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May 22, 2023
Documentation has been added to explain how to use Terraform to run a Cloud Scheduler cron job that creates Batch jobs. For more information, see Create and run Batch jobs using Terraform and Cloud Scheduler.
May 17, 2023
Preview: Integrate a job into a workflow using the Batch API connector for Workflows.
May 09, 2023
Documentation has been added to explain how to run Nextflow pipelines on Batch. For more information, see Orchestrate jobs by running Nextflow pipelines on Batch.
April 27, 2023
Documentation has been added for an overview page that summarizes Batch content including pages, code samples, and videos. For more information, see Overview.
April 13, 2023
Documentation for pricing has been added to explain how you can visualize the costs associated with your Batch jobs by using Cloud Billing reports. For more information, see Pricing.
April 12, 2023
Documentation has been added to explain networking concepts and how to configure networking for Batch. For more information, see the following pages:
April 11, 2023
Batch is available in the following regions:
asia-northeast1(Tokyo)europe-west4(Netherlands)
For more information, see Locations.
March 13, 2023
In the Google Cloud console, the Job details page has been updated to include an Events tab, which lists the job's status events and contains a link to the job's logs.
To view the Events tab, follow the steps to describe a job using the console.
March 06, 2023
Batch is available in the following regions:
asia-south1(Mumbai)asia-east1(Taiwan)europe-west3(Frankfurt)southamerica-west1(Santiago)us-east4(Northern Virginia)
For more information, see Locations.
February 15, 2023
The documentation for how to create and run a job has been split into the following pages:
- Job creation and execution overview
- Create and run a basic job
- Create and run advanced jobs
February 02, 2023
Documentation has been updated to include new samples. The following samples are available in Java:
- Create and submit a job using a VM instance template
- Create and submit a job that uses a Cloud Storage bucket
- List tasks
- Describe a task
- View logs from Cloud Logging for a job
For more information, see All Batch code samples.
January 17, 2023
Batch is available in the following regions:
northamerica-northeast1(Montréal)europe-west2(London)
For more information, see Locations.
December 22, 2022
Documentation has been updated to include new samples. The following samples are available in Go, Node.js, and Python:
- Create and submit a job using a VM instance template
- Create and submit a job that uses a Cloud Storage bucket
- List tasks
- Describe a task
The following sample is available in Go and Python:
For more information, see All Batch code samples.
December 15, 2022
Any job can use a custom machine type. (Before, you could only use custom machine types by creating a job from a Compute Engine instance template.)
Preview: Batch supports VPC Service Controls, which lets you create perimeters that protect the resources and data of Google Cloud services that you explicitly specify. For more information about using VPC Service Controls with Batch, see Supported products and limitations.
October 21, 2022
Samples in Go are available for Batch. Documentation has been updated to include the following samples:
For more information, see All Batch code samples.
October 12, 2022
Samples in Java, Node.js, and Python are available for Batch. Documentation has been updated to include the following samples:
For more information, see All Batch code samples.
October 11, 2022
Batch is generally available (GA). Batch jobs can be created in the supported locations and resources can be created in any location supported by Compute Engine. With this release the Terms of Service in the Cloud Services Summary fully apply.
The release includes additional capabilities such as support for user-defined service accounts, VPC Service Control, and HIPAA compliance.
The documentation has been updated to include the following new content:
Create a job that uses environment variables, a custom service account, Message Passing Interface (MPI), GPUs, or storage.
October 03, 2022
Starting today, to submit a job, you must also have the Service Account User (roles/iam.serviceAccountUser) IAM role on the service account used by a job. For details, see the permissions required to submit a job.
The new Batch Job Editor (roles/batch.jobsEditor) IAM role is intended to replace the existing Batch Job Administrator (roles/batch.jobsAdmin) role. Although the Batch Job Administrator role currently still has the same permissions as the Batch Job Editor role, you can now only grant users the Batch Job Editor role. Additionally, it is recommended to update any existing users with the Batch Job Administrator role to have the Batch Job Editor role instead. For more information about IAM roles, see Manage access.
September 21, 2022
The Quotas and limits are now documented for Batch.
September 14, 2022
Preview: Data Access audit logs are now available for Batch. For more information, see Batch audit logging information.
September 12, 2022
The documentation page Get started with Batch has been rewritten. Information that was previously on that page has been relocated to the following new pages:
September 07, 2022
Batch is now available in the following regions: asia-southeast1 and europe-west6. For more information, see Locations.
July 13, 2022
Batch is now available in Preview! For more information about using Batch, see the documentation.