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Cloud ChangelogDaily digest · Friday, November 6, 2026
Kimi K3.1 Pro on Bedrock, Gemini Enterprise prepaid credits, Terraform 1.16.5 paid in Infrastructure Manager
38 announcements · 9 GA · 2 previews · 2 price changes · 3 deprecations · 5 Region expansions
Top highlights
Open the original announcement from AWS (opens a new tab)Kimi K3.1 Pro (Highspeed) now available on Amazon BedrockGA
AWS · Amazon Bedrock · AI and machine learning
Open-weight multimodal model with 1M-token context, prompt caching, via cross-Region inference in all Bedrock Regions
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Gemini Enterprise prepaid credits generally available for Pay-as-you-go usageGA
Google Cloud · Gemini Enterprise · AI and machine learning
Credits cover Pay-as-you-go and above-quota usage on self-serve billing accounts, with auto-reload
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Infrastructure Manager supports Terraform 1.16.5 as a paid version, $1.00 per resource-yearPrice
Google Cloud · Infrastructure Manager
Terraform 1.16.5 costs $1.00 per resource-year after 500 free resources monthly per billing account
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WatchWatch on YouTube(opens a new tab)Action needed 3
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
BigQuery Data Transfer Service Shopify connector drops two fields on Jan 31, 2027Deprecation
Google Cloud · BigQuery · Analytics
Drops legacyMode and permitSkuSharing fields from January 31, 2027
Due Jan 31, 2027 - Open the original announcement from Google Gemini API (opens a new tab)
gemini-embedding-2-preview deprecated, requests route to gemini-embedding-2Deprecation
Google Gemini API · Gemini API · AI and machine learning
Deprecated; requests route to gemini-embedding-2 from November 6, 2026 at its rates
Was due Nov 6, 2026 - Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Edge Microgateway 3.3.12 drops Node.js 20 and removes npm from Docker imageDeprecation
Google Cloud · Apigee Edge for Public Cloud · Application integration
Drops Node.js 20, adds Node.js 26, and removes npm and npx from Docker image
AWS11
Open the original announcement from AWS (opens a new tab)AWS launches support for amortization of EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML
AWS · Amazon EC2 · Management, governance and cost
CUR 2.0 and Cost Explorer amortize upfront fee across the reservation duration
Open the original announcement from AWS (opens a new tab)AWS Elemental MediaConvert adds a native integration with AWS Elemental Inference Smart Subtitles
AWS · AWS Elemental MediaConvert · AI and machine learning
Native Smart Subtitles integration generates subtitles in six languages within VOD transcoding workflows
New region: CodeConnections in AWS GovCloud (US-West)
New region: SES in 6 new Regions
Analytics 3
Open the original announcement from AWS (opens a new tab)Amazon Redshift expands SUPER data type to store strings up to 16 million bytesGA
AWS · Amazon Redshift · Analytics
Individual strings up to 16 million bytes, up from 65,535, after database parameter opt-in
Open the original announcement from AWS (opens a new tab)AWS · AWS Glue · Amazon EMR · Analytics
Supports external catalog vended credentials in Iceberg REST catalog federation
New region: MSK Replicator in AWS GovCloud (US-East, US-West)
AI and machine learning 2
- Open the original announcement from AWS (opens a new tab)
Kimi K3.1 Pro (Highspeed) now available on Amazon BedrockGA
AWS · Amazon Bedrock · AI and machine learning
Moonshot AI's open-weight multimodal model with 1M-token context runs on Bedrock via cross-Region inference
New region: Agent Registry in AWS GovCloud (US-West)
Compute and containers 2
Open the original announcement from AWS (opens a new tab)Amazon EC2 now publishes ImdsV1Enabled CloudWatch metric
AWS · Amazon CloudWatch · Amazon EC2 · Compute and containers
New CloudWatch metric shows which instances still have IMDSv1 enabled, in all Regions at no extra cost
New region: EC2 Capacity Reservation Resource Groups in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Google Cloud20
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Bigtable automated backup policy for daily hot backups on SSD instances is GAGA
Google Cloud · Bigtable · Databases
Daily hot backups on SSD instances, with configurable hot duration before moving to standard backups
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Assured Open Source Software Premium supports regions for remote repositories
Google Cloud · Assured Open Source Software · Security, identity and compliance
Supports Google Cloud regions and multi-regions for remote Artifact Registry repositories
Analytics 5
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
BigQuery Graph and GQL queries now available with on-demand pricingPrice
Google Cloud · BigQuery · Analytics
Graph and GQL queries can be run under on-demand pricing
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
BigQuery custom organization policy for model operations in previewPreview
Google Cloud · BigQuery · Analytics
Custom organization policy can allow or deny specific operations on models
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Looker filters as tiles generally availableGA
Google Cloud · Looker · Analytics
Filters as tiles feature reaches general availability
