This page documents production updates to Vertex AI. You can periodically check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.
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February 18, 2026
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Builder
Vertex AI Agent Engine Code Execution is now Generally Available.
January 26, 2026
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Builder
Sessions, Memory Bank, and Code Execution will begin charging for usage on Feburary 11, 2026 instead of January 28, 2026.
January 21, 2026
Colab EnterpriseBigFrames, BigQuery ML, and Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark
The Data Science Agent supports BigFrames, BigQuery ML, and Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark. Previously, these capabilities were supported only when using Colab Enterprise notebooks in BigQuery.
December 19, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Builder
Agent Designer, a low-code visual designer that lets you design and test your agent, is now available in the Google Cloud console in Preview.
December 18, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderCloud API Registry is available in the Google Cloud console in Preview. Use Cloud API Registry in the Google Cloud console to view and manage the MCP servers and tools your agent has access to.
December 17, 2025
Colab EnterprisePost-startup scripts
Generally available (GA): You can use a post-startup script to perform tasks after the startup process of your Colab Enterprise runtime. For example, you can use a post-startup script to install specific packages or make specific changes to your runtime's VM. For more information, see Use a post-startup script.
Vertex AI Agent Engine
Vertex AI Agent Engine Sessions and Memory Bank are now Generally Available.
December 16, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Engine
Vertex AI Agent Engine is now available in the following regions:
europe-west6(Zurich)europe-west8(Milan)asia-east2(Hong Kong)asia-northeast3(Seoul)asia-southeast2(Jakarta)northamerica-northeast2(Toronto)southamerica-east1(São Paulo)
For more information, see Vertex AI Agent Builder locations.
Updated pricing for Vertex AI Agent Engine:
Pricing for Vertex AI Agent Engine Runtime was lowered.
On January 28, 2026, Sessions, Memory Bank, and Code Execution will begin charging for usage.
For more information, see Pricing.
December 12, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Engine
Agent identity credentials are now secured by default through a Google-managed Context-Aware Access (CAA) policy. For more information, see Use agent identity with Vertex AI Agent Engine.
November 10, 2025
Colab EnterpriseThe default latest Python version is now 3.12. See Python versions.
November 07, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Engine
The following features are now available in Preview:
Configure, manage, and view observability features such as sessions, traces, logs, and events for your agent in the Google Cloud console.
Use the playground to test and interact with your agent in the Google Cloud console.
Evaluate your agents using the Gen AI evaluation service's GenAI Client in Vertex AI SDK.
Create and manage memory revisions for Memory Bank.
Use Identity Access Management (IAM) to create an agent identity to manage access and authentication when using agents on Vertex AI Agent Engine Runtime.
The following features are now available in GA:
Express mode support for Vertex AI Agent Engine Runtime.
Use the new free tier with Vertex AI Agent Engine Runtime. For more information, see Pricing.
October 20, 2025
Colab EnterpriseVisualization cells
Preview: You can use visualization cells to generate interactive and editable visualizations from within a Colab Enterprise notebook. You can configure the chart type, aggregation, colors, labels, and other aspects of the visualization to help you explore data and discover insights. For more information, see Use visualization cells.
October 14, 2025
Colab EnterpriseSQL cells
Preview: You can use SQL cells to write, edit, and run SQL queries directly from your Colab Enterprise notebooks. For more information, see Use SQL cells.
October 07, 2025
Colab EnterprisePost-startup scripts
Preview: You can use a post-startup script to perform tasks after the startup process of your Colab Enterprise runtime. For example, you can use a post-startup script to install specific packages or make specific changes to your runtime's VM. For more information, see Use a post-startup script.
October 06, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderUpdated pricing for Vertex AI Agent Engine: Starting on November 6, 2025, Vertex AI Agent Engine Runtime will start charging for runtime usage for the following regions:
asia-southeast1(Singapore)australia-southeast2(Melbourne)europe-west2(London)europe-west3(Frankfurt)europe-west4(Netherlands)
For more details, see Pricing for Vertex AI Agent Engine.
September 10, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Engine
Agent Engine now supports the following features:
Agent Engine Code Execution, now in Preview, lets your agent run code in an isolated sandbox environment. For more information, see Code Execution.
You can now develop, deploy, and use agents that support the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol on Agent Engine. For more information, see Develop an Agent2Agent agent.
Agent Engine now supports bidirectional streaming. For more information, see Bidirectional streaming.
The Agent Engine page in the Cloud Console UI now has a new Memory Bank tab for displaying and managing memories.
Vertex AI Agent Engine
In version v1.112.0 of the Vertex AI SDK for Python, the agent_engines module has been refactored to a client-based design. For information about updating your existing code to the new design, see the Migration guide.
