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April 16, 2026
geminicloudassist API automatically enabled for Gemini Cloud Assist chat users
As of April 16th, 2026, the geminicloudassist.googleapis.com API has been
automatically enabled on projects that meet all of the following criteria:
- Had used Gemini Cloud Assist chat in the prior 60 days.
- Had the
cloudaicompanion.googleapis.comAPI enabled on April 16, 2026. - Did not have the
geminicloudassist.googleapis.comAPI enabled on April 16, 2026.
The Gemini Cloud Assist chat functionality that was previously served by
cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com is now served by
geminicloudassist.googleapis.com, and both APIs are dependencies to use
Gemini Cloud Assist. This automatic API enablement ensures that users have
access to the same functionality without any loss of service.
April 09, 2026
VPC Service Controls support for Gemini Cloud Assist investigations deprecation
Starting April 13, 2026, Gemini Cloud Assist investigations will no longer be
supported within VPC Service Controls perimeters. You do not need to remove the
Gemini Cloud Assist API (geminicloudassist.googleapis.com) from your
Restricted Service configurations, but if you keep it there, access to it will
still be blocked within the perimeter. To continue using this feature, you must
make requests to the service from outside any VPC Service Controls perimeter.
For more information, see the
Deprecated VPC Service Controls support for Gemini Cloud Assist investigations
page.
April 08, 2026
Custom IAM roles permission update for Gemini Cloud Assist
Gemini Cloud Assist has replaced the cloudaicompanion.instances.completeTask
IAM permission with geminicloudassist.agents.invoke. If you
have access to Gemini Cloud Assist through a custom IAM role,
you must update the role to continue having access. For more information, see the
deprecated IAM permissions
page.
April 06, 2026
Custom IAM roles permission update for Gemini Cloud Assist
On April 8, 2026, Gemini Cloud Assist is replacing the
cloudaicompanion.instances.completeTask IAM permission with
geminicloudassist.agents.invoke. Updates to standard IAM roles
will be done automatically, but if you have access to Gemini Cloud Assist
through a custom IAM role, you must update the role before
April 8, 2026 to ensure continued access. For more information, see the
deprecated IAM permissions
page.
January 01, 2026
Gemini Cloud Assist documentation migration
Gemini Cloud Assist release notes are now published here. If you are looking for Gemini Cloud Assist release notes prior to January 2026, see the Gemini for Google Cloud release notes.