SUSE-RU-2026:20532-1: important: Recommended update for regionServiceClientConfigGCE, python-gcemetadata

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# Recommended update for regionServiceClientConfigGCE, python-gcemetadata

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2026:20532-1  
Release Date: 2026-02-26T13:05:47Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1045148
  * bsc#1053687
  * bsc#1053695
  * bsc#1097505
  * bsc#1134510
  * bsc#1173136
  * bsc#1246995
  * jsc#PED-8944
  * jsc#PM-1900

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

  
  
An update that contains two features and has seven fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for regionServiceClientConfigGCE, python-gcemetadata fixes the
following issues:

Changes for python-gcemetadata:

  * Update to version 1.1.0 (jsc#PCT-590, jsc#PED-8944):
    * Add licenses option in identity command.
  * Switch the SLE 15 build setup to also use a macro instead of referencing the
    Python 3.11 interpreter directly.
  * Switch to a defined Python interpreter. Use the primary interpreter in SLE
    16 and later distributions and Python 3.11 for SLE 15 SP4 and later.
  * Obsolete the Python 3.6 build
  * Replace python3-gcemetadata with universal packaging
  * Rename to python-gcemetadata.
  * Update to version 1.0.4 (bsc#1173136):
    * Fix typo, missing "=" for "identity" option in processed command line options causes mis-identification of instance as missing identity data access
  * Include in SLE 12 (jsc#PM-1900)
  * Update to version 1.0.3 (bsc#1134510):
    * Handle the condition where the identity data of the instance may not be accessible from the metadata server and provide proper error messaging
  * From 1.0.2:
    * Avoid traceback when not running in GCE, by testing access to the metdata server first before performing othre operations
  * Use noun phrase in summary.
  * Update to version 1.0.1 (bsc#1097505):
    * Support instances with multiple Nics
  * Update to version 1.0.0:
    * Port to Python 3
  * Update to version 0.3.2 (bsc#1053695, bsc#1053695):
    * Implement new feature to generate license verification token
    * Add man page
  * From 0.3.1 (bsc#1053687):
    * The --identity argument must accept a value and the value is required
  * From 0.3.0:
    * Properly handle overlapping enpoint names
  * From 0.2.2:
    * Support writing data to a file and as XML snippets
  * Update to version 0.2.1 (bsc#1045148):
    * Set proper value for dict lookup to avoid traceback
  * Update to version 0.2.0:
    * Implement query functionality for all options
  * Initial build, include in SLE 12
    * Version 0.0.5

Changes for regionServiceClientConfigGCE:

  * Update to version 5.2.0:
    * Drop the if condition for gcemetdata requirement
  * Update to version 5.1.0 (jsc#PCT-590):
    * Add licenses info in the metdata
  * Accomodate build setup
    * SLE 16 python-requests requires SSL v3 certificates. Update 2

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-414=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (noarch)
    * regionServiceClientConfigGCE-5.2.0-slfo.1.1_1.1
    * python-gcemetadata-1.1.0-slfo.1.1_1.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045148
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053687
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053695
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097505
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1134510
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173136
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246995
  * https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-8944
  * https://jira.suse.com/browse/PM-1900

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