Note: IAM group authentication is available in Preview for new AlloyDB clusters

PreviewJul 28, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Note: IAM group authentication is available in Preview for new AlloyDB clusters. To enable this feature on an existing cluster, contact your Google Cloud account team. IAM group authentication for AlloyDB is available in Preview for new clusters running PostgreSQL 15 and later.

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