You can now create a Datastream stream directly from the overview page of your AlloyDB for PostgreSQL instance using the automated flow. The automated flow simplifies the process of moving data to BigQuery by reducing the number of steps that you need to perform.

For more information, see Create an AlloyDB for PostgreSQL stream using the automated flow.

Datastream is now integrated with Knowledge Catalog. This integration lets you search for and browse your Datastream resources, such as streams, connection profiles, and connectivity configurations directly in Knowledge Catalog.

For more information, see the documentation.

You can now use the Datastream remote MCP server to enable LLM agents to perform data-related tasks, such as managing and monitoring your streams, connection profiles, and stream objects.

This feature is in Preview.

Datastream now supports Spanner as a source. For more information, see the Datastream documentation.

Datastream is now available in the following regions:

• europe-west10 (Berlin)
• europe-west12 (Turin)
• me-central1 (Doha)
• me-west1 (Tel Aviv)

For the list of all available regions, see IP allowlists and regions.

Datastream now supports partitioning and clustering for BigQuery destinations. For more information, see the documentation.

Datastream support for Salesforce as a source is now generally available (GA). For more information, see the documentation.

Datastream support for MongoDB as a source is now generally available (GA). For more information, see the documentation.

Datastream is now available in the northamerica-south1 (Mexico) region. For the list of all available regions, see IP allowlists and regions.

Datastream now supports BigLake Iceberg tables as a destination both in the Google Cloud console and the Datastream API.

For more information, see the Datastream documentation.

Datastream now supports MongoDB as a source. The feature is in Preview.

For more information, see the Datastream documentation.

Global transaction identifier (GTID)-based replication for MySQL sources is now generally available (GA).

Datastream is now available in the europe-north2 (Stockholm) region. For the list of all available regions, see IP allowlists and regions.

You can now use Private Service Connect interfaces as a private connectivity method in Datastream. For more information, see the documentation.

The Datastream API now supports streaming data to BigLake managed tables. For more information, see Stream data to BigLake managed tables (BLMT).

You can now use Secret Manager to securely store authentication resources with Datastream. For more information, see Use Secret Manager to store sensitive data.

Datastream now supports Salesforce as a source. The feature is in Preview.

For more information, see the Datastream documentation.

Datastream now supports binary log reader as a CDC method for Oracle sources. The feature is in Preview.

For more information, see the Datastream documentation.

Datastream now supports global transaction identifier (GTID)-based replication for MySQL sources. The feature is in Preview.

GTID-based replication supports failovers and managed database clusters, such as Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus edition. For more information, see the Datastream documentation.

Datastream is now available in the europe-southwest1 (Madrid) region. For the list of all available regions, see IP allowlists and regions.

Datastream is now available in the us-south1 (Dallas) region. For the list of all available regions, see IP allowlists and regions.

Datastream is now available in the me-central2 (Dammam) region. For the list of all available regions, see IP allowlists and regions.

The maximum row size that Datastream supports when streaming data to Cloud Storage is now increased to 100 MB.

Datastream support for SQL Server as a source is now generally available (GA). For more information, see the documentation.

Datastream is now available in the us-east5 (Columbus) region. For the list of all available regions, see IP allowlists and regions.

Datastream now supports the change tables CDC method for SQL Server sources. For more information, see the Source SQL Server database page.

Datastream now supports the append-only write mode when ingesting data to BigQuery. For more information, see Configure write mode.

Datastream now supports SQL Server as a source. The feature is in Preview. For more information, see Streamlining data integration with SQL Server source support in Datastream and the Datastream documentation.

You can now recover a stream for an Oracle source. You can also start your Oracle source stream from a specific position. For more information, see Recover a stream and Manage streams.

Datastream now supports the JA16SJIS and JA16SJISTILDE character encodings for Oracle sources.