Google Cloud CLI 478.0.0 is now available

[google-cloud-sdk-announce]

Hi all,

Google Cloud CLI 478.0.0 is now available for download at:
https://developers.google.com/cloud/sdk/

Release notes can be found here:
https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/release-notes

 ## 478.0.0 (2024-05-29)

### Google Cloud CLI

* Improved error message for authentication errors.
* Improved error message for service account impersonation refresh errors.
* Fixed issue where some commands with a `--uri` flag would produce no output.

### App Engine

* Enable fetch_instance_after_connect_error for compute start-iap-tunnel in GA.
* Allow IAP tunneling for instances with external IP when explicitly enabled via flag.

### App Engine Flexible Environment

* Enable fetch_instance_after_connect_error for compute start-iap-tunnel in GA.
* Allow IAP tunneling for instances with external IP when explicitly enabled via flag.

### Artifact Registry

*  Added `gcloud artifacts files describe` command.

### Backup For GKE

* Added `--volume-data-restore-policy-bindings` flag to
`gcloud container backup-restore restore-plans create` and
`gcloud container backup-restore restore-plans update` to enhance
volume restore flexibility.
* Added `--volume-data-restore-policy-overrides-file` flag to
`gcloud container backup-restore restores create` to enhance
volume restore flexibility.
* Added `--permissive-mode` flag to
`gcloud container backup-restore backup-plans create` and
`gcloud container backup-restore backup-plans update` to enable bypassing
the new backup-time restorability enforcement.
* Added `--filter-file` flag to `gcloud container backup-restore restores create`
  to support Backup for GKE fine-grained restore.
* Added `--restore-order-file` flag to `gcloud <alpha|beta> container backup-restore restore-plans create`
  and `gcloud <alpha|beta> container backup-restore restore-plans update` to
  support custom ordering while performing restore as part of Backup for GKE.
* Added the following enum values for the flag `--namespaced-resource-restore-mode`
to `gcloud <alpha|beta> container backup-restore restore-plans create` and
`gcloud <alpha|beta> container backup-restore restore-plans update` to expand
namespaced resource restore mode options:
    * `merge-skip-on-conflict`
    * `merge-replace-volume-on-conflict`
    * `merge-replace-on-conflict`
* Deprecated `--substitution-rules-file` flag.
Use `--transformation-rules-file` instead.

### BigQuery

* Added support for `map_target_type` with external parquet tables.
* Added support for `column_name_character_map` to map special characters in
  column names during load jobs.
* Added a printout of unreachable locations when datasets and jobs are listed
  and a region is down.

### Cloud Dataplex

* Promoted `gcloud dataplex aspect-types` command group to GA.
* Promoted `gcloud dataplex entry-groups` command group to GA.
* Promoted `gcloud dataplex entry-types` command group to GA.

### Cloud Deploy

* Fixed issue where skaffold files generated from `deploy releases create` flags did not include all profiles in the release's Delivery Pipeline.

### Cloud Firestore

* Promoted Cloud Firestore Backups and Restore `gcloud` CLI changes to beta.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups list` command to beta.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups describe` command to beta.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups delete` command to beta.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups schedules create` command to beta.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups schedules update` command to beta.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups schedules describe` command to beta.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups schedules delete` command to beta.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups schedules list` command to beta.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore databases restore` command to beta.
* Promoted Cloud Firestore Backups and Restore `gcloud` CLI changes to GA.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups list` command to GA.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups describe` command to GA.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups delete` command to GA.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups schedules create` command to GA.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups schedules update` command to GA.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups schedules describe` command to GA.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups schedules delete` command to GA.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore backups schedules list` command to GA.
  * Promoted `gcloud firestore databases restore` command to GA.

### Cloud Firestore Emulator

* Release Cloud Firestore emulator v1.19.7
  * Fixes unexpected responses from nested queries in Datastore Mode.
  * Add Auth Context support for Firestore triggers (2nd gen) in Firestore Emulator

### Cloud Functions

*   Added validation to `--runtime-update-policy` argument.

### Cloud SQL

* Added PostgreSQL 16 to database versions.

### Cloud Workstations

* Adding `--env` flag to `gcloud workstations create`.

### Compute Engine

* Added `IPV6_ONLY` option to `--stack-type` flag of `gcloud compute vpn-gateways create` command to create an IPv6-only VPN gateway.

### Config Connector

* Updated Google Cloud Config Connector to version 1.118.1.
  See Config Connector Overview for more details https://cloud.google.com/config-connector/docs/overview.

### Database Migration

* Updated `gcloud database-migrate connection-profiles update` to update Database Migration Service connection profile for SQL Server to Cloud SQL-SQL Server migrations.
* Updated `gcloud database-migrate migration-jobs update` to update Database Migration Service migration job for SQL Server to Cloud SQL-SQL Server migrations.

### Dataproc Metastore

*   Added `--deletion-protection` flags to `gcloud metastore services create` GA
    release track to allow creating a Dataproc Metastore instance
    with delete protection.
*   Added `--deletion-protection` and `--no-deletion-protection` flags to
    `gcloud metastore services update` GA release track to allow updating
    a Dataproc Metastore instance with delete protection.

### Security Command Center

*   Added `--filter-modules` flag in `gcloud scc manage services describe ...` api to filter response by modules.


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