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November 6, 2026 · Google CloudFeature

Cloud Load Balancing IPv6 frontend generally available for regional and cross-region load balancers

Frontend configuration for load balancing incoming IPv6 traffic is now generally available (GA) for the following load balancers:

  • Regional external Application Load Balancer
  • Regional external proxy Network Load Balancer
  • Regional internal Application Load Balancer
  • Regional internal proxy Network Load Balancer
  • Cross-region internal Application Load Balancer
  • Cross-region internal proxy Network Load Balancer

To support client IPv6 traffic, you can configure the proxy-only subnet with a stack type of either IPV4_ONLY or IPV4_IPV6 (dual-stack).

For more information, see the following documentation:

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

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