Introducing Database Operations Agents: The future of autonomous database management

As part of the Agentic Data Cloud launch at Google Cloud Next ‘26, we announced two AI-powered database agents to simplify database management. These include the Database Onboarding Agent for Day 0 operations — setup, configuration, and initial deployment — as well as the Database Observability Agent for Day 1 and 2 operations, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and ongoing maintenance. These agents are always on, informed by Google’s years of experience, and integrated across Google surfaces such as Chat, CLI, the Google Cloud console, Managed Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and third-par