Google Cloud CLI 504.0.0 is now available

[google-cloud-sdk-announce]

Hi all,

Google Cloud CLI 504.0.0 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

 ## 504.0.0 (2024-12-17)

### AlloyDB

* Added export command to support exporting data from an AlloyDB cluster to Google Cloud Storage.

### BigQuery

* Fixed the bug where quota project ID would default to the resource project ID for an active service account from Cloud CLI used for authentication.
* Added `--reservation_id=none` to the `query` command to enforce on-demand job execution.
* Added `--bigquery_discovery_api_key` to allow specifying an API key when making a discovery request.

### Cloud Bigtable

*   Changed the default retention period from 3d to 7d when automated backup is enabled using `--enable-automated-backup` flag in `gcloud bigtable instances tables create` and `gcloud bigtable instances tables update`.
*   Added `--automated-backup-retention-period` flag to `gcloud bigtable instances tables create` and `gcloud bigtable instances tables update` commands which can be used to configure the retention period for automated backup.

### Cloud Storage

* Updated gsutil component to 5.33.

### Compute Engine

* Added `--request-body-inspection-size` for `gcloud compute security-policies update`, and promoted it to beta.
* Promoted `gcloud compute network-profiles list` and `describe` to v1.
* Promoted `--network-profile` in `gcloud compute networks create` to v1.

### Kubernetes Engine

* Added `--disable-l4-lb-firewall-reconciliation` flag to
`gcloud container clusters create`, `gcloud container clusters create-auto`, and
`gcloud container clusters update` to disable reconciliation for VPC firewalls
targeting ingress traffic for L4 Load Balancer Services.
* Updated default kubectl from 1.30.6 to 1.30.8.
* Added new kubectl version 1.32.0
* Additional kubectl versions:
  * kubectl.1.27 (1.27.16)
  * kubectl.1.28 (1.28.15
  * kubectl.1.29 (1.29.12)
  * kubectl.1.30 (1.30.8)
  * kubectl.1.31 (1.31.4)
  * kubectl.1.32 (1.32.0)

### Migrate to Virtual Machines

* Promoted `gcloud migration vms machine-image-imports` commands to GA.

### Network Security

* New flag to add description for Intercept Endpoint Group in `create` and `update` commands.
* Added `gcloud network-security security-profiles custom-intercept` commands to create Custom Intercept Security Profiles.
* Added `--custom-intercept-profile` flag to `gcloud network-security security-profile-groups create` to associate a Custom Intercept SP to an SPG.

### Network Services

* Added `gcloud network-services route-views list`.

* Added `gcloud network-services route-views describe`.

### Service Extensions

* Added per extension metadata field to the DEP extensions.


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