{
  "slug": "gcloud-beta-workstations-update-changes-workstation-properties-29496f9855ab",
  "title": "gcloud beta workstations update changes workstation properties",
  "tools": [
    "gcloud"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When increasing a workstation’s persistent directory size, stop the workstation first, then run the update command with a target size larger than its current size.",
    "examples": [
      "gcloud beta workstations update <WORKSTATION_NAME> --pd-disk-size=<TARGET_SIZE_GB> --project=<PROJECT_ID> --region=<REGION> --cluster=<CLUSTER_NAME> --config=<CONFIG_NAME>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Availability: beta",
      "WORKSTATION_NAME (required): Workstation name.",
      "--pd-disk-size=<TARGET_SIZE_GB> (required): Desired persistent directory size in GB; for resizing, it must be larger than the current size.",
      "--project=<PROJECT_ID> (required): Project containing the workstation.",
      "--region=<REGION> (required): Region where the workstation resides.",
      "--cluster=<CLUSTER_NAME> (required): Workstation cluster name.",
      "--config=<CONFIG_NAME> (required): Workstation configuration name.",
      "--async: Return immediately without waiting for the operation to complete.",
      "Prerequisite: Stop the workstation before resizing its persistent directory."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Update a Cloud Workstations workstation property, such as its persistent directory disk size.",
  "sources": [
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/release-notes#57200_2026-06-09",
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/workstations/docs/resize-workstation-persistent-directories",
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/beta/workstations/update"
  ],
  "rank": 0.98022,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "cloud-20261008",
    "verdict_id": "cloud-20261008:cloud-20261008-70eb0210fae40949-1:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "8bc572002c64626edce83e077c76f5b67a64b8b509cc0e0bac1da79bbdd21a83"
  },
  "review": {
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    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "cloud-20261008:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.98 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.68 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}