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October 19, 2026 · Google CloudFeature

VPC Flow Logs adds Cloud NAT metadata annotations and drop reasons, now GA

General Availability: VPC Flow Logs adds the following metadata annotations and packet drop reasons for Cloud NAT:

  • Metadata annotations: connection.nat_ip, connection.nat_port, and nat_gateway_details
  • Drop reasons: NAT_ENDPOINT_INDEPENDENT_CONFLICT, NAT_OUT_OF_CONNECTIONS, and NAT_OUT_OF_PORTS

For more information, see Record format and Packet drop reasons.

Text from the Google Cloud release notes, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Google Cloud release notes.