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+title: "Pulumi Google Cloud Provider Version 8.0.0"
+date: 2024-09-19T10:08:42-07:00
+draft: false
+meta_desc: "Release of the next version of the Pulumi Provider for Google Cloud"
+meta_image: meta.png
+authors:
+    - guinevere-saenger
+tags:
+    - gcp
+    - release
+---
+
+The latest major release of the Pulumi Google Cloud Provider is available now!
+Our 8.0 release contains the [latest upstream changes](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-google/releases/tag/v6.0.0) to keep you up-to-date along with the latest features and improvements from Pulumi.
+
+The Pulumi Google Cloud provider can be used to provision any of the Google Cloud resources available in the upstream provider.
+The provider is open source and available on GitHub so you can always follow along with current issues and developments, or even open your first pull request.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+Here are a few links to help you get started if you are new to Pulumi:
+
+- [Getting Started](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/clouds/gcp/get-started/) - A guided walkthrough for creating your first project
+- [Setup & Install](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/installation-configuration/) - Instructions on installing the Google Cloud provider
+- [How-to guides](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/how-to-guides/) - Learn how to use the Google Cloud provider to provision specific resources
+- [Templates](https://www.pulumi.com/templates/serverless-application/gcp/) - Use a quickstart template to create a new project
+- [Pulumi AI](https://www.pulumi.com/ai) - Ask Pulumi AI to create a new project
+
+## Looking Back
+
+Since the last major release of this provider, we have continuously shipped improvements to our ecosystem, bringing the latest Pulumi features to your production stack.
+We have rolled out an [improved diffing strategy](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge/issues/1785) and [fixed state upgrades](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge/pull/2081) in the Pulumi Terraform Bridge, removing spurious diffs on preview and increasing confidence when deploying.
+Additionally we have improved accuracy and coverage for registry documentation, via [better example conversion](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-gcp/pull/1266) and [general docs improvements for bridged providers](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge/issues/1794).
+
+### New Modules
+
+Over the last year, we have added support for several new modules. Among these are:
+
+- [App Hub](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/apphub/)
+- [Application Integration](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/applicationintegration/)
+- [Blockchain Node Engine](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/blockchainnodeengine/)
+- [Cloud Quota](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/cloudquota/)
+- [Discovery Engine](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/discoveryengine/)
+- [Edge Container](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/edgecontainer/)
+- [Integration Connectors](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/integrationconnectors/)
+- [Managed Kafka](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/managedkafka/)
+- [Migration Center](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/migrationcenter/)
+- [Netapp](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/netapp/)
+- [Parallelstore](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/parallelstore/)
+- [Privileged Access Manager](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/privilegedaccessmanager/)
+- [Secure Source Manager](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/securesourcemanager/)
+- [Security Posture](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/securityposture/)
+- [Site Verification](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/siteverification/)
+- [Workbench](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/workbench/)
+
+### API Coverage Growth
+
+The below chart shows the growth of this provider by resource, function, and supporting types since Version 7.
+
+![google-cloud-coverage](./gcp-api-coverage.png)
+
+## What’s New in 8.0
+
+### Added Deletion Protections
+
+Several resources have new `deletionProtection` fields:
+
+- gcp.cloudrunv2.Service
+- gcp.cloudrunv2.Job
+- gcp.activedirectory.Domain
+- gcp.organizations.Folder
+- gcp.organizations.Project
+
+Find the documentation for any of these resources in our [registry](https://pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp)
+
+### New default provisioning label
+
+A new default label, `goog-pulumi-provisioned` lets you discover your Pulumi-provisioned resources in the GCP console
+to help you track resources and how they were created.
+This label is available as an Output only and can be disabled in your provider configuration.
+
+### Upgrading
+
+You can find our v7 -> v8 Migration Guide [on the Pulumi Registry](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/how-to-guides/8-0-migration/).