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October 27, 2026 · Google CloudFeature

Cloud Workstations direct access ports for clusters in Preview

Cloud Workstations supports configuring direct access ports on workstation clusters in Preview. Direct access ports let you connect directly to a workstation port using the standard https://WORKSTATION_NAME.CLUSTER_ID.cloudworkstations.dev:PORT URL format instead of encoding the port as a prefix in the URL.

To set direct access ports, use the --direct-access-ports flag with the gcloud beta workstations clusters create and gcloud beta workstations clusters update commands—for example, --direct-access-ports=80,8080.

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

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