gcloud compute preview-features describe

NAME

gcloud compute preview-features describe - describe a preview feature

SYNOPSIS

gcloud compute preview-features describe PREVIEW_FEATURE [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

Describe a preview feature.

EXAMPLES

To retrieve a single preview feature and print its properties, run the following command:

gcloud compute preview-features describe my-preview-feature

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Preview feature resource - Name of the preview feature you want to inspect. This represents a Cloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set the project attribute:

provide the argument preview_feature on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --project on the command line;
set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

PREVIEW_FEATURE

ID of the preview feature or fully qualified identifier for the preview feature. To set the preview_feature attribute:

provide the argument preview_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 the compute/v1 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/

NOTES

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha compute preview-features describe

gcloud beta compute preview-features describe

gcloud preview compute preview-features describe

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.