{
  "slug": "gcloud-compute-backend-services-accept-consistent-hash-minimum-ring-size-32fe37b0fbb3",
  "title": "gcloud compute backend services accept --consistent-hash-minimum-ring-size",
  "tools": [
    "gcloud"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-08-11T00:00:00.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-08-11T00:00:00.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When creating or updating a backend service, set `--consistent-hash-minimum-ring-size=<size>` to configure the hash ring’s minimum virtual-node count.",
    "examples": [
      "gcloud compute backend-services create <BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME> --consistent-hash-minimum-ring-size=<SIZE>",
      "gcloud compute backend-services update <BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME> --consistent-hash-minimum-ring-size=<SIZE>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME (required): Name of the backend service.",
      "--consistent-hash-minimum-ring-size=<SIZE>: Minimum number of virtual nodes for the hash ring; defaults to 1024. Larger sizes give more granular load distributions. If the backend pool has more hosts than the ring size, each host gets one virtual node."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Configure a backend service's consistent hashing ring size.",
  "sources": [
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/release-notes#58000_2026-08-11",
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/backend-services/create",
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/backend-services/update",
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/backendServices/update"
  ],
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  "review_state": "approved",
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    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "cloud-20261008:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.93 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.63 (>= 0.6 needed)."
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}