Managed notebooks versions

Vertex AI Workbench managed notebooks isdeprecated. On April 14, 2025, support for managed notebooks ended and the ability to create managed notebooks instances was removed. Existing instances will continue to function until March 30, 2026, but patches, updates, and upgrades won't be available. To continue using Vertex AI Workbench, we recommend that youmigrate your managed notebooks instances to Vertex AI Workbench instances.

This page describes how Vertex AI Workbench managed notebooks versionsare named and how frequently they are updated.

Version names

Managed notebooks version namesmatch the naming convention ofDeep Learning VM Images versions.Both are named with the letter M followed by a version number.For example, the M93 versions of managed notebooksand Deep Learning VM were released on May 27, 2022.

Managed notebooks and Deep Learning VMreleases that have the same version number also have matchingversions of frameworks and pre-installed packages.

For example, the M93 version of managed notebookscontains a TensorFlow kernel that runs TensorFlow 2.9,and the M93 version of Deep Learning VMincludes an image with a TensorFlow 2.9 environment.

Update frequency

Managed notebooks versions are not necessarily updatedat the same time as Deep Learning VM.For example, the M91 version of managed notebookswas released after the M91 version of Deep Learning VM.

Managed notebooks versions are not necessarily updatedas frequently as Deep Learning VM.As a result, managed notebooks versions can skipversion numbers. For example,Deep Learning VM released versions M91, M92, and M93,while managed notebooks released versions M91 and M93.

What's next

• Browse theVertex AI release notes,which include the release notesfor Vertex AI Workbench managed notebooks.

• Browse theDeep Learning VMrelease notes.