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  <title>Cloud NGFW - Release notes</title>
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  <author>
    <name>Google Cloud Platform</name>
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  <updated>2026-03-24T00:00:00-07:00</updated>

  <entry>
    <title>March 24, 2026</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#March_24_2026</id>
    <updated>2026-03-24T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#March_24_2026"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can use the URL filtering service to filter your workload traffic by using
domain and Server Name Indication (SNI) information available in the egress
HTTP(S) messages. For more information, see
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/about-url-filtering">URL filtering service overview</a>. This
feature is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>March 23, 2026</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#March_23_2026</id>
    <updated>2026-03-23T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#March_23_2026"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>Secure tags with a <code>purpose-data</code> attribute specifying a VPC network or an
organization now support VPC networks that are connected using VPC Network
Peering. For more information, see
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/tags-firewalls-overview">Secure tags for firewalls</a>.
This feature is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
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  </entry>

  <entry>
    <title>February 25, 2026</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#February_25_2026</id>
    <updated>2026-02-25T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#February_25_2026"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can use network contexts to meet your security goals by using fewer
firewall policy rules more efficiently. For more information, see
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/understand-network-contexts">Network contexts</a>. This feature
is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
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  </entry>

  <entry>
    <title>February 19, 2026</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#February_19_2026</id>
    <updated>2026-02-19T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#February_19_2026"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>Cloud NGFW now supports regional system firewall policies. Regional system
firewall policies are read-only policies that internal Google services, such as
Google Kubernetes Engine, use to secure their operations within a VPC network.
For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/firewall-policies-overview#regional-system-firewall-policies">Regional system firewall
policies</a>.
This feature is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>January 13, 2026</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#January_13_2026</id>
    <updated>2026-01-13T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#January_13_2026"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can now create regional firewall policies that apply to managed Envoy
proxies used by internal Application Load Balancers and internal proxy Network
Load Balancers. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/regional-network-app-lb">Use regional network firewall
policies to protect internal Application Load Balancers and internal proxy
Network Load Balancers</a>. This feature is
available in <strong>Preview</strong>.</p>
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  </entry>

  <entry>
    <title>November 17, 2025</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#November_17_2025</id>
    <updated>2025-11-17T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#November_17_2025"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can create a Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) over converged ethernet (RoCE) Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network and configure firewall rules that apply to the network. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/firewall-for-roce">Cloud NGFW for RoCE VPC networks</a>. This feature is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>November 13, 2025</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#November_13_2025</id>
    <updated>2025-11-13T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#November_13_2025"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can create a firewall endpoint that supports jumbo frames up to 8,500 bytes in size. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/about-firewall-endpoints#supported-packet-size">Supported packet size</a>. This feature is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
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  </entry>

  <entry>
    <title>September 23, 2025</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#September_23_2025</id>
    <updated>2025-09-23T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#September_23_2025"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can use the URL filtering service to filter your workload traffic by using domain and Server Name Indication (SNI) information available in the egress HTTP(S) messages. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/about-url-filtering">URL filtering service overview</a>. This feature is available in <strong>Preview</strong>.</p>
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  </entry>

  <entry>
    <title>August 04, 2025</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#August_04_2025</id>
    <updated>2025-08-04T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#August_04_2025"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can create a secure tag at the organization level and bind its value to all virtual machine (VM) instances across that organization. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/tags-firewalls-overview">Secure tags for firewalls</a>. This feature is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
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  </entry>

  <entry>
    <title>July 25, 2025</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#July_25_2025</id>
    <updated>2025-07-25T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#July_25_2025"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can create a Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) over converged ethernet (RoCE) Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network and configure firewall rules that apply to the network. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/firewall-for-roce">Cloud NGFW for RoCE VPC networks</a>. This feature is available in <strong>Preview</strong>.</p>
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  </entry>

  <entry>
    <title>June 23, 2025</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#June_23_2025</id>
    <updated>2025-06-23T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#June_23_2025"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can create a secure tag at the organization level and bind its value to all virtual machine (VM) instances across that organization,  instead of applying tags to instances within a specific network. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/tags-firewalls-overview">Secure tags for firewalls</a>. This feature is available in <strong>Preview</strong>.</p>
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  </entry>

  <entry>
    <title>April 24, 2025</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#April_24_2025</id>
    <updated>2025-04-24T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#April_24_2025"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can use a single request to batch update all the firewall policy rules for hierarchical and network firewall policies. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/batch-update-overview">Overview of batch update to firewall policy rules</a>. This feature is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>December 13, 2024</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#December_13_2024</id>
    <updated>2024-12-13T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#December_13_2024"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can use network contexts to meet your security goals by using fewer firewall policy rules more efficiently. This feature is available in <strong>Preview</strong>. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/understand-network-contexts">Network contexts</a>.</p>
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  </entry>

