* Enabled faster component update mode by default on Linux. This avoids making a backup copy of the installation directory when running certain `gcloud components` commands, which should significantly improve the time taken by these operations (including installation and updates). * Fixed issue where `gcloud components update` would leave installation in an unusable state when downloading certain components failed.
### AlloyDB
* Added the following flags to `gcloud alloydb instances create` and `gcloud alloydb instances update` in alpha and beta: * `--observability-config-enabled` * `--observability-config-preserve-comments` * `--observability-config-track-wait-events` * `--observability-config-max-query-string-length` * `--observability-config-record-application-tags` * `--observability-config-query-plans-per-minute` * `--observability-config-track-active-queries` * Promoted AlloyDB Cross Region Replication commands to beta and GA track. Modified commands include: alloydb clusters switchover. * Added creating cross region and project backups support to `gcloud alloydb backups create` command. * Added ability to create clusters with database_version POSTGRES_16 in beta track.
### Batch
* Release resource-allowances commands to the alpha track.
### Cloud Access Context Manager
* Promoted `gcloud access-context-manager supported-services` to GA.
### Cloud Filestore
* Enable Filestore promote-replica command in GA track.
### Cloud Functions
* Added `--binary-authorization` and `--clear-binary-authorization` flags for 2nd gen function in alpha and beta track.
### Cloud NetApp
* Updated `psa-range` comments on `gcloud netapp storage-pools` and `gcloud netapp volumes` to indicate that the `psa-range` key is not used and will be ignored.
### Cloud SQL
* Adding support for `clean` and `if-exists` flags to parallel import and single-threaded-export.
### Cloud Workstations
* Added `--vm-tags` flag to `gcloud workstations config create` to add tags to the workstation's underlying VM.
### Compute Engine
* Promoted `--preference` flag of `gcloud compute backend-services add-backend` and `gcloud compute backend-services update-backend` to GA. * Promoted `--service-lb-policy` flag of `gcloud compute backend-services create` and `gcloud compute backend-services update` to GA. * Promote `gcloud compute instances ops-agents` to GA. * Added `IDPF` to the list of `guestOsFeatures`. * Promoted `--max-run-duration` flag of `gcloud compute instances create` to v1. * Allows specifying the duration of time after which the instance will terminate. * Promoted `--termination-time` flag of `gcloud compute instances create` to v1. * Allows specifying the timestamp that the instance will terminate. * Promoted `--discard-local-ssds-at-termination-timestamp` flag of `gcloud compute instances create` to v1. * Allows specifying the option to whether discard attached local SSDs when automatically stopping this VM
### Network Security
* Renamed FIREWALL_POLICY column to SOURCE_RESOURCE column in `gcloud networksecurity address-groups list-references` command. * Added `--purpose` flag to `gcloud alpha/beta network-security address-groups create/update` commands.
### Secret Manager
* Added flag `--location` and `--regional-kms-key-name` for secrets to use the regional secrets.