- NAME
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- gcloud preview - preview versions of gcloud commands
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud previewGROUP|COMMAND[--account=ACCOUNT] [--billing-project=BILLING_PROJECT] [--configuration=CONFIGURATION] [--flags-file=YAML_FILE] [--flatten=[KEY,…]] [--format=FORMAT] [--help] [--project=PROJECT_ID] [--quiet,-q] [--verbosity=VERBOSITY; default="warning"] [--version,-v] [-h] [--access-token-file=ACCESS_TOKEN_FILE] [--impersonate-service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAILS] [--log-http] [--trace-token=TRACE_TOKEN] [--no-user-output-enabled]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(PREVIEW)Preview versions of gcloud commands. - GLOBAL FLAGS
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--account=ACCOUNT-
Google Cloud user account to use for invocation. Overrides the default
core/accountproperty value for this command invocation. --billing-project=BILLING_PROJECT-
The Google Cloud project that will be charged quota for operations performed in
gcloud. You can use this flag to specify the billing project when you need to operate on one project, but need quota against a different project. If bothbilling/quota_projectand--billing-projectare specified,--billing-projecttakes precedence. Run$ gcloud config set --helpto see more information aboutbilling/quota_project. --configuration=CONFIGURATION-
Named configuration to use for this command invocation. To set the equivalent of
this flag for a terminal session, you can also use the
CLOUDSDK_ACTIVE_CONFIG_NAME environment variable. For more information on how to
use configurations, run:
gcloud topic configurations. --flags-file=YAML_FILE-
A YAML or JSON file that specifies a
--flag:valuedictionary. Useful for specifying complex flag values with special characters that work with any command interpreter. Additionally, each--flags-filearg is replaced by its constituent flags. See $ gcloud topic flags-file for more information. --flatten=[KEY,…]-
Flatten output resource slices in
KEYinto separate records for each item in each slice. Multiple keys and slices may be specified. This also flattens keys for--formatand--filter. For example,--flatten=abc.defflattensabc.def[].ghireferences toabc.def.ghi. A resource record containingabc.def[]with N elements will expand to N records in the flattened output. This allows you to specify whatresource-keythefilterwill operate on. This flag interacts with other flags that are applied in this order:--flatten,--sort-by,--filter,--limit. --format=FORMAT-
Sets the format for printing command output resources. The default is a
command-specific human-friendly output format. If both
core/formatand--formatare specified,--formattakes precedence.--formatandcore/formatboth take precedence overcore/default_format. The supported formats are limited to:config,csv,default,diff,disable,flattened,get,json,list,multi,none,object,table,text,value,yaml. For more details run $ gcloud topic formats. Run$ gcloud config set --helpto see more information aboutcore/format. --help- Display detailed help.
--project=PROJECT_ID-
The Google Cloud project ID to use for this invocation. If omitted, then the
current project is assumed; the current project can be listed using
gcloud config list --format='text(core.project)'and can be set usinggcloud config set project PROJECTID.--projectand its fallbackcore/projectproperty play two roles in the invocation: they specify both the project of the resource to operate on, and the project for API enablement checks, quota, and billing. To specify a different project for quota and billing, use the--billing-projectflag or thebilling/quota_projectproperty. --quiet,-q-
Disable all interactive prompts when running
gcloudcommands. If input is required, defaults will be used, or an error will be raised.Overrides the default core/disable_prompts property value for this command invocation. This is equivalent to setting the environment variable
CLOUDSDK_CORE_DISABLE_PROMPTSto 1. --verbosity=VERBOSITY; default="warning"-
Sets the verbosity level for this command invocation. This overrides the default
verbosity level and the configured
core/verbosityproperty.VERBOSITYmust be one of:debug,info,warning,error,critical,none. --version,-v- Print version information and exit. This flag is only available at the global level.
-h- Print a summary help and exit.
- OTHER FLAGS
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--access-token-file=ACCESS_TOKEN_FILE-
A file path to read the access token. This flag is used to authenticate
gcloudwith an access token. Any existing credentials for the active account will be ignored. The file should only contain an access token with no other information. Overrides the defaultauth/access_token_fileproperty value for this command invocation. --impersonate-service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAILS-
All API requests for this
gcloudinvocation, instead of using the currently selected account, will be made as the given service account or target service account in an impersonation delegation chain. You can specify either a single service account as the impersonator, or a comma-separated list of service accounts to create an impersonation delegation chain. The impersonation is done without needing to create, download, or activate a key for the service account(s).In order to make API requests as a service account, your currently selected account must have an IAM role that includes the
iam.serviceAccounts.getAccessTokenpermission for the service account(s).The
roles/iam.serviceAccountTokenCreatorrole has theiam.serviceAccounts.getAccessTokenpermission. You can also create a custom role.You can specify a list of service accounts, separated with commas. This creates an impersonation delegation chain in which each service account delegates its permissions to the next service account in the chain. Each service account in the list must have the
roles/iam.serviceAccountTokenCreatorrole on the next service account in the list. For example, when--impersonate-service-account=,SERVICE_ACCOUNT_1, the active account must have theSERVICE_ACCOUNT_2roles/iam.serviceAccountTokenCreatorrole on, which must have theSERVICE_ACCOUNT_1roles/iam.serviceAccountTokenCreatorrole on. In this case,SERVICE_ACCOUNT_2is the impersonated service account andSERVICE_ACCOUNT_1is the delegate.SERVICE_ACCOUNT_2Overrides the default
auth/impersonate_service_accountproperty value for this command invocation. --log-http-
Log all HTTP server requests and responses to stderr. Overrides the default
core/log_httpproperty value for this command invocation. --trace-token=TRACE_TOKEN-
Token used to route traces of service requests for investigation of issues.
Overrides the default
core/trace_tokenproperty value for this command invocation. --user-output-enabled-
Print user intended output to the console. Overrides the default
core/user_output_enabledproperty value for this command invocation. Use--no-user-output-enabledto disable.
- GROUPS
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is one of the following:GROUP - COMMANDS
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is one of the following:COMMAND - NOTES
- This command is currently in DEVELOPER PREVIEW and may change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist.
gcloud preview
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Last updated 2026-11-03 UTC.
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