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October 29, 2026 · Google CloudFeature

IAM basic roles Admin, Writer and Reader generally available

The Admin (roles/admin), Writer (roles/writer), and Reader (roles/reader) basic roles are generally available (GA). For more information, see Basic roles.

The legacy basic roles—Owner (roles/owner), Editor (roles/editor), and Viewer (roles/viewer)—are still available for use and are being actively maintained. However, if you need to grant a basic role, we recommend granting the Admin, Writer, or Reader role instead of a legacy basic role. This is because the newer roles support additional features, such as the use of IAM Conditions.

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