Returns the details of the given PreviewFeature.
GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/beta/projects/{project}/global/previewFeatures/{previewFeature}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax. To know more about valid error responses that can be thrown by this HTTP request, please refer to the service error catalog
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
project |
Project ID for this request. |
previewFeature |
Name of the PreviewFeature for this request. |
The request body must be empty.
Represents a single Google Compute Engine preview feature.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "id": string, "creationTimestamp": string, "name": string, "description": string, "activationStatus": enum, "status": { "helpLink": string, "description": string, "releaseStatus": { "stage": enum, "updateDate": { "year": integer, "month": integer, "day": integer } } }, "selfLink": string, "rolloutOperation": { "rolloutInput": { // Union field |
idstring (uint64 format)
Output only. The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
creationTimestampstring
Output only. Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
namestring
Name of the feature.
descriptionstring
Output only. Description of the feature.
activationStatusenum
Specifies whether the feature is enabled or disabled.
statusobject
Output only. Status of the feature.
status.helpLinkstring
Output only. Link to the public documentation for the feature.
status.descriptionstring
Output only. The description of the feature.
status.releaseStatusobject
status.releaseStatus.stageenum
Output only. The stage of the feature.
status.releaseStatus.updateDateobject
Output only. The last date when a feature transitioned between ReleaseStatuses.
status.releaseStatus.updateDate.yearinteger
Year of the date. Must be from 1 to 9999, or 0 to specify a date without a year.
status.releaseStatus.updateDate.monthinteger
Month of a year. Must be from 1 to 12, or 0 to specify a year without a month and day.
status.releaseStatus.updateDate.dayinteger
Day of a month. Must be from 1 to 31 and valid for the year and month, or 0 to specify a year by itself or a year and month where the day isn't significant.
selfLinkstring
Output only. Server-defined URL for the resource.
rolloutOperationobject
Rollout operation of the feature.
rolloutOperation.rolloutInputobject
Input only. The input for the rollout operation.
rolloutOperation.rolloutInput.namestring
rolloutOperation.rolloutInput.predefinedRolloutPlanenum
Predefined rollout plan.
kindstring
Output only. The type of the feature. Always "compute#previewFeature" for preview features.
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platformFor more information, see the Authentication Overview.
In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:
compute.previewFeatures.getTo find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.
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Last updated 2026-05-13 UTC.