<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Cloud Storage API Changes — Google Cloud Radar</title><description>Real-time pre-release intelligence and changelog for Google Cloud Storage. Tracked from Google Discovery Service.</description><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/</link><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://google-cloud-radar.com/services/cloud-storage/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Object Zonal Availability Info Added</title><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-11-13-storage-v1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-11-13-storage-v1</guid><description>Cloud Storage objects now expose `zonalAvailabilityInfo` in their metadata, detailing their presence in Rapid Cache Ultra (RCU) zonal caches. This includes a list of `availableZones` where the object has a zonal copy.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Storage</category><service>Cloud Storage</service><api>storage.v1</api><impact>medium</impact><breaking>false</breaking><interesting_score>6</interesting_score><status>canary</status></item><item><title>⚠️ [BREAKING] Anywhere Cache &apos;pause&apos; method removed; Rapid Cache info added</title><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-11-10-storage-v1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-11-10-storage-v1</guid><description>The `anywhereCaches.pause` method has been removed from the Cloud Storage API, which is a breaking change for integrations managing Anywhere Cache instances. Additionally, the `BucketStorageLayout` schema now includes `rapidCacheInfo` to expose details about Rapid Cache configurations.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Storage</category><service>Cloud Storage</service><api>storage.v1</api><impact>high</impact><breaking>true</breaking><interesting_score>9</interesting_score><status>canary</status></item><item><title>⚠️ [BREAKING] Breaking: Channel Management Removed</title><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-10-14-storage-v1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-10-14-storage-v1</guid><description>The `channels.stop` method and the `Channel` schema have been completely removed from the Cloud Storage API. This is a breaking change affecting push notification channel management.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Storage</category><service>Cloud Storage</service><api>storage.v1</api><impact>high</impact><breaking>true</breaking><interesting_score>9</interesting_score><status>canary</status></item><item><title>Cloud Storage: New Hard Delete Pause for Soft-Deleted Objects</title><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-10-03-storage-v1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-10-03-storage-v1</guid><description>Cloud Storage buckets now support a &apos;hard delete pause&apos; configuration within their soft delete policy. This new feature allows administrators to temporarily prevent the permanent deletion of soft-deleted objects, offering an additional layer of data protection.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Storage</category><service>Cloud Storage</service><api>storage.v1</api><impact>medium</impact><breaking>false</breaking><interesting_score>7</interesting_score><status>canary</status></item><item><title>⚠️ [BREAKING] New Object Context API &amp; Breaking Changes Clarified</title><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-09-28-storage-v1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-09-28-storage-v1</guid><description>Cloud Storage introduces a new `objects.viewFullContext` method to retrieve detailed object context, defined by the new `ObjectFullContext` schema. While the diff reports breaking changes, these apply to the required parameters of this *new* method, not existing API calls.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Storage</category><service>Cloud Storage</service><api>storage.v1</api><impact>medium</impact><breaking>true</breaking><interesting_score>8</interesting_score><status>released</status></item><item><title>New extended data type URL for Object Custom Context</title><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-09-14-storage-v1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-09-14-storage-v1</guid><description>Cloud Storage has added an extendedDataTypeUrl field to the ObjectCustomContextPayload schema to better identify custom context data.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Storage</category><service>Cloud Storage</service><api>storage.v1</api><impact>low</impact><breaking>false</breaking><interesting_score>4</interesting_score><status>canary</status></item></channel></rss>