This page documents production updates to Firestore. You can periodically check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.
You can see the latest product updates for all of Google Cloud on the
[Google Cloud](https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes.md.txt) page, browse and filter all release notes in the
[Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/release-notes),
or programmatically access release notes in
[BigQuery](https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?p=bigquery-public-data&d=google_cloud_release_notes&t=release_notes&page=table).

To get the latest product updates delivered to you, add the URL of this page to your
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reader](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_feed_aggregators), or add the
[feed URL](https://docs.cloud.google.com/feeds/fs-release-notes.xml) directly.

## October 22, 2026

Feature [Data modification language (DML) operations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/pipeline/dml.md.txt)
are generally available ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)). Added support for [`insert`](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/pipeline/stages/output/insert.md.txt) and [`upsert`](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/pipeline/stages/output/upsert.md.txt).

## October 19, 2026

Feature [Text search](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/text-search.md.txt)
and
[Geospatial search](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/geospatial-search)
are generally available ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)).

## September 04, 2026

Feature The Security Rules simulator is now available in the Google Cloud console for
Firestore (Standard and Enterprise editions). You can test draft
security rules against simulated database requests and evaluate authentication
tokens before deploying rules.

For more information, see
[Test rules with the rules simulator](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/using-console.md.txt#test-rules-simulator)
or
[Test rules in the Google Cloud console](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/security/get-started.md.txt#test-rules-cloud-console).

## August 11, 2026

Feature Firestore now supports the `asia-southeast3` Bangkok region.

For a full list of supported locations, see
[Locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## July 20, 2026

Feature You can now view, manage, and deploy Firestore Security Rules directly in the
Google Cloud console for Firestore (Standard and Enterprise
editions). You can create new rulesets and clone or restore rulesets from the
timeline.

To learn more, see
[Manage Firestore Security Rules](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/using-console.md.txt#manage-firestore-security-rules)
or
[Use the Google Cloud console](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/security/get-started.md.txt#use-the-cloud-console).

## June 01, 2026

Feature Support for searching for and managing your Firestore resources
using Knowledge Catalog, which is a platform for
storing, managing, and accessing your metadata. To learn more, see
[View Knowledge Catalog insights](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/knowledge-catalog).

## April 20, 2026

Feature The Firestore emulator now supports Enterprise edition.
See [Start emulator in specific edition](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/emulator.md.txt#starting_emulator_in_specific_edition).
Feature Firestore Enterprise edition in Native mode and the Pipeline
operations interface are now supported at the General Availability ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)) level.
Feature Firestore Enterprise edition now supports
[Text search](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/text-search.md.txt) and [Geospatial search](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/geospatial-search).

These features are in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).
Feature The [Firestore remote MCP server](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/use-firestore-mcp.md.txt)
is now supported at the General Availability
([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)) level.
Feature You can now use pipeline operations to perform joins with subqueries.
To learn more, see
[Perform joins with subqueries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/pipeline/perform-joins-with-sub-pipelines.md.txt).
Feature Firestore Enterprise edition now supports the
`update(...)` and `delete()` pipeline operation stages.
Use these stages to [Modify data with Pipeline operations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/pipeline/dml.md.txt).

This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## April 13, 2026

Feature You can now use the **Usage Insights** dashboard in the
Google Cloud console to monitor and analyze your billable usage for specific
Firestore databases. Usage insights help you track granular usage
data, optimize costs, and monitor historical trends.

To learn more, see the guide to analyze usage insights for [Native mode](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/usage-insights.md.txt) and [MongoDB compatibility mode](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs/usage-insights.md.txt).

## March 23, 2026

Feature Regional and Multi-Regional endpoints for the Firestore API
are now Generally Available ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)).
You can use a Regional or a Multi-Regional endpoint to ensure that your
application's requests are transmitted, stored and processed in the same region
or multi-region as your database's location.

To learn more, see the
[Firestore regional endpoints](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/regional-endpoints.md.txt)
guide.

You can also use
[Private Service Connect regional endpoints](https://docs.cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/about-accessing-regional-google-apis-endpoints.md.txt)
and [Private Service Connect backends](https://docs.cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/private-service-connect-backends.md.txt)
to connect to the regional and the multi-regional endpoints of the
Firestore API.

## March 05, 2026

Feature Firestore Enterprise edition now supports Native mode in
all supported regions. For a list of supported regions, see
[Locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/locations.md.txt).

