workbench-instances-2603 image family
(Debian 12) of Agent Platform Workbench. Each entry lists the image
version that was released and the changes it contains.
For the versioning scheme and lifecycle dates, see Image versioning and lifecycle. For product-level updates that aren't specific to an image, see Agent Platform Workbench release notes.
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August 23, 2026
Scheduled notebook executions now report their final status when the execution user's credentials stop working part way through a run, instead of continuing until the execution timeout.
20260823-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
August 16, 2026
20260816-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
August 09, 2026
20260809-2130-rc0 Release
Updated the NVIDIA GPU driver on Workbench Debian 12 images from 580.65.06 to 580.126.20 for compatibility with the Debian 12 6.1.0-52 kernel.
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed the Git panel's grayed out buttons which were disabled due to an issue with the Jupyter Lab's Git plugin introduced in version 0.54.0.
July 30, 2026
20260730-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed issue with JupyterLab UI silently reverting file changes and interrupting kernels due to Gemini CLI's auto reload extension.
The JupyterLab last-active and auto-reload extensions are now enabled only when Gemini CLI is configured, preventing them from affecting the native JupyterLab UI otherwise.
Fixed the JupyterLab Git extension's Pull and Push buttons being disabled by pinning jupyterlab-git to 0.53.0.
Fixed an error that could prevent creating new micromamba environments at runtime due to package cache permissions.
Workbench internal agents now trust custom and enterprise CA certificates installed on the host operating system, fixing TLS certificate verification failures for connections routed through the instance proxy.
Files created by the post-startup script are now owned by the jupyter user, and git safe.directory is configured so that root-owned repositories continue to work.
The JupyterLab last-active and auto-reload extensions are now enabled only when Gemini CLI is configured, preventing them from affecting the native JupyterLab UI otherwise.
July 13, 2026
20260712-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed broken cupy installation.
Secure Boot is compatible with GPUs
You can now enable Secure Boot on Agent Platform Workbench instances that have a
GPU attached. Secure Boot with GPUs is supported on the workbench-instances-2603
VM image and the workbench-container-2606 custom container, which include a
Secure Boot-signed NVIDIA GPU driver so the driver loads under Secure Boot. For
more information, see Create an
instance.
July 06, 2026
20260701-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed a race condition that could cause JupyterLab to be unreachable (HTTP 524) on GPU instances.
Fixed an issue where long-running requests (for example, streaming or long-poll connections) could be terminated after about 60 seconds.
June 29, 2026
20260628-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Installed TensorFlow and PyTorch packages to the default kernel.
June 24, 2026
20260624-1604-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed an issue where notebook kernels could become unavailable if the Dataproc plugin failed to load.
June 23, 2026
20260622-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed a duplicate "Python 3 (ipykernel)" kernel appearing in the launcher.
June 01, 2026
20260531-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
May 25, 2026
20260524-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed a Python 3.12 compatibility issue in the JupyterLab server configuration.
Hardened JupyterLab authentication configuration.
May 11, 2026
20260510-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
May 04, 2026
20260503-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Improved metadata server resolution reliability on Debian 12 by using the recommended metadata.google.internal name.
April 27, 2026
20260426-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
April 20, 2026
20260419-2130-rc0 Release
Installed latest packages from upstream dependencies.
Fixed intermittent connectivity failures caused by proxy TLS certificate rotation.
The post-startup script now re-runs after an instance auto-upgrade.