Pulumi has released version 9.0.0 of its Google Cloud Provider, introducing significant updates and new modules, including support for AI and Google Gemini. This release enhances resource validation, improves documentation, and offers a new automation agent, Pulumi Neo, to assist users with upgrades. Users can find resources and guides to help them get started and navigate the changes.

Pulumi IDP is an Internal Developer Platform designed to streamline platform engineering by providing organizations with tools to automate, secure, and manage cloud infrastructure. It integrates with the Pulumi product suite, enabling platform teams to create self-service workflows and maintain standardized, reusable infrastructure building blocks. This new framework aims to enhance developer productivity and simplify the management of complex infrastructure needs.

Pulumi has introduced resource hooks in version 3.182.0, allowing users to execute custom code during the resource lifecycle, such as before or after create, update, or delete operations. This feature enhances user involvement by enabling the setup of tasks like SSH tunnels or metric reporting seamlessly integrated into the infrastructure management process. The article provides practical examples of using these hooks with the Pulumi command provider to manage external resources effectively.

Pulumi has launched Neo, the first AI-powered platform engineering agent designed to address infrastructure bottlenecks caused by rapid software development enhancements from AI tools. Neo automates infrastructure management tasks while ensuring compliance and governance, allowing platform engineering teams to keep pace with accelerated development cycles. Initial beta users reported significant improvements in infrastructure provisioning and management efficiency.

Pulumi CLI v3.192.0 introduces the `pulumi state taint` and `pulumi state untaint` commands, allowing users to mark resources for replacement without direct access to cloud APIs. This feature enhances infrastructure management by enabling users to prepare for resource replacement in CI/CD pipelines, facilitating smoother deployments. Users can preview changes and apply replacements later, streamlining the workflow.