and Amazon Business unified storefrontAWS · AWS Marketplace
- 28OctAgents, Browser Run - Agents SDK: Preview dev servers in the browser without public URLsCloudflare · Agents · Browser Run · AI and machine learning
- 28OctChina Network, Challenges, Bots - China-native Challenge Pages for the China NetworkCloudflare · China Network · Challenges · Networking and content delivery
- 28OctAccess, Cloudflare One - Filter MCP tool-call analytics by response statusCloudflare · Access · Cloudflare One · Security, identity and compliance
- 28OctWorkers, Cloudflare CLI - Serve Workers Static Assets from a URL path prefixCloudflare · Workers · Cloudflare CLI · Serverless
- 28OctWorkers VPC - Select a virtual network for VPC Network bindingsCloudflare · Workers VPC · Serverless
- 28OctWorkers - Workers Builds now retains builds and build logs for 90 daysCloudflare · Workers · Serverless
- 27OctAmazon ECS now supports GPU sharing with NVIDIA Multi-Process Service (MPS)AWS · AWS Fargate · Amazon ECS · Compute and containers
- 27OctGenerally Available: Higher limit of Azure Blob Storage accounts per region per subscriptionAzure · Azure Blob Storage · Storage
- 27OctSageMaker MLflow Apps now support MLflow 3.16AWS · Amazon SageMaker · AI and machine learning
- 27OctAmazon Connect Customer supports inline attachment previewsAWS · Amazon Connect · Business applications and end-user computing
- 27OctGenerally Available: Cost management and tagging for Claude models in Microsoft FoundryAzure · Microsoft Foundry · AI and machine learning
- 27OctGenerally Available: Azure Front Door profile and route level WAF policiesAzure · Azure Front Door · Web Application Firewall · Networking and content delivery
- 27OctAmazon Aurora serverless now supports up to 384 ACUsAWS · Amazon Aurora · Databases
- 27OctAmazon ElastiCache expands data tiering to R8gd and R7gd nodes in Europe (Spain) and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)AWS · Amazon ElastiCache · Databases
- 27OctAmazon ElastiCache for Valkey now supports changing durability on existing clustersAWS · Amazon ElastiCache · Databases
- 27OctAmazon Corretto October 2026 Patch UpdatesAWS · Amazon Corretto · Developer tools, web and mobile
- 27OctAlloyDB AI adds ai.extract and ai.classify in Preview, renames function parametersGoogle Cloud · AlloyDB for PostgreSQL · Databases
- 27OctApigee API Health & Availability dashboard generally available in Cloud MonitoringGoogle Cloud · Apigee X · Application integration
- 27OctBigQuery Studio Git repositories and Data Engineering Agent Google Drive input are GAGoogle Cloud · BigQuery · Analytics
- 27OctBigtable queries individual fields in Avro records using Avro schema bundles, in PreviewGoogle Cloud · Bigtable · Databases
- 27OctCloud DNS CNAME chasing follows chains between public and private zones from Jan 5, 2027Google Cloud · Cloud DNS · Networking and content delivery
- 27OctRegular expression URL rewrites (regexRewrite) generally available for Application Load BalancersGoogle Cloud · Cloud Load Balancing · Networking and content delivery
- 27OctCloud SDK 591.0.0 fixes gcloud components update hang on macOSGoogle Cloud · Cloud SDK · Developer tools, web and mobile
- 27OctConfig Connector version 1.160.0 releasedGoogle Cloud · Config Connector · Management, governance and cost
- 27OctConfig Connector adds alpha direct reconciler resources, including CCInsightsAnalysisRuleGoogle Cloud · Config Connector · Management, governance and cost
- 27OctContainer-Optimized OS adds KVM support for AMD CPUID faulting, nvidia-container-toolkit on ARMGoogle Cloud · Container Optimized OS
- 27OctGemini Robotics ER 2 in Preview; xAI Grok 4.7 generally availableGoogle Cloud · Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform · AI and machine learning
- 27OctGemini Enterprise custom MCP servers get VPC connectivity and static IP egress, GAGoogle Cloud · Gemini Enterprise · AI and machine learning
- 27OctCloud Armor custom CEL rules can match request body and query parameters, GAGoogle Cloud · Google Cloud Armor · Security, identity and compliance
- 27OctVMware solution on Google Cloud generally available, on bare-metal ESXi nodesGoogle Cloud · Google Cloud VMware Engine · Compute and containers
- 27OctLooker-Excel Connector ODBC driver version 1.0.7 available to downloadGoogle Cloud · Looker · Analytics
- 27OctModel Armor templates testable in console with custom prompts, now GAGoogle Cloud · Model Armor · Security, identity and compliance
- 27OctOracle Database@Google Cloud adds Exadata Database Service in northamerica-south1Google Cloud · Oracle Database@Google Cloud · Databases
- 27OctSpanner supports ON DELETE SET NULL foreign key actionGoogle Cloud · Spanner · Databases