## February 17, 2026

Change After March 17, 2026, when you enable Firestore, the Firestore
MCP server is automatically enabled.
Deprecated Control of MCP use with organization policies is deprecated. After March 17,
2026, organization policies that use the `gcp.managed.allowedMCPServices`
constraint won't work, and you can control MCP use with IAM deny policies. For
more information about controlling MCP use, see
[Control MCP use with IAM](https://docs.cloud.google.com/mcp/control-mcp-use-iam.md.txt).
Announcement New best practices are available for securing generative AI agents using Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Google Cloud databases. This guide covers key security measures like least privilege, native database controls, and secure agent design to help you build safer AI applications. For more information, see [Best practices for securing agent interactions with Model Context Protocol](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/secure-agent-interactions-mcp.md.txt).

## February 10, 2026

Feature You can now use the [Firestore remote MCP server](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/use-firestore-mcp.md.txt).
The Firestore remote MCP server lets you interact with documents stored
in a Firestore database from your AI application.

This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## February 02, 2026

Feature The Firestore databases page in the Google Cloud console now includes
a status column. Possible statuses include:

- Ready
- Cloning is in progress
- Restoring from backup is in progress
- Deleted
- Failed

For the cloning and restore statuses, the status column updates upon completion.

## January 15, 2026

Feature Firestore Enterprise edition now supports Native mode and the Pipeline operations interface.

Pipeline operations are a new query interface for Firestore.
This interface provides advanced query functionality that includes complex
expressions. It also adds support for many new functions like `min`, `max`,
`substring`, `regex_match` and `array_contains_all`.

With Firestore Enterprise edition in Native mode,
index creation is also completely optional, streamlining the process of developing new queries.

To learn more about Pipeline operations,
see the [query interfaces overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/query-data/understanding-core-pipelines.md.txt).

This feature is available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## October 27, 2025

Feature The [database clone feature](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/manage-databases.md.txt#clone-database) is now
supported at the General Availability ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)) level.

## September 23, 2025

Feature You can now query your databases and update data using the [dedicated Gemini CLI extension for Firestore](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/connect-ide-using-mcp-toolbox.md.txt#about-gemini-cli-extension). This feature is available in beta.

## September 02, 2025

Feature Use [Query insights](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/query-insights.md.txt) to view query performance metrics for your database. This feature is now generally available ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)).

## August 01, 2025

Feature You can [clone an existing database](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/manage-databases.md.txt#clone-database) at a selected timestamp into a new database. This feature is available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## April 22, 2025

Feature Committed use discounts are now [generally available (GA)](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages) for Firestore in exchange for a commitment to continuously spend a certain amount on Firestore read/write/delete operations for one year or three years. For details, see [Committed use discounts](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/cuds.md.txt).

## April 09, 2025

Feature Firestore is now available on [Database Center](https://docs.cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/overview.md.txt). You can track your Firestore resources in the fleet inventory section and the resource table in the Database Center. You can also use Database Center to monitor the following health issues for your Firestore resources:

- No automated backup policy
- No point-in-time recovery

For more information about Database Center, see [Database Center overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/overview.md.txt). For more information about health issues supported for Firestore, see [Supported health issues](https://docs.cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/database-health-issues.md.txt#supported-health-issues).
Feature You can now use Query insights to [view query performance metrics for your database](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-insights). This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## March 24, 2025

Feature Cloud Firestore now supports multi-region `nam7` United States (Central and East), which consists of regions `us-central1` (Iowa) and `us-east4` (Northern Virginia).

For a full list of supported locations, see [Locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## March 04, 2025

Feature Firestore now supports the `europe-north2` Stockholm region.

For a full list of supported locations, see [Locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## December 12, 2024

Feature [Firestore](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs) is supported by Database Center. Database Center is an AI-assisted dashboard that gives you one centralized view across your entire database fleet. Database Center displays the following [health issue](https://docs.cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/database-health-issues.md.txt) for Firestore:

- No automated backup policy

For more information, see [Database Center overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/overview.md.txt) and [database health issues](https://docs.cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/database-health-issues.md.txt).

## December 06, 2024

Feature You can now [Manage Firestore resources using Organization Policy Service custom constraints](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/custom-constraints).

