Evidence-backed signal

Agent-specific identity APIs and credential brokering are becoming first-class infrastructure for scoped OAuth and API-key access to external tools and services.

supported inference 98% confidence increasing

Downward provenance

event

Google Cloud makes Agent Identity APIs and auth manager generally available

Sat Aug 22 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
99% confidence
artifact

Google Cloud Agent Identity APIs and auth manager GA

agent_identity_api_release
art-google-agent-identity-auth-ga-20260822
original source

IAM release notes - Agent Identity APIs and auth manager generally available

Google Cloud
src-google-agent-identity-ga-20260822