  <entry>
    <title>August 28, 2024</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#August_28_2024</id>
    <updated>2024-08-28T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#August_28_2024"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can use custom constraints to provide more granular and customizable control over specific fields for firewall policy resources. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/custom-constraints-fw-policy">Manage firewall policy resources by using custom constraints</a>. This feature is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>April 08, 2024</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#April_08_2024</id>
    <updated>2024-04-08T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#April_08_2024"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Announcement</h3>
<p>Starting <strong>April 9, 2024</strong>, you will be charged for the Cloud NGFW Enterprise feature—<a href="https://cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/about-intrusion-prevention">intrusion prevention service</a>. For more information about billing, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/pricing">Cloud NGFW pricing</a>.</p>
<h3>Announcement</h3>
<p>Cloud Firewall in Google Cloud is now Cloud Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/security/products/firewall">Cloud NGFW</a>.</p>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>Cloud NGFW Enterprise, including the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/about-intrusion-prevention">intrusion prevention service</a>, is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>. Use intrusion prevention service to safeguard your workload traffic from threats such as malware, spyware, and command-and-control attacks.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>September 30, 2023</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#September_30_2023</id>
    <updated>2023-09-30T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#September_30_2023"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Announcement</h3>
<p>Starting <strong>September 30, 2023</strong>, you will be charged for the Cloud Firewall Standard feature—<a href="https://cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/fqdn-objects-overview">fully qualified domain name (FQDN) objects</a>. For more information about billing, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/pricing">Cloud Firewall pricing</a>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>September 27, 2023</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#September_27_2023</id>
    <updated>2023-09-27T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#September_27_2023"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can use <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/fqdn-objects-overview">fully qualified domain name (FQDN) objects</a> in firewall policy rules to filter incoming or outgoing traffic from specific domain names. This feature is available in General Availability.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>September 08, 2023</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#September_08_2023</id>
    <updated>2023-09-08T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#September_08_2023"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Announcement</h3>
<p>Starting <strong>September 8, 2023</strong>,  you will be charged for the following Cloud Firewall Standard features:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/geolocation-objects-overview">Geo-location objects</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/threat-intelligence-overview">Threat Intelligence for firewall policy rules</a></li>
</ul>
<p>For more information about billing, see <a href="https://cloud.google.com/firewall/pricing">Cloud Firewall pricing</a>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>August 29, 2023</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#August_29_2023</id>
    <updated>2023-08-29T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#August_29_2023"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can use <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/about-intrusion-prevention">intrusion prevention service</a> to safeguard your workload traffic from threats such as malware, spyware, and command-and-control attacks. This feature is available in <strong>Preview</strong>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>June 30, 2023</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#June_30_2023</id>
    <updated>2023-06-30T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#June_30_2023"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>You can use custom constraints to provide more granular and customizable control over specific fields for VPC firewall rule resources. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/custom-constraints">Manage firewall resources by using custom constraints</a>. This feature is available in <strong>Preview</strong>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>June 26, 2023</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#June_26_2023</id>
    <updated>2023-06-26T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#June_26_2023"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p><a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/address-groups-firewall-policies">Address groups</a> are a logical collection of either IPv4 address ranges or IPv6 address ranges in CIDR format. You can use address groups to define consistent sources or destinations referenced across multiple rules in the same or different firewall policies. This feature is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>June 05, 2023</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#June_05_2023</id>
    <updated>2023-06-05T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#June_05_2023"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>Use <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/threat-intelligence-overview">Threat Intelligence for firewall policy rules</a> to secure your network by allowing or blocking traffic based on threat intelligence data. This feature is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>Use <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/geolocation-objects-overview">Geo-location objects</a> in firewall policy rules to filter external IPv4 and external IPv6 traffic based on specific geographic locations or regions. This feature is available in <strong>General Availability</strong>.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>April 28, 2023</title>
    <id>tag:google.com,2016:cloud-firewall-release-notes#April_28_2023</id>
    <updated>2023-04-28T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes#April_28_2023"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<strong class="release-note-product-version-title">v1</strong>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p><strong>General Availability:</strong>  You can specify the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/firewall-policies-rule-details#hfp-nfp-egress-src">source IP ranges for egress firewall rules</a> and the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/firewall-policies-rule-details#hfp-nfp-ingress-dest">destination IP ranges for ingress firewall rules</a>.</p>
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