Google Cloud CLI 525.0.0 is now available

[Shyam Mehta]

Hi all,

Google Cloud CLI 525.0.0 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

 ## 525.0.0 (2025-06-03)

### Breaking Changes

*   **(Cloud Managed Kafka)** Included SASL port in bootstrap address on cluster describe and list commands.


### AlloyDB

* Added `gcloud alloydb clusters migrate-cloud-sql` command to support migrating data from an existing Cloud SQL instance backup to an AlloyDB cluster in GA track.

### Cloud Bigtable Emulator

* Rebuilt cbt emulator with golang.org/x/net version 0.39.0 which fixes CVE-2025-22870.

### Cloud Dataplex

* Promoted `gcloud dataplex metadata_jobs` commands to GA.

### Cloud Dataproc

* Added `tier` flag to `gcloud dataproc clusters create` allowing user to create premium tier or standard tier clusters.

### Cloud Managed Kafka

* Added the sslPrincipalMappingRules as a flag for create and update cluster.

### Compute Engine

*   Promoted `--load-balancing-scheme` flag for
  `gcloud compute backend-buckets create` to GA.
* Added `gcloud compute reservations sub-blocks list` command in beta and v1.
* Added `gcloud compute reservations sub-blocks describe` command in beta and v1.

### Compute Firewall Policies

* Promoted `--policy-type` flag to beta in
 `gcloud compute network-firewall-policies create`.

### Database Migration

* Updated `gcloud database-migration connection-profiles create alloydb` to support POSTGRES_17 version option for AlloyDB connection profiles.

### GKE Hub

* Promoted `--custom-role` flag of `gcloud container fleet scopes rbacrolebindings` to beta and GA.
* Promoted `gcloud container fleet rbacrolebindingactuation` commands to beta and GA.
* add in support for performance-monitoring unit for cluster create and
node-pools create.

### Network Connectivity

* Added IPV6 option to `--protocol-version` flag of `gcloud network-connectivity
  policy-based-routes`.

### Service Extensions

* Added `gcloud service-extensions lb-edge-extensions` command group in beta for managing LbEdgeExtension resources.


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