gcloud: Wed Sep 17 11:04:06 UTC 2025

gcloud/compute/instance-templates/create

@@ -754,6 +754,9 @@ FLAGS
         affects the price, availability, and how long your VM instances can
         run. PROVISIONING_MODEL must be one of:
 
+         FLEX_START
+            The VM instance is provisioned using the Flex Start provisioning
+            model and has a limited runtime.
          RESERVATION_BOUND
             The VM instances run for the entire duration of their associated
             reservation. You can only specify this provisioning model if you

gcloud/compute/instances/create

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
         [--private-ipv6-google-access-type=PRIVATE_IPV6_GOOGLE_ACCESS_TYPE]
         [--private-network-ip=PRIVATE_NETWORK_IP]
         [--provisioning-model=PROVISIONING_MODEL]
+        [--request-valid-for-duration=REQUEST_VALID_FOR_DURATION]
         [--no-require-csek-key-create]
         [--resource-manager-tags=[KEY=VALUE,...]]
         [--resource-policies=[RESOURCE_POLICY,...]] [--no-restart-on-failure]
@@ -855,6 +856,9 @@ FLAGS
         affects the price, availability, and how long your VM instances can
         run. PROVISIONING_MODEL must be one of:
 
+         FLEX_START
+            The VM instance is provisioned using the Flex Start provisioning
+            model and has a limited runtime.
          RESERVATION_BOUND
             The VM instances run for the entire duration of their associated
             reservation. You can only specify this provisioning model if you
@@ -868,6 +872,17 @@ FLAGS
             The default option. The STANDARD provisioning model gives you full
             control over your VM instances' runtime.
 
+     --request-valid-for-duration=REQUEST_VALID_FOR_DURATION
+        When you create an instance by using the FLEX_START provisioning model,
+        you can specify the duration to wait for available resources. If the
+        instance creation request is still pending after this duration, then
+        the request fails. You specify a duration by using numbers followed by
+        h, m, and s for hours, minutes, and seconds, respectively. For example,
+        specify 30m for a duration of 30 minutes, or 1h2m3s for 1 hour, 2
+        minutes, and 3 seconds. Longer durations give you higher chances that
+        your instance creation request succeeds when resources are in high
+        demand.
+
      --require-csek-key-create
         Refuse to create resources not protected by a user managed key in the
         key file when --csek-key-file is given. This behavior is enabled by

gcloud/compute/instances/create-with-container

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
         [--private-ipv6-google-access-type=PRIVATE_IPV6_GOOGLE_ACCESS_TYPE]
         [--private-network-ip=PRIVATE_NETWORK_IP]
         [--provisioning-model=PROVISIONING_MODEL]
+        [--request-valid-for-duration=REQUEST_VALID_FOR_DURATION]
         [--resource-policies=[RESOURCE_POLICY,...]] [--no-restart-on-failure]
         [--shielded-integrity-monitoring] [--shielded-secure-boot]
         [--shielded-vtpm] [--source-instance-template=SOURCE_INSTANCE_TEMPLATE]
@@ -760,6 +761,9 @@ FLAGS
         affects the price, availability, and how long your VM instances can
         run. PROVISIONING_MODEL must be one of:
 
+         FLEX_START
+            The VM instance is provisioned using the Flex Start provisioning
+            model and has a limited runtime.
          RESERVATION_BOUND
             The VM instances run for the entire duration of their associated
             reservation. You can only specify this provisioning model if you
@@ -773,6 +777,17 @@ FLAGS
             The default option. The STANDARD provisioning model gives you full
             control over your VM instances' runtime.
 
+     --request-valid-for-duration=REQUEST_VALID_FOR_DURATION
+        When you create an instance by using the FLEX_START provisioning model,
+        you can specify the duration to wait for available resources. If the
+        instance creation request is still pending after this duration, then
+        the request fails. You specify a duration by using numbers followed by
+        h, m, and s for hours, minutes, and seconds, respectively. For example,
+        specify 30m for a duration of 30 minutes, or 1h2m3s for 1 hour, 2
+        minutes, and 3 seconds. Longer durations give you higher chances that
+        your instance creation request succeeds when resources are in high
+        demand.
+
      --resource-policies=[RESOURCE_POLICY,...]
         A list of resource policy names to be added to the instance. The
         policies must exist in the same region as the instance.

gcloud/compute/interconnects/create

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
         [--admin-enabled] [--customer-name=CUSTOMER_NAME]
         [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--noc-contact-email=NOC_CONTACT_EMAIL]
         [--remote-location=REMOTE_LOCATION]
-        [--requested-features=[FEATURES,...]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
+        [--requested-features=[FEATURES,...]] [--subzone=SUBZONE]
+        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
     gcloud compute interconnects create is used to create interconnects. An
@@ -114,6 +115,15 @@ OPTIONAL FLAGS
             only be provided during interconnect INSERT and cannot be changed
             using interconnect PATCH.
 
