[Update] Backup for GKE will be enabled in your GKE-enabled projects

Backup for GKE API will become a required dependency starting September 12, 2023.

MY CONSOLE Hello Tee, We are writing to let you know that to deliver an improved Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) experience with better scalability, reliability and performance, the Backup for GKE API will be automatically enabled on your projects where the GKE API is enabled, starting September 12, 2023. You are receiving this notification because we have detected that one or more of your projects has GKE clusters and/or uses the GKE API. What do you need to know? This change enables GKE customers to improve the data protection posture of their GKE clusters by making it easier to leverage the Backup for GKE service. Please note that enabling the Backup for GKE API alone will not cause any changes in your configuration settings or behavior of your GKE cluster, including any workloads running in the cluster. Enabling the Backup for GKE API will not automatically create any backups nor incur additional costs. It just removes friction from the process of configuring your backup plans to protect your clusters. You won't be charged anything unless and until you actually create backups. What do you need to do? No action is required on your part as Backup for GKE API will be automatically enabled. If you would like to see the complete list of APIs enabled in your project, review our guide to see the list of enabled services on projects. We're here to help If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact Google Cloud Platform Support. If you'd like to learn more about Backup for GKE, please see Backup for GKE | Google Cloud. Thanks for choosing Google Kubernetes Engine. —The Google Kubernetes Engine Team DOCUMENTATION SUPPORT

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Updating our Google Account inactivity policy

Every day Google works hard to keep you and your private information safe and secure by preventing unauthorized access to your Google Account with our built-in security protections. And keeping you safe means having strong privacy practices across our products that minimize how long we store your personal files and any data associated with them. We want to protect your private information and prevent any unauthorized access to your account even if you're no longer using our services. Therefore, we are updating the inactivity period for a Google Account to two years across all our products and services. This change starts rolling out today and will apply to any Google Account that's been inactive, meaning it has not been signed into or used within a two-year period. An inactive account and any content in it will be eligible for deletion from December 1, 2023. What this means for you: These changes do not impact you unless you have been inactive in your Google Account for two years or have not used your account to sign in to any Google service for over two years. While the changes go into effect today, the earliest we would enforce any account deletion would be December 2023. If your account is considered inactive, we will send several reminder emails to both you and your recovery emails (if any have been provided) before we take any action or delete any account content. These reminder emails will go out at least 8 months before any action is taken on your account. After a Google Account is deleted, the Gmail address for the deleted account cannot be used again when creating a new Google Account. How to keep your account active? The simplest way to keep a Google Account active is to sign in to the account at least once every two years. If you have signed in to your Google Account recently in the past two years, your account is considered active and will not be deleted. Other ways to keep your account active include: Reading or sending an email Using Google Drive Watching a YouTube video Sharing a photo Downloading an app Using Google Search Using Sign in with Google to sign in to a third-party app or service There are some exceptions to this policy. Examples include: a Google Account with YouTube channels, videos or comments; an account that has a gift card with a monetary balance; or an account that has a published application, for example, one that hosts an app on the Google Play store. Other exceptions to this policy are available here. Google also offers tools to help manage your Google Account and provide options to back up your data, including the ability to download your data using Google Takeout, and allowing you to plan for what happens to your data if you're inactive for a specific period of time with the Inactive Account Manager. Our priority is to make it as easy as possible for you to keep your account active, if you want to, and we'll ensure you have adequate notice before any account is impacted by this change. So before an account is deleted, Google will send email notifications to the Google Account and its recovery email (if one has been provided). You should verify that your recovery email is up to date. Learn more Inactive Google Account Policy How Google retains data we collect Updating our inactive account policies (only available in English) Thank you, The Google Account team You have received this email to update you about important changes to your Google Account and services. © 2023 Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043

[Update] Google Kubernetes Engine API will have the Network Connectivity API automatically enabled starting in July 2023

We are enabling this API for all projects with the Kubernetes Engine API enabled.

MY CONSOLE Hello Tee, We are writing to let you know that the Network Connectivity API will be automatically enabled on your projects where the Kubernetes Engine API is enabled starting July 2023. You are receiving this notification because we have detected that one or more of your projects has GKE clusters and/or uses the Kubernetes Engine API. What do you need to know? The Network Connectivity API enables connectivity with and between Google Cloud resources. To build a foundation to help us improve the GKE cluster creation and autoscaling experience in the future, we will enable the Network Connectivity API for all projects where the Kubernetes Engine API is enabled. What do you need to do? No action is required on your part as the Network Connectivity API will be automatically enabled for projects with the Kubernetes Engine API enabled starting in July 2023. If you would like to see the API enabled in your project, review our guide to see the list of enabled services on projects. We recommend that you ensure any automation tools (e.g. Terraform) that create or manage Google Cloud projects and/or their APIs are configured to not disable the Network Connectivity API when using the Kubernetes Engine API. If the Network Connectivity API is disabled, it might cause issues related to IP management during GKE cluster creation or auto-scaling. Your following project(s) will have the Network Connectivity API enabled. My First Project (pure-chariot-91319) We're here to help If you'd like to learn more about these APIs or GKE, we recommend reading: FAQ about GKE's new dependency on the Network Connectivity API Network Connectivity API Kubernetes Engine API Thanks for choosing Google Kubernetes Engine. —The Google Kubernetes Engine Team DOCUMENTATION

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[Update] Review your configurations as we implement new Service IP defaults for GKE Autopilot and Standard clusters

The new default Service IP will be assigned starting July 2023.

