gcloud alpha compute preview-features describe

NAME
gcloud alpha compute preview-features describe - describe a preview feature
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha compute preview-features describePREVIEW_FEATURE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Describe a preview feature.
EXAMPLES
To retrieve a single preview feature and print its properties, run the followingcommand:
gcloudalphacomputepreview-featuresdescribemy-preview-feature
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Preview feature resource - Name of the preview feature you want to inspect. Thisrepresents a Cloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments inthis group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentpreview_feature on the command line with afully specified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

PREVIEW_FEATURE
ID of the preview feature or fully qualified identifier for the preview feature.

To set thepreview_feature attribute:

  • provide the argumentpreview_feature on the command line.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.

Run$gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE
This command uses thecompute/alpha API. The full documentation forthis API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/compute/
NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudcomputepreview-featuresdescribe
gcloudbetacomputepreview-featuresdescribe

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Last updated 2025-10-14 UTC.