{
  "slug": "gcloud-dataproc-clusters-create-can-exclude-auto-placement-zones-ab532707e95f",
  "title": "gcloud dataproc clusters create can exclude auto-placement zones",
  "tools": [
    "gcloud"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When creating a Dataproc cluster with automatic zone selection, pass `--auto-zone-exclude-zones` with the comma-separated zones to exclude.",
    "examples": [
      "gcloud dataproc clusters create <cluster-name> --region=<region> --auto-zone-exclude-zones=<zone-1>,<zone-2>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "CLUSTER (required): Cluster name.",
      "--region (required): Region for the cluster; Auto Zone placement selects a zone when no zone is specified and region is not global.",
      "--auto-zone-exclude-zones: Comma-separated compute zones to exclude when Auto Zone placement picks the cluster zone. Use with automatic zone placement; the command docs list it in the zone-selection group alongside `--multizone`, or `--zone` as a mutually exclusive alternative.",
      "The exclusion applies when using auto zone placement."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Create a Dataproc cluster with auto zone placement while excluding specified zones.",
  "sources": [
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/release-notes#55300_2026-01-21",
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/dataproc/clusters/create"
  ],
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  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
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    "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 0.91 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.69 (>= 0.6 needed)."
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}