{
  "slug": "gcloud-compute-resource-policies-accept-accelerator-topology-mode-f96627316a57",
  "title": "gcloud compute resource policies accept --accelerator-topology-mode",
  "tools": [
    "gcloud"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-05-05T00:00:00.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z",
  "effective_at": "2026-05-05T00:00:00.000Z",
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "ga",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When creating a workload policy or group placement policy, pass `--accelerator-topology-mode` with `AUTO_CONNECT` or `PROVISION_ONLY` to set the accelerator connection strategy.",
    "examples": [
      "gcloud compute resource-policies create workload-policy <POLICY_NAME> --type=HIGH_THROUGHPUT --accelerator-topology-mode=PROVISION_ONLY --region=<REGION>",
      "gcloud compute resource-policies create group-placement <POLICY_NAME> --accelerator-topology-mode=PROVISION_ONLY --region=<REGION>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "POLICY_NAME (positional NAME) (required): Name of the resource policy.",
      "--type (required): Required for workload policies; choose `HIGH_AVAILABILITY` or `HIGH_THROUGHPUT`.",
      "--accelerator-topology-mode: Sets the accelerator connection strategy: `AUTO_CONNECT` creates a static, pre-formed topology; `PROVISION_ONLY` connects chips on demand, so they are not connected when the VM is created.",
      "--region: Region for the resource policy; omission can prompt for a region in interactive mode.",
      "Availability: generally available since 2026-05-05"
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Create a workload policy or group placement policy with an accelerator topology mode.",
  "sources": [
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/release-notes#55300_2026-01-21",
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/resource-policies/create/workload-policy",
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/resource-policies/create/group-placement",
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/release-notes#56700_2026-05-05"
  ],
  "rank": 0.93019,
  "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-b791b05345271b5c-10:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "44b76e08ddd7b720a33ff604d961bb9f2986f117b2a24562f53936911ca13be6"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "446ff2ab90268f16e5521e4761f4f36a1d4f511eb6e9d9a819ef8642c86882ff",
    "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 0.93 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.63 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}