Managed Service for Apache Spark (formerly Dataproc on Compute Engine): The following subminor image versions announced on August 19, 2026 have been rolled…

Managed Service for Apache Spark (formerly Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark): Users may now specify short template names when creating a serverless…

Managed Service for Apache Spark (formerly Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark): Users may now specify short template names when creating a serverless session.

Managed Service for Apache Spark (formerly Dataproc on Compute Engine):

End-to-End Encryption for Apache Ranger (HTTPS): Ranger Admin, UserSync, and client plugins now enforce HTTPS on port 6182 for SSL-enabled clusters.

New Managed Service for Apache Spark (formerly Dataproc on Compute Engine) subminor cluster image versions:

2.2.88-debian12, 2.2.88-rocky9, 2.2.88-ubuntu22, 2.2.88-ubuntu22-arm

Managed Service for Apache Spark (formerly Dataproc on Compute Engine): Lightning Engine is now supported in 3.0 cluster image versions starting with subminor…

Managed Service for Apache Spark (formerly Dataproc on Compute Engine): Lightning Engine is now supported in 3.0 cluster image versions starting with subminor image version 3.0.2 ( 3.0.2-debian13 and 3.0.2-ubuntu24 ).

Managed Service for Apache Spark (formerly Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark):

Preconfigured Conda channels removed: Preconfigured conda channels (such as conda-forge ) have been removed from configurations. All runtime version aliases now point to the latest runtime version without conda channel configuration.