This page documents production updates to Spanner Omni. Check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality. You can see the latest product updates for all of Google Cloud on the [Google Cloud](https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes.md.txt) page, browse and filter all release notes in the [Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/release-notes), or programmatically access release notes in [BigQuery](https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?p=bigquery-public-data&d=google_cloud_release_notes&t=release_notes&page=table). ## October 29, 2026 Feature Spanner Omni release `2026.r5` is available. - Release version `2026.r5` includes all updates in the cloud-based, managed Spanner service up to the [October 27, 2026 release](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/release-notes.md.txt#October_27_2026). For more information, see [Differences between Spanner and Spanner Omni](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/differences.md.txt) and [Container image versions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/download.md.txt#container_image_versions). ## October 28, 2026 Fixed Spanner Omni patch release `2026.r4-lts.1` is available. This patch includes security and other critical bug fixes. ## September 30, 2026 Feature Spanner Omni is generally available ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)) with long-term support (LTS) release `2026.r4-lts`. For more information, see the [Spanner Omni overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/overview.md.txt). Release `2026.r4-lts` includes the following updates: - Includes all Spanner changes up to the [September 18, 2026 release](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/release-notes.md.txt#September_18_2026), including [Spanner queues](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/queues/queues-overview.md.txt). - Release `2026.r4-lts` is a long-term support (LTS) release, and Google supports this release with security fixes for up to one year. For information about upgrading from release `2026.r3-beta`, see [Upgrade a deployment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/upgrade-deployment.md.txt). - Supports approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) vector search for datasets of up to 1 billion vectors using dedicated, stateless compute workers in the [Commercial edition](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/editions-overview.md.txt#commercial-edition). For more information, see [Vector search overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/vector-search-overview.md.txt#ann) and [Create and manage workers](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/manage-workers.md.txt). - Supports security configurations, including TLS and mutual TLS (mTLS) encryption and authentication, in the [Developer edition](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/editions-overview.md.txt#developer-edition). For more information, see [Spanner Omni editions overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/editions-overview.md.txt), [Create a deployment with TLS encryption on VMs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/deploy-encryption-vms.md.txt), and [Create a deployment with TLS encryption on Kubernetes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/deploy-encryption-kubernetes.md.txt). - Updates the [Helm chart](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/create-helm-configuration.md.txt) to use separate `StatefulSet` configurations for root and non-root servers. For more information, see [Create a deployment on Kubernetes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/deploy-on-kubernetes.md.txt) and [Scale a Kubernetes deployment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/scale-kubernetes-deployment.md.txt). - Supports username and password login authentication over TLS in the [Java](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/java.md.txt) (version 6.119.0 or later), [Go](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/go.md.txt) (version v1.94.0 or later), and [Python](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/python.md.txt) (version 3.72.0 or later) client libraries. ## September 17, 2026 Feature Spanner Omni patch release `2026.r3-beta` is available. - This release includes all the Spanner changes up to the [September 3, 2026 release](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/release-notes.md.txt#September_03_2026). - You must [upgrade to this release](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/upgrade-deployment.md.txt) before you upgrade to future releases. ## August 20, 2026 Feature Spanner Omni release `2026.r2.1-beta` is available. In-place upgrades from earlier versions to `2026.r2.1-beta` aren't supported. If you upgrade from an earlier release, you must migrate data from earlier deployments to a new deployment created with release `2026.r2.1-beta`. For more information, see [Restore a Spanner Omni backup](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/restores.md.txt) and [Import and export data](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/import-export-data.md.txt). Release `2026.r2.1-beta` includes the following updates: - Two editions are available: [developer](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/editions-overview.md.txt#developer-edition) and [commercial](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/editions-overview.md.txt#commercial-edition).For more information, see [Spanner Omni editions overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/editions-overview.md.txt). - A standalone server package is available to run on virtual machines. For more information, see [Download Spanner Omni](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/download.md.txt#server_binaries). - Support for the `--insecure-mode` and `--enable-client-certificate-authentication` flags for the `spanner start` command has been deprecated. Specify this information when you configure your deployment. For more information, see [Create a deployment on VMs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/deploy-on-vms.md.txt) and [Create a Helm chart configuration](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/create-helm-configuration.md.txt). ## June 18, 2026 Fixed Spanner Omni patch release `2026.r1-beta.2` is available. This patch includes the following update: - Fixed an issue related to importing a backup in regional and multi-regional deployments. For more information, see [Restore a Spanner Omni backup](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/restores.md.txt). ## June 04, 2026 Fixed Spanner Omni patch release `2026.r1-beta.1` is available. This patch includes the following updates: - Fixed a [TrueTime](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/true-time-external-consistency.md.txt) issue in which time servers entered a repeated failover mode, causing the uncertainty window to spike. - Enables any client with a network path to the servers to reach health check and metrics endpoints. Earlier releases restricted access to internal IP addresses. - The following [Helm chart](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/create-helm-configuration.md.txt) updates: - Added support for `nodeSelector`, `tolerations`, and job resource configurations. - Added an `init` container to provide permissions to `/dev/vmclock` in Amazon Web Services (AWS) deployments. ## April 22, 2026 Feature Spanner Omni is available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products?e=48754805#product-launch-stages). Spanner Omni a self-managed version of [Spanner](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/overview) that you run in your own environment, such as on-premises data centers, public clouds or on your laptop. For more information, see the following: - [Spanner Omni overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/overview.md.txt). - [Create a deployment on VMs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/deploy-on-vms.md.txt). - [Create a deployment on Kubernetes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner-omni/deploy-on-kubernetes.md.txt).