## December 05, 2024

Feature You can monitor performance using [client-side traces in Java and Node.js](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/client-side-traces). This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## November 22, 2024

Feature You can now use Active Assist to provide recommendations
and insights that improve the reliability of your databases. This feature is generally available (GA).

For more information, see [Reliability recommender](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/reliability-recommender).

## November 18, 2024

Feature Firestore now supports the `northamerica-south1` Queretaro region.

For a full list of supported locations, see [Locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## November 06, 2024

Feature You can now use the Firestore managed bulk delete service to delete documents in bulk. This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

For more information, see [Bulk delete data](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/manage-data/bulk-delete).

## October 31, 2024

Feature The Google Cloud console now includes a monitoring dashboard for each database. For more information, see [Use the Cloud Monitoring dashboard](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/use-monitoring-dashboard).

## October 01, 2024

Feature You can now use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) in Firestore to protect your data. This feature is generally available (GA) behind an allow-list.

For more information, see [Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/cmek).

## September 05, 2024

Feature You can now use Firestore to perform K-nearest neighbor (KNN) vector searches. Additionally, use Firestore vector searches with inequality filters, retrieve the calculated vector distance, and specify a distance threshold. This feature is generally available (GA).

For more information, see [Search with vector embeddings](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/vector-search).

## July 29, 2024

Feature You can now apply range and inequality filters to multiple fields in a query. This feature is generally available (GA).

For more information, see [Query with range and inequality filters on multiple fields overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/multiple-range-fields).

## June 28, 2024

Feature [Scheduled backups](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/backups) are now available in GA.

## April 29, 2024

Feature Firestore now supports the `us-south1` Dallas region.

For a full list of supported locations, see [Locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## April 08, 2024

Feature Firestore now supports the following additional locations:

- `africa-south1` Johannesburg
- `europe-north1` Finland
- `europe-southwest1` Madrid
- `europe-west10` Berlin
- `europe-west12` Turin
- `europe-west8` Milan
- `southamerica-west1` Santiago
- `us-central1` Iowa
- `us-east5` Columbus

For a full list of supported locations, see [Locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## April 05, 2024

Feature Support for [Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/cmek). This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## April 03, 2024

Feature You can now use Firestore to perform [K-nearest neighbor (KNN) vector searches](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/vector-search). This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## March 27, 2024

Feature Firestore now supports using [range and inequality filters on multiple fields](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/multiple-range-fields) in a single query. This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).
Feature Support for [Query Explain](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-explain). This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

Query Explain lets you submit queries and receive detailed query plan, billing and performance statistics on query execution in return. It helps you understand how your queries are executed, showing you inefficiencies.

It functions like the `EXPLAIN [ANALYZE]` operation in many relational database systems.

For more information, see the [guide for Query Explain](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-explain).

## January 29, 2024

Feature [Eventarc events](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/eventarc) and [Firestore events for Cloud Functions (2nd gen)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/extend-with-functions-2nd-gen) are now supported at the General Availability ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)) level.

## January 10, 2024

Feature The ability to [create multiple databases per project](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/manage-databases) is now supported at the [General Availability level](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## January 02, 2024

Feature Support for the [europe-west1 (Belgium) and me-central2 (Dammam) locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## December 20, 2023

Feature [Index scans in Key Visualizer](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/keyvis-patterns-index) are now supported at the General Availability ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)) level.

## December 15, 2023

Feature You can now assemble and execute [`sum()` and `avg()` queries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/aggregation-queries) in the Google Cloud console.
Feature You can now [create and delete non-default databases](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/manage-databases#create_a_database) in the Google Cloud console.

## November 10, 2023

Feature Support for Firestore [point-in-time recovery (PITR)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/pitr) feature that provides protection against accidental deletion or writes is now [generally available (GA)](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## October 18, 2023

Feature For documents with many fields that don't require indexing, you can now add collection-level index exemptions on all fields in a collection group. To learn more, see [Add a collection-level exemption](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/indexing#add_a_collection-level_exemption). This feature is [generally available (GA)](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## October 17, 2023

Feature The [`sum()` and `average()` aggregation functions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/aggregation-queries) are now available.

## October 02, 2023

Change Updated the following index limits:

- Raised the maximum number of composite indexes from 200 to 500 for projects with billing enabled. The limit is 200 for projects without billing enabled.

- Raised the maximum number of single-field index configurations from 200 to 500 for projects with billing enabled. The limit is 200 for projects without billing enabled.

