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Google Cloud Agent Platform Release Notes: Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available

Google Cloud Agent Platform Release Notes · article · Sep 2, 2026 · UTC

Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available Gemini 3.8 Flash is now generally available (GA) and available for production use. For more information on 3.8 Flash, see the model page. Provisioned Throughput support for Gemini Omni Provisioned Throughput supports Gemini Omni. To learn more, see supported models. Deferred tier for autonomous agent scheduling (Preview) The deferred tier is available in Preview. The deferred tier automatically queues non-latency-sensitive background agent workloads and schedules them to execute during off-peak hours. Key capabilities and benefits include: 50% token discount: Receive a 50% discount on consumed tokens for deferred workloads. Reduced rate limiting: Mitigate resource exhaustion (429) errors and infrastructure pressure during long-running background tasks. Supported agents: Deep Research Agent: Pass service_tier="deferred" in the Python SDK or "service_tier": "deferred" in REST API interaction requests. For more information, see Autonomous agent scheduling. CodeMender updates (v0.6.0) This release introduces updates to CodeMender: Machine-readable metrics: Added the --json flag to cm stats to export aggregate and per-session metrics (CACHE_HIT%,

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