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Looker 26.24 rolls out to Looker (original) from November 8, 2026
Google Cloud · Looker · Analytics
Rollout to Looker (original) starts November 8, 2026, final deployment December 8
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Managed Service for Apache Spark adds Serverless runtimes 1.2.90, 2.2.90, 2.3.43
Google Cloud · Managed Service for Apache Spark
New Serverless runtimes 1.2.90, 2.2.90, 2.3.43 and updated cluster image versions
AI and machine learning 3
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Agent Platform adds dedicated Memory Bank page and memory controls in console
Google Cloud · Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform · AI and machine learning
Dedicated console page to create, configure and inspect memory banks, with memory controls
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Gemini Enterprise adds Adobe data store in Public PreviewPreview
Google Cloud · Gemini Enterprise · AI and machine learning
Search and manage Adobe Creative Cloud assets, Express templates and Lightroom presets in natural language
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Gemini Enterprise prepaid credits generally available for Pay-as-you-go usageGA
Google Cloud · Gemini Enterprise · AI and machine learning
Prepaid credits cover Pay-as-you-go usage and usage above quota on self-serve billing accounts
Application integration 2
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Apigee Edge Microgateway 3.3.12 released
Google Cloud · Apigee Edge for Public Cloud · Application integration
New release with microgateway 3.3.12, plugins 3.3.9 and edgeauth 3.2.2
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Google Cloud · Apigee hybrid · Application integration
Announcement posted with no details provided
Compute and containers 2
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Container Optimized OS enables PCI peer to peer DMA for 64k kernels
Google Cloud · Container Optimized OS
Enabled PCI peer to peer direct memory access for 64k kernels
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Cluster Toolkit v1.108.0 adds Slurm support for TPU v5e, v5p, v6e and gcluster explain
Google Cloud · Cluster Toolkit
Adds Slurm support for TPU v5e, v5p, v6e and gcluster explain command
Networking and content delivery 2
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Cloud Load Balancing IPv6 frontend generally available for regional and cross-region load balancersGA
Google Cloud · Cloud Load Balancing · Networking and content delivery
IPv6 frontend for six regional and cross-region Application and proxy Network Load Balancers
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
VPC Service Controls adds general availability support for Service ManagementGA
Google Cloud · VPC Service Controls · Networking and content delivery
Adds support for Service Management integration
Management, governance and cost 2
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Cloud Trace lets you reprovision the _Trace bucket for data residency and CMEK, GAGA
Google Cloud · Cloud Trace
Existing bucket can be reprovisioned for data residency and CMEK; operation is destructive
- Open the original announcement from Google Cloud (opens a new tab)
Infrastructure Manager supports Terraform 1.16.5 as a paid version, $1.00 per resource-yearPrice
Google Cloud · Infrastructure Manager
Supports Terraform 1.16.5 as paid version at $1.00 per resource-year after 500 free resources monthly
Cloudflare5
- Open the original announcement from Cloudflare (opens a new tab)
AI Gateway - Review provider key activity in AI Gateway
Cloudflare · AI Gateway · AI and machine learning
Shows last-used and last-updated dates for stored keys, flagging keys inactive over 90 days
- Open the original announcement from Cloudflare (opens a new tab)
Cloudflare Fundamentals - User API tokens have a redesigned creation experience
Cloudflare · Cloudflare Fundamentals · Management, governance and cost
Redesigned creation flow matches Account API tokens, with inline policy editing and built-in expiration and IP…
Security, identity and compliance 3
- Open the original announcement from Cloudflare (opens a new tab)
Access, Cloudflare One - Sign in to Cloudflare Access with passkeys
Cloudflare · Access · Cloudflare One · Security, identity and compliance
Passkey login for protected applications and App Launcher, as an alternative to one-time PIN
- Open the original announcement from Cloudflare (opens a new tab)
Cloudflare One adds fast flux detection to UEBA
Cloudflare · Cloudflare One · Security, identity and compliance
New predefined UEBA risk behavior; detections contribute to a user's risk score on Enterprise plans
- Open the original announcement from Cloudflare (opens a new tab)
Email security - Set expiration dates for Email security policies
Cloudflare · Email security · Security, identity and compliance
Allow and block policies can have an expiration date, after which they stop applying
OpenAI1
- Open the original announcement from OpenAI (opens a new tab)
Live API outbound SIP calling available to all organizationsGA
OpenAI · OpenAI API · AI and machine learning
Outbound SIP calling open to all organizations, connecting GPT-Live to a phone number
From 38 announcements in the release notes and changelogs of AWS, Google Cloud, Cloudflare, OpenAI and Google Gemini API.