+     --subzone=SUBZONE
+        Subzone in the LOCATION specified by the --location flag. SUBZONE must
+        be one of:
+
+         a
+            Subzone a.
+         b
+            Subzone b.
+
 GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
     These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account,
     --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format,

gcloud/compute/tpus/queued-resources/create

@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
         (--accelerator-type=ACCELERATOR_TYPE | --topology=TOPOLOGY --type=TYPE)
         (--node-id=NODE_ID
           | [--node-count=NODE_COUNT : --node-prefix=NODE_PREFIX]) [--async]
-        [--data-disk=[mode=MODE],[source=SOURCE]] [--description=DESCRIPTION]
-        [--guaranteed] [--internal-ips] [--labels=[KEY=VALUE,...]]
-        [--metadata=[KEY=VALUE,...]] [--metadata-from-file=[KEY=VALUE,...]]
+        [--boot-disk=[KEY=VALUE,...]] [--data-disk=[mode=MODE],[source=SOURCE]]
+        [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--guaranteed] [--internal-ips]
+        [--labels=[KEY=VALUE,...]] [--metadata=[KEY=VALUE,...]]
+        [--metadata-from-file=[KEY=VALUE,...]]
         [--network=NETWORK; default="default"] [--range=RANGE] [--reserved]
         [--scopes=[SCOPES,...]] [--service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT]
         [--shielded-secure-boot] [--spot] [--subnetwork=SUBNETWORK]
@@ -138,6 +139,19 @@ OPTIONAL FLAGS
         Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to
         complete.
 
+     --boot-disk=[KEY=VALUE,...]
+        Specifies the boot disk configuration.
+
+            $ gcloud compute tpus queued-resources create \
+                  --boot-disk kms-key=<full_kms_key_name_here>
+
+        The following keys are allowed:
+
+         kms-key
+            Specifies the fully qualified Cloud KMS cryptokey name which will
+            be used to protect the disk. KMS cryptokey name format:
+            projects/<kms-project>/locations/<kms-location>/keyRings/<kms-keyring>/cryptoKeys/<key-name>
+
      --data-disk=[mode=MODE],[source=SOURCE]
         Additional data disks for the TPU VM.
 

gcloud/compute/tpus/tpu-vm/create

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ NAME
 
 SYNOPSIS
     gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm create (TPU : --zone=ZONE) --version=VERSION
-        [--async] [--data-disk=[mode=MODE],[source=SOURCE]]
-        [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--internal-ips] [--labels=[KEY=VALUE,...]]
+        [--async] [--boot-disk=[KEY=VALUE,...]]
+        [--data-disk=[mode=MODE],[source=SOURCE]] [--description=DESCRIPTION]
+        [--internal-ips] [--labels=[KEY=VALUE,...]]
         [--metadata=[KEY=VALUE,...]] [--metadata-from-file=[KEY=VALUE,...]]
         [--network=NETWORK; default="default"] [--preemptible]
         [--queue-count=QUEUE_COUNT] [--range=RANGE] [--reserved]
@@ -82,6 +83,19 @@ OPTIONAL FLAGS
         Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to
         complete.
 
+     --boot-disk=[KEY=VALUE,...]
+        Specifies the boot disk configuration.
+
+            $ gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm create \
+                  --boot-disk kms-key=<full_kms_key_name_here>
+
+        The following keys are allowed:
+
+         kms-key
+            Specifies the fully qualified Cloud KMS cryptokey name which will
+            be used to protect the disk. KMS cryptokey name format:
+            projects/<kms-project>/locations/<kms-location>/keyRings/<kms-keyring>/cryptoKeys/<key-name>
+
      --data-disk=[mode=MODE],[source=SOURCE]
         Additional data disks for the TPU VM.