Weekly Cloud Info #W26 - 2025

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Walid LARABI
June 28, 2025

Hi!

This week: Google releases Gemini CLI for coding with Gemini 2.5 Pro, GCP debuts Cloud Run Worker Pools for background jobs, and AWS Lambda now natively supports Avro/Protobuf Kafka events with schema registry integration.
Also: Azure rolls out IP address management GA, Organizational Templates, and Kafka connector preview; OpenTofu 1.10 launches with major features and hits 10M+ downloads.

Have a great read. ☕

📰 Top picks of the week

Google releases Gemini CLI : a free, open source coding agent

Google introduces Gemini CLI, an open-source AI tool that brings Gemini 2.5 Pro directly to your terminal for coding, automation, and more — with 60 requests/min and 1,000/day free.

It supports code generation, search-grounded prompts, extensions via MCP, and integrates with Gemini Code Assist in VS Code for a unified AI developer experience.

GCP Cloud Run worker pools are now available (Preview)

Cloud Run Introduces Worker Pools for Non-Request Workloads Google Cloud now supports deploying container images to Cloud Run worker pools, designed for background or non-request-driven workloads. Worker pools differ from services by removing public endpoints, ingress port requirements, and request autoscaling.

AWS Lambda announces native support for Avro and Protobuf formatted Kafka events

AWS Lambda Adds Native Support for Avro & Protobuf Kafka Events Lambda now natively supports Avro and Protobuf Kafka events with schema registry integration, removing the need for custom deserialization code. Event filtering and Powertools support help simplify processing and reduce costs.

Amazon Route 53 Resolver endpoints now support DNS delegation for private hosted zones

AWS Increases VPC Route Table Limit from 50 to 500 AWS has raised the default limit of VPC route entries per route table from 50 to 500, now available automatically across all AWS Regions, including GovCloud. This update removes the need for manual quota increases and helps customers scale network architectures efficiently by supporting more routing rules for firewalls, gateways, and peering. Accounts without custom overrides receive this boost by default, while existing overrides remain unchanged.

AWS Expands Services with New Features for Security and Sustainability

AWS Increases VPC Route Table Limit from 50 to 500 AWS has raised the default limit of VPC route entries per route table from 50 to 500, now available automatically across all AWS Regions, including GovCloud. This update removes the need for manual quota increases and helps customers scale network architectures efficiently by supporting more routing rules for firewalls, gateways, and peering. Accounts without custom overrides receive this boost by default, while existing overrides remain unchanged.

Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management is GA

Azure Virtual Network Manager IP Address Management Now GA The IP address management feature is now generally available, offering centralized IP planning and allocation across Azure, on-prem, and multi-cloud. It prevents IP conflicts, reserves addresses, enforces compliance via Azure Policy, and provides visibility into IP usage across your networks.

Azure introduces Confluent Kafka Connector (Public Preview)

Azure Logic Apps (Standard) adds Confluent Kafka Connector You can now send and receive messages between Logic Apps and Confluent Kafka, enabling real-time integrations using built-in triggers and actions. The connector supports configuring topics, authentication, and protocols, and is currently available in select regions with global rollout underway.

Public Preview: Organizational Templates in Azure Logic Apps

Azure Logic Apps now supports Organizational Templates (Public Preview), enabling teams to create, share, and reuse automation patterns privately within their tenant. A new UI simplifies template creation directly from existing workflows no manual packaging needed. Templates support RBAC, test/production modes, and streamline scalable, standardized integration across teams.

Azure WAF integration in Microsoft Security Copilot

Azure WAF Integration with Microsoft Security Copilot Now GA Azure WAF is now fully integrated with Microsoft Copilot for Security, supporting both Front Door and Application Gateway WAFs. This enables automated analysis of SQLi and XSS attacks, highlights top offending IPs, and provides insights into frequently triggered WAF rules to enhance threat response.

OpenTofu 1.10.0 is released.

OpenTofu 1.10.0 Released - Major Milestone and New Features OpenTofu 1.10.0 is now available, introducing powerful features like OCI registry support, native S3 state locking, deprecation attributes, OpenTelemetry tracing, and more to improve infrastructure as code workflows. With nearly 10 million GitHub downloads (and over 20M estimated total), this release reflects strong community growth and adoption. The ecosystem expands with a VS Code extension, LSP support, and an MCP server to enable intelligent code generation via AI assistants.

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