ST-2026-155 · SDKs, clients & toolchains
Google Cloud CLI 579 removes PRESERVED_STATE from managed-instance output
Google Cloud CLI 579.0.0 removes the PRESERVED_STATE column from beta compute instance-groups managed list-instances output.
Google Cloud CLICompute EnginePRESERVED_STATEbetabreaking output
Previous state
The beta managed instance-group list-instances output included PRESERVED_STATE.
Current state
CLI 579.0.0 removes PRESERVED_STATE from that beta command output.
Affected users
Who needs to care
Parsers and automation consuming the default tabular output of gcloud beta compute instance-groups managed list-instances.
Required response
What to do
Remove dependencies on the PRESERVED_STATE output column before adopting CLI 579.
Evidence boundary
What the source does not prove
The change is scoped to the named beta command output and does not claim that the underlying managed-instance state is removed.
Lifecycle history
Dated event sequence
- Column removed
CLI 579.0.0 shipped the breaking output change.
Evidence ledger
First-party sources
- 01Google Cloud — Google Cloud CLI release notes — 579.0.0
Official CLI release notes · 2026-08-04
Open official source ↗