For more information about these limits, see [Quotas and limits](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/quotas.md.txt#indexes).

## September 25, 2023

Feature Support for [europe-west9 (Paris), me-central1 (Doha), and me-west1 (Tel Aviv)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## September 11, 2023

Feature The Google Cloud console now supports a [usage dashboard for each database](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/monitor-usage#usage_dashboard).

## August 25, 2023

Feature [Scheduled backups](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/backups) now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).
Feature You can now [view and list multiple databases](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/manage-databases#list_databases) using the Google Cloud console. This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).

## August 07, 2023

Feature You can now visualize heatmap pattern for index keys and make better workload pattern predictions. To learn more, see [Key Visualizer](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/key-visualizer). This feature is in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## July 19, 2023

Change The project usage monitoring page has moved to a new URL under the existing project usage page. For more information, see [Usage dashboard](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/monitor-usage#usage_dashboard).

## July 14, 2023

Feature Support for Firestore [point-in-time recovery (PITR)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/pitr) feature that provides protection against accidental deletion or writes is now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## July 11, 2023

Feature Support for the [northamerica-northeast2 (Toronto)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations) region.

## July 07, 2023

Feature [Multiple databases](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/manage-databases) now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## June 20, 2023

Announcement [`OR` queries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/queries#or_queries) now supported at the [General Availability level](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## May 23, 2023

Feature Support for the [asia-south2 (Delhi)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations) region.

## April 24, 2023

Feature [`count()` queries](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/aggregation-queries) are now supported at the [General Availability level](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## April 17, 2023

Feature [Eventarc events](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/eventarc) and [Firestore events for Cloud Functions (2nd gen)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/extend-with-functions-2nd-gen) now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## April 14, 2023

Feature The Firestore documentation has been updated to include guidance on using regional endpoints. For details, see [Regional endpoints](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/regional-endpoints).

## March 29, 2023

Change Firestore no longer limits the number of writes that can be passed to a `Commit` operation or performed in a transaction. Previously, the limit was 500. [Limits for request size and the transaction time limit](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/quotas.md.txt#writes_and_transactions) still apply.

## March 24, 2023

Feature [`OR` queries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/queries#or_queries) now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## March 13, 2023

Feature Support for the [`europe-west4` (Netherlands)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations) region.

## January 06, 2023

Change The Firestore indexes pages in the Google Cloud and Firebase
consoles now show the `__name__` field in each composite index definition.
The `__name__` field is [added by default to each index definition and affects the
sorting of results](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/concepts/index-overview#default_ordering_and_the_name_field). The `__name__` field was always part of each index
definition but was previously hidden by the console.

## December 19, 2022

Feature Support for the [`australia-southeast2` (Melbourne)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations) region.

## October 17, 2022

Feature [`count()` queries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/aggregation-queries) now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).
Change The following database limits no longer apply:

- Maximum writes per second per database: 10,000
- Maximum concurrent connections for mobile/web clients per database: 1,000,000

## October 11, 2022

Feature [Time-to-live (TTL) policies](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/ttl) are now supported at the [General Availability level](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## August 22, 2022

Feature Added a query builder and table view to the Firestore data section in the Google Cloud console. Use the query builder to filter and compare many documents at once. To learn more, see [Query data in the Google Cloud console](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/using-console#query_data).

## July 19, 2022

Feature [Time-to-live (TTL) policies](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/ttl) now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## June 01, 2022

Feature [Support for VPC Service Controls](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/securing-with-vpc-sc) is now available in **General Availability**.

## May 13, 2022

Announcement [Firebase App Check](https://firebase.google.com/docs/app-check) now supports Firestore at the General Availability release level. Use App Check in your mobile or web app to ensure that only your app can access your Firestore data.

## April 28, 2022

Feature The `datastore.databases.getMetadata` permission now supports custom Identity and Access Management roles.

## January 12, 2022

Feature [Support for VPC Service Controls](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/securing-with-vpc-sc) is now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## December 15, 2021

Feature [Key Visualizer](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/key-visualizer) for Firestore is now generally available ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages)).