August 21, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Engine
Agent Engine now supports the following enterprise security features:
You can now deploy your agents in a private VPC environment, configuring a Private Service Connect interface, to ensure data privacy and meet security and compliance requirements. For more information, see Configure Private Service Connect interface.
You can now use your own customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) to protect data at rest.
You can now specify customized resource controls, such as the minimum and maximum number of application instances, resource limits for each container, and concurrency for each container.
As a part of Vertex AI Platform, Vertex AI Agent Engine now supports HIPAA workloads.
For more information, see Agent Engine overview.
August 05, 2025
Colab EnterpriseGenerally available: You can consume reservations with Colab Enterprise runtimes. Reservations of Compute Engine zonal resources help you gain a high level of assurance that your runtimes have the necessary resources to run. For more information, see Use reservations with Colab Enterprise.
August 04, 2025
Colab EnterpriseYou can now use the new Data Science Agent to automate exploratory data analysis, perform machine learning tasks, and deliver insights from within a Colab Enterprise notebook. To get started, see Use the Data Science Agent. This feature is in Preview.
July 08, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Engine
Vertex AI Agent Engine Memory Bank is now available in Preview. Memory Bank lets you dynamically generate long-term memories based on users' conversations with your agent.
July 03, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Garden
Vertex AI Agent Garden now supports filtering by tags.
June 30, 2025
Colab EnterprisePreview: You can consume reservations with Colab Enterprise runtimes. Reservations of Compute Engine zonal resources help you gain a high level of assurance that your runtimes have the necessary resources to run. For more information, see Use reservations with Colab Enterprise.
May 28, 2025
Colab EnterprisePython 3.11 is now available in Colab Enterprise. Existing runtimes and runtime templates will remain using Python 3.10. For more information, see Python versions.
When you create a runtime template, you can now configure it to use the latest Python version available to Colab Enterprise, or you can specify the Python version. Using Latest is a new option that means when a new version of Python is introduced to Colab Enterprise, runtimes that you create will use the latest Python version.
Existing runtime templates and runtimes remain using their current Python version (Python 3.10). This includes existing auto-generated default runtime templates. To create default runtime templates that use Latest, you must do one of the following:
- Delete the existing default runtime templates. Then, when a new default runtime template is created, the Python version will be set to Latest.
- Change a runtime template's Python version by using the REST API.
May 20, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Engine
The following features are now available in Preview:
April 29, 2025
Colab EnterpriseGemini in Colab Enterprise, which is a product in the Gemini for Google Cloud portfolio, now includes additional capabilities in Preview. See the following:
- Chat about your notebook with Gemini
- Explain code cells with Gemini assistance
- Explain and fix errors with Gemini assistance
To enable and activate Gemini in Colab Enterprise features, see Set up Gemini in Colab Enterprise.
April 21, 2025
Colab EnterpriseThe notebook gallery is now available.
The notebook gallery is a curated collection of notebooks to help you get started using Colab Enterprise. This collection consists of ready-to-use templates and examples to make it easier to learn new techniques, understand best practices, and get projects started quickly. Browse the notebooks by category or use the search bar to find a notebook that helps you get started. See the notebook gallery.
April 09, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderAgent Development Kit (ADK) is now available in Preview. For more information, see Agent Development Kit.
Vertex AI Agent Engine
The following features are now available for Vertex AI Agent Engine in Preview:
The following features are now generally available for Vertex AI Agent Engine:
Agent Garden is now available in Preview. For more information, see Vertex AI Agent Builder overview or go directly to Agent Garden in the Cloud Console.
Vertex AI Agent Builder now refers to a suite of features for building and deploying AI agents in Vertex AI. For more information see, Vertex AI Agent Builder overview.
The original Vertex AI Agent Builder product has been renamed AI Applications. The product functionality and endpoints remain the same. For more information, see What is AI Applications?.
March 31, 2025
Colab EnterprisePreview: You can switch to a default runtime with GPUs by using a button in your Colab Enterprise notebook. To enable a default runtime with GPUs for your users, see Enable default runtimes with GPUs.
March 04, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderVertex AI Agent Engine
Vertex AI Agent Engine is now generally available (GA).
Billing for Vertex AI Agent Engine starts on March 4, 2025. We recommend that you delete unused resources to avoid incurring unwanted costs. For more information, see Pricing.
LangChain on Vertex AI has been renamed to Vertex AI Agent Engine.
February 27, 2025
Colab EnterpriseYou can use Terraform resources to schedule notebook runs, and to manage runtimes and runtime templates. To learn more, see the following:
January 22, 2025
Vertex AI Agent BuilderLangChain on Vertex AI
Billing for LangChain on Vertex AI will start on March 4, 2025.
