{"version":"2.1.285","anchor":"google-cloud-user-agent","canonical_anchor":"google-cloud-user-agent","heading":"Google Cloud requests identify themselves with their own user agent","tier":"internal","area":"Vertex","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285\/e\/google-cloud-user-agent","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285","markdown":"### Google Cloud requests identify themselves with their own user agent\n\nRequests sent through a Google Cloud client now carry the user agent AnthropicGoogleCloud\/JS followed by a version\n\n**Unclear.** Which requests go through this Google Cloud client is not stated.\n\n**What**\n\nA user agent is a label sent with each network request that names the program making it. Requests made through a Google Cloud client now send a user agent of the form `AnthropicGoogleCloud\/JS` followed by a version number.\n\n**Why**\n\nTraffic sent through Google Cloud, such as Vertex AI, can now be told apart from other traffic.\n\n- Area: Vertex\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}