- 27OctGemini API CLI (gemini-api) in beta for coding agents, scripts and CI pipelinesGoogle Gemini API · Gemini API · AI and machine learning
- 27OctAmazon Neptune now supports online index rebuild to reclaim storageAWS · Amazon Neptune · Storage
- 27OctCloudflare One, Access - Fully customize user-facing Access pagesCloudflare · Cloudflare One · Access · Security, identity and compliance
- 27OctAnalytics - SQL API introspection: `include_attributes` parameterCloudflare · Analytics · Analytics
- 27OctWorkflows, Workers - Restrict Workflows to a jurisdictionCloudflare · Workflows · Workers · Compute and containers
- 26OctAmazon ECR now supports replication backfill for existing container imagesAWS · Amazon ECR · Compute and containers
- 26OctOpenAI GPT-6.1 Terra is now generally available on Amazon BedrockAWS · Amazon Bedrock · AI and machine learning
- 26OctAmazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances now supports ModifyVolume APIAWS
- 26OctGenerally Available: Network Watcher VNet flow logs filteringAzure · Network Watcher · Management, governance and cost
- 26OctAmazon IVS Low-Latency Streaming now provides a failover slateAWS · Amazon IVS
- 26OctAmazon SageMaker Unified Studio adds light mode support for IDC-based domainsAWS · Amazon SageMaker · Analytics
- 26OctAmazon Connect Customer expands testing and simulation to validate flow action outcomesAWS · Amazon Connect · Business applications and end-user computing
- 26OctAmazon Connect Customer now lets you view metrics by customer lifetime value and repeat-caller statusAWS · Business applications and end-user computing
- 26OctAmazon Connect Customer now measures the outcomes that drive retention and revenueAWS · Business applications and end-user computing
- 26OctAgent Platform Workbench custom organization policies generally availableGoogle Cloud · Agent Platform Workbench · AI and machine learning
- 26OctApigee X sends MCP header and cookie arguments to their declared OpenAPI locationGoogle Cloud · Apigee X · Application integration
- 26OctBigQuery conversation logging GA; Python UDF volume mounts and REGEXP_EXTRACT_GROUPS in PreviewGoogle Cloud · BigQuery · Analytics
- 26OctDatabase Migration Service creates conversion workspaces from schema files in Cloud StorageGoogle Cloud · Cloud Database Migration Service · Migration and transfer
- 26OctGemini Enterprise Agent Platform adds user intent matching control and GA Cloud Storage image outputGoogle Cloud · Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform · AI and machine learning
- 26OctGKE C4D bare metal machine types generally availableGoogle Cloud · Google Kubernetes Engine · Compute and containers
- 26OctKnowledge Catalog Data lineage supports Looker (Google Cloud core), now GAGoogle Cloud · Knowledge Catalog
- 26OctLooker (Google Cloud core) data lineage and Looker-managed MCP server generally availableGoogle Cloud · Looker · Analytics
- 26OctModel Armor enforces data residency compliance constraint by default, now GAGoogle Cloud · Model Armor · Security, identity and compliance
- 26OctOracle Database@Google Cloud remote MCP server generally availableGoogle Cloud · Oracle Database@Google Cloud · Databases
- 26OctGenerate Content API now stores requests by default for new paid-tier projectsGoogle Gemini API · Gemini API · AI and machine learning
- 26OctGPT-6.1 Terra released for visual reasoning, computer use and writingOpenAI · OpenAI API · AI and machine learning
- 26OctAWS IAM Identity Center now supports cross-Region trusted identity propagationAWS · AWS IAM Identity Center · Security, identity and compliance
- 26OctAWS EC2 Auto Scaling now supports Launch Before Terminate at account-level to replace instancesAWS · Amazon EC2 · Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling · Compute and containers
- 26OctAWS Key Management Service now supports ML-KEM for post-quantum key encapsulationAWS · AWS Cryptography · AWS KMS · Compute and containers
- 26OctAWS Elemental MediaConnect Router now supports endpoint connection managementAWS · AWS Resource Access Manager · AWS Elemental MediaConnect · Media, games and IoT
- 26OctAmazon RDS now supports the latest Cumulative Update and GDR updates for Microsoft SQL ServerAWS · Amazon RDS for SQL Server · Databases
- 26OctAWS Glue Data Catalog now supports OAuth for Apache Iceberg REST Catalog APIsAWS · AWS Glue · Analytics
- 26OctAgents, Workers - Cloudflare Computer now helps agents recover from interruptions and wait for approvalCloudflare · Agents · Workers · AI and machine learning
- 26OctDNS - Advanced Nameservers use a nameserver typeCloudflare · DNS · Networking and content delivery
- 26OctWorkers - Workers tracing — new spanContext(), setStatus(), and updateName() APIsCloudflare · Workers · Serverless