Compute Engine API version 2026-09-01 GA, 2026-10-01-preview in preview

Generally available: Compute Engine API version 2026-09-01 is now generally available. In this version, aggregatedList methods return partial results by default when a scope is unreachable. The returnPartialSuccess query parameter is no longer available in aggregatedList and list methods.

For more information, see the 2026-09-01 REST reference.

Preview: Compute Engine API version 2026-10-01-preview is now available in Preview. In this version, the quotas field is no longer available in responses from the projects.get, regions.get, and regions.list methods. To view and manage quota information, use the Cloud Quotas API.

For more information, see the 2026-10-01-preview REST reference.

Generally available: You can create a standard or archive snapshot of a disk and protect the snapshot with a customer-managed encryption key (CMEK), even if the source disk isn't protected with a CMEK. If the source disk is protected with a CMEK, then you can use a different CMEK to encrypt the new snapshot.

For more information, see Create a CMEK-encrypted snapshot.