The pricing structure is based on vCPU hours and GiB hours used. This means that you will be charged for both the compute (vCPU) and memory resources consumed by your LangChain on Vertex AI workloads.
You can review the pricing details in the table below.
| Product | SKU ID | Price |
|---|---|---|
| ReasoningEngine vCPU | 8A55-0B95-B7DC | $0.0994/vCPU-Hr |
| ReasoningEngine Memory | 0B45-6103-6EC1 | $0.0105/GiB-Hr |
December 10, 2024
Colab EnterpriseGemini in Colab Enterprise, which is a product in the Gemini for Google Cloud portfolio, now includes error fixing in Preview. Gemini in Colab Enterprise can suggest fixes when your code produces errors. For more information, see Fix errors.
To enable and activate Gemini in Colab Enterprise features, see Set up Gemini in Colab Enterprise.
October 25, 2024
Colab EnterpriseColab Enterprise is now available in the following regions:
- Hamina, Finland (
europe-north1) - Milan, Italy (
europe-west8) - Tel Aviv, Israel (
me-west1) - Warsaw, Poland (
europe-central2)
October 03, 2024
Colab EnterpriseGemini in Colab Enterprise, which is a product in the Gemini for Google Cloud portfolio, is generally available. Gemini in Colab Enterprise helps you write code by suggesting code as you type. You can also use the Help me code tool to generate code from a description of what you want.
Gemini in Colab Enterprise is available to try at no cost through December 31, 2024.
To learn how to enable and activate Gemini in Colab Enterprise features, see Set up Gemini in Colab Enterprise.
September 23, 2024
Colab EnterpriseYou can now use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) to protect notebooks in Colab Enterprise.
For more information, see Use customer-managed encryption keys.
August 14, 2024
Colab EnterpriseThe notebook scheduler is now generally available. See Schedule a notebook run.
August 05, 2024
Colab EnterpriseFixed an issue in which users weren't able to access the Colab Enterprise UI when Colab Service Status was OFF for everyone in Google Workspace.
July 16, 2024
Colab EnterpriseAll Colab Enterprise runtimes are automatically configured with a 100 GiB boot disk in addition to the disk specified in the runtime template. Starting July 16, 2024, the boot disk of a newly created Colab Enterprise runtime automatically defaults to an SSD Persistent Disk. Previously, the boot disk default was a Standard Persistent Disk.
Because of this change, default boot disks of Colab Enterprise runtimes are billed as SSD Persistent Disks instead of Standard Persistent Disks. For more information, see Colab Enterprise pricing.
June 17, 2024
Colab EnterpriseYou can now use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) to protect runtimes in Colab Enterprise. Using CMEK for notebook files isn't currently supported.
For more information, see Use customer-managed encryption keys for runtimes.
June 10, 2024
Colab EnterpriseGemini in Colab Enterprise, which is a product in the Gemini for Google Cloud portfolio, is available in Preview. Gemini in Colab Enterprise helps you write code by suggesting code as you type. You can also use the Help me code tool to generate code from a description of what you want.
To learn how to enable and activate Gemini in Colab Enterprise features, see Set up Gemini in Colab Enterprise.
The notebook scheduler is now available in Preview. You can schedule a notebook to run immediately one time, or on a recurring schedule.
For more information, see Schedule a notebook run.
February 27, 2024
Colab EnterpriseVPC Service Controls has general availability support in Colab Enterprise.
For more information, see Use VPC Service Controls.
October 11, 2023
Colab EnterpriseColab Enterprise is now generally available (GA). Colab Enterprise combines the popular collaborative features of Colaboratory with the security and compliance capabilities of Google Cloud. Colab Enterprise includes:
- Sharing and collaborating functionality, with IAM access control.
- Google-managed compute and runtime provisioning, with configurable runtime templates.
- Integrations with Vertex AI and BigQuery.
- Inline code completion with Duet AI (Preview) assistance.
- End-user credential authentication for running your notebook code.
- Idle shutdown for runtimes (Experimental).
To get started, see Introduction to Colab Enterprise or create a notebook and start coding.
August 29, 2023
Colab EnterpriseColab Enterprise is now available in Preview. Colab Enterprise combines the popular collaborative features of Colaboratory with the security and compliance capabilities of Google Cloud. Colab Enterprise includes:
- Sharing and collaborating functionality, with IAM access control.
- Google-managed compute and runtime provisioning, with configurable runtime templates.
- Integrations with Vertex AI and BigQuery.
- Inline code completion with Duet AI assistance.
- End-user credential authentication for running your notebook code.
To get started, see Introduction to Colab Enterprise or create a notebook and start coding.