## November 12, 2021

Feature [Firebase App Check now supports the Firestore iOS and Android SDKs.](https://firebase.google.com/docs/app-check)
Announcement [Dartpad](https://dart.dev/tools/dartpad), Flutter's online editor, now supports Firestore. For an example, [see this sample app](https://dartpad.dev/?id=ba3b2530d348775da2cb357d60d4afbf&null_safety=true).
Announcement The Firestore [Unity and C++ SDKs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/quickstart-mobile-web#set_up_your_development_environment) are now supported at the General Availability release level.

## November 04, 2021

Feature `DATA_READ` and `DATA_WRITE` Data Access audit logs are now supported at the [General Availability release level](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages). See [Firestore audit logging information](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/audit-logging).

## September 09, 2021

Feature [Firestore triggers for Cloud Functions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/functions/docs/calling/cloud-firestore) are now supported at the [General Availability release level](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).

## September 02, 2021

Feature Added `DATA_READ` and `DATA_WRITE` Data Access audit logs. See [Firestore audit logging information](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/audit-logging). This feature is available in **Preview**.

## July 22, 2021

Change **This feature was released on [September 2, 2021](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/release-notes.md.txt#September_02_2021).**

The `DATA_READ` and `DATA_WRITE` Data Access audit logs feature has been moved to a future release. It is not currently available.

## July 16, 2021

Feature **This feature release was moved to [September 2, 2021](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/release-notes.md.txt#September_02_2021).**

Added `DATA_READ` and `DATA_WRITE` Data Access audit logs. See [Firestore audit logging information](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/audit-logging). This feature is available in **Preview**.

## June 15, 2021

Feature Support for [Identity and Access Management custom roles](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/security/iam#custom-roles).

## June 14, 2021

Feature Support for the following additional locations:

- `asia-southeast1` Singapore
- `us-west1` Oregeon
- `asia-east1` Taiwan

See the [full list of locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## April 13, 2021

Feature Support for the [`europe-central2` (Warsaw)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations) region.

## February 25, 2021

Feature [A Firestore connector for Workflows is now available in public preview.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/solutions/workflows)

## February 09, 2021

Feature Firestore now offers beta support for C++ through the [Firebase C++ SDK](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2021/02/cloud-firestore-for-games-is-now-in-beta.html).

## October 28, 2020

Feature You can now [start import and export operations from the Google Cloud Console](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/manage-data/export-import).

## September 30, 2020

Feature [Firestore now supports the not equals `!=` and `not-in` query operators](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/queries#query_operators).

## September 16, 2020

Feature You can now use the [`goog-firestoremanaged` billing report label](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/manage-data/export-import#viewing_export_and_import_costs) to view costs related to import and export operations.

## September 11, 2020

Feature You can now [view your Firestore Security Rules in the Cloud Console](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/using-console#manage).

## June 22, 2020

Feature The Google Cloud console now includes a [Firestore usage dashboard](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/monitor-usage).

## June 08, 2020

Feature Support for the [`asia-southeast2` (Jakarta)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## April 20, 2020

Feature Support for [`us-west4` region (Las Vegas)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## March 11, 2020

Feature Support for [`us-west3` (Salt Lake City) and `asia-northeast3` (Seoul)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## November 07, 2019

Feature Cloud Firestore now supports the [`in` and `array-contains-any` query operators](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/queries#in_and_array-contains-any).

## July 08, 2019

Feature Added the **Active Connections** and **Snapshot Listeners** [Cloud Firestore metrics](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/monitor-usage#stackdriver-monitoring) to Stackdriver Monitoring. To learn more about using these metrics to set up dashboards and alerts, see [Monitoring usage](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/monitor-usage).

## May 07, 2019

Feature Cloud Firestore now supports [collection group queries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/queries#collection-group-query). A collection group consists of all collections with the same ID. By default, queries retrieve results from a single collection in your database. Use a collection group query to retrieve documents from a collection group instead of from a single collection.

## April 18, 2019

Feature Support for [`asia-northeast2` region (Osaka)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## April 15, 2019

Feature Support for [`europe-west6` region (Zürich)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## March 28, 2019

Feature You can now [use the increment operation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/manage-data/add-data#increment_a_numeric_value) to increase or decrease the current value of a numeric field by a given amount. For more on this feature, see our [announcement](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2019/03/increment-server-side-cloud-firestore.html?linkId=65365800).

