Google Cloud CLI 481.0.0 is now available

[Shyam Mehta]

Hi all,

Google Cloud CLI 481.0.0 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

 ## 481.0.0 (2024-06-18)

### Breaking Changes

*   **(Cloud Dataflow)** Deprecated `gcloud dataflow sql` command group. The command group will be removed by 2025-01-31. See Beam YAML (https://beam.apache.org/documentation/sdks/yaml/) and Beam notebooks (https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/notebook-advanced#beam-sql) for alternatives.


### AlloyDB

* Added another option `ASSIGN_IPV4` to flag `--assign-inbound-public-ip` to
enable public IP for an instance to `gcloud alloydb instances create` and
`gcloud alloydb instances create-secondary`.
* Added flag `--authorized-external-networks` to set a list of authorized
external networks on an instance to `gcloud alloydb instances create` and
`gcloud alloydb instances create-secondary`.
* Added switchover command.

### Artifact Registry

* Fixed a bug where `gcloud artifacts files download`
  and `gcloud artifacts generic download` would crash.

### BigQuery

* Added `undelete` command for datasets.
* Updated `google-auth` to version 2.29.0.
* Improved authentication error messaging.

### Cloud Domains

* Implemented the following commands for `gcloud domains registrations google-domains-dns`
  * `get-forwarding-config`
  * `export-dns-record-sets`

### Cloud Filestore

*   Added `--source-instance` flag to `gcloud filestore instances create` and
    `gcloud beta filestore instances create` command to specify the instance
    will be created as a Standby replica of the source-instance.
*   Added `promote-replica` verb for filestore instances. `promote-replica`
    promotes a standby replication instance to a regular instance.

### Cloud Functions

* Promoted `--build-service-account` flag for `gcloud functions deploy` to GA.

### Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy

* Promoted `gcloud iap` regional command to beta and GA.

### Cloud Pub/Sub

*   Promoted `--cloud-storage-use-topic-schema` flag of
    `gcloud pubsub subscriptions create` to GA. Added the ability
    to set whether to use topic schemas in Cloud Pub/Sub to Cloud Storage
    subscriptions. For more information, see
    <https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/create-cloudstorage-subscription#use-topic-schema>.
*   Promoted `--cloud-storage-use-topic-schema` flag of
    `gcloud pubsub subscriptions update`. to GA. Added the ability
    to update whether to use topic schemas in Cloud Pub/Sub to Cloud Storage
    subscriptions. For more information, see
    <https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/create-cloudstorage-subscription#use-topic-schema>.

### Cloud Spanner

* Added `gcloud beta spanner instance-partitions` command group.
* Added `--instance-partition` flag to `gcloud beta spanner operations list`, `gcloud beta spanner operations describe`, and `gcloud beta spanner operations cancel`.

### Cloud Storage

* Added commands for creating, listing, describing, and deleting folders in buckets with hierarchical namespace enabled:
  * Added `gcloud alpha storage folders create` which creates folders.
  * Added `gcloud alpha storage folders list` which lists folders in buckets.
  * Added `gcloud alpha storage folders describe` which gets the folder's metadata.
  * Added `gcloud alpha storage folders delete` which deletes folders.
* Updated gsutil component to 5.30.

### Compute Engine

* Promoted `--confidential-compute-type` flag for the command `gcloud compute instance create` to GA.
* Added `--size` flag to `gcloud compute instance-groups managed update` for v1.

### Network Connectivity

* Updated `gcloud network-connectivity internal-ranges update` to support setting and clearing labels.
* Added support for `include-export-ranges` to support include filters for VPC
  spokes.


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