Google Cloud CLI 496.0.0 is now available

[Shyam Mehta]

Hi all,

Google Cloud CLI 496.0.0 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

 ## 496.0.0 (2024-10-08)

### Breaking Changes

*   **(Anthos Multi-Cloud)** Removed `--workload-vulnerability-scanning` flag of `gcloud container attached clusters`.


### Artifact Registry

* Added support for download rules that control the downloading behaviors of
  packages in a repository.

### BigQuery

* Added `--request_reason` flag to support setting the `X-Goog-Request-Reason` HTTP request header.
* Added `--reservation_id` flag to allow specifying reservation on a job.
* Fixed the validation on `--nouse_google_auth` when GDU is set as the universe domain.
* Updated default `--api` value to match newer guidelines.
* Fixed a bug where special `billing/quota_project` values in `--quota_project_id` flag are not resolved when using legacy auth.
* Added support for creating and updating row access policies. Support for showing and removing row access policies will be added in a future version.
* Added validations for schedule options during creating or updating data transfer configurations.
* Added `--event_driven_schedule` to support event driven transfers in Data Transfer Service.
* Added messages to alert users when a default connection is created and/or their IAM policy is updated for the default connection.
* Updates permissions for directories to be `755`.

### Cloud Bigtable

*   Added `--backup-type` flag to `gcloud bigtable backups create` to support hot backups.
*   Added `--hot-to-standard-time` flag to `gcloud bigtable backups create` and `gcloud bigtable backups update` to support hot backups.

### Cloud Deploy

* Added support for Deploy Policies public preview.

### Cloud Firestore

* Updated `gcloud beta firestore bulk-delete` to require confirmation.

### Cloud Pub/Sub

*   Added flags to `gcloud pubsub topics create` for creating Cloud Pub/Sub Cloud Storage Import Topics.
  *   Added `--cloud-storage-ingestion-bucket`
  *   Added `--cloud-storage-ingestion-input-format`
  *   Added `--cloud-storage-ingestion-text-delimiter`
  *   Added `--cloud-storage-ingestion-match-glob`
  *   Added `--cloud-storage-ingestion-minimum-object-create-time`
*   Added flags to `gcloud pubsub topics update` for updating Cloud Pub/Sub Cloud Storage Import Topics.
  *   Added `--cloud-storage-ingestion-bucket`
  *   Added `--cloud-storage-ingestion-input-format`
  *   Added `--cloud-storage-ingestion-text-delimiter`
  *   Added `--cloud-storage-ingestion-match-glob`
  *   Added `--cloud-storage-ingestion-minimum-object-create-time`

### Cloud Resource Manager

*   Added `DATA_GOVERNANCE` choice for `--purpose` argument in
    `gcloud resource-manager tags keys create` command.

### Cloud Run

* Promoted `gcloud run multi-region-services` to beta.
* Added `--regions` to `gcloud beta run deploy` to support Multi-Region Services.
* Deprecated `gcloud run integrations` commands.
* Added `--[no]invoker-iam-check` flag to optionally disable invoker IAM checks. This feature is available by invitation only; more info at <https://cloud.google.com/run/docs/securing/managing-access#invoker_check>.

### Cloud SQL

*   Add new enum `TLOG` to `--bak-type`, add `--export-log-start-time`  and `--export-log-end-time` flags to `gcloud sql export bak`
    to enable the transaction log export feature for SQL Server.

### Cloud Workstations

* Added support for the maximum usable workstations for a user in
  `gcloud workstations config create` and `gcloud workstations config update`
  commands.

### Compute Engine

*   `gcloud compute ssh` no longer consumes STDIN while polling for instance key propagation.
* Made scope required for `gcloud compute backend-services list-usable`.
* Promoted Percentage-based Request Mirroring in UrlMaps compute API to beta.
* Adds support for `STRONG_COOKIE_AFFINITY` sessionAffinity type in beta.
* Updated behaviour of `gcloud compute instance-groups managed delete`: it will throw error if instance.delete operation takes more than 70 minutes instead of 30 minutes previously.
* Adds support for `STRONG_COOKIE_AFFINITY` sessionAffinity type in GA.

### Database Migration

* Added `--sqlserver-promote-when-ready` and `--no-sqlserver-promote-when-ready` flags to `gcloud database-migrate migration-jobs create` and `gcloud database-migrate migration-jobs update`. The flags enable or disable promote of ready databases in Database Migration Service migration jobs for homogeneous SQL Server to Cloud SQL for SQL Server migrations.

### Distributed Cloud Edge

* Added `--control-plane-node-storage-schema` flag to `gcloud edge-cloud container clusters create` commands to allow specifying the local storage configuration schema.
* Added `--node-storage-schema` flag to `gcloud edge-cloud container node-pools create` commands to allow specifying the local storage configuration schema.

### GKE Hub

* Added `gcloud container fleet scopes add-app-operator-binding` to beta which sets up permissions required for an app operator in a fleet scope.
* Added `gcloud container fleet scopes remove-app-operator-binding` to beta which unsets permissions of an app operator in a fleet scope.
* Added `gcloud container fleet scopes list-app-operator-bindings` to beta which lists app operators and their roles in a fleet scope.

### Identity Groups

* Deprecated POSIX groups from `gcloud beta identity groups`.

### Kubernetes Engine

* Fixed a bug `gcloud container node-pools update` command where it was ignoring `--accelerator` command.
* Updates default kubectl from 1.29.8 to 1.30.5.
* Additional kubectl versions:
  * kubectl.1.27 (1.27.16)
  * kubectl.1.28 (1.28.14)
  * kubectl.1.29 (1.29.9)
  * kubectl.1.30 (1.30.5)
  * kubectl.1.31 (1.31.1)
* Added a new command `gcloud beta container clusters get-upgrade-info`
which returns upgrade information of the given cluster.
* Added a new command `gcloud beta container node-pools get-upgrade-info`
which returns upgrade information of the given node pool.
* Added flag option `--enable-ip-access` to
  `gcloud container clusters create` and `gcloud container clusters create` commands.
   This flag enables IP address access to the cluster's control plane.
* Added flag option `--enable-dns-access` to
  `gcloud container clusters create` and `gcloud container clusters create` commands.
  This flag enables DNS access to the cluster's control plane.
* Added flag option `--enable-private-endpoint-enforcement` to
  `gcloud container clusters create` and `gcloud container clusters create` commands.
  This flag enforces authorized networks rules over cluster's private endpoint.
* Added flag option `--dns-endpoint` to
  `gcloud container clusters get-credentials` command. This flag configures kubectl
  to point DNS endpoint of the cluster's control plane.

### Network Services

* Promoted the following Service Extensions Plugins command groups to beta:
  * `gcloud service-extensions wasm-plugins`
  * `gcloud service-extensions wasm-plugin-versions`

### Notebook Executor

*   Added `gcloud beta notebook-executor schedules surface and commands`.

### Security Command Center

* Modified `gcloud scc sources describe` to call Security Command Center v2 api instead of v1.


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