## January 31, 2019

Feature Cloud Firestore now supports the following 10 additional locations:

- Multi-region

  - `eur3` Europe
- North America (regional)

  - `us-west2` Los Angeles
  - `northamerica-northeast1` Montréal
  - `us-east4` Northern Virginia
- South America (regional)

  - `southamerica-east1` São Paulo
- Europe (regional)

  - `europe-west2` London
- Asia (regional)

  - `asia-south1` Mumbai
  - `asia-east2` Hong Kong
  - `asia-northeast1` Tokyo
- Australia (regional)

  - `australia-southeast1` Sydney

For a full list of supported multi-regions and regions, see [Cloud Firestore Locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).
Feature General Availability release of Cloud Firestore. The [Cloud Firestore SLA](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/sla) is now in effect, including 99.999% availability for multi-region instances and 99.99% availability for regional instances.

## October 29, 2018

Feature We added a Cloud Firestore emulator you can use for local testing. To set up the emulator, see [Testing Cloud Firestore Security Rules](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/security/test-rules-emulator).

## August 09, 2018

Feature We added two new features to help you work with arrays:

- [Array contains queries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/query-data/queries#array_membership): query for documents that contain a particular array value.
- [Array transforms](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/manage-data/add-data#update_elements_in_an_array): the `arrayUnion()` and `arrayRemove()` functions allow you to directly modify array field values.

## August 08, 2018

Feature You can now [manage your Cloud Firestore instance from the Google Cloud Platform console](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/using-console).
Feature Added support for importing and exporting of documents, see [Exporting and Importing Data](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/manage-data/export-import).
Feature You can now add [single-field index exemptions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/concepts/index-overview#exemptions) to exempt specific fields from automatic indexing.
Feature You can now create a [Cloud Firestore database in Datastore mode](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/firestore-or-datastore#choosing_a_database). Datastore mode allows you to use Cloud Datastore client libraries with an improved Cloud Firestore storage layer, removing eventual consistency limitations.
Feature Cloud Firestore now supports the `europe-west3` and `us-east1` regions, see [Cloud Firestore Locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations).

## June 13, 2018

Change Added code examples for the [Ruby server client library](https://googleapis.dev/ruby/google-cloud-firestore/v0.21.1/Google/Cloud/Firestore.html).

## May 16, 2018

Change Documentation updates:

- [New page on Cloud Firestore indexes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/concepts/index-overview). This page describes Cloud Firestore index types, the relationship between queries and indexes, and index merging for equality filters.
- Added code examples for the [C# server client library](http://googleapis.github.io/google-cloud-dotnet/docs/Google.Cloud.Firestore/).

## May 11, 2018

Change We raised the [Cloud Firestore Security Rules limits](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/quotas.md.txt#security_rules) for document access calls.

## April 03, 2018

Change The Firebase SDK for Cloud Functions v1.0.0 is now available and introduces some breaking changes, see the [Cloud Firestore section of the Firebase SDK for Cloud Functions Migration Guide](https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/beta-v1-diff#cloud-firestore).

## March 29, 2018

Feature Cloud Firestore Security Rules now support the [`getAfter()`](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/reference/security#getafter) function. Use this function to [enforce data validation for atomic operations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/manage-data/transactions#data_validation_for_atomic_operations).

## February 23, 2018

Feature New documentation page on [Cloud Firestore Security Rules and queries.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/security/rules-query)

This page clarifies how Cloud Firestore Security Rules evaluate query requests. Read this page to learn how to write queries that satisfy your security rules and how to write security rules based on query properties like `limit` and `orderby`.

## February 08, 2018

Feature New Cloud Firestore server client libraries:

- [C#](http://googleapis.github.io/google-cloud-dotnet/docs/Google.Cloud.Firestore/)
- [PHP](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-php#cloud-firestore-beta)
- [Ruby](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-ruby/tree/master/google-cloud-firestore)

## January 18, 2018

Change Overhaul of the Cloud Firestore Security Rules documentation. These improved pages add more examples and give a clearer introduction to the structure of Cloud Firestore Security Rules:

- [Getting Started with Security Rules](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/security/get-started)
- [Structuring Security Rules](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/security/rules-structure)
- [Writing Conditions for Security Rules](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/security/rules-conditions)

## January 10, 2018

Feature Cloud Firestore Security Rules now offer the ability to limit read or write access to data based on query parameters. [Learn more about query-based rules](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/reference/security#query).

## October 03, 2017

Feature Beta release of Cloud Firestore.