{
  "id": 19940453,
  "title": "Google Cloud Moves the Compute Engine API to Immutable Date-Based Versions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/google-cloud-moves-the-compute-engine-api-to-immutable-date-based",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-14T07:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "InfoQ",
    "slug": "infoq",
    "url": "https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/11/compute-engine-api-versioning/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Google Cloud has made the Compute Engine API generally available with immutable, date-based versions, starting with 2026-09-01. This change is in line with the company's AIP-185, which requires stable versions to be dates and previews to be time-bound. Each stable version is a locked snapshot of all generally available features and defaults at that date, with no breaking changes made after publication.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}