Colab Enterprise release notes

This page documents production updates to Colab Enterprise. Check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.

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October 03, 2024

Gemini in Colab Enterprise, which is a product in the Gemini for Google Cloud portfolio, is generally available. Gemini in Colab Enterprise helps you write code by suggesting code as you type. You can also use the Help me code tool to generate code from a description of what you want.

Gemini in Colab Enterprise is available to try at no cost through December 31, 2024.

To learn how to enable and activate Gemini in Colab Enterprise features, see Set up Gemini in Colab Enterprise.

September 23, 2024

You can now use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) to protect notebooks in Colab Enterprise.

For more information, see Use customer-managed encryption keys.

August 14, 2024

The notebook scheduler is now generally available. See Schedule a notebook run.

August 05, 2024

Fixed an issue in which users weren't able to access the Colab Enterprise UI when Colab Service Status was OFF for everyone in Google Workspace.

July 16, 2024

All Colab Enterprise runtimes are automatically configured with a 100 GiB boot disk in addition to the disk specified in the runtime template. Starting July 16, 2024, the boot disk of a newly created Colab Enterprise runtime automatically defaults to an SSD Persistent Disk. Previously, the boot disk default was a Standard Persistent Disk.

Because of this change, default boot disks of Colab Enterprise runtimes are billed as SSD Persistent Disks instead of Standard Persistent Disks. For more information, see Colab Enterprise pricing.

June 17, 2024

You can now use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) to protect runtimes in Colab Enterprise. Using CMEK for notebook files isn't currently supported.

For more information, see Use customer-managed encryption keys for runtimes.

June 10, 2024

Gemini in Colab Enterprise, which is a product in the Gemini for Google Cloud portfolio, is available in Preview. Gemini in Colab Enterprise helps you write code by suggesting code as you type. You can also use the Help me code tool to generate code from a description of what you want.

To learn how to enable and activate Gemini in Colab Enterprise features, see Set up Gemini in Colab Enterprise.

The notebook scheduler is now available in Preview. You can schedule a notebook to run immediately one time, or on a recurring schedule.

For more information, see Schedule a notebook run.

February 27, 2024

VPC Service Controls has general availability support in Colab Enterprise.

For more information, see Use VPC Service Controls.

October 11, 2023

Colab Enterprise is now generally available (GA). Colab Enterprise combines the popular collaborative features of Colaboratory with the security and compliance capabilities of Google Cloud. Colab Enterprise includes:

  • Sharing and collaborating functionality, with IAM access control.
  • Google-managed compute and runtime provisioning, with configurable runtime templates.
  • Integrations with Vertex AI and BigQuery.
  • Inline code completion with Duet AI (Preview) assistance.
  • End-user credential authentication for running your notebook code.
  • Idle shutdown for runtimes (Experimental).

To get started, see Introduction to Colab Enterprise or create a notebook and start coding.

August 29, 2023

Colab Enterprise is now available in Preview. Colab Enterprise combines the popular collaborative features of Colaboratory with the security and compliance capabilities of Google Cloud. Colab Enterprise includes:

  • Sharing and collaborating functionality, with IAM access control.
  • Google-managed compute and runtime provisioning, with configurable runtime templates.
  • Integrations with Vertex AI and BigQuery.
  • Inline code completion with Duet AI assistance.
  • End-user credential authentication for running your notebook code.

To get started, see Introduction to Colab Enterprise or create a notebook and start coding.