MY CONSOLE With the new default Service IP range you'll save on network range quotas because we won't create a new Service secondary range. Hello Tee, We are writing to let you know that GKE Autopilot and Standard clusters will have a new default Service IP range assignment starting in July 2023. What do you need to know? We are providing a new default Service range for GKE Autopilot and Standard clusters. This update will let you free up more of your private IP space and relieve your Google Cloud network quota for subnet ranges. Review the table below to visualize the update. Current default GKE Service IP range New default GKE Service IP range Picked from the 10.0.0.0/8 range during cluster creation. Assigned the 34.118.224.0/20 range during cluster creation. The new IP range will be used if you do not specify the --services-ipv4-cidr or the --services-secondary-range-name during GKE Autopilot or GKE Standard cluster creation. What's changing? The GKE Service IP range will be allocated from the reserved Google public IP pool 34.118.224.0/20 and used on newly-created clusters. Existing clusters will not be affected by this change. You'll save on network range quotas since we won't create a new Service secondary range. You won't need to account for a CIDR assignment for the Service range, hence you'll be saving IP addresses and IP management overhead. The changes will be effective as follows: GKE Autopilot starting in July 2023. GKE Standard starting in August 2023. What do you need to do? No action is required from you. However, we recommend reviewing your DNS configurations to ensure that your GKE Services are not assumed to be in the 10.0.0.0/8 IP address range. If you do not wish to leverage this new default feature, please indicate the --services-ipv4-cidr or the --services-secondary-range-name during cluster creation. We're here to help Please refer to the Google Cloud page on planning IP allotment for further clarification on IP requirements for GKE clusters to consider. If you have any questions, please contact your account manager. Thanks for choosing Google Kubernetes Engine. —The Google Kubernetes Engine Team

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[Update] Cloud DNS API will be enabled to your GKE-enabled projects

Cloud DNS API will become a required dependency starting May 15, 2023.

MY CONSOLE Hello Tee, We're writing to let you know about an upcoming change to your Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) projects. On May 15, 2023 we'll automatically enable the Cloud DNS API to all GKE enabled projects. What do you need to know? To deliver an improved DNS experience with better scalability, reliability and performance, and tighter integration with Google Cloud services, Cloud DNS API will become a required dependency for upcoming capabilities in GKE. Please note that enabling Cloud DNS API will not cause any changes in your configuration settings or behavior of your GKE cluster, including all workloads running in the cluster, or additional costs. What do you need to do? No action is required on your part as Cloud DNS API will be automatically enabled. However, we recommend you ensure any tooling that automates the creation or management of Google Cloud projects or their APIs (e.g. Terraform) is configured so it doesn't disable the Cloud DNS API. If the Cloud DNS API is disabled it might cause non-functional GKE clusters in the future. Your projects listed below will have the Cloud DNS API enabled, starting May 15, 2023: My First Project (pure-chariot-91319) We're here to help If you have any questions you can: Review our FAQs to learn more about Cloud DNS API enabled. Contact your account manager. Thank you for choosing Google Kubernetes Engine. —The Google Kubernetes Engine Team DOCUMENTATION

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[Update] We’re adding a new service for all App Engine projects on Apr. 17, 2023

Service Usage API will be added to enabled services in your console.

MY CONSOLE   Hello Tee, We are writing to let you know that we will activate the service appenginereporting.googleapis.com on all App Engine projects on April 17, 2023. What do you need to know? As we continue to update the underlying infrastructure for App Engine, we are improving our integration with certain GCP shared services (e.g. Billing, Quota Management, etc.). Because of this integration, we must enable a service on all App Engine projects to properly tie-in to these shared services. This new service will be added as part of ongoing infrastructure modernization, and will be necessary to support various aspects of metrics reporting and quotas. We are using a new service to avoid unintended side effects related to the existing App Engine services (appengine.googleapis.com and appengineflex.googleapis.com). The new Service Usage API will have no impact on existing apps, no impact on billing, and has no external API. The only change customers will see is appenginereporting.googleapis.com added to the list of enabled services in their Cloud Console and when running gcloud services list. What do you need to do? No action is required on your part. However, we recommend that you don't disable appenginereporting.googleapis.com service while still using App Engine. If you disable this service, it might result in some issues with certain activities (like viewing quotas in your Cloud Console). Your impacted projects are below: My First Project (pure-chariot-91319) Thanks for choosing App Engine.                   — The Google App Engine Team

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