Google Cloud CLI 559.0.0 is now available

[google-cloud-sdk-announce]

Hi all,

Google Cloud CLI 559.0.0 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

 ## 559.0.0 (2026-03-03)

### Breaking Changes

*   **(Compute Engine)** The command `gcloud compute project-info set-usage-bucket` has been deprecated. Please use BigQuery Export (https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/export-data-bigquery) instead.


### Google Cloud CLI

* Adjusted the maximum wait time between poll retries for async Long-Running
  Operations from 3 minutes to 20 seconds for some commands.

### AI

* Modified `--region` flag of `gcloud ai custom-jobs` to include new custom
  job regions.

### AlloyDB

* Added support for `POSTGRES_18` as a version in `alloydb clusters create` for GA track.
* Added support for `POSTGRES_18` as a version in `alloydb clusters migrate-cloud-sql` for GA track.
* Added support for `POSTGRES_18` as a target version using `alloydb clusters upgrade` for GA track.

### BigLake

*   Modified `gcloud biglake iceberg catalogs delete` to prompt for confirmation
    by default. Use `--quiet` flag to get the old behavior.

### Certificate Authority Service

* Added `gcloud privateca operations` command group to manage long-running operations.

### Cloud Firestore Emulator

* Release Cloud Firestore emulator v1.20.4
  * Minor bug fixes in Firestore Native mode

### Cloud Key Management Service

*   Added `gcloud beta kms kaj-config` to help users view and updates KAJ
    default policy on a project/folder/organization.
*   Added `gcloud beta kms kaj-enrollment` to help users view the KAJ
    enrollment config of a project.

### Cloud NetApp

*   Added `gcloud netapp storage-pool execute` command to the `storage-pool` group. This command allows execution of ONTAP CLI commands on the storage pool.

### Cloud SQL

*   Updated 'cloud-sql-proxy' packaged component to use 2.21.1 of the Cloud SQL
 Proxy.

### Cluster Director

* Added `id` field to all storage resources. Users can set an identifier for
storage resources when creating a cluster.

### Compute Engine

* Promoted `--resolve-subnet-mask` flag for `gcloud compute networks subnets create` to GA.
* Added `--resource-manager-tags` flag to `gcloud compute instant-snapshots create` in beta and GA.

### Database Migration

* Added `--original-migration-name` flag to
  `gcloud database-migration migration-jobs create` command to allow users to
  create failback migration jobs.
* Added `--psc-service-attachment` flag to `gcloud database-migration
  connection-profiles create sqlserver` command to allow users to create
  SQL Server connection profile for failback migration jobs.
* Added `--private-connection` flag to `gcloud database-migration
  connection-profiles create postgesql` command to allow users to create
  PostgreSQL connection profile for failback migration jobs with Private
  Connection connectivity method.
* Added `--forward-ssh-hostname`, `--forward-ssh-port`,
  `--forward-ssh-username`, `--forward-ssh-password`, and
  `--forward-ssh-private-key` flags to `gcloud database-migration
  connection-profiles create postgesql` command to allow users to create
  PostgreSQL connection profile for failback migration jobs with Forward SSH
  Tunnel connectivity method.

### Kubernetes Engine

* Added `--consolidation-delay` flag to `gcloud container node-pools create` and
  `update` to control when the Cluster Autoscaler can scale down underutilized
  nodes.
*   Added flag option `--disable-multi-nic-lustre` to
    add support for enabling/disabling the Lustre MultiNIC on GKE Standard and
    Autopilot clusters.

### Network Security

* Updated import and export schemas for `gcloud network-security security-profile-groups`.
* Updated import and export schemas for `gcloud network-security security-profiles`.
* Promoted the `network-security security-profiles list` command to GA.
* Promoted the `network-security security-profiles describe` command to GA.
* Promoted the `network-security security-profiles export` command to GA.
* Promoted the `network-security security-profiles import` command to GA.
* Add `network-security security-profiles delete` command.

### Vector Search

* Removed unsupported Vertex Ranker flags from `gcloud beta vector-search collections data-objects batch-search` command.


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